IX. Official Service List

The assigned Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) will establish the initial service list for this proceeding by ruling on or before January 3, 2005. We plan to disseminate this OIR to provide broad public notice. The Executive Director shall serve copies of the OIR on: respondents to this proceeding as described above; committee members of the ULTS Trust Administrative Committee, Telecommunications Access for the Deaf and Disabled Administrative Committee and the Low Income Oversight Board; parties on the service lists of R.98-09-005 (the ULTS/GO 153 OIR); I.04-02-007 (The VOIP proceeding); National Indian Justice Center; and Richard Heath & Associates, contractor for the ULTS Marketing/Outreach program and the ULTS Call Center. The Executive Director shall also serve electronically, a Notice of Availability²⁰ of the OIR on jurisdictional telecommunications utilities, for which e-mail addresses are on file with the Commission, informing them that this OIR is available at:

http://www.cpuc.ca.gov/static/industry/telco/index.htm. For incumbent and competitive local exchange carriers whose e-mail addresses are not on file with the Commission, the Executive Director shall send those carriers, by regular mail, copies of the Notice of Availability of the OIR.

We invite broad participation and those who seek party status or wish to monitor this proceeding may do so by taking the steps described below:

· We shall assign party and non-party status in accordance with our usual conventions which recognize three categories of interested persons: Appearance (full party status, with all attendant rights and obligations, including service on all other parties and the state service category); State Service (non-party state employees who serve as recipients of service for their state agencies or for state officials); and Information Only (non-parties who do not receive full service but do receive all Commission-generated documents, such as rulings, proposed decisions and final decisions).

· In order to be placed on the initial official service list, interested persons should contact the Commission's Process Office by FAX (415/703-2823) or e-mail (ALJ_Process@cpuc.ca.gov) (Note, there is an underscore mark between "ALJ" and "Process"), no later than the close of business on December 15, 2004, and provide the following information:

1. Name and organization represented, if any

2. Address

3. Telephone number

4. E-mail address, if available

5. Specify whether you should be assigned to the appearance, state service, or information only category.

The initial official service list will be posted on the Commission's website at www.cpuc.ca.gov and will be updated periodically. Parties should check the website before making subsequent filings.