II. Procedural Summary

The active parties in this phase of the proceeding are the CCSF, Office of Ratepayer Advocates (ORA), and Southeast Alliance for Environmental Justice (SAEJ).

On November 23, 1999, Assigned Commissioner Josiah L. Neeper issued a Scoping Memo and Ruling categorizing this proceeding as a ratesetting proceeding and designating Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) Bertram Patrick as the principal hearing officer. The issue of HPPP site remediation cost was bifurcated so that it could be addressed separately from other matters related to PG&E's 1999 ATCP. Prehearing conferences related to HPPP were held on June 7 and July 5, 2000. Evidentiary hearings were held on August 14-16, 2000. Opening briefs were filed on September 28, 2000 and reply briefs were filed on October 19, 2000, by CCSF, ORA, PG&E, and SAEJ, and this matter was submitted for decision.