Public Utilities Commission of the State of California
| Thursday, April 10, 2008 10:00 a.m. |
| San Francisco, California |
Commissioners
| Michael R. Peevey, President |
| Scheduled Commission Meetings |
| 505 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco |
| For each agenda item, a summary of the proposed action is included; the Commission's decision may, |
| however, differ from that proposed. |
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| Ratesetting Deliberative Meeting* |
| Monday, April 21, 2008 (San |
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| Thursday, April 10, 2008 (San |
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| Thursday, April 24, 2008 (San |
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| Monday, May 12, 2008 (San |
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| Thursday, May 15, 2008 (San |
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Friday, May 23, 2008 (San Francisco)
| Monday, June 09, 2008 (San |
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| Thursday, May 29, 2008 (San |
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| Thursday, June 12, 2008 (San |
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| Monday, June 23, 2008 (San |
| Francisco) (Will Be Held) |
| *Ratesetting Deliberative Meeting dates are reserved as noted but will be held only if there are ratesetting matters to be |
| considered and a Commissioner has requested that a Ratesetting Deliberative Meeting be held. |
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Public Agenda 3211
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| The following items are not subject to public comment: |
| · All items on the closed session agenda. |
PUBLIC COMMENT
Public Comment:
Consent Agenda
| Items shown on the Consent Agenda will be taken up and voted on as a group in one of the first items |
| of business of each Commission meeting. Items may be removed from the Consent Agenda for |
| discussion on the Regular Agenda at the request of any Commissioner prior to the meeting. |
Consent Agenda - Orders and Resolutions
Res ALJ 176-3211
| Ratification of preliminary determination of category for proceedings initiated by application. The |
| preliminary determinations are pursuant to Rule 7.1 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and |
| Procedure. |
A06-11-007 - Southern California Edison Company.
| For Approval of Results of Summer 2007 Track of its New Generation Request for Offers and for |
| Cost Recovery. This decision awards The Utility Reform Network $29,617.44 in compensation for |
| its substantial contributions to Decisions (D.) 07-01-041 and D.07-04-049. This proceeding remains |
| open to address the compensation request filed by Californians for Renewable Energy, Inc. |
| (Comr Peevey - ALJ Brown) |
Pub. Util. Code §1701.1 -- This proceeding is categorized as Ratesetting.
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Consent Agenda - Orders and Resolutions (continued)
A05-08-021 - San Gabriel Water Company (San Gabriel).
| I06-03-001 - Related matters. In D07-04-046 the Commission granted a rate increase to San Gabriel |
| and ordered refunds of certain gains. To correct an error in the computation of refunds the |
| Commission finds that changes are necessary to accurately reflect the 67%/33% ratepayer-company |
| allocation of the gain from the contamination reward received by San Gabriel. The result of these |
| changes are to: a) reduce the rate base in D07-04-046, Appendix A, by $1,278,600; b) reduce the |
| revenue requirement of D07-04-046, Appendix A, by $207,300; and c) increase the refund by |
| $773,122. Application 05-08-021 and Investigation 06-03-001 remain open. |
| (Comr Bohn - ALJ Barnett) |
| Pub. Util. Code § 311 – This item was mailed for Public Comment. |
| Pub. Util. Code §1701.1 -- This proceeding is categorized as Ratesetting. |
C07-10-002 - James D. Korn vs. AT&T California.
| The decision dismisses the complaint because the first and second claims are moot and the |
| Commission lacks jurisdiction over the third; several claims suffer from other legal defect. This |
| proceeding is closed. |
| Pub. Util. Code § 311 – This item was mailed for Public Comment. |
| Pub. Util. Code §1701.1 -- This proceeding is categorized as Adjudicatory. |
Res ALJ-212
| This resolution approves the Phase 2 scoping memo, which recategorizes Phase 2 of this proceeding, |
| Investigation 07-01-022, from the preliminary determination of ratesetting to quasi-legislative. |
A07-02-023 - California-American Water Company.
