10 Municipalization Issues

The Yolo County Parties request that the Commission "prohibit PG&E from installing meters in the eastern portion of Yolo County subject to potential annexation until and unless the proposed [Sacramento Municipal Utility District] SMUD annexation is rejected or withdrawn." (Yolo County Parties Brief, p. 2.) PG&E states it "has no present plans to install AMI test meters in Yolo County during the pre-deployment phase of its AMI Project." (Exhibit 3, p. 1-10).

In its reply brief, SSJID asked that PG&E not be permitted to conduct any AMI deployment tests within SSJID's service territory. In its comments on the proposed decision, SSJID clarified that it seeks a prohibition of pre-deployment AMI testing it its service territory, like that authorized for Yolo County. In its reply comments, PG&E states it has no plans for any pre-deployment testing in SSJID's service territory.

Consistent with its statements, we will affirm that PG&E should not install AMI test meters or network elements in Yolo County or the SSJID service territory during the pre-deployment phase. However, we will not currently impose restrictions on AMI deployment, since this decision does not address whether ratepayer funding of deployment activities is reasonable. PG&E's proposed deployment plan and schedule is the subject of A.05-06-028 and will be decided there.