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PAGE 1 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 10-Q [ X ] QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the quarterly period ended March 31, 1994 -------------------------------------------- Commission file number 1-1402 ---------------------------------------------------- SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GAS COMPANY ------------------------------------------------------ (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) California 95-1240705 - - --------------------------------------------- ------------------- (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation (I.R.S. Employer or organization) Identification No.) 555 West Fifth Street, Los Angeles, California 90013-1011 --------------------------------------------------------- (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) (213) 244-1200 ---------------------------------------------------- (Registrant's telephone number, including area code) Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15 (d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes X No --- The number of shares of common stock outstanding on April 29, 1994 was 91,300,000. PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. PAGE 2 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GAS COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY CONDENSED STATEMENT OF CONSOLIDATED INCOME (Thousands of Dollars) Three Months Ended March 31 -------------------- 1994 1993 -------- -------- (Unaudited) Operating Revenues $689,154 $758,721 -------- -------- Operating expenses: Cost of gas distributed 354,087 380,050 Operation and maintenance 146,062 182,144 Depreciation 57,640 55,505 Income taxes 32,798 36,167 Other taxes and franchise payments 30,969 34,253 -------- -------- Total 621,556 688,119 -------- -------- Net operating revenue 67,598 70,602 -------- -------- Other income and (deductions): Interest income 278 765 Regulatory Interest 1,064 37 Allowance for equity funds used during construction 713 1,196 Income taxes on non-operating income 247 (931) Other - net (1,461) (587) -------- -------- Total 841 480 -------- -------- Interest charges and (credits): Interest on long-term debt 22,257 25,859 Other interest 2,639 (200) Allowance for borrowed funds used during construction (406) (744) -------- -------- Total 24,490 24,915 -------- -------- Net Income 43,949 46,167 Dividends on preferred stock 2,440 2,533 -------- -------- Net income applicable to Common Stock $ 41,509 $ 43,634 ======== ======== See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. PAGE 3 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GAS COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET ASSETS (Thousands of Dollars) March 31 December 31 1994 1993 ---------- ----------- (Unaudited) Utility Plant $5,456,551 $5,422,549 Less accumulated depreciation 2,256,402 2,205,043 ---------- ---------- Utility plant - net 3,200,149 3,217,506 ---------- ---------- Current Assets: Cash and cash equivalents 33,721 14,533 Accounts and notes receivable - net 635,168 503,308 Regulatory accounts receivable 297,449 443,718 Gas in storage 2,832 53,114 Materials and supplies 23,283 20,618 Prepaid expenses 20,077 22,971 ---------- ---------- Total current assets 1,012,530 1,058,262 ---------- ---------- Deferred Charges 712,618 674,452 ---------- ---------- Total $4,925,297 $4,950,220 ========== ========== See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. PAGE 4 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GAS COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET CAPITALIZATION AND LIABILITIES (Thousands of Dollars) March 31 December 31 1994 1993 ---------- ----------- (Unaudited) Capitalization: Common equity: Common stock $ 834,889 $ 834,889 Retained earnings 620,456 607,250 ---------- ---------- Total common equity 1,455,345 1,442,139 Preferred stock 196,551 196,551 Long-term debt 1,235,899 1,235,622 ---------- ---------- Total capitalization 2,887,795 2,874,312 ---------- ---------- Current Liabilities: Short-term debt 177,779 267,000 Accounts payable 413,983 417,001 Accounts payable-affiliates 509,510 513,306 Accrued taxes and franchise payments 110,544 21,907 Deferred income taxes 21,688 39,542 Accrued interest 39,724 35,007 Other accrued liabilities 107,212 129,372 ---------- ---------- Total current liabilities 1,380,440 1,423,135 ---------- ---------- Deferred Credits: Customer advances for construction 45,290 45,493 Deferred income taxes 386,228 399,535 Deferred investment tax credits 72,237 72,993 Other deferred credits 153,307 134,752 ---------- ---------- Total deferred credits 657,062 652,773 ---------- ---------- Total $4,925,297 $4,950,220 ========== ========== See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. PAGE 5 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GAS COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY CONDENSED STATEMENT OF CONSOLIDATED CASH FLOWS (Thousands of Dollars) Three Months Ended March 31 -------------------------- 1994 1993 -------- -------- (Unaudited) Cash Flows From Operating Activities: Net income $ 43,949 $ 46,167 Items not requiring cash 48,756 58,948 Net change in other working capital components 