Fall Prehearing Conference on Generic Methodology and
Other Planning Issues

A further PHC this proceeding will be held at 10:00 a.m. on September 17, 2002 at the Commission Courtroom, State Office Building, 505 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, California. The utilities, ISO, and interested parties should file and serve PHC statements by September 11, 2002. We will address the scheduling of further evidentiary hearings on high priority transmission projects during the first quarter of 2003. In addition, we will address any additional procedural issues concerning the Phase 5 hearings, scheduled below.

In its PHC statement, SCE should state its position concerning the applicability of GO-131-D to proposed Path 26 upgrades, and whether or not there is agreement with Energy Division on this issue.⁸

September 11, 2002 is also the due date for parties' comments on the identification of Phase 5 methodological issues. (See below.)⁹

⁸ RT at 323.

⁹ RT at 312-313.