NICHOLAS SHER, STAFF COUNSEL CALIFORNIA PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION 505 VAN NESS AVENUE SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94102 4 5.7014232 ATTACHMENT A PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA 11/26/113 i/I 04:59 Order Instituting Investigation on the Commission?s Own Motion into the Operations SUBPOENA T0 APPEAR AND PROVIDE and Practices of Southern California Gas TESTIMONY NEH OATH Company with Respect to the Aliso Canyon Public Code Sections 311(a) and 314(a) Storage Facility and the Release of Natural Gas, and Order to Show Cause Why Southern California Gas Company Should Not Be Sanctioned for Allowing the Uncontrolled Release of Natural Gas from Its Alisa Canyon SUBPOENA TO PROVIDE DOCUMENTS Public Utilities Code Sections 311, 314, 314.5, 581, 582, 534, 70], 702, and 1791 Storage Facility. (U904G.) TO: Person or Persons Most Knowledgeable at Southern Califontia Gas Company Pursuant to sections 314, 70 I, 702, and 179] e! seq. of the California Public Utilities Code, 1 a? You are: Ordered to appear in person on November I, 2019, at ?1:00 am. at 505 Van Ness Avenue, San irancisco, CA 94l02. b-D Ordered to produce the documents described in .. ., at least three full business days prior to the personal appearances described herein, i at or before . The personal attendance of the custodian and other quali?ed witnesses and the production of the original records is required by this subpoena. Not required to appear in person if you produce copies of the documents described in Declaration in Support of Subpoena to the person named in item 4, below, prior to the date and time indicated above. If you have been subpoenaed as a witness, you are entitled to witness fees and mileage actually traveled, as provided by law. You may request one day?s witness and mileage fees for travel to and from the place you are required to appear- You may demand these fees as the time of service from the process server or from the party or attorney requesting the subpoena. If they are not paid or tendered at that time, or unless the subpoena was obtained by the Commission staff, you are not required to appear {Public Utilities Code Section 1791). IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS SUBPOENA, OR YOU TO BE CERTAIN WHETHER YOUR PRESENCE IS REQUIRED, CONTACT THE FOLLOWING PERSON: Name: Nicholas Sher, CPUC Sta??Counscl Telephone: 4l5-703-4232 MSOBEDIENCE or THIS so BPOENA MAY BE PUNISHED as CONTEMPT BY THIS By order of the Public Utilities Commission of the State of California. Dated this 2 st day of October 2019. 4" -4. By: Alice Stebbins Title: Executive Director DECLARATION IN SUPPORT OF SUBPOENA 1, Nicholas Sher, declare as follows: 1. I am an attorney duly licensed to practice before all courts of the State of California and am employed as a staff attorney for the California Public Utilities Commission (Commission). My business address is 505 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, California. 2. The California Constitution and the Public Utilities Code confer jurisdiction on the Commission to regulate public utilities in California in a number of areas, speci?cally, Public Utilities Code 315 requires the Commission to ?investigate the cause of all accidents occurring within this State upon the property of any public utility or directly or indirectly arising from or connected with its maintenance or operation, resulting in loss of life or injury to person or property and requiring, in the judgment of the commission, investigation by it, and may make such order or recommendation with respect thereto as in its judgment seems just and reasonable.? 3. On October 23, 2015, a gas leak was discovered at Southern California Gas Company?s (SoCalGas) Aliso Canyon Natural Gas Storage Facility (Aliso Canyon). 4. On June 27, 2019, the Commission opened an Order Instituting Investigation (OH) on the Commission?s Own Motion into the Operations and Practices of Southern California Gas Company with Respect to the Aliso Canyon Storage Facility and the Release of Natural Gas, and Order to Show Cause Why Southern California Gas Company Should Not Be Sanctioned for Allowing the Uncontrolled Release of Natural Gas from Its Aliso Canyon Storage Facility. 5. In a number of instances, SoCalGas has alleged that the Safety and Enforcement Division?s (SED) ?lead investigator?, due to a con?ict of interest, improperly interfered with Blade Energy Partner?s Root Cause Analysis (RCA) of the gas leak.1 For example, but not 1 Blade Energy Partners conducted an independent RCA of the Aliso Canyon gas leak. limited to, SoCalGas? response regarding reimbursement of CPUC investigation costs}- SoCalGas? opening response to the and SoCalGas? preheating conference statement-?- 6. SED believes that the Person or Persons Most Knowledgeable may have information that will help determine SoCalGas? basis for alleging that ?lead investigator? may have improperly interfered with Blade?s RCA of the Aliso Canyon gas leak. Executed under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California, on this 21 st day of October 2019, at San Francisco, California. ls/ Nicholas Sher Nicholas Sher Staff Counsel California Public Utilities Commission 2 Re5ponse of SoCalGas regarding reimbursement of CPUC investigation costs, p. 6. 3 Opening Response of SoCalGas to OH [.19-06-016, pp. 2-3, 13-15. Prehean'ng Conference Statement of ScCalGas, pp. 5, 10-] I. PROOF OF SERVICE I am employed with the California Public Utilities Commission and I am over 18 years of age. My business address is 505 Van Ness Ave., San Francisco, CA 94102 On October 22, 2019, I caused to serve via email the following documents: SUBPOENA T0 APPEAR AND PROVIDE TESTIMONY UNDER OATH on Ms. Sabina Clorfeine, Person or Persons Most Knowledgeable at the Southern California Gas Company. Executed under penalty of perjury of perjury under the laws of the State of California, on this 22nd day of October 2019 at San Francisco, California. ls/ Nicholas Sher Nicholas Sher