111,066 290,998 -------- -------- Net Cash provided by operating activities 203,771 396,113 -------- -------- Cash Flows from Investing Activities: Expenditures for utility plant (39,601) (47,701) Increase in other assets (24,952) (10,665) -------- -------- Net cash used in investing activities (64,553) (58,366) -------- -------- Cash Flows from Financing Activities: Dividends (30,809) (36,175) Issuance of long-term debt 200,000 Payments of long-term debt (100,000) Redemption of preferred stock (75,000) Sale of preferred stock 75,000 Decrease in short-term debt (89,221) (215,000) -------- --------- Net Cash used in financing activities (120,030) (151,175) -------- --------- Increase in Cash and Cash Equivalents 19,188 186,572 Cash and Cash Equivalents - January 1 14,533 1,318 -------- --------- Cash and Cash Equivalents - March 31 $ 33,721 $ 187,890 ======== ========= Supplemental Disclosure of Cash Flow Information: Cash paid during the period: Interest (net of amount capitalized) $ 20,820 $ 17,285 ======== ========= Income Taxes $ 30,872 ======== ========= See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. PAGE 6 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GAS COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED) 1. SUMMARY OF ACCOUNTING POLICIES The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the interim period reporting requirements of Form 10-Q. Reference is made to the Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1993 for additional information. Results of operations for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of results for the entire year. In order to match revenues and costs for interim reporting purposes, the Company defers revenue related to costs which are expected to be incurred later in the year. In the opinion of management, the accompanying statements reflect all adjustments which are necessary for a fair presentation. These adjustments are of a normal recurring nature. Certain changes in account classification have been made in the prior years' consolidated financial statements to conform to the 1994 financial statement presentation. 2. RESTRUCTURING OF GAS SUPPLY CONTRACTS AND COMPREHENSIVE SETTLEMENT OF REGULATORY ISSUES RESTRUCTURING OF GAS SUPPLY CONTRACTS. The Company and its gas supply affiliates have reached agreements with suppliers of California offshore and Canadian natural gas for a restructuring of long-term gas supply contracts. The cost of these supplies to the Company had been substantially in excess of the Company's average delivered cost of gas. During 1993, these excess costs totaled approximately $125 million. The agreements substantially reduce the ongoing delivered costs of these gas supplies and provide lump sump settlement payments of $375 million to the suppliers. The expiration date for the Canadian gas supply contract has been shortened from 2012 to 2003, and the supplier of California offshore gas continues to have an option to purchase related gas treatment and pipeline facilities owned by the Company's gas supply affiliate. The agreement with the suppliers of Canadian gas is subject to certain Canadian regulatory and other approvals. COMPREHENSIVE SETTLEMENT OF REGULATORY ISSUES. The Company and a number of interested parties (including the Division of Ratepayer Advocates (DRA) of the CPUC, large noncore customers and ratepayer groups) proposed for CPUC approval a comprehensive settlement (Comprehensive Settlement) of a number of pending regulatory issues including partial rate recovery of restructuring costs associated with the gas supply contracts discussed above. The Comprehensive Settlement, upon approval by the CPUC, would permit the Company to recover in utility rates approximately 80 percent of the contract PAGE 7 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GAS COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED) restructuring costs of $375 million and accelerated amortization of related pipeline assets of its gas supply affiliates of approximately $130 million, together with interest, over a period of approximately five years. In addition to the gas supply issues, the Comprehensive Settlement addresses noncore customer rates, reasonableness reviews, a gas cost incentive mechanism and attrition. The Company reflected the impact of the Comprehensive Settlement in its financial statements in 1993. The Company has filed a financing application with the CPUC primarily for the borrowing of $425 million to provide for funds needed under the Comprehensive Settlement. On April 20, 1994, the CPUC approved the Comprehensive Settlement, subject to certain conditions. The Company is evaluating these conditions, but does not currently believe they will have a material impact on the financial statements of the Company. 3. GAS COST INCENTIVE MECHANISM On March 16, 1994, the CPUC approved a new process for evaluating SoCalGas' purchases, replacing the previous process of reasonableness reviews. The new gas cost incentive mechanism (GCIM) is a three-year pilot program beginning April 1, 1994. The GCIM essentially compares SoCalGas' cost of gas with a benchmark level, which is the average price of 30-day firm spot supplies delivered to the SoCalGas market area. If SoCalGas' cost of gas exceeds the benchmark level by a tolerance band, then the excess costs will be shared equally between ratepayers and shareholders. Savings from gas purchased below the benchmark level will also be shared equally between ratepayers and shareholders. For the first year of the program, the GCIM provides a 4.5 percent tolerance band. For the second and third years of the program, the tolerance band decreases to 4.0 percent. 4. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENT LIABILITIES The Gas Company has identified and reported to California environmental authorities 42 former gas manufacturing sites for which it (together with other utilities as to 21 of the sites) may have remedial obligations under environmental laws. In addition, the Company is one of a large number of major corporations that have been named by federal authorities as potentially responsible parties for environmental remediation of two other industrial sites and a landfill site. These 45 sites are in various stages of investigation or remediation. It is anticipated that the investigation, and if necessary, remediation of these sites will be completed over a period of from 10 years to 20 years. PAGE 8 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GAS COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED) In November 1993, a collaborative settlement agreement between the Company and other California energy utilities and the DRA was submitted to the CPUC for approval. The settlement recommends a ratemaking mechanism that would provide recovery of 90 percent of environmental investigation and remediation costs without reasonableness review. In addition, the utilities would have the opportunity to retain a percentage of any insurance recoveries to offset the 10 percent of costs not recovered in rates. On May 4, 1994, the CPUC adopted the cost sharing mechanism discussed above. 5. POSTEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS Effective January 1, 1994, the Company adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 112, Employers' Accounting for Postemployment Benefits (SFAS 112). SFAS 112 requires the accrual of the obligation to provide benefits to former or inactive employees after employment but before retirement. The adoption of SFAS 112 had no impact on earnings since these costs are currently recovered in rates as paid, and as such, have been reflected as a regulatory asset. At March 31, 1994, the total postemployment benefit liability was $39 million. Item 2. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS Southern California Gas Company (The Gas Company or the Company) is a subsidiary of Pacific Enterprises (Parent) which owns 96 percent of the Company's voting stock, including all of its issued and outstanding common stock. The Gas Company is a public utility owning and operating a natural gas transmission, storage and distribution system that serves almost 16 million persons through approximately 4.7 million meters in 535 cities and communities throughout most of southern California and parts of central California, a service area of 23,000 square miles. The Company is dedicated to providing high quality gas service to residential, commercial, industrial, utility electric generation (UEG) and wholesale customers. The Company is subject to regulation by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) which, among other things, establishes rates the Company may charge for gas service, including an authorized rate of return on investment. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations should be read in conjunction with the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K. PAGE 9 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GAS COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED) RESULTS OF OPERATIONS Net income for the three months ended March 31, 1994 decreased by $2 million compared to 1993. The decrease in net income was due primarily to a reduction in the Company's authorized rate of return on common equity from 11.9 percent in 1993 to 11.0 percent in 1994 partially offset by the growth in rate base. Operating revenues and cost of gas distributed for the three months ended March 31, 1994 decreased by $70 million and $26 million, respectively compared to the same period in 1993. The decreases reflect lower volumes of gas sold to core customers as a result of warmer weather in 1994 and decreases in authorized gas margin and the average unit cost of gas. RECENT CPUC REGULATORY ACTIVITY The Company and a number of interested parties (including the Division of Ratepayer Advocates of the CPUC, large noncore customers and ratepayer groups) have proposed for CPUC approval a comprehensive settlement (Comprehensive Settlement) of a number of pending regulatory issues including partial rate recovery of restructuring costs associated with gas supply contracts (See Note 2 of Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements). The Comprehensive Settlement, upon approval by the CPUC, would permit the Company to recover in utility rates approximately 80 percent of the contract restructuring costs of $375 million and accelerated depreciation of related pipeline assets of approximately $130 million, together with interest, over a period of