XII. Respondents

Respondents are all investor owned gas and electric utilities and incumbent local exchange carriers with at least $100 million in annual revenues. Respondents also include all Class A water utilities. All other investor owned gas and electric utilities, incumbent local exchange carriers and Class B, C and D water utilities, in addition to the named respondents, will be bound by the rules we adopt in this proceeding regardless of whether they are named respondents. Thus, if these non-respondent utilities wish to affect the outcome of this proceeding, they should participate in the proceeding regardless of whether they are named as respondents.