XIII. Service and Availability of this Order

This order shall be served on the service lists for R.98-06-029 (Rulemaking on service quality standards), R.95-04-043/I.95-04-044 (Rulemaking and investigation into local competition), R.00-02-004 (Rulemaking establishing rules governing telecommunications consumer protection) and R.93-04-003/I.93-04-002 (Rulemaking and investigation into Open Access and Network Architecture Development). This order shall be served on all certificated and registered carriers (Respondents).

This order will be available to the public on the Commission's web site ( www.cpuc.ca.gov). A copy of this order may also be obtained from the Commission's Central Files Office in San Francisco [(415) 703-2045], and from the Commission's Public Advisor Offices in Los Angeles [(213) 897-3544] and San Francisco [(415) 703-2074].

The Commission's practice is to require any party who wishes to formally participate in a proceeding to submit an appearance form at a prehearing conference (PHC) or evidentiary hearing. This practice may discourage formal participation in this proceeding, since individuals and small organizations may find it burdensome to travel to a PHC or evidentiary hearing.

To facilitate broad public participation in this proceeding, we will allow parties to formally participate by mailing a notice of participation to the Commission's Process Office. The address of the Process Office is Room 2000, 505 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94102. The notice must include all of the following information:

· The proceeding number shown on the first page of this order.

· The name, address and telephone number of each person to be placed on the service list. Parties are encouraged to provide an e-mail address. Any party that provides an e-mail address will be required to (1) serve their pleadings by e-mail on other parties that provide an e-mail address, and (2) receive the pleadings of other parties by e-mail.

· The person, entity or organization for which the notice is being filed.

· The category of participation. There are three categories of participation: Appearance, State Service and Information Only. Those in the Appearance category are parties with all attendant rights and obligations. Appearances receive exhibits, testimony and all formal documents, including pleadings, motions, rulings, proposed decisions and Commission decisions. Appearances must serve their pleadings on all other Appearances and those in the State Service category. Persons should not indicate that they are an Appearance unless they intend to actively participate in this proceeding by filing comments or testimony. Any Appearance that fails to actively participate may be moved to the Information Only portion of the service list. The State Service category consists of persons employed by the State of California. Those in the State Service category receive the same documents as Appearances, but they are not parties to the proceeding and can not file pleadings. Those in the Information Only category receive all Commission-generated documents at no charge, such as notices of hearings, rulings, proposed decisions and Commission decisions. Appearances are not required to serve their pleadings on those in the Information Only category.

Parties may also seek to formally participate in this proceeding by filing a notice of party/non-party status at a PHC or evidentiary hearing. Any person interested in participating in this rulemaking but unfamiliar with the Commission's procedures should contact the Commission's Public Advisor Offices in Los Angeles [(213) 897-3544] or San Francisco [(415) 703-2074].

Parties should note that it is not necessary to formally participate in this proceeding in order to monitor major developments. Significant documents in this proceeding (e.g., rulings and decisions) will be posted on the Commission's web site. There is no need to mail the previously described notice of participation to the Process Office to monitor in this fashion.

The Process Office will compile an initial service list based on the notices that it receives on or before two weeks from the effective date of this order.¹⁰⁴ The service list for this proceeding may be obtained from the Commission's web site ( www.cpuc.ca.gov) or the Process Office [(415) 703-2021].

The assigned Commissioner and the assigned ALJ shall have ongoing oversight regarding the procedures governing parties' participation and the service list. They may revise these procedures and the service list, as necessary.