| For an Interest Rate of 8.33% for Allowance for Funds Used During Construction for its San |
| Clemente Dam Memorandum. This decision retains the 90-day commercial paper rate for the San |
| Clemente Dam project memorandum account. This proceeding is closed. |
| (Comr Peevey - ALJ Bushey) |
| Pub. Util. Code § 311 – This item was mailed for Public Comment. |
| Pub. Util. Code §1701.1 -- This proceeding is categorized as Ratesetting. |
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Consent Agenda - Orders and Resolutions (continued)
Res ALJ-213 - S&S Tool and Supply, Inc. (S&S)
| Resolution on Appeal of S&S of Clearinghouse Determination of Status Under General Order (GO) |
| 156. The proposed Resolution sustains the appeal and finds S&S, to be an eligible woman-owned |
| business enterprise under GO 156. This appeal is closed. |
Pub. Util. Code § 311 – This item was mailed for Public Comment.
A06-02-026 - Golden State Water Company (Golden State).
| For an Order pursuant to Public Utilities Code Section 851 approving a Settlement in a Water Rights |
| Adjudication, and for an Order pursuant to Section 454 approving the proposed Ratemaking |
| Treatment of the costs of the Adjudication and Settlement. This decision dismisses Application (A) |
| 06-02-026 without prejudice. Golden State's motion to extend the statutory deadline for resolving |
| A06-02-026 and to set a schedule for Phase II is denied. The motion of Gerald Trimble seeking |
| dismissal of A06-02-026 with prejudice is denied. This proceeding is closed. |
| (Comr Bohn - ALJ DeAngelis) |
| Pub. Util. Code § 311 – This item was mailed for Public Comment. |
| Pub. Util. Code §1701.1 -- This proceeding is categorized as Ratesetting. |
A06-11-005 - Pacific Gas and Electric Company.
| To Recover Incremental Costs Related to the 2005-2006 New Year’s Storms and July 2006 Heat |
| Storm Recorded in the Catastrophic Event Memorandum Account Pursuant to Public Utility Code |
| Section 454.9. This decision grants the unopposed Petition for Modification of Decision 08-01-021. |
| The proceeding is closed. |
Pub. Util. Code §1701.1 -- This proceeding is categorized as Ratesetting.
A07-01-045 - Southern California Edison Company (SCE).
| This decision approves, in part and on an interim basis, SCE’s request to add, delete and make |
| revisions to the Direct Access service fees. This proceeding is closed. |
| (Comr Peevey - ALJ Smith) |
| Pub. Util. Code § 311 – This item was mailed for Public Comment. |
| Pub. Util. Code §1701.1 -- This proceeding is categorized as Ratesetting. |
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Consent Agenda - Orders and Resolutions (continued)
| R06-05-027 - Order Instituting Rulemaking to Continue Implementation and Administration |
| of California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program. |
| This decision compiles in one document that current Commission-adopted language for the 13 |
| standard terms and conditions used in contracts pursuant to the Renewables Portfolio Standard |
| Program. |
| (Comr Peevey - ALJ Mattson) |
| Pub. Util. Code § 311 – This item was mailed for Public Comment. |
| Pub. Util. Code §1701.1 -- This proceeding is categorized as Ratesetting. |
| R06-08-019 - Order Instituting Rulemaking to Set Hourly Rates for Purposes of Calculating |
| Intervenor Compensation Awards Pursuant to Public Utilities Code Section 1801 and |
| Following, for Work Performed in Calendar Year 2006. |
| This decision adopts a 3% cost-of-living adjustment for work performed by intervenor representatives |
| in calendar year 2008, discontinues the requirement that utilities submit annual data reports, and |
| addresses other related matters. This proceeding is closed. |
| (Comr Peevey - ALJ Koss, ALJ Kotz) |
| Pub. Util. Code § 311 – This item was mailed for Public Comment. |
| Pub. Util. Code §1701.1 -- This proceeding is categorized as Quasi-Legislative. |
A07-02-026 - Southern California Edison Company (SCE).
