Proceeding A0103008
Date Filed: March 8, 2001
Status: Closed


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Filer Requested Category: Ratesetting
Preliminary Category: Ratesetting
Commission Designated Category:
Filed By:
METROMEDIA FIBER NETWORK SERVICES, INC.
PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY

DOCUMENTS
Number of Documents: 35

Type: EXPARTE

Filing Date: April 15, 2004
Filed By:
VERIZON CALIFORNIA INC.
Description: THIS IS AN AUGMENTED NOTICE OF AN EX PARTE COMMUNICATION THAT WAS FILED ON March 24, 2004, AND APPEARED IN THE CALENDAR OF March 30, 2004. On March 19, 2004, Tim McCallion, President - Pacific Region, Verizon California Inc. (Verizon), sent a letter, via email (attached to the notice), to Tim Sullivan, advisor to Cmmr. Kennedy. The letter concerned Cmmr. Kennedy's alternate.

Type: EXPARTE

Filing Date: April 2, 2004
Filed By:
VERIZON CALIFORNIA INC.
Description: On March 29, 2004, Michelle Robinson, Vice President Regulatory, Verizon California Inc. (Verizon), spoke with Peter Hanson, advisor to Cmmr. Brown, on the telephone and met with Lester Wong, advisor to Pres. Peevey, in San Francisco. At the meeting with Lester Wong also present was Roosevelt Grant, advisor to Pres. Peevey. Robinson stated that ALJ Thomas' draft decision is a significant departure from existing Commission precedent and has negative implications that are not limited to PG&E. Robinson encouraged the Commission to support Cmmr. Kennedy's alternate, which is consistent with well-established Commission precedent.

Type: EXPARTE

Filing Date: April 2, 2004
Filed By:
VERIZON CALIFORNIA INC.
Description: On March 29, 2004, Michelle Robinson, Vice President Regulatory, Verizon California Inc. (Verizon), met with Timothy Sullivan, advisor to Cmmr. Kennedy, in San Francisco. Robinson offered support for Cmmr. Kennedy's alternate and informed the Commission of the impact that it would have on Verizon.

Type: COMMENTS

Filing Date: March 25, 2004
Filed By:
PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY
Description: on draft opinion of [Cmmr.] Kennedy granting petition for modification of D03-05-077.

Type: EXPARTE

Filing Date: March 24, 2004
Filed By:
VERIZON CALIFORNIA INC.
Description: AUGMENTATION REQUIRED. On March 19, 2004, Tim McCallion, President - Pacific Region, Verizon California Inc. (Verizon), sent a letter, via email, to Tim Sullivan, advisor to Cmmr. Kennedy. The letter concerned Cmmr. Kennedy's alternate.

Type: ALTERNATE

Filing Date: March 17, 2004
Filed By:
CMMR/KENNEDY/PUC
Description: Granting PG&E's petition for modification of D03-05-077. Comments are due by March 25, reply comments - March 30, 2004.

Type: COMMENTS

Filing Date: December 18, 2003
Filed By:
PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY
Description: on draft opinion of ALJ Thomas deyning PM of D03-05-077.

Type: DRAFT DECISION

Filing Date: December 5, 2003
Filed By:
ALJ/THOMAS/PUC
Description: Opinion denying PG&E's petition for modification of D03-05-077. Comments are due by December 25, 2003; reply comments - 5 days after comments are filed.

Type: PETITION FOR MODIFICATION

Filing Date: June 20, 2003
Filed By:
PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY
Description: of D03-05-077.

Type: COMMENTS

Filing Date: May 12, 2003
Filed By:
ORA/PELEO/PUC
Description: [on the draft decision of ALJ Thomas].

Type: COMMENTS

Filing Date: May 12, 2003
Filed By:
PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY
Description: on draft opinion granting application in part.

Type: COMMENTS

Filing Date: May 12, 2003
Filed By:
METROMEDIA FIBER NETWORK SERVICES, INC.
Description: on the revised draft decision.

Type: DRAFT DECISION

Filing Date: April 22, 2003
Filed By:
ALJ/THOMAS/PUC
Description: opening comments due by May 12, 2003; reply - 5 days after op. comments are filed.

