V. Parties and Service List

This OIR is served on the parties to R.04-03-017, which we close today. It is also served on the parties to R.04-04-026.

Within 20 days from the mailing date of this order, any person or representative of an entity interested in monitoring or participating in this proceeding should send a letter to the Commission's Process Office (Processoffice@cpuc.ca.gov) and to the Public Advisor's Office (Publicadvisor'soffice@cpuc.ca.gov), both of which are located at 505 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, California 94102, requesting that the person or representative's name be placed on the service list. The Process Office will thereafter create a new service list and the new service list will be posted on the Commission's web site, www.cpuc.ca.gov soon thereafter. Parties' request for inclusion on the service list should include an email address. Parties who do not contact the Commission for inclusion on the service list will not receive future documents in this proceeding.

In accordance with Commission practice, by entering an appearance at a hearing or by other appropriate means, an interested party or protestant gains "party" status. A party to a Commission proceeding has certain rights that non-parties (those in "state service" and "information only" service categories) do not have. For example, a party has the right to participate in evidentiary hearings, file comments on a proposed decision, and appeal a final decision. A party also has the ability to consent to waive or reduce a comment period. Non-parties do not have these rights, even though they are included on the service list for the proceeding and receive copies of some or all documents. When individuals write to the Process Office to request to be on the service list, they should indicate if they wish to be an appearance, and if so, they should indicate how they intend to participate in the proceeding. Individuals who intend to maintain appearance or party status must appear at the prehearing conference to confirm this.

Any party interested in participating in this rulemaking who is unfamiliar with the Commission's procedures should contact the Public Advisor's Office in Los Angeles at (213) 576-7056, or in San Francisco at (415) 703-2074, (866) 836-7875 (TTY - toll free) or (415) 703-5282 (TTY).

Parties are encouraged to serve documents electronically, in accordance with Rules 2.3 and 2.3.1 of the Commissions' Rules of Practice and Procedure.