Background

On April 24, 2002, Mafi-Trench Corporation U.S.A. (Mafi-Trench) filed a Petition for Modification of D.01-03-073 to permit turbo-expanders to qualify for Level 1 payments under the self-generation incentive program. The Commission denied the Petition, citing that turbo-expanders do not qualify as a "super-clean" technology, and that the Petition did not provide enough information to determine if turbo-expanders could qualify for Level 2 or Level 3 incentives. The Commission afforded Mafi-Trench the opportunity to respond to specific

questions regarding installed system costs, market potential, ability to reduce

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peak demand, efficiencies, waste heat recovery, and monitoring. The Commission invited parties to comment on Mafi-Trench's subsequent filing.

Mafi-Trench submitted a response on December 12, 2002. No parties submitted comments to the filing.