6. Assignment of Proceeding

Mark J. Ferron is the assigned Commissioner and Richard W. Clark is the assigned Administrative Law Judge in this proceeding.

1. CalPeco is required to file test year GRC applications every three years.

2. CalPeco seeks to extend the use of its PTAM one additional year to 2012.

3. CalPeco also seeks to defer the filing of its 2013 test year GRC proceeding from late 2011 until early 2012.

4. Application of the PTAM Attrition Factor for 2012, to rates currently in effect, will result in a proposed rate increase of approximately $ 278,821 or 1.15%.

5. There were no protests to this application.

1. The preliminary categorizations of ratesetting and no need for hearings should be affirmed.

2. D.09-10-041 should be modified so that CalPeco's PTAM should be extended one additional year to 2012 and its 2013 test year GRC application filed no later than April of 2012.

3. The following order should be effective immediately.

ORDER

IT IS ORDERED that:

1. Decision 09-10-041 is modified so that California Pacific Electric Company, LLC's Post Test Year Adjustment Mechanism shall be extended one additional year to include the 2012 calendar year.

2. Within 30 days of today's date, California Pacific Electric Company, LLC shall file a Tier 1 advice letter with tariffs to implement the 2012 attrition factor increase approved by this order. These new rates shall become effective on the filing of the advice letter, subject to the Energy Division determining that they are in compliance with this Order.

3. California Pacific Electric Company, LLC shall deviate from its three-year general rate case (GRC) cycle set forth in Decision 07-07-004 by filing its scheduled 2013 test year GRC application before April 30, 2012.

4. Application 11-11-013 is closed.

This order is effective today.

Dated April 19, 2012, at San Francisco, California.

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