| This decision grants the application by SCE for approval of a contract that was selected from SCE’s |
| fast track request for offers for new generation that could be on-line by August 2010. In its |
| application, SCE seeks approval of two contracts, an offer from Blythe Energy, LLC (Blythe) for up |
| to 490 megawatts (MW) of expected capacity and energy, and an offer from CPV Ocotillo, LLC |
| (CPV) for up to 455 MW of capacity and energy. Due to intervening circumstances regarding the |
| timing on the completion of a study on the delivery of the power from Blythe, this decision only |
| approves the 10-year power purchase tolling agreement (PPA) with CPV and defers consideration of |
| the Blythe PPA to a subsequent decision. SCE requests, and the Commission grants, the authority to |
| allocate the benefits and costs of the CPV PPA to all benefiting customers in accordance with Decision |
| (D.) 06-07-029 and D.07-09-044. This proceeding remains open. |
| (Comr Peevey - ALJ Brown) |
| Pub. Util. Code § 311 – This item was mailed for Public Comment. |
| Pub. Util. Code §1701.1 -- This proceeding is categorized as Ratesetting. |
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Consent Agenda - Orders and Resolutions (continued)
A04-04-008 - Southern California Edison Company.
| For Approval of Economic Development Rates. A04-06-018, A05-10-010 - Related matters. This |
| decision grants Intervenor compensation of $13,719.95 to The Utility Reform Network. This |
| proceeding is closed. |
| (Comr Peevey - ALJ Barnett) |
Pub. Util. Code §1701.1 -- This proceeding is categorized as Ratesetting.
A07-12-007 - Broadband Dynamics, LLC (Applicant).
| This decision grants the request of Applicant for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity to |
| provide limited facilities-based competitive local exchange telecommunications services as a |
| Competitive Local Carrier within the service territories of SureWest Telephone and Citizens Telephone |
| Company dba Frontier Communications of California. This proceeding is closed. |
| (Comr Chong - ALJ Patrick) |
Pub. Util. Code §1701.1 -- This proceeding is categorized as Ratesetting.
A06-12-026 - Southern California Edison Company.
| For Approval of Advanced Metering Infrastructure Pre-Deployment Activities and Cost Recovery |
| Mechanism. This decision awards compensation to The Utility Reform Network (TURN) for its |
| substantial contributions to Decision 07-07-042. The Commission herein awards TURN $43,629.66 |
| which is the full amount requested. This proceeding is closed. |
| (Comr Grueneich - ALJ Hecht) |
Pub. Util. Code §1701.1 -- This proceeding is categorized as Ratesetting.
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Consent Agenda - Orders and Resolutions (continued)
| C07-01-018 - James F. Donahue (Complainant) vs. San Diego Gas & Electric Company |
| (Defendant). |
| This decision grants Complainant an order to have Defendant relocate a distribution pole defendant |
| placed in Complainant’s non-exclusive easement. Defendant had an easement within Complainant’s |
| non-exclusive easement, and placed its distribution pole within its own easement. Complainant also |
| seeks compensation for the damage Defendant caused in using its equipment on Complainant’s |
| property when Defendant was servicing its facilities. Held: Relief denied. Defendant operated |
| properly when relocating its distribution pole and Defendant acted properly in cleaning up the area in |
| which it worked. This proceeding is closed. |
| (Comr Chong - ALJ Barnett) |
| Pub. Util. Code § 1701.2(c), allows this modified Presiding Officer’s Decision to be considered |
| in Closed Session. |
| Pub. Util. Code §1701.1 -- This proceeding is categorized as Adjudicatory. |
Res ALJ-214 - Beci Electric Company (Beci)
| Resolution on Appeal of Beci of Clearinghouse determination of status under General Order (GO) |
| 156. This proposed Resolution sustains the appeal and finds Beci to be an eligible woman-owned |
| business enterprise under GO 156. This appeal is closed. |
Pub. Util. Code § 311 – This item was mailed for Public Comment.
A07-04-019 - Jacob David Binstok dba J.B. Moving (Applicant).
| This decision grants Applicant’s request to withdraw his application for a household goods carrier |
| permit. This proceeding is closed. |
Pub. Util. Code §1701.1 -- This proceeding is categorized as Ratesetting.
