TUESDAY BRIEFING: SoCalGas’s $348M Tech Ask and the CPUC’s Clean Miles Retreat

Tuesday's briefing examines four recent CPUC applications that SoCalGas filed outside its General Rate Case. The largest is a $348.1 million joint request with SDG&E to move a shared SAP platform off software that loses vendor support at the end of 2027. The other three cover shareholder rewards under the Gas Cost Incentive Mechanism, allowances for seven gas-line connections, and a memorandum account for anticipated Olympics costs.

Elsewhere, Commissioner Christine Harada issued a proposed decision that would close the second phase of the CPUC's Clean Miles Standard without penalties for transportation network companies that miss the state's greenhouse gas and electric-vehicle mileage targets. The PD calls enforcement premature and defers the question to a later record.

Last, PG&E and Modesto Irrigation District are seeking CPUC approval of a 25-year agreement continuing the electric service-territory pact that governed the utilities from 2001 through 2025.