ALJ/JAR/jva Date of Issuance 12/19/2008

Decision 08-12-032 December 18, 2008

BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

Order Instituting Rulemaking on the Commission's Own Motion into Monitoring Performance of Operations Support Systems.	Rulemaking 97-10-016 (Filed October 9, 1997)
Order Instituting Investigation on the Commission's Own Motion into Monitoring Performance of Operations Support Systems.	Investigation 97-10-017 (Filed October 9, 1997)

DECISION GRANTING JOINT MOTION FOR ADOPTION OF
AMENDMENTS TO PERFORMANCE INCENTIVE PLAN

Summary

Pacific Bell Telephone Company, doing business as AT&T California (AT&T California), and the following competitive local exchange carriers (CLECs), Comcast Phone of California LLC, Covad Communications Company, tw telecom, and US TelePacific Corp. (Joint CLECs) (collectively, the Settling Parties) have jointly moved the Commission to adopt their consensus modifications to AT&T California's performance incentives plan (PIP). The amendments seek to simplify the PIP by reducing the complexity of the plan while preserving the features that, in fact, provide incentives for appropriate performance. The Settling Parties intend a simplified PIP to be more easily understood, more effectively implemented, less susceptible to differing interpretations, and less prone to calculation errors. The Commission adopts the consensus modifications to the PIP, the full text of which is set forth in Appendix A to this decision, and closes this proceeding. Future amendments, modifications, and/or changes to the PIP shall be sought through an application.