A07-12-013 - RNK, Inc. dba RNK Communications (Applicant).
| This decision grants Applicant, a certificate of public convenience and necessity pursuant to Pub. Util. |
| Code § 1001 to provide limited facilities-based and resold competitive local exchange and |
| interexchange services, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the decision. The application is |
| unopposed. This proceeding is closed. |
| (Comr Chong - ALJ Patrick) |
Pub. Util. Code §1701.1 -- This proceeding is categorized as Ratesetting.
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A07-11-004 - CURRENT Communications of California, L.P. (Applicant).
| This decision grants Applicant a certificate of public convenience and necessity pursuant to Pub. Util. |
| Code § 1001 to provide full facilities based and resold competitive local exchange and interexchange |
| services, subject to the terms and conditions. The Commission also specifies a procedure to be |
| followed if Applicant wishes to pursue broadband over-powerline construction activities that involve |
| potential exemptions from environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act. The |
| application is unopposed. This proceeding is closed. |
| (Comr Simon - ALJ Patrick) |
Pub. Util. Code §1701.1 -- This proceeding is categorized as Ratesetting.
A06-07-026 - Pacific Bell Telephone Company dba AT&T California.
| For a Commission order exempting AT&T California from the requirements of Public Utilities Code |
| Section 851. This decision awards The Utility Reform Network $19,248.75 for its substantial |
| contribution to Decision 07-11-048. Application 06-07-026 is closed. |
Pub. Util. Code §1701.1 -- This proceeding is categorized as Ratesetting.
| C06-03-013 - Pacific Bell Telephone Company dba AT&T California (Complainant) vs. |
| Fones4All Corporation (Defendant). |
| This decision denies the motion of Complainant for an order setting aside disbursements that would |
| otherwise be owed to Defendant. This decision directs Defendant to comply with Decision 07-07-013 |
| within 15 days of the effective date of this order or face the prospect of fines or penalties. This |
| proceeding is closed. |
| (Comr Chong - ALJ Malcolm) |
| Pub. Util. Code § 311 – This item was mailed for Public Comment. |
| Pub. Util. Code §1701.1 -- This proceeding is categorized as Adjudicatory. |
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A06-11-003 - Legacy Long Distance International, Inc. (Legacy).
| On January 28, 2008, Legacy filed a Request for Leave to Withdraw Application. The Consumer |
| Protection and Safety Division (CPSD) did not oppose the request; however, CPSD opposed |
| Legacy’s request to withdraw its application “without prejudice.” CPSD requested that in all future |
| applications Applicant be required to disclose these proceedings. This decision grants Legacy’s |
| request to withdraw its application for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity to operate as |
| a facilities-based competitive local exchange telecommunications services provider in California. |
| However, based on the circumstances of this case, Legacy and/or any of its officers, directors, or |
| owners of more than 10% of outstanding shares shall reference this application, CPSD’s protests, and |
| this decision in any future applications for authorization to provide telecommunications services in |
| California. This proceeding is closed. |
| (Comr Chong - ALJ Patrick) |
| Pub. Util. Code § 311 – This item was mailed for Public Comment. |
| Pub. Util. Code §1701.1 -- This proceeding is categorized as Ratesetting. |
Res W-4679 - Del Oro Water Company - Stirling Bluffs District.
| This resolution authorizes a general rate increase to produce additional annual revenue of $19,614 or |
| 18.5% in test year 2007. |
Pub. Util. Code § 311 – This item was mailed for Public Comment.
| R01-08-028 - Order Instituting Rulemaking to examine the Commission’s future energy |
| efficiency policies, administration and programs. |
| This decision awards The Utility Reform Network (TURN) $131,821.83 in compensation for its |
| substantial contributions to the Commission’s decision to adopt utility energy efficiency portfolios for |
| 2006-2008. To that end, TURN participated in the Program Advisory Groups and Peer Review |
| Groups established in Decision 05-01-055. TURN had requested $174,894.17, which is reduced to |
| reflect excessive hours and hours spent on activities that are not compensable. This proceeding is |
| closed. |
| (Comr Peevey - ALJ Minkin) |
Pub. Util. Code §1701.1 -- This proceeding is categorized as Quasi-Legislative.
