E8-232. Pacific Gas and Electric Company; Notice of Filing

December 31, 2007.

Take notice that on December 21, 2007, pursuant to Rule 207 of the Rules of Practices and Procedure of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission), 18 CFR 385.207, section 1241 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, EPAct of 2005 which includes the new section 219 of the Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 824s (2007), and Order No. 679, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) filed a petition for declaratory order seeking the Commission to authorize transmission rate incentives for a new bulk power transmission project in which PG&E is planning to be a major participant.

Any person desiring to intervene or to protest this filing must file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214). Protests will be considered by the Commission in determining the appropriate action to be taken, but will not serve to make protestants parties to the proceeding. Any person wishing to become a party must file a notice of intervention or motion to intervene, as appropriate. Such notices, motions, or protests must be filed on or before the comment date. On or before the comment date, it is not necessary to serve motions to intervene or protests on persons other than the Applicant.

The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and interventions in lieu of paper using the “eFiling” link at http://www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and 14 copies of the protest or intervention to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.

This filing is accessible on-line at http://www.ferc.gov,, using the “eLibrary” link and is available for review in the Commission's Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an “eSubscription” link on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive e-mail notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail [e-mail], or call [phone] (toll free). For TTY, call [phone].

Comment Date: 5 p.m., Eastern Time on January 22, 2008.

Kimberly D. Bose,

Secretary.