VII. Rules Governing Ex Parte Communications
This proceeding is subject to Pub. Util. Code § 1701.3, which provides that parties are not restricted from engaging in ex parte communications with decision-makers in quasi-legislative proceedings.
IT IS RULED that:
1. The scope of this proceeding is set forth in this ruling.
2. The schedule for this proceeding is set forth in this ruling. The assigned Administrative Law Judge may revise this schedule as necessary for the fair and efficient management of the proceeding.
3. This proceeding is categorized as quasi-legislative and evidentiary hearings may be necessary.
Dated August 6, 2004, at San Francisco, California.
/s/ MICHAEL PEEVEY
Michael Peevey
Assigned Commissioner
/S/ KIM MALCOLM by LTC
Kim Malcolm
Administrative Law Judge
ATTACHMENT A
SERVICE LIST AND ELECTRONIC SERVICE PROTOCOLS
The service list for this proceeding is located at the Commission's website ( www.cpuc.ca.gov). Those who are not already parties, but who wish to participate in this proceeding as full parties may make a written motion to intervene or submit an appearance form at a hearing. Those who wish to be included as parties on the service list may alternatively send their requests in an e-mail note to ALJ Malcolm (kim@cpuc.ca.gov).
To reduce the burden of service in this proceeding, the Commission will use electronic service, to the extent possible using the electronic service protocols provided in this ruling.
All individuals on the service list should provide electronic mail addresses. The Commission and other parties will assume a party consents to electronic service unless the party indicates otherwise.
Notice of Availability
If a document, including attachments, exceeds 75 pages, parties may serve a Notice of Availability in lieu of all or part of the document, in accordance with Rule 2.3(c) of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure.
Filing of Documents
These electronic service protocols govern service of documents only, and do not change the rules regarding the tendering of documents for filing. Documents for filing must be tendered in paper form, as described in Rule 2, et seq., of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure.
Electronic Service Standards
As an aid to review of documents served electronically, appearances should follow these procedures:
1. Merge into a single electronic file the entire document to be served (e.g., title page, table of contents, text, attachments, service list).
2. Attach the document file to an electronic note.
3. In the subject line of the note, identify the proceeding number; the party sending the document; and the abbreviated title of the document.
4. Within the body of the note, identify the word processing program used to create the document if anything other than Microsoft Word. (Commission experience is that most recipients can readily open documents sent in Microsoft Word 6.0/95.)
If the electronic mail is returned to the sender, or the recipient informs the sender of an inability to open the document, the sender shall immediately arrange for alternative service (regular U.S. mail shall be the default, unless another means-such as overnight delivery-is mutually agreed upon).
Parties should exercise good judgment regarding electronic mail service, and moderate the burden of paper management for recipients. For example, if a particularly complex matrix or cost-effectiveness study with complex tables is an attachment within a document mailed electronically, and it can be reasonably foreseen that most parties will have difficulty printing the matrix or tables, the sender should also serve paper copies by U.S. mail, and indicate that in the electronic note.
Obtaining Up-to-Date Electronic Mail Addresses
The current service lists for active proceedings are available on the Commission's web page, www.cpuc.ca.gov. To obtain an up-to-date service list of electronic mail addresses:
· On the "Legal Documents" bar choose "Service Lists."
· Scroll through the "Index of Service Lists" to the number for this proceeding (or click "edit," "find," type in R0010002, and click "find next").
· To view and copy the electronic addresses for a service list, download the comma-delimited file, and copy the column containing the electronic addresses.
The Commission's Process Office periodically updates service lists to correct errors or to make changes at the request of parties and non-parties on the list. Parties should copy the current service list from the web page (or obtain paper copy from the Process Office) before serving a document.
Pagination Discrepancies in Documents Served Electronically
Differences among word-processing software can cause pagination differences between documents served electronically and print outs of the original. (If documents are served electronically in PDF format, these differences do not occur, although PDF files can be especially difficult to print out.) For the purposes of reference and/or citation (e.g., at the Final Oral Argument, if held), parties should use the pagination found in the original document.
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ATTACHMENT B
RESOURCES
The following is a list of policy, research and decision documents that may assist parties with developing a cost-benefit test. The inventory includes Commission and CEC policy decisions and reports, Public Interest Energy Research reports, and other related documents.
