Scope of Phase 1

SCE has provided the testimony of over 80 witnesses, which covers the need and reasonableness of its proposed 2006 generation, transmission, distribution, customer service, customer accounting and general administration operations, all of which SCE claims are necessary to serve its forecasted customers and loads for that year. The testimony also details the forecasted operating expenses and capital related costs of these operations, which are the foundation for SCE's base revenue requirement request for test year 2006 and post-test years 2007 and 2008. Issues brought up in conjunction with any of the various aspects of SCE's revenue requirement request and customer and sales forecasts, fall within the scope of Phase 1. At this point, issues raised in protests to the application and prehearing conference statements appear to be within the scope of this GRC.