Position of ORA

ORA urges the Commission to adopt PG&E's proposal and to apply PG&E's approach as the model for Edison and SDG&E. According to ORA, PG&E's proposal reduces the utilities' competitive advantage for new meter installations by making the cost of meters a nonrefundable cost to applicants for new service and not subject to allowances, and by reducing line and service extension allowances by the amount of the RCS credits adopted by D.98-09-070.