VIII. Schedule

The assigned Commissioner through a ruling may determine any modifications to the timetable for this proceeding. However, for purposes of meeting the preliminary scoping memo requirements and to get this proceeding underway as quickly as possible, we establish the following schedule:

July 10 , 2003	Order Instituting Rulemaking
August 4, 2003	Initial comments on proposed ratemaking and accounting rules
August 14 , 2003	Reply comments
October 16, 2003	Draft decision on Commission agenda

Any respondent or party who objects to the determination that no hearings are needed, or the issues raised in this preliminary scoping memo, shall raise such objection(s) in a pleading to be filed within 10 days of the mailing date of the OIR.

In the event evidentiary hearings are required, the Assigned Commissioner through subsequent rulings, and the assigned Administrative Law Judge (Judge) by ruling with the Assigned Commissioner's concurrence, may adjust the timetable as necessary during the course of the proceeding. We do not anticipate that this proceeding will require longer than four months to complete.