3. Procedural Background
On September 28, 2001, Assigned Commissioner Bilas issued a ruling directing that the utilities file proposals to define and allocate costs associated with interconnecting distributed generation and specifically how to implement Pub. Util. Code § 2827(d) as it relates to interconnection costs. On October 30, 2001 Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), San Diego Gas & Electric Company (SDG&E), and Southern California Edison Company (SCE) filed the required proposals. The California Solar Energy Industries Association (CalSEIA) also filed a proposal. Comments on the proposals were filed November 13, 2001 by SDG&E, SCE, CalSEIA, Kenneth A. Adelman (Adelman),3 RealEnergy,4 Office of Ratepayer Advocates (ORA), and jointly by California Department of General Services, University of California, and California State University (State Consumers). Replies were filed November 20, 2001 by PG&E, SDG&E, SCE, CalSEIA, and Adelman.
3 Adelman did not appear or seek to intervene in this proceeding. We will treat Adelman's filing as a request to intervene and grant Adelman appearance status. The service list should be updated to reflect that Mr. O'Neill is appearing as counsel for both CalSEIA and Adelman. 4 RealEnergy was granted Information Only status in this proceeding and has not sought to modify that status through a request to intervene. We will treat RealEnergy's filing as a request to move to appearance status and grant that request. The service list should be updated to reflect RealEnergy's move from Information Only status to Appearance status.
