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Commitments And Contingencies (Tables)
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2016
Impact Of The Penalty Decision

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nine Months

 

Cumulative

 

Future

 

 

 

Ended

 

Charges

 

Charges

 

 

 

 

September 30,

 

 

September 30,

 

and

 

Total

(in millions)

2016

 

2016

 

Costs

 

Amount

Fine paid to the state

$

- 

 

$ 

300 

 

$ 

- 

 

$ 

300 

Customer bill credit paid

 

- 

 

 

400 

 

 

- 

 

 

400 

Charge for disallowed capital (1)

 

286 

 

 

692 

 

 

- 

 

 

692 

Disallowed revenue for pipeline safety

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  expenses (2)

 

8 

 

 

8 

 

 

150 

 

 

158 

CPUC estimated cost of other remedies (3)

 

- 

 

 

- 

 

 

- 

 

 

50 

Total Penalty Decision fines and remedies

$

294 

 

$ 

1,400 

 

$ 

150 

 

$ 

1,600 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1) The Penalty Decision disallows the Utility from recovering $850 million in costs associated with pipeline safety-related projects and programs that the CPUC will finalize in a final phase two decision to be issued in the Utility’s 2015 GT&S rate case.  The CPUC recommended in its May 5, 2016 phase one proposed decision in the Utility’s 2015 GT&S rate case that at least $692 million of the $850 million cost disallowance be allocated to capital expenditures.  On November 1, 2016, the CPUC issued a phase two proposed decision in the 2015 GT&S rate case which allocates $689 million to capital expenditures.

(2) Future GT&S revenues will be reduced for these unrecovered expenses. 

(3) In the Penalty Decision, the CPUC estimated that the Utility would incur $50 million to comply with the remedies specified in the Penalty Decision.  This table does not reflect the Utility’s remedy-related costs already incurred nor the Utility’s estimated future remedy-related costs.  These costs would be expensed as incurred.

Schedule Of Environmental Remediation Liability

 

Balance at

 

September 30,

 

December 31,

(in millions)

2016

 

2015

Topock natural gas compressor station (1)

$

300 

 

$ 

300 

Hinkley natural gas compressor station (1)

 

140 

 

 

140 

Former manufactured gas plant sites owned by the Utility or third parties

 

305 

 

 

271 

Utility-owned generation facilities (other than fossil fuel-fired),

  other facilities, and third-party disposal sites

 

143 

 

 

164 

Fossil fuel-fired generation facilities and sites

 

104 

 

 

94 

Total environmental remediation liability

$

992 

 

$ 

969 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1) See “Natural Gas Compressor Station Sites” below.