CPUC Hearing - 2026-02-06
6 February 2026
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California Public Utilities Commission
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Speaker 1
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00:11 - 00:29
Speaker 2
Welcome to the public participation hearing where we will take public input regarding the Southern California Gas Company's branch office's closure proposal or Application 20 five-five-one. Today's conference is being recorded. I will now turn the call over to Judge Sisto. Your honor, you may begin.
00:31 - 00:46
Speaker 3
Thank you, operator. My name is Terri Sisto, and, I appreciate everyone's time this evening. I know it's a Friday evening. Are the court repair court reporters ready to go?
00:47 - 00:48
Speaker 4
Yes, your honor.
00:49 - 05:47
Speaker 3
We will now be on the record. The commission will come to order. Today is 02/06/2026, and this is the 6PM remote public participation hearing for the Commission to receive public comment on Southern California Gas Company's application for approval of the branch office's closure proposal or application 2505001. Southern California Gas Company, or SoCal Gas, is proposing to close all 43 of its existing branch offices that currently provide customers the ability to pay their bills, inquire about their accounts, and complete other service transaction in person. My name is Carrie Sisto, and I am the administrative law judge assigned to this proceeding.
We are also joined this evening by the assigned commissioner Darcy Hauk and her advisor Caleb Jones. Our court reporters will be transcribing everything that is said today in a written transcript, which will be filed on the docket for this proceeding. We will be paying careful attention to your comments this evening as we would like to better understand how SoCalGas' branch office's closure proposal would affect you and your communication with SoCalGas. For any members of the public that intend to speak, your comments are only be a will only be able to me will only be able to be made over the phone line. If you intend to speak and you have not yet called in, please call 1808571917 and press 1 on your phone to be placed in line.
After pressing star one, you will be prompted for your name and affiliation. When called upon, please state and spell your name and restate your affiliation, if any. If you are an elected official, I would appreciate it if you could provide that information when you begin to speak. Members of the public may ask to speak at any time before we end the forum today by pressing star one and providing your name and affiliation. The audio and visual feed of this hearing is being recorded and is also accessible on the CPUC website.
If you do not wish to be recorded, please do not provide public comment. Before we start today's discussion, I would like to give you a brief overview of what the California Public Utility Commission, or CPUC, is, what it does, and provide a brief overview of this proceeding. The CPUC is the state agency that regulates privately owned utilities, which provide essential services such as electricity, gas, and water. The five CPUC commissioners are appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the California State Senate. The five CPUC commissioners will be making the final decision on whether to authorize Sopran Gas to close its remaining 43 branch offices.
As the assigned Administrative Law Judge, I manage this proceeding to evaluate all of the documentation, the information received, including, but not limited to, the public input provided during these PPHs. My evaluation occurs with the assistance of commission staff and the assigned commissioner's advisers. After receiving all relevant information necessary to determine the outcome of this proceeding, I will develop recommendations for the commissioners, and a proposed decision will be published for a consideration, and the public will have an opportunity to provide feedback on that proposed decision before it is voted on by the five commissioners. Commissioner Haupt, do you have any opening comments before we get into the background or public comment portion of this this meeting?
05:48 - 06:30
Speaker 5
I just want to join in thanking everyone that's here to participate in the public participation hearing this evening. I recognize, as Judge Sisco did, that this is a Friday evening, and you all have very important things that you're doing and it's taking away from your time with your family or work or other things. Really appreciate everyone joining us here today and looking forward to hearing from folks. I want to thank our staff, our IT staff, our court reporters, the folks from the Public Advocates Office, Judge Sisco, the applicants, and everyone that made this evening's hearing possible. It's very important for us to hear from the public.
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