Assignment of Proceeding

Michael R. Peevey is the Assigned Commissioner and Karl J. Bemesderfer is the assigned Administrative Law Judge in this proceeding.

Findings of Fact

1. In order for VOA to construct its facilities on the Site, a lease from SCE is required.

2. Lease of the Site to VOA is consistent with the current uses of the related SCE properties.

3. The lease and associated construction will not impair SCE's ability to provide service to the public.

4. The City of Hawthorne has conducted an environmental review that includes the Site.

5. The City of Hawthorne has issued an environmental impact report with respect to the Hawthorne Gateway Center Project that specifically addresses the construction of an auto storage lot on the Site.

6. It can be seen with certainty that construction and operation of the facilities contemplated by the lease as proposed in the Application will have no significant effect on the environment.

7. All revenue from the lease in excess of a Commission-established threshold will be treated as Other Operating Revenue and shared 70/30 between SCE and its ratepayers, pursuant to D.99-09-070.

8. There is no known opposition to granting the authorization requested.

Conclusions of Law

1. Approving the requested lease is in the public interest.

2. The mitigation measures included in the Environmental Impact Report adopted by the City are adequate for the CPUC's decision-making purposes as a Responsible Agency under CEQA.

3. This decision should be effective today in order to allow VOA to expeditiously enter into the lease with SCE.

4. This proceeding is closed.

ORDER

IT IS ORDERED that Southern California Edison Company's Application for authority to lease a portion of its Nido-Sepulveda-Culver Transmission Right of Way to Volkswagen of America, Inc. is granted, as described above.

This order is effective today.

Dated March 13, 2003, at San Francisco, California.

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