CPUC 1006 Work Plan Attachment

CPUC 2006 Work Plan

CPUC MAJOR PROCEEDINGS

Telecommunications

Jack Leutza, Director

(415) 703-1060

Docket # Lead Caption Short Title

Commissioner(s)

A0403014

Peevey

For Arbitration of an Amendment to Interconnection Agreements with Competitive Local Exchange Carriers and Commercial Mobile Radio Service Providers in California pursuant to Section 252 of the Telecommunications Act of 1934, as amended, and the Triennial Review Order.

VERIZON CALIFORNIA INC. - FOR ARBITRATION OF AN AMENDMENT TO INTERCONNECTION AGREEMENTS WITH COMPETITIVE LOCAL EXCHANGE CARRIERS AND COMMERCIAL MOBILE RADIO SERVICE PROVIDERS

R0504005

Peevey

Order Instituting Rulemaking on the Commission's Own Motion to assess and revise the regulation of telecommunications utilities.

CPUC - PAC BELL, VERIZON, SUREWEST TELEPHONE, FRONTIER COMM. - OIR TO ASSESS AN REVISE THE REGULATION OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS UTILITIES

R0002004

Peevey

Order Instituting Rulemaking on the Commission's own motion to establish consumer rights and consumer protection rules applicable to all telecommunications utilities.

PUC - OIR TO ESTABLISH CONSUMER RIGHTS AND CONSUMER PROTECTION RULES APPLICABLE TO ALL TELECOMMUNICATIONS UTILITIES

R0002003

Brown

Order Instituting Rulemaking on the Commission's own motion into the programs, practices and policies related to implementation of the California Environmental Quality Act as it applies to jurisdictional telecommunications utilities.

PUC - OIR TO IMPLEMENT THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT

R9304003

Peevey/ Brown

Commission order instituting rulemaking on Commission's own motion to govern open access to bottleneck services and establish a framework for network architecture development of dominant carrier networks.

PUC - BOTTLENECK SERVICE - RULEMAKING OPEN ACCESS

Energy

Sean Gallagher, Acting Director

(415) 703-2059

Docket # Lead Caption Short Title

Commissioner

A0512014

Grueneich

For a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity for the Sunrise Powerlink Transmission Project .

SDG&E - CPCN FOR THE SUNRISE POWERLINK TRANSMISSION PROJECT

A0512002/ A0512021

Bohn

For authority, among other things, to increase rates and charges for electric and gas service effective January 1, 2007. (N05-10-001)

PG&E - GRC 2007

A0506029

Peevey

For approval of an Agreement concerning certain Generation Assets known as "Contra Costa 8" pursuant to a Settlement and Release of Claims Agreement approved by the Commission on January 14, 2005, for authority to Recommence Construction and for Adoption of Cost Recovery and Ratemaking Mechanisms related to the acquisition, completion and operation of the Assets.

PG&E - FOR APPROVAL OF AN AGREEMENT CONCERNING CERTAIN GENERATION ASSETS KNOWN AS CONTRA COSTA 8

A0505023

Bohn

To establish marginal costs, allocates revenues, and design rates.

EDISON - TO ESTABLISH MARGINAL COSTS, REVENUE ALLOCATION, AND DESIGN RATES

A0504015/ I0506041

Grueneich

For a certificate of public convenience and necessity concerning the Devers-Palo Verde No. 2 Transmission Line Project.

EDISON - CPCN CONCERNING THE DEVERS-PALO VERDE NO. 2 TRANSMISSION LINE PROJECT

A0503001

Grueneich

For adoption of policy and process for acquisition of incremental core gas storage in compliance with Ordering Paragraph 5 of Decision 04-09-022, and for adoption of a core reliability planning standard.

PG&E - FOR ADOPTION OF POLICY AND PROCESS FOR ACQUISITION OF INCREMENTAL CORE GAS STORAGE

A0412014

Brown

For authority, among other things, to increase its authorized revenues for electric service in 2006 and to reflect that increase in rates

EDISON - FOR AUTHORITY TO INCREASE RATES FOR ELECTRIC SERVICE IN 2006 - GRC 2006

A0412008

Grueneich

For a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity concerning the Antelope-Vincent 500 kV (Segment 2) and Antelope-Tehachapi 500 kV and 220 kV (Segment 3) Transmission Projects as required by Decision 04-06-010 and as modified by subsequent assigned Commissioner Ruling.

EDISON - FOR A CPCN CONCERNING THE ANTELOPE-VINCENT 500 KV TRANSMISSION AND ANTELOPE-TEHACHAPI 500 KV PROJECTS

A0412007

Grueneich

For a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity concerning the Antelope-Pardee 500 kV (Segment 1) Transmission Project as required by Decision 04-06-010 and as modified by subsequent assigned Commissioner Ruling.

EDISON - FOR A CPCN CONCERNING THE ANTELOPE-PARDEE 500 KV TRANSMISSION

I0509005

Grueneich

Order Instituting Investigation to facilitate proactive development of transmission infrastructure to access renewable energy resources for California.

