3. Timeliness of Petition

D.10-01-022 was effective on January 21, 2010. Rule 16.4(d) of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure requires petitions to be filed and served within one year of the effective date of the decision. If more than one year has elapsed, the petitioner must explain why the petition could not have been presented within one year. CALSEIA states that because the program was established in 2010, it was reasonable to wait to assess the success of the program before filing any petition to modify it. Therefore, CALSEIA requests that its petition be accepted despite the fact it is beyond the one year effective date of D.10-01-022. CALSEIA provides a reasonable explanation for filing its petition beyond the one year effective date of D.10-01-022. We will accept and consider CALSEIA's petition.