Type: EXPARTE

Filing Date: February 13, 2003
Filed By:
METROMEDIA FIBER NETWORK SERVICES, INC.
Description: On February 11, 2003, Edward W. O'Neill, attorney for Metromedia Fiber Network Services, Inc. (MFNS), spoke to Lynne McGhee, advisor to Cmmr. Kennedy, by telephone. O'Neill stated that both the San Francisco and Los Angeles backbone networks have been constructed, with minor modifications approved by the Commission, and that no further construction is currently planned by MFNS. O'Neill stated that if the application is not approved, MFNS will be limited to a license for its facilities installed on Pacific Gas and Electric property, even though the MFNS facilities have been subject to far more thorough, route-specific environmental analysis than most other telecommunications company facilities for which the Commission has approved leases.

Type: EXPARTE

Filing Date: January 24, 2003
Filed By:
METROMEDIA FIBER NETWORK SERVICES, INC.
Description: On January 24, 2003, Edward W. ONeill, attorney for Metromedia Fiber Network Services, provided a written response (attached to the notice) to a telephone inquiry from Lynne McGhee, advisor to Cmmr. Kennedy.

Type: EXPARTE

Filing Date: January 22, 2003
Filed By:
METROMEDIA FIBER NETWORK SERVICES, INC.
Description: On January 22, 2003, Edward W. O'Neill, attorney for Metromedia Fiber Network Services, provided a written response (attached to the notice) to an e-mail inquiry from ALJ Thomas pertaining to the Bay Conservation and Development Commission permit.

Type: EXPARTE

Filing Date: November 20, 2002
Filed By:
METROMEDIA FIBER NETWORK SERVICES, INC.
Description: On November 15, 2002, Edward W. O'Neill, attorney for Metromedia Fiber Network Services (MFNS), met with Kevin Coughlan, advisor to Cmmr. Peevey, in San Francisco. Also present were Mark Fogelman, attorney, John Clarke, Manager of Regulatory Relations, and Janice Berman, Director of Operations Revenue Requirements, for Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E). O'Neill stated that the proposed decision (PD) misconstrues the nature and scope of the approval sought in the pending application and incorrectly assumes that MFNS intends to install additional facilities on PG&E's poles and towers for which MFNS does not currently have license authority or authority under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). O'Neill explained that it only seeks approval under section 851 for use of facilities installed under its lease agreement with PG&E for which it already has authority under section 1001 and CEQA. Neill noted that the only specific facilities that are subject to the license agreement for which appro

Type: EXPARTE

Filing Date: November 20, 2002
Filed By:
PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY
Description: On November 15, 2002, John Clarke, Manager of Regulatory Relations of Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), met with Kevin Coughlan, advisor to Cmmr. Peevey, in San Francisco. Also present were Mark Fogelman of Steefel, Levitt & Weiss, attorney, and Janice Berman, Director of Operations Revenue Requirements, for Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) and Edward W. O'Neill, attorney for Metromedia Fiber Network Services (MFNS). Clarke stated that the proposed decision (PD) is erroneous in stating that not enough information was provided by PG&E to meet its burden to establish that no further analysis is required under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Fogelman asserted that the application is not significantly different from similar applications the Commission has recently approved. Berman stated that the PD erroneously interprets a utility's CEQA exemption, and that the referenced exemption does not require that the facilities be solely for the utility's own use. Clarke stated that th

Type: EXPARTE

Filing Date: November 12, 2002
Filed By:
METROMEDIA FIBER NETWORK SERVICES, INC.
Description: On November 8, 2002, Edward W. O'Neill, attorney for Metromedia Fiber Network Services (MFNS), met with Tom Long, advisor to Pres. Lynch, in San Francisco. O'Neill stated that the PD misconstrues the nature and scope of the approval sought in the pending application and incorrectly assumes that MFNS intends to install additional facilities on Pacific Gas and Electric Company's (PG&E) poles and towers for which MFNS does not currently have license authority or authority under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). O'Neill explained that it only seeks approval under section 851 for use of facilities installed under its lease agreement with PG&E for which it already has authority under section 1001 and CEQA. Neill noted that the only specific facilities that are subject to the license agreement for which approval has been requested in the application are the facilities associated with one fiber optic cable crossing San Francisco Bay. O'Neill stated that the PD misconstrues the Commission's policy

Type: COMMENTS

Filing Date: November 4, 2002
Filed By:
PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY
Description: Reply Comments on Draft Decision denying application

Type: COMMENTS

Filing Date: November 4, 2002
Filed By:
METROMEDIA FIBER NETWORK SERVICES, INC.
Description: Reply Comments on the Draft Decision of ALJ Thomas

