4. Comments on Draft Decision
The Administrative Law Judge's draft decision was issued for public review and comment in accordance with Pub. Util. Code § 311(g)(1) and Rule 77.7 of the Rules of Practice and Procedure. PG&E filed comments, which we have addressed herein. No reply comments were filed.
1. Parties in this proceeding were provided with notice and opportunity to be heard on PG&E's proposal, put forth in I.01-12-010, that it tender an NOI for a TY 2003 GRC on or before April 15, 2002. No party stated any objection to this proposal.
2. D.02-04-018 approved PG&E's proposal in I.01-12-010 to resolve that proceeding by, among other things, tendering an NOI for a TY 2003 GRC on or before April 15, 2002. D.02-04-018 ordered PG&E to implement this proposal.
3. With the issuance of D.02-04-018, PG&E's requests in this petition to consider the appropriate test year for its next GRC and the appropriate NOI tender date are moot.
4. The issue of PG&E's need for an attrition increase for 2002 is being addressed separately in response to comments that have been filed pursuant to D.01-10-059, and any need for an attrition allowance for future years can and should be addressed in the 2003 GRC.
5. Because the deadline for the tender of PG&E's NOI for a TY 2003 GRC has been delayed by five months, the goal for completion of that GRC should be modified correspondingly.
1. PG&E's petition for modification of D.01-10-059 should be granted in part by modifying the text, Finding of Fact 2, and Ordering Paragraph 4 of that decision with respect to the goal for completing PG&E's TY 2003 GRC.
2. In all other respects the petition should be dismissed as moot.
IT IS ORDERED that:
1. Pacific Gas and Electric Company's (PG&E) petition for modification of Decision (D.) 01-10-059 is granted to the extent set forth in Ordering Paragraph 2 and in all other respects is dismissed as moot.
2. D.01-10-059 is modified as follows:
a. On page 3, last line, continuing to the first line of page 4, the phrase "to have new rates in place" is deleted and replaced with "complete processing of the GRC."
b. On page 4, first paragraph, references to "January 1, 2003" are changed to "June 1, 2003."
c. On page 4, first paragraph, last line, the phrase "new rates for PG&E" is deleted and replaced with "processing the GRC."
d. Finding of Fact 2 of D.01-10-059 is amended to read as follows:
Given the time required to process a GRC, the earliest feasible opportunity to review the reasonableness of PG&E's rates would be in a TY 2003 GRC for new rates to be in place that would be processed by January 1, 2003 June 1, 2003.
e. Ordering Paragraph 4 of D.01-10-059 is amended to read as follows:
The assigned administrative law judge is directed to develop an expedited schedule to complete a TY 2003 GRC with the goal of having new rates in place processing the GRC by January 1, 2003 June 1, 2003.
3. Except as modified by D.02-04-018 and by this decision, D.01-10-059 remains in full force and effect.
This order is effective today.
Dated June 6, 2002, at San Francisco, California.
LORETTA M. LYNCH
President
HENRY M. DUQUE
CARL W. WOOD
GEOFFREY F. BROWN
MICHAEL R. PEEVEY
Commissioners