These documents are available on the agencies' respective websites:
CPUC www.cpuc.ca.gov
Joint Agency Report
Energy Action Plan - May 2003
California Public Utilities Commission
R.04-04-026 Implement California's Renewable Portfolio Standard
R.04-04-025 Promote Consistency for Application of Avoided Costs
R.04-04-003 Promote Coordination and Integration in IOU Resource Planning (Resource Adequacy)
R.04-03-017 Examine Policies, Procedures, and Incentives for DG and DER
R.02-01-011 Implement Suspension of Direct Access
- D.03-04-030 Cost Responsibility Surcharge Mechanisms for Departing Load
R. 01-10-024 Establish Policies and Cost Recovery Mechanisms for Generation Procurement
- D.04-01-050 Interim Opinion
- D.02-10-062 Interim Opinion
D.03-02-068 Opinion: OIR into Distributed Generation, March 2003
D.03-04-060 Final Opinion: OIR into Distributed Generation, April 2003
D.03-04-030 Opinion on Cost Responsibility Surcharge Mechanisms for Customer Generation Departing Load, April 2003
D. 01-10-062 Interim Opinion: OIR to Establish Policies and Cost Recovery Mechanisms for Generation Procurement and Renewable Resource Development, October 2002
D. 01-03-073 Interim Opinion: Implementation of Public Utilities Code Section 399.15(b), Paragraphs 4-7; Load Control and Distributed Generation Initiatives, March 2001
D. 00-12-037 Decision Adopting Interconnection Standards, December 2000
CEC-1 Distributed Generation Strategic Plan - June 2002
CEC-2 Electricity and Natural Gas Assessment Report - December 2003
CEC-3 Energy Action Plan - May 2003
CEC-4 Integrated Energy Policy Report - December 2003
CEC-5 Integrated Energy Policy Report Subsidiary Volume: Electricity and Natural Gas Assessment Report - December 2003
CEC-6 Integrated Energy Policy Report Subsidiary Volume: Public Interest Energy Strategies Report - December 2003
CEC-7 DG Working Group: DG Definition and Cost-Benefit Analysis - Policy Inventory, July 9, 2004, publication number 500-04- 049
Public Interest Energy Research
R&D -1 SOW: Energy and Environmental Economics Inc, Electrotek Concepts Inc, San Francisco Co-op DER
R&D -2 SOW: New Power Technologies
R&D -3 Installation, Operation and Maintenance Costs for DG; EPRI, February 2003
R&D -4 Innovative Ratemaking Treatment for DG - Statement of Work (Synapse Energy Economics), March 2004
R&D -5 SOW: Commonwealth Program under PIER Renewables
R&D -6 San Francisco as a Distributed Energy Resource `Test Bed' Site,
M-Cubed, Electrotek Concepts, Energy & Env. Economics, PowerPoint Presentation.R&D -7 Final DG Scenario Development Report for Air Quality Impacts of DG, by University of California, Irvine; September 24, 2003.
R&D -8 Distributed Utility Integration Test, PIER, 2 page note
R&D -9 Advanced Control Systems for the Grid' and DER, CADER International Symposium, January 2004.
R&D -10 A framework for developing collaborative DER Programs: Working Tools for Stakeholders; Draft Report, E21 DER Partnership, December 2003.
R&D -11 Air Pollution Emissions Impact Associated with Economic Market Potential of DG in California, DUA, June 2000
R&D -12 Commonwealth Energy Biogas/PV Mini-Grid Renewable Resource Program, Project Prioritization, CH2M Hill and Itron, August 2003.
R&D -13 Commonwealth Energy Biogas/PV Minigrid Renewables Resources Program, by Itron Inc., July 2003.
R&D -14 Commonwealth Energy Biogas/PV Mini-Grid Renewables Resources Program, by Itron, Draft Report, August 2003
R&D -15 DER Research Assessment Report, Addendum: 2003 Update, NCI
R&D -16 Distributed Energy Resources with Combined Heat and Power Applications, LBNL, June 2003
R&D -17 Distributed Power Integration Needs Assessment and Testing, DUIT White Paper, April 2001, Distributed Utility Associates
R&D -18 Optimal Portfolio Methodology for Assessing DER Benefits for the Energynet, CADER International Symposium, January 2004.
R&D -19 Pre-demonstration Summary Report, task 3.2.5: Micro Scale Technology Demonstration- Project Development and Engineering, Nov 7, 2003
R&D -20 San Francisco PUC/Hetch Hetchy Baseline Data Report for DG Assessment Project, Draft Document, August 2003.
R&D -21 SOW: Distributed Utility Integration Testing
R&D -22 SOW: San Francisco PUC/Hetch Hetchy, April 5, 2004
R&D -23 Relative Merits of Distributed vs. Central PV Generation, Navigant Consulting and Kema-Xenergy, March 2004
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I certify that I have by mail this day served a true copy of the original attached Assigned Commissioner and Administrative Law Judge's Ruling and Scoping Memo on all parties of record in this proceeding or their attorneys of record.
Dated August 6, 2004, at San Francisco, California.
/s/ ELIZABETH LEWIS
Elizabeth Lewis
NOTICE
Parties should notify the Process Office, Public Utilities Commission, 505 Van Ness Avenue, Room 2000, San Francisco, CA 94102, of any change of address to insure that they continue to receive documents. You must indicate the proceeding number on the service list on which your name appears.
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