2. Background

In D.97-05-040, the Commission directed the UDCs to submit monthly reports beginning on November 15, 1997, to the Director of the Energy Division and to other interested parties, regarding their direct access implementation activities for the prior month. Originally, this reporting requirement was to have terminated with the report ending for the month of June 30, 1999. (D.97-05-040, Ordering Par. 5.e.(5), p. 93.) The Commission's Energy Division requested that this requirement be extended, and in D.99-05-034, the Commission extended the reporting requirement to terminate with the report ending for the month of December 31, 2000. The Commission also allowed the Energy Division to collect additional information in these monthly reports. (D.99-05-034, Ordering Par. 14, p. 140.)

In D.99-05-034, the Commission also adopted a requirement that the UDCs provide information about which entities are installing direct access meters, and which entities are billing for electrical services. This monthly information is provided in a format agreeable to the Energy Division, and the reporting requirement is to terminate with the activities ending for the month of December 31, 2000, unless extended by the Commission. (D.99-05-034, pp. 107-108; Ordering Par. 16, p. 141.)

In D.00-12-036, the Commission extended both reporting requirements through the reports ending for the month of September 30, 2002.

The Energy Division has requested that both reporting requirements, as described above, be extended. A ruling seeking comments on whether these two reporting requirements should be extended or not was mailed on July 10, 2002. Three comments were filed. The California Energy Commission supports the extension of the reporting requirements because of the type of information that is provided. The comments of Southern California Edison Company does not oppose the extension. Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) recommends that the monthly reporting requirements not be extended.