2. Background
San Gabriel Valley Water Company (SGV) requests authority in this general rate case (GRC) application to increase its revenue requirement for its Fontana Water Company Division (Fontana Division) by $12,859,900 (26.5%) in July 2009, $1,726,300 (2.8%) in July 2010, and $1,679,400 (2.7%) in July 2011.
A prehearing conference (PHC) was held on September 5, 2008. As a result of the PHC, the assigned Commissioner issued a scoping memo and ruling on September 9, 2008, setting forth the issues, schedule and other matters necessary to move the application forward. Public participation hearings were held on December 3, 2008. The proceeding was divided into two phases. In the first phase, forecast issues for July 2009 and after were addressed. In the second phase, the reasonableness of post-2002 plant additions was addressed.3 Evidentiary hearings were held in the first phase on December 8-10, 2008. Opening and reply briefs on the first phase were filed on January 14, 2009 and January 28, 2009, respectively. SGV and the Commission's Division of Ratepayer Advocates (DRA) filed a joint motion to approve a settlement on December 24, 2008 addressing forecast issues. Comments on the settlement were filed on January 21 and 23, 2009, and reply comments were filed on February 13, 2009. Evidentiary hearings were held in the second phase on February 2-4, 2009. Opening and reply briefs on the second phase were filed on March 4, 2009 and March 18, 2009, respectively. On April 20, 2009, a final oral argument was held. The application was submitted on April 29, 2009.
The parties to this proceeding are SGV, DRA, the City of Fontana (COF), and the Fontana Unified School District (FUSD).
3 Pursuant to Decision (D.) 08-06-024, parties were allowed to address the reasonableness of post-2002 construction projects, except to the extent they were explicitly addressed in D.07-04-046 (the last GRC for the Fontana Division), in this proceeding.
