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California Public Utilities Commission Administrative Law Judge Maribeth A. Bushey today (Oct. 15) issued a decision rejecting the attempt by San Diego Gas & Electric and Southern California Gas Co., units of Sempra Energy, to get ratepayers to pick up the tab for uninsured costs of the 2007 San Diego fires, for which SDGE has been found to be partly responsible. However, Commissioner Timothy Alan Simon, who is overseeing the case, favored the utilities' desires under some conditions. There will now be a comment period, and then the matter will go to the full commission. "It's another example of the commission's gamesmanship," says Mike Aguirre, who has fought the battle on behalf of ratepayers.
California Public Utilities Commission Administrative Law Judge Maribeth A. Bushey today (Oct. 15) issued a decision rejecting the attempt by San Diego Gas & Electric and Southern California Gas Co., units of Sempra Energy, to get ratepayers to pick up the tab for uninsured costs of the 2007 San Diego fires, for which SDGE has been found to be partly responsible. However, Commissioner Timothy Alan Simon, who is overseeing the case, favored the utilities' desires under some conditions. There will now be a comment period, and then the matter will go to the full commission. "It's another example of the commission's gamesmanship," says Mike Aguirre, who has fought the battle on behalf of ratepayers.