04/03/2008 - This revision was not shown on the Agenda mailed to the public.
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| R05-06-040 - Order Instituting Rulemaking to Implement Senate Bill No. 1488 (2004 Cal. |
| Stats., Ch. 690 (Sept. 22, 2004)) Relating to Confidentiality of Information. |
| This decision resolves the three issues left open for consideration in Phase 2 of the proceeding, which |
| is focused on confidentiality of information submitted to the Commission. First, the Commission |
| adopts a model protective order and non disclosure agreement (Model) for all data addressed in the |
| two previous decisions issued in this docket – Decision (D.) 06-06-066 and D.06-12-030. (The |
| Model appears as Appendix A to this decision.) Second, the Commission resolves a Petition for |
| Modification of D.06-06-066 filed on September 7, 2007 by several parties. Third, the Commission |
| ratifies certain rulings made by the assigned Administrative Law Judge regarding the procedure for |
| seeking confidentiality of data covered by D.06 06 066. Due to the pendency of an Application for |
| Rehearing of D.06 12 030, this proceeding shall remain open. |
| (Comr Grueneich - ALJ Thomas) |
| Pub. Util. Code § 311 – This item was mailed for Public Comment. |
| Pub. Util. Code §1701.1 -- This proceeding is categorized as Quasi-Legislative. |
Res W-4680 - Rolling Green Utilities, Inc. - Sewer Division
| This resolution authorizes a general rate increase in sewer rates of $26,150 or 32.16% for test year |
| 2006, producing a gross revenue of $107,462. |
Pub. Util. Code § 311 – This item was mailed for Public Comment.
| A06-08-026 - Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas), San Diego Gas & Electric |
| Company (SDG&E), and Southern California Edison Company. |
| For Approval of Changes to Natural Gas Operations and Service Offerings. This decision denies the |
| Petition for Modification of Decision 07-12-019 filed by SoCalGas and SDG&E, for an order |
| modifying certain provisions of the decision regarding the memorandum account treatment of |
| unbundled storage revenues. This proceeding is closed. |
| (Comr Peevey - ALJ Pulsifer) |
| Pub. Util. Code § 311 – This item was mailed for Public Comment. |
| Pub. Util. Code §1701.1 -- This proceeding is categorized as Ratesetting. |
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A00-11-038 - Southern California Edison Company.
| For Authority to Institute a Rate Stabilization Plan with a Rate Increase and End of Rate Freeze |
| Tariffs. A00-11-056 and A00-10-028 - Related matters. This decision addresses the petition to |
| modify Decision (D.) 05-06-060 filed by Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E). The decision |
| grants PG&E’s request to modify the decision to allocate 100% of the reduction in the Department of |
| Water Resources’ energy costs due to the restructured Calpine 2 contract to PG&E, but denies |
| PG&E’s request to open a proceeding to revise the allocation methodology adopted in D.05-06-060. |
| This proceeding is closed. |
| Pub. Util. Code § 311 – This item was mailed for Public Comment. |
| Pub. Util. Code §1701.1 -- This proceeding is categorized as Ratesetting. |
Res E-4150 - San Diego Gas & Electric Company.
| This resolution approves the amended Bull Moose Energy, LLC renewable resource procurement |
| contract. This contract is approved without modification. (Advice Letter 1946-E filed November 20, |
| 2007) |
Pub. Util. Code § 311 – This item was mailed for Public Comment.
A08-01-014 - Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E).
| This interim decision addresses the request of PG&E in its Energy Resource Recovery Account |
| (ERRA) trigger application to increase its ERRA power procurement costs by $531 million. |
| Pub. Util. Code § 311 – This item was mailed for Public Comment. |
| Pub. Util. Code §1701.1 -- This proceeding is categorized as Ratesetting. |
A06-05-007 - Pacific Gas and Electric Company.
| For Approval of a Long-Term Core Hedge Program for Core Natural Gas Supplies. This decision |
| awards The Utility Reform Network $27,557.00 in compensation for its substantial contribution to |
| Decision 07-06-013 and Advice Letter 2841-G. This decision uses a new format for simple |
| intervenor compensation claims. This proceeding is closed. |
| (Comr Peevey - ALJ Thorson) |
Pub. Util. Code §1701.1 -- This proceeding is categorized as Ratesetting.
