Tehachapi Upgrade

Since the last PHC, SCE has met with Ridgetop and other wind developers and has sent a solicitation of interest to the various wind developers in the Tehachapi area. SCE has agreed to prepare a conceptual study which will include a preliminary estimate of transmission costs (including environmental mitigation), routing costs, substation costs, line licensing costs, and a preliminary evaluation of SCE's current inventory of property to assess existing rights for construction of the proposed project. SCE and the wind developers agree that it would be premature to hold hearings on this project in February 2002, since the study would not be completed until sometime that month. Between now and the next PHC in this proceeding, SCE and the wind developers will jointly describe the status of this project as part of SCE's monthly status reports. If there are any disagreements between SCE and wind developers regarding the manner in which this project is moving forward, they should so indicate in the joint description.