PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
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ENERGY DIVISION RESOLUTION E-3685
October 5, 2000
Resolution E--3685. Pacific Gas and Electric Company requests authorization to offer third party meter reading services on a nontariffed basis. This resolution approves the advice letter, with conditions listed herein.
By Advice Letter 2166-G/1890-E filed on July 12, 1999.
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SUMMARY
The Commission issued its Affiliate Transaction Rules in Decision (D.) 97-12-088, and modified these Rules in D.98-08-035. Rule VII governs the provision of nontariffed products and services by the utilities. Rule VII.E requires that utilities file with the Commission prior to offering a new category of nontariffed product or service.
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) requests in Advice Letter 2166-G/1890-E Commission approval to offer a new category of nontariffed service entitled "Third Party Meter Reading Services." Under this service, PG&E employees, while reading the meters of the utility's customers, would read the on-site meters of third parties such as cities, water service districts, utility districts, and other third parties who desire the service. The service would also include incidental on-site meter maintenance (such as trimming vegetation and removing dirt), and recommending more extensive work or repairs when needed.
This resolution grants the advice letter but requires the utility to file a supplemental advice letter that clarifies (1) that its pricing methodologies are not anti-competitive, (2) illustrates how to recover the total cost of providing the service, and (3) corrects its definition of incremental costs that are used to determine the monies to be shared with ratepayers.
