3. Rate Case Plan
SCWC's general rate case (GRC) application for its Region III is made pursuant to the new three year GRC cycle requirements for Class A water utilities set forth in § 455.2 and implemented by the Commission under its new rate case plan (RCP) in D.04-06-018.2 The RCP provides for each utility to file a GRC application every three years, complete with specified documentation and supporting material, and for the Commission to process each application under a 12-month procedural schedule. For the 2005 transitional first year filings under the RCP, the Commission adopted in D.04-06-018 an expedited schedule, allowing a February 1 rather than January 1 filing date while retaining a projected completion date by the end of the calendar year; SCWC's Region III is included in the February 2005 filing schedule. Thus, this GRC application must be processed in 11 months, rather than 12, so Commission staff may start work punctually on the next cases in the cycle. At the prehearing conference, the Assigned Commissioner indicated that completing this case in a "timely fashion" would be a high priority.
2 Class A utilities are investor owned water utilities with greater than 10,000 service connections. All Section (§) references are to the Public Utilities Code.
