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Fortnightly Magazine - April 1 1996

SMUD Eyes Transmission Market

The Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) will hold a series of public forums on a new plan to offer electric transmission service under its wholesale point-to-point tariff. SMUD wants to divide its transmission system into five "highways," each carrying a

separate price tag capped at SMUD's cost-of-service (em ranging from $0.43 to $2.93 per kilowatt-hour per month.

Byline: 
Lori A. Burkhart
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California Orders Tracking for Pipeline Reservation Charges

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has directed Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) to set up a special account to track savings from reduced reservation charges for interstate gas pipeline capacity. The cost savings will track efforts by SoCalGas to reduce capacity reservations on the El Paso and Transwestern pipeline systems.

The CPUC also set up a process to review allocation of savings between core and noncore customers.

Byline: 
Phillip S. Cross
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