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18
PART I
ITEM1.BUSINESS
majority of this task and currently plans to complete the
task for the remaining approximately 100 of pipelines
(involving primarily short pipeline segments that include
tie-in pieces, fittings or smaller diameter o-takes from
the larger transmission pipelines) during 2018. Also, as
part of the Utility’s distribution integrity management
program, the Utility completed approximately 23,500
sewer inspections during 2015 to identify and correct
conflicts between gas and waste water facilities.
Natural Gas Operating Statistics
The following table shows the Utility’s operating statistics from 2013 through 2015 (excluding subsidiaries) for natural
gas, including the classification of revenues by type of service. No single customer of the Utility accounted for 10% or
more of consolidated revenues for bundled gas sales in 2015, 2014 and 2013.
  
Customers(averagefortheyear)   
Gaspurchased(MMcf)   
Averagepriceofnaturalgaspurchased    
Bundledgassales(MMcf)   
Residential   
Commercial   
TotalBundledGasSales   
Revenues(inmillions)   
Bundledgassales   
Residential    
Commercial   
Other   
Bundledgasrevenues   
Transportationserviceonlyrevenue   
Subtotal   
Regulatory balancing accounts   
Totaloperatingrevenues    
SelectedStatistics   
Averageannualresidentialusage(Mcf)   
AveragebilledbundledgassalesrevenuesperMcf   
Residential    
Commercial   
Netplantinvestmentpercustomer    
Competition
Competition in the Electricity Industry
California law allows qualifying non-residential electric
customers of investor-owned electric utilities to purchase
electricity from energy service providers rather than from
the utilities up to certain annual and overall GWh limits that
have been specified for each utility. This arrangement is
known as “direct access.” In addition, California law permits
cities, counties, and certain other public agencies that have
qualified to become a “community choice aggregator” (or
“CCA”) to generate and/or purchase electricity for their
local residents and businesses. By law, a CCA can procure
electricity for all of its residents who do not armatively
elect to continue to receive electricity from a utility.
The Utility continues to provide transmission, distribution,
metering, and billing services to direct access customers,
although these customers can choose to obtain metering
and billing services from their energy service provider.
The CCA customers continue to obtain transmission,
distribution, metering, and billing services from the Utility. In
addition to collecting charges for transmission, distribution,