2. Procedural History
The Order Instituting Rulemaking (OIR) initiating this proceeding on December 16, 2010, directed certain respondents and invited interested parties to file comments addressing issues pertaining to the creation of a Small Business Advisory Council (SBAC), which the OIR proposed to create.
On January 20, 2011, AT&T California (AT&T) and Verizon California (Verizon) (filing jointly), Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), the Division of Ratepayer Advocates (DRA), San Diego Gas & Electric Company (SDG&E) and Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas) (filing jointly), The Utility Reform Network (TURN), the California Small Business Roundtable (CSBRT) and California Small Business Association (CSBA) (filing jointly), and Southern California Edison Company (SCE) filed opening comments. On January 21, 2012, the Greenlining Institute (Greenlining)1 filed opening comments.
By February 3, 2011, Small Business California (SB-Cal), SCE, CSBRT/CSBA, PG&E, TURN, AT&T/Verizon, and Greenlining filed Reply Comments.
On Monday, March 7, 2011, the Commission held a workshop involving interested parties at the Commission offices in San Francisco.
1 Greenlining filed its opening comments a day late. On January 31, 2011, Greenlining filed a Motion to Late File Opening Comments. In the interest of a complete record, the Greenling Motion is granted.
