ALJ/JJJ/hkr Mailed 3/5/2003

BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

Petition of the Greenlining Institute and Latino Issues Forum for a Commission Order Instituting Rulemaking to adopt, amend or repeal a regulation pursuant to California Public Utilities Code Section 1708.5 by amending General Order 156.	Petition 02-10-035
Rulemaking for the Purpose of Amending General Order 156.	FILED PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION FEBRUARY 27, 2003 SAN FRANCISCO OFFICE RULEMAKING 03-02-035

ORDER GRANTING A PETITION FOR RULEMAKING
PURSUANT TO PUB. UTIL. CODE § 1708.5 AND INSTITUTING RULEMAKING TO AMEND GENERAL ORDER 156

I. Summary

By this order, we grant the Petition of the Greenlining Institute and Latino Issues Forum (Greenlining/LIF) to institute a rulemaking to amend General Order (GO) 156. We institute this rulemaking to eliminate the exclusions currently permitted under GO 156, and to refine certain aspects of GO 156 verification and reporting.