Public Participation Hearings

Prior to the PHC, PG&E, the Office of Ratepayer Advocates (ORA), and other interested parties shall contact and work with the Commission's Public Advisor to (1) arrange for proposed dates, times, and places of public participation hearings (PPHs), and (2) prepare a draft notice of the PPHs to PG&E's customers and the public. At least some of the PPHs should be held in or near the communities that will be affected by PG&E's proposed closure of 84 "front counters." In addition, the PPHs should commence no sooner than Monday, April 24, 2006.

PG&E and ORA should tender this proposed list in their PHC statements, and the proposed list is subject to approval by the Assigned Commissioner and Administrative Law Judges (ALJs). PG&E should tender the proposed draft notice of PPHs to the Public Advisor for its approval.