Briefing Schedule

PG&E and the two irrigation districts have agreed to the briefing schedule for the CTC issues that were the subject of the April 2004 hearings and this ruling.

Opening briefs shall be filed with the Docket Office on June 11, 2004, and reply briefs shall be filed on June 25, 2004. Any party that is planning to file opening or reply briefs concerning the CTC issues, shall serve their brief electronically on the service list one day prior to the filing data, i.e., on June 10, 2004 and June 24, 2004.

The CTC issues that were litigated shall be submitted following the filing of the reply briefs on June 25, 2004.

IT IS RULED that:

1. The April 23, 2004 motion of Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) to file the unredacted version of Table 9-5 under seal is granted.

a. The unredacted version of Table 9-5, which was attached to PG&E's motion, shall remain sealed.

2. The following exhibits shall be marked and received into evidence in this proceeding:

a. PG&E's April 23, 2004 "Errata . . . To Prepared Testimony On Forecast Issues," as corrected by Table 9-2 attached to PG&E's May 18, 2004 letter, shall be identified as Exhibit 18.

b. PG&E's unredacted version of Table 9-5, which was attached to PG&E's April 23, 2004 motion to file under seal, shall be identified as Exhibit 19 and shall be placed under seal.

c. PG&E's data response to Question 1 of the two irrigation districts shall be identified as Exhibit 20.

d. PG&E's data response to Question 2 of the two irrigation districts shall be identified as Exhibit 21.

e. PG&E's data response to Question 3 of the two irrigation districts shall be identified as Exhibit 22.

f. PG&E's data response to Question 4 of the two irrigation districts shall be identified as Exhibit 23.

g. PG&E's data response to Question 5 of the two irrigation districts shall be identified as Exhibit 24.

h. PG&E's data response to Question 6 of the two irrigation districts shall be identified as Exhibit 25.

i. PG&E's data response to Question 7 of the two irrigation districts shall be identified as Exhibit 26.

3. Parties planning to file opening and reply briefs on the Competition Transition Charge (CTC) issues that were litigated in April 2004 shall comply with the following:

a. Opening briefs shall be filed with the Commission's Docket Office on June 11, 2004.

b. Reply briefs shall be filed with the Commission's Docket Office on June 25, 2004.

c. Any party planning to file opening or reply briefs concerning the CTC issues, shall serve their brief electronically on the service list one day prior to the filing data, i.e., on June 10, 2004 and June 24, 2004.

4. The CTC issues litigated in the April 2004 hearings shall be submitted on June 25, 2004.

Dated May 25, 2004, at San Francisco, California.

		/s/ John S. Wong
		John S. Wong Administrative Law Judge

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 Regarding Various Competition Transition Charge Issues on all parties of record in this proceeding or their attorneys of record.

Dated May 25, 2004, at San Francisco, California.

/s/ Antonina V. Swansen

Antonina V. Swansen

NOTICE

Parties should notify the Process Office, Public Utilities Commission, 505 Van Ness Avenue, Room 2000, San Francisco, CA 94102, of any change of address to insure that they continue to receive documents. You must indicate the proceeding number on the service list on which your name appears.

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