8. Invitation to Comment on Preliminary Scoping Memo and Schedule

This OIR serves as a solicitation for parties to comment on the Preliminary Scoping Memo and Appendix A, and as an invitation to attend a Preliminary Scoping Memo workshop to be held at the PHC, on April 2, 2008, 10:00 a.m., in the Commission Courtroom, State Office Building, 505 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, California. Comments are due by March 17, 2008, and are limited to 15 pages of text. The Commission will utilize parties' pre-workshop comments and the workshop as a basis to identify areas that need clarification, and to consider additional items to be identified as "in-scope," pursuant to the guidance set forth in Sections 6 and 7 of this OIR. We direct parties to limit their comments to the specific issues and questions set forth in this OIR.