Serviceable Territory

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) allows all customers of the major CPUC-regulated natural gas utilities the option to procure their supply of natural gas from a non-utility gas supplier. The intent of this allowance is to offer natural gas customers the chance to benefit from free market competition between unregulated gas suppliers. For “core” gas customers, i.e. mainly residential and small commercial customers, this program is referred to as either the “core aggregation” service or the “core transportation” service. It has been in place since the early 1990’s.