5. Procedural Schedule

The procedural schedule in this proceeding at this time is as follows:

Service of opening testimony (except on those issues relating to market impacts)	December 1, 2004
Service of reply testimony (except on those issues relating to market impacts)	December 20, 2004
Evidentiary hearings	January 17-26, 2005
Opening Briefs	February 20, 2005
Reply Briefs (submission of proceeding)	March 8, 2005
Public Participation Hearings	March 10-11, 2005
Proposed Decision on all issues except market impacts	April 2005
Review of market impacts	To be determined

Most of the hearings will be conducted in San Francisco at Commission headquarters. The Commission will consider requests for a portion of the evidentiary hearings to be conducted in Long Beach in recognition of the possible resource limitations of local groups and organizations. Any party who seeks hearings in Long Beach should request specific dates for those hearings in an electronic communication to the ALJs (pva@cpuc.ca.gov) and (kim@cpuc.ca.gov), copied to all parties, after testimony is served, but no later than December 23, 2004. Such a request should specify which witness or witnesses the party would present or cross-examine at those hearings and, where relevant, provide estimates of cross-examination time.

The Commission expects this proceeding to be completed within 18 months of the date of this scoping memo.