Article: Los Angeles claims $1.36 billion overcharge by Pan Alberta. (Southern California complains about Pan-Alberta Gas Ltd. overcharge)

OTTAWA -- Natural gas ratepayers in Southern California on Monday formally complained that Alberta producers have overcharged Los Angeles $1.36 billion for gas over the past 13 years.

The complaint was filed the same day that more Canadian gas officially began to flow through Pacific Gas Transmission Co.'s (PGT) $1.6 billion pipeline expansion to California.

California's Division of Ratepayer Advocates, the consumer ombudsman, filed documents with the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) claiming Pan-Alberta Gas Ltd. overcharged for gas the Calgary marketing company sold Los Angeles beginning in 1981.

Pan-Alberta, owned by Nova ...

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