7. Assignment of Proceeding

Michael R. Peevey is the Assigned Commissioner. Anne E. Simon is the assigned Administrative Law Judge.

Finding of Fact

The revisions to the proposed rules appended to this Order would clarify and regularize practice regarding the use of electronic mail and posting on web sites to serve documents in Commission formal proceedings.

Conclusions of Law

1. The amended rules should be sent to the Office of Administrative Law for review.

2. The draft decision is the Notice of Proposed Changes, as required by the Administrative Procedure Act.

3. This order is the Commission's Final Statement of Reasons, as required by the Administrative Procedure Act.

4. In order to complete the adoption process promptly, this order should be effective immediately.

ORDER

IT IS ORDERED that:

5. The Executive Director, in coordination with the Chief Administrative Law Judge, shall send today's decision and all required forms to the Office of Administrative Law in accordance with applicable provisions of the Government Code. For purposes of publishing the appended rules in the California Code of Regulations, the Executive Director is authorized to make nonsubstantive changes to the rules as may be required to prepare them for such publication or to improve the overall clarity, organization, or consistency of the rules.

6. This proceeding is closed.

This order is effective today.

Dated December 16, 2004, at San Francisco, California.

MICHAEL R. PEEVEY

President

CARL W. WOOD

LORETTA M. LYNCH

GEOFFREY F. BROWN

SUSAN P. KENNEDY

Commissioners

APPENDIX A

LIST OF COMMENTERS

NAME	COMMENTS	REPLY COMMENTS	ADDITIONAL COMMENTS	WORKSHOP	DRAFT DEC.
AT&T	X	X	X	X
Cox				X
CUE	X			X
Ellison, Schneider	X
Joint Parties	X			X
MCI (WorldCom)	X	X	X	X
ORA		X		X	X
PG&E	X	X	X	X	X
SBC California	X	X	X
SoCalGas & SDG&E	X	X	X	X
Edison	X	X	X	X	X
Southwest Gas	X
Steefel, Levitt	X
SureWest Tel.	X	X	X	X	X
Small CLECs	X	X	X	X
SPRINT				X
TURN	X				X
Verizon	X	X	X	X

The full names of the commenters are given below.

AT&T Communications of California, Inc.

Coalition of California Utility Employees

Cox California Telcom, L.L.C.

Ellison, Schneider & Harris, LLP

Joint Parties: California Farm Bureau Federation, California Manufacturers and Technology Association, California Municipal Utilities Association, Aglet Consumer Alliance, Merced Irrigation District, and McCarthy & Berlin, LLP

MCI, Inc. (formerly WorldCom, Inc.)

Office of Ratepayer Advocates

Pacific Bell Telephone Company, dba SBC California

Pacific Gas and Electric Company

San Diego Gas and Electric Company

Southern California Gas Company

Southern California Edison Company

Southwest Gas Corporation

Sprint Communications Company

Steefel, Levitt & Weiss, P.C.

SureWest Telephone

Small CLECs: Tri-M Communications, Inc. dba TMC Communications; Anew Telecommunications Corp. dba Call America; Sage Telecom; Bullseye Telecom; Navigator Telecommunications

The Utility Reform Network

Verizon California Inc.

(END OF APPENDIX A)