CPUC - EDISON, PG&E, SDG&E - OII TO FACILITATE PROACTIVE DEVELOPMENT OF TRANSMISSION INFRASTRUCTURE TO ACCESS RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA.

Energy (continued)

Docket # Lead Caption Short Title

Commissioner

R0512013

Peevey

Order Instituting Rulemaking to Consider Refinements to and Further Development of the Commission's Resource Adequacy Requirements Program.

CPUC - OIR TO CONSIDER REFINEMENTS TO AND FURHTER DEVELOPMENT OF THE RESOURCE ADEQUACY REQUIREMENTS PROGRAM

R0510030

Brown

Order Instituting Rulemaking concerning relationship between California energy utilities and their holding companies and non-regulated affiliates.

CPUC - SOCALGAS, SDG&E, PG&E, EDISON AND PARENT COMPANIES - OIR CONCERNING REATIONSHIP BETWEEN CALIFORNIA ENERGY UTILITIES AND THEIR HOLDING COMPANIES AND NON-REGULATED AFFILIATES

R0404026

Peevey

Order Instituting Rulemaking to Implement the California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program.

PUC - OIR TO IMPLEMENT SB 1078, THE CALIFORNIA RENEWABLES PORTFOLIO STANDARD PROGRAM

R0404025

Peevey

Order Instituting Rulemaking to Promote Consistency in Methodology and Input Assumptions in Commission Applications of Short-run and Long-run Avoided Costs, including Pricing for Qualifying Facilities.

PUC - OIR TO PROMOTE CONSISTENCY IN METHODOLOGY AND INPUT ASSUMPTIONS IN APPLICATIONS OF SHORT-RUN AND LONG-RUN AVOIDED COSTS

R0404003

Peevey

Order Instituting Rulemaking to promote policy and program coordination and integration in electric utility resource planning.

CPUC - PG&E, EDISON, SDG&E - OIR TO PROMOTE POLICY AND PROGRAM COORDINATION AND INTEGRATION IN ELECTRIC UTILITY RESOURCE PLANNING

R0403017

Peevey

Order Instituting Rulemaking regarding policies, procedures and incentives for distributed generation and distributed energy resources.

CPUC - PG&E, SDG&E, EDISON - OIR REGARDING POLICIES, PROCEDURES AND INCENTIVES FOR DISTRIBUTED GENERATION AND ENERGY SOURCES

R0401025

Peevey

Order Instituting Rulemaking to establish policies and rules to ensure reliable, long-term supplies of Natural Gas to California.

PUC - OIR TO ESTABLISH POLICIES AND RULES TO ENSURE RELIABLE, LONG-TERM SUPPLIES OF NATURAL GAS

A0403014	Peevey	For Arbitration of an Amendment to Interconnection Agreements with Competitive Local Exchange Carriers and Commercial Mobile Radio Service Providers in California pursuant to Section 252 of the Telecommunications Act of 1934, as amended, and the Triennial Review Order.	VERIZON CALIFORNIA INC. - FOR ARBITRATION OF AN AMENDMENT TO INTERCONNECTION AGREEMENTS WITH COMPETITIVE LOCAL EXCHANGE CARRIERS AND COMMERCIAL MOBILE RADIO SERVICE PROVIDERS
R0504005	Peevey	Order Instituting Rulemaking on the Commission's Own Motion to assess and revise the regulation of telecommunications utilities.	CPUC - PAC BELL, VERIZON, SUREWEST TELEPHONE, FRONTIER COMM. - OIR TO ASSESS AN REVISE THE REGULATION OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS UTILITIES
R0002004	Peevey	Order Instituting Rulemaking on the Commission's own motion to establish consumer rights and consumer protection rules applicable to all telecommunications utilities.	PUC - OIR TO ESTABLISH CONSUMER RIGHTS AND CONSUMER PROTECTION RULES APPLICABLE TO ALL TELECOMMUNICATIONS UTILITIES
R0002003	Brown	Order Instituting Rulemaking on the Commission's own motion into the programs, practices and policies related to implementation of the California Environmental Quality Act as it applies to jurisdictional telecommunications utilities.	PUC - OIR TO IMPLEMENT THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT
R9304003	Peevey/ Brown	Commission order instituting rulemaking on Commission's own motion to govern open access to bottleneck services and establish a framework for network architecture development of dominant carrier networks.	PUC - BOTTLENECK SERVICE - RULEMAKING OPEN ACCESS

