A.10-12-005/A.10-12-006 Sempra 2012 TY GRC

TURN Data Request to SoCalGas

Data Request Number: TURN-SCG-40

(Gas Distribution Rebuttal)

Date Sent: November 2, 2011

Date Due: November 16, 2011

Please provide the name of the witness/responder.

For any questions requesting numerical recorded data, please provide all responses in working excel spreadsheet format if so available.

For any question requesting documents, please interpret the term broadly to include any and all hard copy or electronic documents or records in SoCalGas’ possession.

  1. Regarding Locate and Mark (2GD000.002, Ms. Orozco-Meija notes a number of new or increased municipal fees related to locate and mark activities:
  2. Has SoCal Gas changed its Locate and Mark cost forecast for incremental costs related to removal of USA one-call paint markings, from those in the Supplemental Workpaper provided on pages 14 and 15 of SCG-02-WP?
  3. Please provide the locate and mark cost in 2010 of removal of USA paint markings, including (if available) the number of orders requiring removal and the average cost of removals.
  4. Has SoCal Gas changed its Locate and Mark cost forecast for incremental costs related to Federal Stimulus Funding, provided in the Supplemental Workpaper on page 19 of SDG-02-WP?
  5. Please explain why SoCal Gas underspent the Locate and Mark budget in 2010 despite the factors allegedly increasing costs.
  1. Measurement and Regulation:
  1. Has SoCal Gas changed its Measurement and Regulation cost forecasts for incremental costs for medium and large meter scheduled replacements, MSA rebuilds, odorant testing, vault and lid maintenance, pedestrian access and construction sites, municipal requirement cost-related increments for night work, engineered traffic control plans and limits on construction hours from its original workpapers?
  2. Please explain why SDG&E underspent in this account in 2010.
  1. Cathodic Protection
  2. Why did SoCal Gas underspend this account in 2010 by $836,000 given all the factors that allegedly would suggest cost increases?
  1. Regarding Service Maintenance,
  2. Please list the locations which have increased municipal permit costs since 2009 and calculate the amounts of increased municipal permit costs which SoCal has encountered in 2010 and through the latest available date in 2011 so far this year in conducting its Service Maintenance work.
  3. Please identify any additional locations where increased municipal permit costs can reasonably be expected which SoCal expects to encounter in conducting its Service Maintenance work in 2012. Provide supporting documentation.
  4. Please document and justify alleged increases in paving costs from 2009-2012. If increased paving costs are increased unit costs of conducting the work, please demonstrate that none of those costs are included in the gas distribution inflation factor.
  5. Please break down SoCal’s forecast incremental cost in 2012 showing number, types and jurisdictions of projects that will encounter new permitting costs.
  6. Why did SoCal underspend in this account in 2010?
  1. Regarding Field Support,
  2. Does SoCal expect Area Resource Scheduling Organization (ARSO) to produce any cost savings over the decentralized O&M scheduling system that SoCal has been using?
  3. If any cost savings are forecast for ARSO, where do they occur, and does SoCal’s forecast budgets for these areas include these cost reductions? What is the total cost reduction forecast for 2012?
  4. How many hours/week was each field supervisor spending on scheduling and dispatching?
  5. With the reduced workload on field supervisors, how many of these positions are being eliminated, or, what other responsibilities are those staff assuming?
  6. Do the additional responsibilities reduce the commitment of labor elsewhere in SoCal Gas?
  1. Regarding Pipeline O&M Planning,
  2. Please explain why SoCal underspent in this account in 2010 by $505,000.

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