VI. Motions for Party Status

On May 29, 2007, motions for party status were filed by Cal Water, Golden State Water Company, and California Water Association (CWA). Cal Water states it seeks party status to address whether the relationship between a WRAM and a utility's ROE should be more appropriately handled in a generic proceeding such as the conservation Order Instituting Investigation (OII) I.07-01-022, and also to respond to statements in the proposed decision that do not accurately represent Cal Water's position in the Commission's Drought OII. CWA also seeks party status to address whether the relationship between a WRAM and a utility's ROE should be more appropriately handled in a generic proceeding such as the conservation OII.

We agree that an industry-wide proceeding is the more appropriate vehicle to discuss various mechanisms such as a WRAM (either with or without an adjustment to ROE) and have therefore decided to reject Cal-Am's proposed WRAM in this proceeding.