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Res W-4681 - Del Oro Water Company - Walnut Ranch District.
| This resolution authorizes a general rate increase to produce additional annual revenue of $18,698 or |
| 56.9% in test year 2007. |
Pub. Util. Code § 311 – This item was mailed for Public Comment.
04/09/2008 - This revision was not shown on the Agenda mailed to the public.
A07-10-014 - AboveNet Communications, Inc. (Applicant).
| Pursuant to Pub. Util. Code § 1001, Applicant seeks to expand its certificate of public convenience |
| and necessity (CPCN) to obtain authority to provide full facilities based local exchange services and |
| rely upon an expedited process for environmental review for certain proposed construction projects. |
| The Commission grants the requested authority to expand Applicant’s CPCN to include full |
| facilities-based services, subject to the requirements and conditions stated below. The Commission |
| also specifies a procedure to be followed if Applicant seeks to pursue full facilities-based construction |
| activities that involve potential exemptions from environmental review under the California |
| Environmental Quality Act, Public Resources Code §§ 21000 et seq. The exemption procedure is |
| limited to full facilities-based construction projects not exceeding five miles. This proceeding is closed. |
| (Comr Simon - ALJ DeAngelis) |
Pub. Util. Code §1701.1 -- This proceeding is categorized as Ratesetting.
Res E-4149 - San Diego Gas & Electric Company (SDG&E).
| This resolution approves SDG&E's request to confirm the reappointment of Mr. H. Wesley Pratt to |
| serve on its Nuclear Decommissioning Master Trust Committee. (Advice Letter 1948-E, filed |
| November 27, 2007.) |
| R06-04-010 - Order Instituting Rulemaking to Examine the Commission’s Post-2005 Energy |
| Efficiency Policies, Programs, Evaluation, Measurement and Verification, and Related |
| Issues. |
| This decision awards $32,065.00 in compensation to the Utility Consumer Action Network for |
| contributions to Decision (D.) 05-09-043, D.05-11-011, and D.06-12-013 and other work in this |
| rulemaking. Proceeding R.06-04-010 remains open. |
| (Comr Grueneich - ALJ Gamson) |
Pub. Util. Code §1701.1 -- This proceeding is categorized as Ratesetting.
04/09/2008 - This revision was not shown on the Agenda mailed to the public.
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A07-02-024 - AT&T Communications of California, Inc. (Applicant).
| This decision authorizes Applicant to discontinue the provision of residential local exchange |
| telecommunications service and all related telecommunication service offerings within the incumbent |
| local exchange service territory of Pacific Bell Telephone Company, doing business as AT&T |
| California. Applicant was the competitive local exchange carrier affiliate of AT&T Corporation |
| (AT&T) in the state before the merger of AT&T and SBC California. Applicant has complied with the |
| Mass Migration Guidelines adopted by Decision 06‑10‑021. Its remaining customers |
| who have not selected another carrier will be transferred to AT&T California. The Commission grants |
| Applicant’s requests to relinquish both its Carrier of Last Resort status and its Eligible |
| Telecommunications Carrier status, in AT&T California’s geographic service area. This proceeding is |
| closed. |
Pub. Util. Code §1701.1 -- This proceeding is categorized as Ratesetting.
04/09/2008 - This revision was not shown on the Agenda mailed to the public.
