3. Scope of this Decision

Before the Commission are three complaint cases and five applications, which are inter-related and therefore require sequential resolution. They span SFPP's operations from April 1997 through December 2006.

To bring these consolidated proceedings to a reasonable conclusion, we must first resolve the complaint case, C.97-04-025. We then decide the cost of capital issue in A.03-02-027, which is a general rate case application by SFPP. Additionally, we find that A.00-03-044, a request for market-based rates, can be dismissed. This decision's scope and procedural approach is the result of a settlement effort which tried to develop options for SFPP's eight open proceedings (discussed below).