Type: COMMENTS

Filing Date: October 28, 2002
Filed By:
METROMEDIA FIBER NETWORK SERVICES, INC.
Description: Initial Comments on the Draft Decision of ALJ Thomas

Type: COMMENTS

Filing Date: October 28, 2002
Filed By:
PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY
Description: On Draft Opinion Denying Application

Type: EXPARTE

Filing Date: October 15, 2002
Filed By:
METROMEDIA FIBER NETWORK SERVICES, INC.
Description: On October 10, 2002, Edward W. O'Neill, attorney for Metromedia Fiber Network Services (MFNS), met with Steven Weissman, advisor to Cmmr. Wood, at Opera Plaza in San Francisco. O'Neill stated that the proposed decision appears to misconstrue the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), Commission practice with respect to licensing and environmental review of telecommunications network facilities, and Commission policy concerning Public Utilities Code section 851. O'Neill stated that CEQA does prohibit segregating a single large project into a number of separate smaller projects, but pointed out that this prohibition does not apply where future customers of a network cannot be determined with any certainty and where the location of possible future network facilities is entirely speculative and not susceptible of meaningful analysis.

Type: DRAFT DECISION

Filing Date: October 8, 2002
Filed By:
ALJ/THOMAS/PUC
Description: [Opinion Denying Application] mailed 10/8/2002 (Comments are due by 10/28/2002; reply comments due 5 days after comments are filed. Opening comments shall not exceed 15 pages.)

Type: RESPONSE

Filing Date: August 27, 2001
Filed By:
ORA/PELEO/PUC
Description: to the submission of PG&E providing additional information as requested by ALJ Thomas at the July 26, 2001 PHC

Type: MISCELLANEOUS FILING

Filing Date: August 14, 2001
Filed By:
METROMEDIA FIBER NETWORK SERVICES, INC.
Description: Errata to Response to 7/26/2001 questions from ALJ Thomas (filed 8/13/2001)

Type: RESPONSE

Filing Date: August 13, 2001
Filed By:
ORA/PELEO/PUC
Description: to the ALJ's prehearing conference ruling (7/26/2001) directing parties to submit additional information

Type: MISCELLANEOUS FILING

Filing Date: August 13, 2001
Filed By:
PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY
Description: Submission of additional information as requested by ALJ Thomas at the July 26, 2001 PHC

Type: RESPONSE

Filing Date: August 13, 2001
Filed By:
METROMEDIA FIBER NETWORK SERVICES, INC.
Description: to July 26, 2001 questions from ALJ Thomas

Type: REPLY

Filing Date: April 17, 2001
Filed By:
PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY
Description: to protest of the Office of Ratepayer Advocates

Type: PROTEST

Filing Date: April 9, 2001
Filed By:
ORA/PELEO/PUC
Description: to application

Type: RESOLUTION ALJ-176 CATEGORIZATION

Filing Date: March 15, 2001
Filed By:
COMR/PUC
Description: Resolution ALJ 176-3059; Ratification of preliminary determinations of category adopted

Type: APPLICATION

Filing Date: March 8, 2001
Filed By:
METROMEDIA FIBER NETWORK SERVICES, INC.
PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY
Description: for Commission Approval for Irrevocable Lease for Metromedia Fiber Network Services, Inc. to Use Fiber Optic Cable on certain PG&E Transmission Facilities under terms of an Optical Fiber Installation and IRU Agreement

Type: LAW & MOTION

Filing Date: March 8, 2001
Filed By:
METROMEDIA FIBER NETWORK SERVICES, INC.
PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY
Description: for Authority to File Under Seal and to Maintain the Confidentiality of Certain Information Contained in the Master License and IRU Agreement for Optical Fiber Installation between Metromedia Fiber Network Services, Inc. and Pacific Gas and Electric Company Identified as Attachment A to the above Application

DECISIONS
Number of Decisions: 2

Decision Number: D0404014

Rendered Date: April 1, 2004
Effective Date: April 1, 2004
Description: Grants, with modifications, PG&E's petition for modification of D03-05-077. This proceeding is closed. (Comr. Lynch and Comr. Wood dissent).

Decision Number: D0305077

Rendered Date: May 22, 2003
Effective Date: May 22, 2003
Description: Granted in part as set forth. This proceeding is closed.

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