STATE OF CALIFORNIA GRAY DAVIS, Governor
PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
505 VAN NESS AVENUE
SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94102-3298
February 6, 2001
TO: PARTIES OF RECORD IN CASE 00-06-012
DECISION 01-02-003, MAILED FEBRUARY 6, 2001
On January 5, 2001, a Presiding Officer's Decision in this proceeding was mailed to all parties. Public Utilities Code Section 1701.2 and Rule 8.2 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedures provide that the Presiding Officer's Decision becomes the decision of the Commission 30 days after its mailing unless an appeal to the Commission or a request for review has been filed.
No timely appeals to the Commission or requests for review have been filed. Therefore, the Presiding Officer's Decision is now the decision of the Commission.
The decision number is shown above.
/s/ LYNN T. CAREW
Lynn T. Carew, Chief
Administrative Law Judge
LTC:sid
Attachment
ALJ/JCM-POD/sid Mailed 2/6/2001
Decision 01-02-003 February 6, 2001
BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
Mark III Engineering Contractors, Complainant, vs. Southern California Water Company; Arden-Cordova Water Company; and Citizens Utilities Company of California, Respondents. |
Case 00-06-012 (Filed June 7, 2000) |
John Hedden, Attorney at Law, and Gary Brienza, for Mark III Engineering Contractors, complainant.
Patricia A. Schmiege, Attorney at Law, Barbara Baird, and William C. Gedney, for Southern California Water Company, and E. Garth Black, Attorney at Law, and Robert S. Roscoe, for Citizens Utilities Company of California, defendants.
Summary
This decision requires Southern California Water Company (SoCal Water) and Citizens Utilities Company of California (Citizens) (jointly, Defendants) to cease their practice of routinely requiring Mark III Engineering Contractors (Mark III) to include backflow protection devices at all new water service connections for Class 1 and Class 2 fire protection systems on all projects planned by Mark III in Defendants' service territories. Defendants may still require backflow prevention devices where conditions warrant, but only after evaluating the specific circumstances applying to each proposed service connection.
