Comments on Proposed Decision

On April 6, 2012, the proposed decision was mailed to parties in accordance with Section 311 of the Public Utilities Code, and the comments were allowed under Rule 14.3 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure.

On April 16, 2012, the assigned Commissioner issued his Scoping Memo finding that all outstanding issues had been addressed in this proceeding or were pending in Superior Court, and proposing to close the docket. Parties were authorized to comment on this proposal.

The Division of Ratepayer Advocates and the Monterey Peninsula Water Management District raised procedural issues in their comments on the April 6, 2012, proposed decision and the April 16, 2012, Scoping Memo. To provide the parties an opportunity to identify disputed issues of material fact necessary for resolution in this proceeding, and evidence that might be presented on those issues, a prehearing conference was held on Tuesday, June 5, 2012.

At the prehearing conference the parties agreed that the amount to be authorized in this proceeding for the interim mitigation agreement should be escalated to by 10% for 2013 and 2014. Cal-Am and the District also agreed to meet and confer regarding the District's costs for Phase I of the Aquifer Storage project, with a new proposal to be filed in this docket no later than August 2, 2012.