5. Proposed Schedule for Future Applications

The Amended Settlement Agreement which we adopt proposes that DRA's report be submitted on or before December 15 of each year, or approximately 9 months after the filing of a Cal Am application.¹³ In adopting this provision, we note that Pub. Util. Code § 1701.5(a) requires that the Commission resolve ratesetting matters within 18 months of the issuing of a scoping memo. In order that the scoping memo in a future proceeding consider any recommendations in DRA's report, the scoping memo for a future application under this provision will not be issued prior to the submitting of DRA's report. Consequently, Commission resolution of a future application may not be completed until significantly after the filing of an application.

¹³ See, Attachment A, Section III (B.), p. 3.