Replies to Comments
The current July 26th due date for replies to comments on Commissioner Wood's June 6th draft decision is canceled. Parties who wish to do so may instead file replies to comments on Commissioner Wood's June 6th draft decision, combined with any reply comments they may have on material presented in the Session 1 and Session 2 workshops, not later than August 16, 2002. The page limit for these combined replies is expanded to 20 pages. A redline version of some or all the rules may be included as a separate attachment and not counted against the 20-page limit; provided, however, that in that case any earlier redline attachment included with that party's July 16th comments will thereafter be considered as having been superseded. In all other respects, Article 19 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure pertaining to replies to comments on proposed decisions will apply to these combined replies.
Therefore, IT IS RULED that:
1. Two workshop sessions will be held in this proceeding.
2. The Moving Parties shall jointly prepare and by July 18, 2002 serve a summary of each topic they propose be covered in Workshop Session 1, following the criteria and service procedures set forth in the body of this Ruling.
3. Any carrier-aligned party may prepare and by July 18, 2002 serve alternative proposed topic summaries or suggest specific additional or alternative topics for Workshop Session 1, following the same criteria and service procedures as for Moving Parties.
4. Consumer-aligned parties who wish to have input to the Workshop Session 2 agenda may prepare and by July 30, 2002 serve proposed topic summaries for Session 2, following the same criteria and service procedures set forth above for Moving Parties and carrier-aligned parties.
5. The schedule for this proceeding from today through August 16, 2002 shall be as set forth in the body of this Ruling.
6. The previously established July 26th due date for replies to comments on Commissioner Wood's June 6, 2002 draft decision is canceled. Parties may instead file replies to comments on Commissioner Wood's June 6th draft decision, combined with any reply comments they may have on material presented in Workshop Sessions 1 and 2, not later than August 16, 2002. The page limit for these combined replies is expanded to 20 pages. A redline version of some or all of the rules may be included as a separate attachment and not counted against the 20-page limit. In all other respects, Article 19 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure pertaining to replies to comments on proposed decisions will apply to these combined replies.
7. Workshops will be held beginning at 9:00 a.m., July 25, 2002 and continuing on July 26, August 5, and August 6, 2002 in the Commission Courtroom, State Office Building, 505 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, California.
8. The Moving Parties' June 27, 2002 motion is granted to the extent set forth above, and in all other respects is denied.
Dated July 12, 2002, at San Francisco, California.
/s/ CARL WOOD
/s/ JAMES C. MCVICAR
Carl Wood
Assigned Commissioner
James C. McVicar
Administrative Law Judge
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I certify that I have by mail this day served a true copy of the original attached Assigned Commissioner and Administrative Law Judge's Ruling on Motion to Modify Comment Procedure and Schedule Workshops on all parties of record in this proceeding or their attorneys of record.
Dated July 12, 2002, at San Francisco, California.
/s/ ERLINDA PULMANO
Erlinda Pulmano
NOTICE
Parties should notify the Process Office, Public Utilities Commission, 505 Van Ness Avenue, Room 2000, San Francisco, CA 94102, of any change of address to ensure that they continue to receive documents. Parties must indicate the proceeding number on the service list on which their names appears.
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