STATE OF CALIFORNIA GRAY DAVIS, Governor

PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION

505 VAN NESS AVENUE

SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94102-3298

March 7, 2002 Alternate Order to H-16
From 2/21/2002 Agenda

TO: PARTIES OF RECORD IN CASE 98-06-016

Enclosed is the Alternate Order of Commissioner Wood to the Draft Decision of Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) Bushey previously mailed to you. This item is on the Commission's agenda for March 21, 2002.

As set forth in Rule 77.6, parties to the proceeding may file comments on the enclosed alternate at least seven days before the Commission meeting or no later than March 14, 2002. Reply comments should be served by March 18, 2002. An original and four copies of the comments and reply comments with a certificate of service shall be filed with the Commission's Docket Office and copies shall be served on all parties on the same day of filing. The Commissioners and ALJ shall be served separately by overnight service.

/s/ LYNN T. CAREW by PSW

Lynn T. Carew, Chief

Administrative Law Judge

LTC:jac

Enclosure

COM/CXW/mnt DRAFT ALTERNATE ORDER TO H-16 _______ 7/12/2001

From 2/21/2002 Agenda

Decision ALTERNATE ORDER OF COMMISSIONER WOOD

(Mailed 3/7/2002)

BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

The Utility Consumers' Action Network (UCAN), Complainant, vs. MCI Metro Access Transmission Services (MCI Metro), Inc., Defendants.

Case 98-06-016 (Filed June 2, 1998)

OPINION

Summary

In this decision, the Commission finds that that MCI Metro Access Transmission Services (MCI Metro) has resolved the billing errors¹ adjudicated in this proceeding, and that these errors support a fine of $420,000.