Res SX-82 - Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA).
| This resolution authorizes VTA an exemption from the provisions of Section 9.5 (Audible Warning |
| Devices) of General Order 75-D by altering the bells at three crossings in the City of San Jose. VTA |
| will lower the bells in the northeast, northwest, and southwest quadrants to a minimum height of 8.5 |
| feet from the ground on the warning devices located at Stokes Street (CPUC Crossing No. |
| 82D–5.30). VTA will lower the bells in the northeast and southwest quadrants to a minimum height of |
| 8.5 feet from the ground on the warning devices located at Leigh Avenue (CPUC Crossing No. |
| 82D–5.10). VTA will lower the bells on warning devices located at Fruitdale Avenue (CPUC |
| Crossing No. 82D–5.00) to a minimum height of 8.5 feet from the ground in the northeast, northwest, |
| and southwest quadrants, and to a minimum height of 10 feet from the ground in the southeast |
| quadrant. VTA will also install shrouds covering the northwest face of the bells in the northeast and |
| northwest quadrants of the Fruitdale Avenue rail crossing. |
Res ST-97 - San Francisco International Airport AirTrain (AirTrain).
| This resolution grants AirTrain’s request to deviate from General Order 95 requirements for third rail |
| warning signs. Commission General Order No. 95, Rule 79.5 requires every passenger loading |
| platform to install a sign bearing the words “Danger,” “Electric Third Rail,” and “Keep Away” in letters |
| at least 3 inches in height. By letter dated February 21, 2008, AirTrain requested to deviate from the |
| language requirement by removing “Third” from the warning sign. |
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A08-01-017 - TeleQuality Communications, Inc. (Applicant).
| This decision grants Applicant a certificate of public convenience and necessity pursuant to Pub. Util. |
| Code § 1001 to provide limited facilities based and resold competitive local exchange and |
| interexchange services, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the decision. The application is |
| unopposed. This proceeding is closed. |
| (Comr Chong - ALJ Patrick) |
Pub. Util. Code §1701.1 -- This proceeding is categorized as Ratesetting.
A07-12-028 - Airvan Transport LLC (Applicant).
| This decision authorizes Applicant to operate as a passenger stage corporation between points in Los |
| Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, and San Diego Counties, on the one hand, and Los |
| Angeles International, Long Beach, Burbank, Ontario International, John Wayne, and San Diego |
| International Airports, on the other hand; and to establish a zone of rate freedom. This proceeding is |
| closed. |
Pub. Util. Code §1701.1 -- This proceeding is categorized as Ratesetting.
A07-10-001 - Sol Group Transport LLC (Applicant).
| This decision authorize Applicant to operate as a passenger stage corporation to transport primarily |
| children between points in the Cities of Atherton, Los Altos, Menlo Park, Mountain View, Palo Alto, |
| Portola Valley, Redwood City, and Woodside; and to establish a zone of rate freedom. This |
| proceeding is closed. |
Pub. Util. Code §1701.1 -- This proceeding is categorized as Ratesetting.
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| R_________ - Order Instituting Rulemaking to Consider Revisions to the Planning Reserve |
| Margin for Reliable and Cost-Effective Electric Service. |
| This decision opens this rulemaking to review, and modifies it to the extent found to be appropriate, the |
| planning reserve margin (PRM) used for purposes of the Commission's Long-Term Procurement |
| Planning (LTPP) and Resource Adequacy (RA) programs. The Commission does so to bring greater |
| policy clarity and certainty to California’s electricity market and to ensure that the Commission's LTPP |
| and RA programs are designed to yield the level of reliability that ratepayers demand. The |
| Commission will examine, among other things, the assumptions and methodology used to set the PRM, |
| whether to recalibrate the PRM periodically, whether to establish a single PRM that applies throughout |
| the service territories of utilities under the Commission's jurisdiction, whether to establish separate |
| short-term and long-term PRMs, and how best to coordinate the Commission's PRM determinations |
| with the needs of the California Independent System Operator. |
| A01-09-045 - Lodi Gas Storage, L.L.C. (LGS), Western Hub Properties L.L.C., and WHP |
| Acquisition Company, LLC. |
| For approval of a Secured Long-Term Financing Pursuant to Public Utilities Code Sections 816, 817, |
| 818, 823 and 851. A05-08-031 - Related matters. This decision grants two petitions for |
| modification filed by LGS. The first petition seeks the deletion of Ordering Paragraph (OP) 3(b) from |
| Decision (D.) 03-02-071, and the second seeks the deletion of OP 3(c) from D.05-12-007. The |
| modification petitions have been filed pursuant to a settlement approved in D.08-01-018, which |
| imposed broader reporting obligations on LGS concerning changes in the natural gas storage market |
| than the obligations imposed by the OPs that LGS is now seeking to delete. The decision also grants |
| motions to consolidate Application (A.) 01-09-045 and A.05 08-031, the proceedings in which |
| D.03-02-071 and D.05-12-007 were issued. These consolidated proceedings are closed. |
| (Comr Peevey - ALJ McKenzie) |
Pub. Util. Code §1701.1 -- This proceeding is categorized as Ratesetting.
