COM/MF1/gd2 Date of Issuance 2/25/2011

BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

Petition of Western Manufactured Housing Communities Association to adopt, amend, or repeal a regulation pursuant to Public Utilities Code Section 1708.5.	Petition 10-08-016 (Filed August 20, 2010)
Order Instituting Rulemaking into Transfer of Master-Meter/Submeter Systems at Mobilehome Parks and Manufactured Housing Communities to Electric and Gas Corporations.	FILED PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION FEBRUARY 24, 2011 SAN FRANCISCO OFFICE RULEMAKING 11-02-018

DECISION GRANTING PETITION IN PART AND INSTITUTING RULEMAKING INTO ISSUES CONCERNING TRANSFER OF ELECTRIC AND NATURAL GAS MASTER-METERED SERVICE AT MOBILEHOME PARKS AND MANUFACTURED HOUSING COMMUNITIES TO DIRECT SERVICE BY ELECTRIC AND/OR NATURAL GAS CORPORATIONS

1. Summary

The rulemaking we open today will examine what the Commission can and should do to encourage the replacement by direct utility service of the master-meter/submeter systems that supply electricity, natural gas, or both to mobilehome parks and manufactured housing communities located within the franchise areas of electric and/or natural gas corporations. We look forward to a collaborative approach that will fashion creative solutions to advance existing legislative policy favoring direct utility service-in ways both timely and fair to all. We base the scope and schedule of this rulemaking upon suggestions parties made at an informal workshop Commissioner Ryan convened in late 2010. Accordingly, to the extent consistent with this scope and schedule, we grant the petition for rulemaking requested by Western Manufactured Housing Community Association, which initiated our review.