7. Evidentiary Hearing

Four days of hearings were held between June 16, and July 7, 2008. All of DRA's 17 exhibits and 20 of 22 of Suburban's exhibits were received into evidence at the hearing (as previously noted, certain testimony from both parties was stricken from the record).

Suburban served the written prepared testimony of eight witnesses. Four of those witnesses testified at the hearing (three on the first day, and Robert Kelly, Vice-President for Regulatory Affairs for the Southwest Utility Group and Suburban's primary witness, on the final three days).

DRA also served written prepared testimony and identified eight potential witnesses: seven related to the Suburban Report, and one related to the Southwest Report. At the hearing, DRA offered the testimony of only one of its witness regarding the Suburban Report, regarding the DPAD issue on the second day of hearing, due to the many issues settled in that report; and, the testimony of its one witness related to the Southwest Report, on the final day of hearing.