5. Future Sprint Product Orders

In addition to seeking approval of the Lease Agreement and five product orders, SCE and Sprint request authority to enter into new product orders, subject to the same Lease Agreement, through the Commission's advice letter process. In the future, the application states that SCE may seek to lease fiber that exists now, or it may install new fiber optic cable and then seek to enter into a product order.

The construction of new facilities by SCE, including the laying of fiber optics, requires Commission authorization, including application of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Some construction may fall within authorization already granted to SCE. For future Sprint leases, SCE asks for approval via advice letter for both existing fiber and for fiber that SCE has already received Commission authorization to construct. However, SCE's request does not include future leases relating to new fiber construction for which SCE has not yet obtained authorization. Any such application would be made through a § 851 application.

If SCE is permitted to file future product orders under the Lease Agreement through the advice letter process, it proposes to supplement the advice letters with substantial additional information. This information, as modified by ORA, is set forth as requirements in our order granting approval of advice letter filings of future product orders.