approximately five years. The Company has filed a financing application with the CPUC primarily for the borrowing of $425 million to provide for funds needed under the Comprehensive Settlement. On April 20, 1994, the CPUC announced it would approve the Comprehensive Settlement provided certain conditions are accepted by the Company. The Company is currently evaluating the effects of the conditions on the proposed Comprehensive Settlement. For further discussion, see Note 2 of Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. In August 1993, the Company filed a $134 million rate increase with the CPUC. Included in this BCAP filing is a rate structure designed to further reduce subsidies by nonresidential core customers to residential customers by better aligning residential rates with the cost of providing residential service. The CPUC, in an interim decision, granted the Company a $121 million revenue increase effective January 1, 1994. A final CPUC decision is expected in late 1994. PAGE 10 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GAS COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED) FACTORS INFLUENCING FUTURE PERFORMANCE. Based on existing ratemaking policies, future Company earnings and cash flow will be determined primarily by the allowed rate of return on common equity, the growth in rate base, noncore pricing and the variance in gas volumes delivered to these customers versus CPUC-adopted forecast deliveries, the recovery of gas and contract restructuring costs if the Comprehensive Settlement is not implemented and the ability of management to control expenses and investment in line with the amounts authorized by the CPUC to be collected in rates. Also, the Company's ability to earn revenues in excess of its authorized return from noncore customers due to volume increases will be substantially eliminated for the five years of the Comprehensive Settlement described above. This is because forecasted deliveries in excess of the 1991 throughput levels used to establish rates were contemplated in estimating the costs of the Comprehensive Settlement at December 31, 1993. The impact of any future regulatory restructuring and increased competitiveness in the industry, including the continuing threat of customers bypassing the Company's system and obtaining service directly from interstate pipelines, could also affect the Company's future performance. The Gas Company's earnings for 1994 will be affected by the reduction in the authorized rate of return on common equity, reflecting the overall decline in cost of capital, offset by higher rate base than in 1993. For 1994, the Company is authorized to earn a rate of return on rate base of 9.22 percent and an 11.00 percent rate of return on common equity compared to 9.99 percent and 11.90 percent, respectively, in 1993. Rate base is expected to increase by approximately 4 percent to 5 percent in 1994. The Gas Company's operations are affected by a growing number of environmental laws and regulations. These laws and regulations affect current operations as well as future expansion and also require clean-up of facilities no longer in use. Because of expected regulatory treatment, the Company believes that compliance with these laws will not have a significant impact on its financial statements. For further discussion of regulatory and environmental matters, see Notes 2, 3, and 4 of Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. On January 17, 1994, the Company's service area was struck by a major earthquake. The result was a temporary disruption to approximately 150,000 customers and damage to some facilities. The financial impact of the damages related to the earthquake not recovered by insurance is expected to be recovered in rates under an existing balancing account mechanism, and should have no impact on the Company's financial statements. PAGE 11 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GAS COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED) CAPITAL EXPENDITURES. For the three months ended March 31, 1994, capital expenditures were $40 million. Capital expenditures for utility plant are expected to be $345 million in 1994 and will be financed by internally- generated funds and by issuance of long-term debt. LIQUIDITY Regulatory accounts receivable decreased $146 million reflecting the recovery through increased gas rates of prior undercollections under the regulatory account procedures. As a result, the cash flows generated were available for additional cash requirements. The decrease in gas in storage inventories of $50 million was primarily due to the seasonal withdrawals required to meet the Company's winter demand. PART II. OTHER INFORMATION Item 6. EXHIBITS AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K (b) Reports of Form 8-K filed during the quarter ended March 31, 1994 were as follows: Report Date Item Reported ----------- ------------- January 3, 1994 Item 5 - Other Events PAGE 12 SIGNATURE Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GAS COMPANY - - ------------------------------- (Registrant) Ralph Todaro - - ------------------------------- Ralph Todaro Vice President-Finance and Controller (Principal Accounting Officer and duly authorized signatory) Date: May 16, 1994