Opening Comments due November 9, 2006, replies due November 21, 2006.
Parties may file opening comments in this rulemaking. We ask that parties in their opening comments propose specific areas of inquiry and suggest questions and issues that the Commission should include within the scope of this proceeding. Parties, in their opening comments should respond to the questions and tentative conclusions reached herein. Parties who wish to reply to the opening comments of any party may due so by November 21, 2006.
Scoping Workshop on December 5, 2006
Because we are not anticipating holding evidentiary hearings we will, rather than holding a prehearing conference, schedule a workshop to address and discuss scheduling, procedural issues and to garner input from parties as to what the appropriate scope of this rulemaking should be.79
Issuance of Scoping Memo Within 30 days of Scoping Workshop
Within 30 days of the workshop, the Assigned Commissioner will issue a scoping memo that will delineate the scope of the proceeding. This memo will also pose specific questions for parties to respond to. This scoping memo will also lay out further procedural steps that may include further workshops, additional rounds of comments from parties, legal briefs on specific legal issues, and other procedural steps deemed appropriate to ensure good decision making.
79 We held a similar workshop in R.05-04-005, Order Instituting Rulemaking on the Commission's Own Motion to Assess and Revise the Regulation of Telecommunications Utilities.