if Line 1600 is removed from service, then total system capacity is 570 MMcfd from Line 3010 alone.) SDG&E/SoCalGas Long-Term Peak Demand Forecast 1in10 Cold Day Demand (MMcfd) (Exh. SDGE12 at 84 and 159.) Operating Year Core Noncore EG Total 201617 366 60 152 578 201718 374 61 153 588 201819 374 61 154 589 201920 374 62 154 589 202021 374 62 154 590 202122 373 62 146 581 202223 372 62 138 572 2023-24 371 62 130 563 202425 370 62 123 556 202526 370 62 116 548 203031 374 62 103 539 203536 381 61 103 546 But Applicants argue, “[w]ithout Line 1600 in transmission service, SDG&E’s gas system would not meet the 1in10 cold day design criteria until 2023, based on SDG&E’s current forecast.” (SDG&E/SoCalGas Opening Brief at 12.) “If the Commission approves the project, then it will take about 3.5 years to build Line 3602, which then would allow the Utilities to take Line 1600 out of transmission service without violating the Commission’s design criteria.” (SDG&/SoCalGas Opening Brief at 12.) UCAN supports the Applicants’ Line 3602 proposal and indicates that it deserves support. UCAN explains that it arrived at this conclusion “in light of
if Line 1600 is removed from service, then total system capacity is 570 MMcfd from Line 3010 alone.) SDG&E/SoCalGas Long-Term Peak Demand Forecast 1in10 Cold Day Demand (MMcfd) (Exh. SDGE12 at 84 and 159.) Operating Year Core Noncore EG Total 201617 366 60 152 578 201718 374 61 153 588 201819 374 61 154 589 201920 374 62 154 589 202021 374 62 154 590 202122 373 62 146 581 202223 372 62 138 572 2023-24 371 62 130 563 202425 370 62 123 556 202526 370 62 116 548 203031 374 62 103 539 203536 381 61 103 546 But Applicants argue, “[w]ithout Line 1600 in transmission service, SDG&E’s gas system would not meet the 1in10 cold day design criteria until 2023, based on SDG&E’s current forecast.” (SDG&E/SoCalGas Opening Brief at 12.) “If the Commission approves the project, then it will take about 3.5 years to build Line 3602, which then would allow the Utilities to take Line 1600 out of transmission service without violating the Commission’s design criteria.” (SDG&/SoCalGas Opening Brief at 12.) UCAN supports the Applicants’ Line 3602 proposal and indicates that it deserves support. UCAN explains that it arrived at this conclusion “in light of
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