7. Treatment of Revenues
SCE states that all revenues from the proposed lease will be treated as Other Operating Revenue (OOR). In D.99-09-070, the Commission adopted a gross revenue sharing mechanism for certain of SCE's other operating revenues. The sharing mechanism applies to OOR, except for revenues that (1) derive from tariffs, fees or charges established by the Commission or by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; (2) are subject to other established ratemaking procedures or mechanisms; or (3) are subject to the Demand-Side Management Balancing Account.
Under the sharing mechanism, applicable gross revenues recorded from non-tariffed products and services like the proposed lease here will be split between shareholders and ratepayers after the Commission-adopted annual threshold level of OOR has been met. For those non-tariffed products and services deemed "passive" by the Commission, the revenues in excess of the annual threshold will be split between shareholders and ratepayers on a 70/30 basis. The proposed lease here is a "passive" product.2
2 See Attachment B to SCE's Advice Letter 1286-E, which identifies the Secondary Use of Transmission Right of Ways and Land and the Secondary Use of Distribution Right of Ways, Land, Facilities and Substations as categories of non-tariffed products and services. Advice Letter 1286-E was filed on January 30, 1998, pursuant to Rule VII.F of the Affiliate Transaction Rules contained in Appendix A of D.97-12-088.
