SAN FRANCISCO -Pacific Gas and Electric Company today informed the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) that it did not engage in "wash," "roundtrip," or "sell/buyback" natural gas trades in the Western United States and Texas markets.

The filing was in response to the Commission's May 22 request for information about trading activities from all companies who sold natural gas in the Western U.S. and Texas wholesale markets in 2000 and 2001.

In its response, Pacific Gas and Electric Company informed FERC that as a retail gas and electric utility, the company engages primarily in retail sales of natural gas, and only incidentally in sales of excess gas in wholesale markets. To the limited extent the utility sold natural gas in wholesale markets in 2000-2001, it did not engage in any "wash," "round trip," or "sell/buyback" transactions.

The Pacific Gas and Electric Company response to FERC is available at the company's Website, at www.pge.com.