4. Motion to Seal Confidential Records

In accordance with Rules 11.1 and 11.5 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure, the Commission has considered the Motion of PG&E, filed October 21, 2008, for Leave to File Confidential Material Under Seal (Motion) -- namely certain pricing information in the confidential, unredacted version of the Master Agreement attached to PG&E's application.

Certain pricing information in the Master Agreement is confidential and commercially sensitive, and would be harmful to ratepayer interests as well as put PG&E and Lamar at a business disadvantage if it became publicly available during PG&E's ongoing negotiations with other signboard providers.  Section 583 and GO 66-C and other Commission decisions support protection of such confidential, commercially sensitive pricing information. Protection is appropriate in this case to ensure that this confidential and commercially sensitive information is not obtained and used by any signboard provider competitors with whom PG&E is in ongoing negotiations for other potential additional master license agreements so that PG&E can negotiate terms most favorable to ratepayer interests.

Based on the foregoing, the Commission grants PG&E's Motion to File Under Seal as detailed in the Order section of this decision.