| R05-12-013 - Order Instituting Rulemaking to Consider Refinements to and Further |
| Development of the Commission’s Resource Adequacy Requirements Program. |
| This decision awards Aglet Consumer Alliance $13,533.53 and The Utility Reform Network |
| $90,773.00 in compensation for their substantial contributions to Decision 07-06-029, issued in Phase |
| 2, Track 1 of this proceeding. This proceeding remains open for resolution of issues that are pending |
| in Tracks 2 and 3 of Phase 2. |
| (Comr Peevey - ALJ Wetzell) |
Pub. Util. Code §1701.1 -- This proceeding is categorized as Ratesetting.
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A06-02-023 - Golden State Water Company (GSWC)
| For an order authorizing GSWC to increase rates for water service in years 2007, 2008, and 2009 in |
| its Region II Service Area. This decision dismisses the Order to Show Cause (OSC) that the |
| Commission issued against GSWC in Decision 08-01-020. The OSC directed GSWC to show cause |
| why it should not be fined $50,000 due to its conduct in the company’s most recent general office |
| general rate case, in which GSWC waited until rebuttal testimony to present the principal justification |
| for many of the new general office positions it was seeking. On February 26, 2008, GSWC informed |
| the Commission that it would not contest the OSC and would pay the recommended $50,000 fine. |
| On March 7, 2008, GSWC and the Water Division, which was prosecuting the OSC on behalf of the |
| Commission, filed a joint motion urging that the OSC should be dismissed in view of GSWC’s |
| decisions to pay the $50,000 and not contest the OSC. This proceeding is closed. |
| (Comr Bohn - ALJ McKenzie) |
Pub. Util. Code §1701.1 -- This proceeding is categorized as Adjudicatory.
| (ECP) C07-08-015 - Michael and Heather Torquemada (Complainants) vs. Trinity Village |
| Water Company (Defendant). |
| This decision obligates Defendant to furnish a 5/8 x 3/4-inch water meter on the lot purchased by |
| Complainants on August 16, 2006, in the Trinity Village Subdivision at the tariff rate of $250.00 This |
| proceeding is closed. |
| (Comr Bohn - ALJ Ryerson) |
| R06-06-028 - Order Instituting Rulemaking into the Review of the California High Cost |
| Fund B Program. |
| This decision grants $127,994.35 to The Utility Reform Network for its substantial contribution to |
| D.07-09-020 which addresses Phase I issues relating to the California High-Cost Fund B program. |
| (Comr Chong - ALJ Pulsifer) |
Pub. Util. Code §1701.1 -- This proceeding is categorized as Quasi-Legislative.
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Regular Agenda - Energy Orders
A07-05-020 - Southern California Edison Company (SCE).
| This decision modifies and approves, as modified, SCE's request to conduct a study to evaluate the |
| feasibility of a Clean Hydrogen Power Generation plant. This proceeding is closed. |
| (Comr Peevey - ALJ Yip-kikugawa) |
| Pub. Util. Code § 311 – This item was mailed for Public Comment. |
| Pub. Util. Code §1701.1 -- This proceeding is categorized as Ratesetting. |
| Agenda 3208, Item 26 2/14/2008 (Bohn); |
| Agenda 3209, Item 31 2/28/2008 (Grueneich); |
| Agenda 3210, Item 21 3/13/2008 (Bohn) |
| R07-09-008 - Order Instituting Rulemaking to establish the California Institute for Climate |
| Solutions (CICS). |
| This decision, by creating the CICS, adopts a bold and innovative approach to expanding California’s |
|