THEREFORE IT IS ORDERED THAT:

1. This advice letter is granted, given the conditions specified herein.

2. PG&E shall supplement its advice letter within 30 days of the effective date of this resolution to clarify its pricing methods and to explain how it intends to ensure that the total costs, not just "incremental costs," of this service are recovered in the prices it charges.

3. PG&E shall file a supplemental advice letter within 30 days of the effective date of this resolution which explains how the utility plans to limit the costs it allocates to this sharing mechanism to those that are incremental and directly attributable to this service.

4. When PG&E files its supplement to this advice letter, it shall serve the parties to R.97-04-011/I97-04-012, the protestants to the advice letter, and other potential competitors and meter-reading industry associations, if any. These additional parties shall be listed in the supplemental advice letter.

5. The utility may begin offering these services 30 days after receipt of the required supplement unless the Energy Division advises the utility that its supplemental advice letter is deficient.

6. This Resolution is effective today.

I certify that the foregoing resolution was duly introduced, passed, and adopted at a conference of the Public Utilities Commission of the State of California held on October 5, 2000; the following Commissioners voting favorably thereon:

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