Discovery

Parties may commence discovery at any time. Parties should raise any discovery disputes according to the procedure outlined in Resolution ALJ-164, which is available on the Commission's web site at the following link:

www.cpuc.ca.gov/PUBLISHED/FINAL_RESOLUTION/2538.HTM

Therefore, IT IS RULED that:

1. The Commission will hold a prehearing conference (PHC) at 10 a.m., on May 25, 2005, in the Commission Courtroom, State Office Building, 505 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, California.

2. Parties should file PHC statements no later than May 18, 2005. Parties should serve PHC statements on the temporary service list, as well as on the Assigned Commissioner and assigned Administrative Law Judge.

Dated May 9, 2005, at San Francisco, California.

		/s/ Julie Halligan
		Julie M. Halligan Administrative Law Judge

APPENDIX A

Draft Procedural Schedule - A.04-12-007

A.04-12-007	Date
Application Filed	December 9, 2004
Application Deemed Complete	April 6, 2005
Prehearing Conference	May 25, 2005
CEQA Scoping Meetings	June 2005
Assigned Commissioner Scoping Memo Issued	June 2005
SCE Supplemental Testimony served	June 22, 2005
ORA/Intervenor Testimony served	August 17, 2005
Rebuttal Testimony served	September 14, 2005
Case Management Statement Due	September 21, 2005
Public Participation Hearings	TBD
Evidentiary Hearings	September 26-30, 2005, as necessary
Concurrent Opening Briefs	October 2005
Concurrent Reply Briefs Filed	November 2005
CEQA Schedule	Date
Draft EIR expected	September 2005
Public Participation Meetings	October 2005
Final EIR published	December 2005
Draft Decision on CPCN/Certifying Final EIR issued	February 2006
Final Commission Decision on CPCN/Certifying EIR	March 2006

Draft Procedural Schedule - A.04-12-008

A.04-12-008	Date
Application Filed	December 9, 2004
SCE files Supplemental Application/PEA	June 30, 2005
Application Deemed Complete	August 2005
Prehearing Conference	September 2005
CEQA Scoping Meetings	September 2005
Assigned Commissioner Scoping Memo Issued	October 2005
SCE Supplemental Testimony	November 2005
ORA/Intervenor Testimony	December 2005
Rebuttal Testimony served	January 2006
Public Participation Hearings	TBD
Evidentiary Hearings	February 2006
Concurrent Opening Briefs	March 2006
Concurrent Reply Briefs Filed	April 2006
CEQA Schedule	Date
Draft EIR expected	March 2006
Public Participation Meeting	April 2006
Final EIR published	June 2006
Draft Decision on CPCN/Certifying Final EIR issued	July/August 2006
Final Commission Decision on CPCN/Certifying EIR	September 2006

(END OF APPENDIX A)

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I certify that I have by mail this day served a true copy of the original attached Administrative Law Judge's Ruling Setting Prehearing Conference on all parties of record in this proceeding or their attorneys of record.

Dated May 9, 2005, at San Francisco, California.

/s/ Antonina V. Swansen

Antonina V. Swansen

NOTICE

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