JJJ/jyc 5/2/2003

BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

Application of California Water Service Company (U 60 W), a corporation, for an order authorizing it to increase rates charged for water service in the Redwood Valley District by $566,100, or 78.3%, in 2003, by $205,600, or 16.0% in 2004, by $200,300, or 13.4%, in 2005, and by $201,000, or 11.9% in 2006.

Application 02-11-020 (Filed November 8, 2002)

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE'S RULING

REQUESTING ADDITIONAL TESTIMONY AND

RULING ON REQUESTS TO INTERVENE

1. Additional Testimony

At the public participation hearings held on April 23 and 24 in Guerneville and Lucerne, issues arose as to what the rates would be if they were computed on a stand-alone basis for each of the six areas of the Redwood Valley District: i.e., for each of the following areas: Armstrong Valley; Coast Springs; Hawkins; Lucerne; Rancho Del Paradiso and Noel Heights.

I therefore direct California Water Service Company (CWS) to serve supplemental testimony by May 15, 2003, which provides, for both the present and utility-proposed rates, a stand-alone summary of earnings, revenue requirement, and rate design for each of the six areas listed above.¹

¹ I request ratemaking information particular to each of the delineated areas of the Redwood District. I do not request CWS to merely apportion its current district-wide request on a per capita basis among the listed areas.