A0512014	Grueneich	For a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity for the Sunrise Powerlink Transmission Project .	SDG&E - CPCN FOR THE SUNRISE POWERLINK TRANSMISSION PROJECT
A0512002/ A0512021	Bohn	For authority, among other things, to increase rates and charges for electric and gas service effective January 1, 2007. (N05-10-001)	PG&E - GRC 2007
A0506029	Peevey	For approval of an Agreement concerning certain Generation Assets known as "Contra Costa 8" pursuant to a Settlement and Release of Claims Agreement approved by the Commission on January 14, 2005, for authority to Recommence Construction and for Adoption of Cost Recovery and Ratemaking Mechanisms related to the acquisition, completion and operation of the Assets.	PG&E - FOR APPROVAL OF AN AGREEMENT CONCERNING CERTAIN GENERATION ASSETS KNOWN AS CONTRA COSTA 8
A0505023	Bohn	To establish marginal costs, allocates revenues, and design rates.	EDISON - TO ESTABLISH MARGINAL COSTS, REVENUE ALLOCATION, AND DESIGN RATES
A0504015/ I0506041	Grueneich	For a certificate of public convenience and necessity concerning the Devers-Palo Verde No. 2 Transmission Line Project.	EDISON - CPCN CONCERNING THE DEVERS-PALO VERDE NO. 2 TRANSMISSION LINE PROJECT
A0503001	Grueneich	For adoption of policy and process for acquisition of incremental core gas storage in compliance with Ordering Paragraph 5 of Decision 04-09-022, and for adoption of a core reliability planning standard.	PG&E - FOR ADOPTION OF POLICY AND PROCESS FOR ACQUISITION OF INCREMENTAL CORE GAS STORAGE
A0412014	Brown	For authority, among other things, to increase its authorized revenues for electric service in 2006 and to reflect that increase in rates	EDISON - FOR AUTHORITY TO INCREASE RATES FOR ELECTRIC SERVICE IN 2006 - GRC 2006
A0412008	Grueneich	For a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity concerning the Antelope-Vincent 500 kV (Segment 2) and Antelope-Tehachapi 500 kV and 220 kV (Segment 3) Transmission Projects as required by Decision 04-06-010 and as modified by subsequent assigned Commissioner Ruling.	EDISON - FOR A CPCN CONCERNING THE ANTELOPE-VINCENT 500 KV TRANSMISSION AND ANTELOPE-TEHACHAPI 500 KV PROJECTS
A0412007	Grueneich	For a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity concerning the Antelope-Pardee 500 kV (Segment 1) Transmission Project as required by Decision 04-06-010 and as modified by subsequent assigned Commissioner Ruling.	EDISON - FOR A CPCN CONCERNING THE ANTELOPE-PARDEE 500 KV TRANSMISSION
I0509005	Grueneich	Order Instituting Investigation to facilitate proactive development of transmission infrastructure to access renewable energy resources for California.	CPUC - EDISON, PG&E, SDG&E - OII TO FACILITATE PROACTIVE DEVELOPMENT OF TRANSMISSION INFRASTRUCTURE TO ACCESS RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA.

R0512013	Peevey	Order Instituting Rulemaking to Consider Refinements to and Further Development of the Commission's Resource Adequacy Requirements Program.	CPUC - OIR TO CONSIDER REFINEMENTS TO AND FURHTER DEVELOPMENT OF THE RESOURCE ADEQUACY REQUIREMENTS PROGRAM
R0510030	Brown	Order Instituting Rulemaking concerning relationship between California energy utilities and their holding companies and non-regulated affiliates.	CPUC - SOCALGAS, SDG&E, PG&E, EDISON AND PARENT COMPANIES - OIR CONCERNING REATIONSHIP BETWEEN CALIFORNIA ENERGY UTILITIES AND THEIR HOLDING COMPANIES AND NON-REGULATED AFFILIATES
R0404026	Peevey	Order Instituting Rulemaking to Implement the California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program.	PUC - OIR TO IMPLEMENT SB 1078, THE CALIFORNIA RENEWABLES PORTFOLIO STANDARD PROGRAM
R0404025	Peevey	Order Instituting Rulemaking to Promote Consistency in Methodology and Input Assumptions in Commission Applications of Short-run and Long-run Avoided Costs, including Pricing for Qualifying Facilities.	PUC - OIR TO PROMOTE CONSISTENCY IN METHODOLOGY AND INPUT ASSUMPTIONS IN APPLICATIONS OF SHORT-RUN AND LONG-RUN AVOIDED COSTS
R0404003	Peevey	Order Instituting Rulemaking to promote policy and program coordination and integration in electric utility resource planning.	CPUC - PG&E, EDISON, SDG&E - OIR TO PROMOTE POLICY AND PROGRAM COORDINATION AND INTEGRATION IN ELECTRIC UTILITY RESOURCE PLANNING
R0403017	Peevey	Order Instituting Rulemaking regarding policies, procedures and incentives for distributed generation and distributed energy resources.	CPUC - PG&E, SDG&E, EDISON - OIR REGARDING POLICIES, PROCEDURES AND INCENTIVES FOR DISTRIBUTED GENERATION AND ENERGY SOURCES
R0401025	Peevey	Order Instituting Rulemaking to establish policies and rules to ensure reliable, long-term supplies of Natural Gas to California.	PUC - OIR TO ESTABLISH POLICIES AND RULES TO ENSURE RELIABLE, LONG-TERM SUPPLIES OF NATURAL GAS