3. Issues before the Commission

This decision addresses three issues:

· Sharing customer information among regulated water and energy utilities (and encouraging sharing among regulated water and municipal energy utilities) to increase participation in water utilities' low-income ratepayer assistance programs;

· Adoption of proposed guidelines and additional policies on customer information sharing; and

· Adoption of the same categorical eligibility requirements for water utilities' low-income ratepayer assistance programs as have been adopted for energy utilities' Energy Savings Assistance Program (ESAP), formerly known as Low-Income Energy Efficiency, and California Alternate Rates for Energy (CARE) programs.