Assignment of Proceeding

John A. Bohn is the assigned Commissioner and Christine M. Walwyn is the assigned ALJ in this proceeding.

Findings of Fact

1. Authorization of a conservation memorandum account for the Los Angeles district was inadvertently omitted from the settlement adopted in D.08-06-002.

2. The conservation memorandum account proposed by the joint petitioners is consistent with the original proposal by Cal-Am in this proceeding and will allow Cal-Am to track the costs necessary to perform important conservation activities in its Los Angeles district.

Conclusions of Law

1. D.08-06-002 should be modified to adopt a conservation memorandum account with a budget capped at $100,000 for 2008 and $260,000 for 2009 and to authorize the conservation memorandum account to be expanded to include one additional staff person (not to exceed an addition of $75,000 per year total cost for that employee) to conduct customer audits of water usage.

2. For good cause shown, the otherwise applicable 30-day period for public review and comment on the proposed decision should be waived.

3. Today's decision should be made effective immediately.

ORDER

IT IS ORDERED that:

1. Decision 08-06-002 is modified to adopt a conservation memorandum account for California-American Water Company's Los Angeles district with a budget capped at $100,000 for 2008 and $260,000 for 2009 and to authorize the conservation memorandum account to be expanded to include one additional staff person (not to exceed an addition of $75,000 per year total cost for that employee) to conduct customer audits of water usage.

2. Application 06-01-005 is closed.

This order is effective today.

Dated November 6, 2008, at San Francisco, California.

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