Decision 01-08-071 August 23, 2001

BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

Order Instituting Rulemaking into the Operation of Interruptible Load Programs Offered by Pacific Gas and Electric Company, San Diego Gas & Electric Company, and Southern California Edison Company and the Effect of these Programs on Energy Prices, Other Demand Responsiveness Programs, and the Reliability of the Electric System.

Rulemaking 00-10-002 (Filed October 5, 2000)

OPINION ON RAIL TRANSIT SYSTEMS' AND FREIGHT AND COMMUTER RAILROADS' ROTATING OUTAGE EXEMPTION AND EMERGENCY PETITION TO MODIFY DECISION 01-06-087

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Title Page

OPINION ON RAIL TRANSIT SYSTEMS' AND FREIGHT AND COMMUTER RAILROADS' ROTATING OUTAGE EXEMPTION AND EMERGENCY PETITION TO MODIFY DECISION 01-06-087 1

A. Summary 2

B. Background 2

C. Jurisdictional Issues 3

D. Petitions for Modification 4

E. RSCD Report 6

F. Discussion 12

G. Emergency Petition to Modify D.01-06-087 19

H. Public Review and Comment. Need for Expedited Consideration 20

Findings of Fact 21

Conclusions of Law 23

ORDER 25

A. Summary

We grant rail transit systems a Category J exemption from rotating outages for those sections of track that have limited access to emergency response personnel. We require respondent utilities Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), San Diego Gas & Electric Company (SDG&E), and Southern California Edison Company (SCE) to establish and implement health and safety mitigation measures with the rail transit systems for those sections of track and operations that have limited access to emergency response personnel. We also require rail transit systems to maintain contingency plans for unanticipated and unannounced interruptions of electricity.

Finally, we order SDG&E to file an advice letter to make any necessary changes to comply with the Optional Binding Mandatory Curtailment (OBMC) program changes required by Decision (D.) 01-06-087 within five days after the effective date of this order.