Balancing service accommodates imbalances between actual customer usage and gas delivered to Pacific Gas and Electric Company for that customer's use. If you use Gold Coast Transportation (backbone transmission) and/or Golden Gate Market Center (storage, parking and lending), you need to know Pacific Gas and Electric Company's rules for gas supply usage and balancing under Schedule G-BAL. Here are the basics of Pacific Gas and Electric Company's balancing service.

Applicability

• Pacific Gas and Electric Company's gas balancing services applies to all customers
  

Four Types of Imbalances

• Cumulative Imbalances apply to noncore customers and Core Procurement Groups*
• Operating Imbalances apply only to Core Procurement Groups
• Golden Gate Market Center Imbalances apply to market center customers
• Transmission Imbalances apply to backbone transmission customers

Accounting Adjustments

• Customers will not have the option of cashing out accounting adjustments
• Accounting adjustments will be considered the first transactions of the month following notification

* Core Procurement Groups include Pacific Gas and Electric Company's Core Procurement Department and Core Transport Groups as defined in Schedule G-CT.