STATE OF CALIFORNIA GRAY DAVIS, Governor



PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION

505 VAN NESS AVENUE

SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94102-3298

October 3, 2003 Agenda ID #2836

TO: PARTIES OF RECORD IN RULEMAKING 03-02-035

This is the draft decision of Commissioner Michael R. Peevey. It will not appear on the Commission's agenda for at least 30 days after the date it is mailed. The Commission may act then, or it may postpone action until later.

When the Commission acts on the draft decision, it may adopt all or part of it as written, amend or modify it, or set it aside and prepare its own decision. Only when the Commission acts does the decision become binding on the parties.

Parties to the proceeding may file comments on the draft decision as provided in Article 19 of the Commission's "Rules of Practice and Procedure." These rules are accessible on the Commission's website at http://www.cpuc.ca.gov. Pursuant to Rule 77.3 opening comments shall not exceed 15 pages. Finally, comments must be served separately on the ALJ and the assigned Commissioner, and for that purpose I suggest hand delivery, overnight mail, or other expeditious method of service.

/s/ ANGELA K. MINKIN

Angela K. Minkin, Chief

Administrative Law Judge

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Attachment

COM/MP1/JJJ/tcg DRAFT Agenda ID #2836

Quasi-legislative

Decision DRAFT DECISION OF COMMISSIONER PEEVEY (Mailed 10/3/03)

BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

Rulemaking for the Purpose of Amending General Order 156.

Rulemaking 03-02-035 (Filed February 27, 2003)

DECISION AMENDING GENERAL ORDER 156
AND CALLING FOR WORKSHOPS

I. Summary

This rulemaking resulted from the Petition of the Greenlining Institute and Latino Issues Forum (Greenlining/LIF) to institute a rulemaking to amend General Order (GO) 156. We instituted this rulemaking to eliminate the exclusions currently permitted under GO 156, and to refine certain aspects of GO 156 verification and reporting.

This decision amends GO 156 to eliminate the exclusions. It also calls for the parties to recommend further amendments to GO 156 through the workshop process.