2. Joint Comparison Exhibit

At the March 19, 2009 Prehearing Conference (PHC), the assigned Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) ordered all active parties to participate in settlement discussions subsequent to the tendering of interested parties' testimony and prior to the start of an evidentiary hearing.¹ ALJ Janet Econome was assigned as a neutral ALJ to mediate settlement discussions prior to the scheduled evidentiary hearing on June 17, 2009. At the evidentiary hearing, it was reported that the mediation process resulted in progress on settlement of many of the contested issues between the parties and that they were working on a document that identified settled issues and a comparison table that identified the remaining revenue requirement difference between SJWC and the DRA.

Late-filed Exhibit 36 was reserved for a joint SJWC and DRA comparative test year 2010 results of operation schedule to show differences between SJWC and DRA prior to and subsequent to a partial settlement. Late-Filed Exhibit 36 was subsequently received into evidence on August 9, 2009.

¹ Active parties consisted of SJWC, the Commission's Division of Ratepayer Advocates (DRA), Redwood Estates Services Association and, appearing jointly, seven mutual water companies. The mutual water companies were (1) Big Redwood Park Mutual Water Company, (2) Brush & Old Well Road Mutual Water Company, (3) Mountain Summit Mutual Water Company, (4) Oakmont Water Company, (5) Ridge Mutual Water Company, (6) Summit West Mutual Water Company, and (7) Villa Del Monte Mutual Water Company.