Law360, New York (October 19, 2012, 4:40 PM ET) -- The California Public Utilities Commission on Thursday opened for public comment two proposed decisions to either deny or partially grant a request by San Diego Gas & Electric Co. and Southern California Gas Co. to recover from ratepayers nearly $500 million in costs from the 2007 wildfires.
In a proposed decision made available Oct. 15, Administrative Law Judge Maribeth A. Bushey recommended that the commission reject the utilities' request for a so-called wildfire expense balancing account, saying the utilities failed to justify how the proposed rate...