5. Respondents

We name as respondents all retail sellers now named in R.08-08-009. This includes large electric utilities, small electric utilities, multi-jurisdictional electric utilities, ESPs and CCAs. Respondents not named in R.08-08-009 but covered now also include any new electric utility upon operation or transfer (e.g., California Pacific Electric Company, LLC), and several new ESPs and CCAs upon registration since August 2008.²³ Any respondent in this rulemaking that does not have a representative on the service list for R.08-08-009 will not automatically be placed on the service list, but must also provide information necessary to establish party status for this OIR. (See section below on Parties, Service List and Electronic Service.)

As we stated in R.08-08-009, any ESP that, subsequent to the date of this OIR, becomes registered to provide service through direct access transactions within the service territory of one or more of the respondent electrical corporations shall automatically, as a result of that registration, become a respondent to this proceeding effective upon such registration, and must also seek party status if it wishes to actively participate in the proceeding. Any ESP withdrawing its registration should notify the assigned ALJ within five days of effectuating the withdrawal of its registration.

Further, any CCA that, subsequent to the date of this OIR, becomes registered to provide service within the service territory of one or more of the respondent electrical corporations through CCA transactions shall automatically, as a result of that registration, become a respondent to this proceeding effective upon such registration, and must seek party status if it wishes to actively participate in this proceeding. Any CCA withdrawing its registration should notify the assigned ALJ within five days of effectuating the withdrawal of its registration. All entities considering becoming ESPs or CCAs, even if they are at the early stages of their consideration, are encouraged to participate in this proceeding.

²³ New ESPs include: BlueStar Energy Solutions, Commercial Energy of California, Direct Energy Business, Direct Energy Services LLC, EnerCal USA, Glacial Energy of California Inc., Liberty Power Delaware LLC, Liberty Power Holdings LLC, Noble Americas Energy Solution, Shell Energy, and Tiger Natural Gas Inc. New CCAs include: Clean Power San Francisco, and Marin Energy Authority. Any error or omission in this list shall not excuse any retail seller from respondent status.