THEREFORE IT IS ORDERED THAT:

1. Southern California Edison Company's Advice Letter 1461-E is rejected.

2. The protest of the Office of Ratepayer Advocates is supported.

3. Southern California Edison Company shall, within 10 days, file revised tariff sheets closing the Economic Development Rate tariffs to new customers and revising the minimum charge provisions to comply with Decision 96-08-025. The tariff sheets shall become effective upon filing, provided the Energy Division staff determines they are consistent with this Resolution.

4. Southern California Edison Company shall, within 30 days, provide written notice to all Economic Development Rate customers that they may transfer to their otherwise available tariff without paying liquidated damages. The notice shall specifically state the time limits on the offer and the procedure for changing tariffs. The notice shall also explain that SCE under-billed EDR customers, that EDR customers shall be billed for the under-collection, and that in the future EDR rates shall not be capped at the OAT.

5. The Director of the Energy Division's suspension of the tariff sheets attached to Advice Letter 1461-E is ratified; the tariff sheets attached to Advice Letter 1461-E as originally filed never went into effect.

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 21, 2000; the following Commissioners voting favorably thereon:

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