STATE OF CALIFORNIA GRAY DAVIS, Governor

PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION

505 VAN NESS AVENUE

SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94102-3298

April 30, 2001

TO: PARTIES OF RECORD IN APPLICATION 99-11-025

This is the draft decision of Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) Cooke regarding certification of the Final Environmental Impact Report. Pursuant to Rule 77.7(f)(8), the Commission may reduce or waive comments on this decision.

The ALJ has determined that comments with the scope of Rule 77.7 may prove useful to the Commission. Accordingly, such comments may be filed and served no later than May 14, 2001 and reply comments may be filed and served no later than May 21, 2001.

Lynn T. Carew, Chief

Administrative Law Judge

LTC:k47

Attachments

ALJ/MLC/k47 DRAFT CA-21

5/24/2001

Decision DRAFT DECISION OF ALJ COOKE (Mailed 4/30/2001)

BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

Application of PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY (U 39 E) for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity Authorizing the Construction of the Tri Valley 2002 Capacity Increase Project.

Application 99-11-025 (Filed November 22, 1999)

OPINION CERTIFYING FINAL

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT

Summary

The Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR) is certified as the Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the project which is the subject of this application and is certified for use by responsible agencies in considering subsequent approvals for the project, or for portions thereof.