Preliminary Scoping Memo
Rule 6(c)(1) of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure provides that an OII and OSC shall determine the category and need for hearing, and shall attach a preliminary scoping memo. This OII and the related OSC are determined to be adjudicatory, as that term is defined in Rule 5(b). Any person who objects to the categorization of this proceeding may appeal the categorization pursuant to Rule 6.4.
Consistent with the adjudicatory categorization of this proceeding, there will be a formal hearing on the OII and related OSC involving adjudicative facts.1 That hearing will take place starting on December 19, 2001, as described above. Consistent with Rule 6.2, the assigned Commissioner may set a prehearing conference in advance of the formal hearing through the issuance of an assigned Commissioner's ruling.
A copy of this OII and OSC shall be served on Edison, and its attorney.
Consistent with Rule 6(e), we expect that this proceeding will be concluded within 12 months.
1 Adjudicative facts are defined in Rule 8(f)(3) as facts which "answer questions such as who did what, where, when, how, why, with what motive or intent."
