Despite capacity curtailments this summer leading to Southern California Gas Company’s storage system, its fields could hit maximum capacity as early as August, especially considering extended demand loss due to the coronavirus pandemic, pushing down regional prices. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now SoCal Gas’ summer 2020 technical assessment indicates a summer-over-summer decrease in pipeline receipt capacity of approximately 70 MMcf/d under a “best-case scenario.” That is assuming 90% utilization of available capacity in addition to Line 235‐2, Line 4000 and Line 2001 returning to service in time for the peak period of summer demand. Despite lower receipt capacity compared with last summer, storage inventories will be capable of filling to their full capacity of 84.4 Bcf by August, under the best-case scenario, which also includes additional accessibility to Aliso Canyon inventories made available under the new withdrawal protocols approved […]