2. Background

D.00-02-046 resolved most issues in PG&E's TY 1999 GRC. Among other things it ordered PG&E to file a TY 2002 GRC in accordance with the Rate Case Plan. D.00-07-050 modified D.00-02-046 by allowing PG&E to file the TY 2002 GRC on a schedule delayed by nine months.

By D.01-10-059 dated October 25, 2001, the Commission resolved a petition by PG&E to modify D.00-07-050. Among other things, the Commission ordered PG&E to file for a TY 2003 GRC and to tender its NOI for that GRC no later than 20 days from the effective date of the decision, i.e., on November 14, 2001.

On November 16, 2001, PG&E filed a petition to modify D.01-10-059. In it, PG&E asserts that it is impossible to prepare and tender the NOI in 20 days and requests that the Commission vacate the requirement that it do so. PG&E instead requests that the Commission direct its Energy Division to convene a workshop that would allow PG&E and all interested parties to offer their views concerning the appropriate test year for PG&E's next GRC, PG&E's need for attrition in the years 2002 and beyond, and a rational schedule that will enable the Commission to fulfill its regulatory oversight obligations in a reasonable and fair fashion. The Energy Division would then issue a workshop report, and parties would be allowed to file comments thereon.

No responses to PG&E's petition have been filed.