4. Timetable; Submission Date

The timetable and the projected submission dates are set forth in the following schedule. Some parties have requested an opportunity to submit comments on the LAR proposals that were filed in January. This schedule makes provision for the filing of such comments by noon on March 13, 2005. The March 13 comments may also address the CAISO's February 22, 2006 report on the February 17 meet and confer as well as RAR implementation issues that need to be resolved in the Phase 1 decision. In addition, parties may include in their March 13 filings proposals regarding a tradable capacity product, compliance, and issues deferred from the earlier RAR decisions consistent with the foregoing discussion regarding the scope of Phase 1.³ Finally, any party claiming that evidentiary hearings on local RAR issues (including the CAISO's LCR study) are required shall include in its March 13 filing a showing that identifies with specificity the disputed factual issue(s) that require hearing. Further guidance on the content of the March 13 filings may be provided by the ALJ or the Energy Division.

Adherence to this schedule and achieving the Commission's objective of issuing a decision on local RAR depends upon the CAISO's completion of the 2007 LCR study by April 21, 2006 (8 weeks from February 24, 2006). Therefore, this ruling directs the CAISO to file the study by that date.

As noted above, a determination will be made upon completion of the March 15 workshop whether to proceed with evidentiary hearings or remove them from the calendar. Events with the "EH" notation in the following schedule would be removed from the schedule if no hearings are to be held.

Phase 1 Schedule

Event	Date
Comments filed on (1) local RAR proposals and CAISO meet and confer report, (2) implementation issues, (3) tradable capacity product, (4) compliance, (5) deferred issues, and (6) need for hearings	March 13, 2006 12:00 noon
Workshop to review proposals and procedural options	March 15, 2006
Determination regarding need for evidentiary hearing and additional workshops	March 16, 2006
Prepared testimony served (EH)	March 20, 2006
Rebuttal testimony served (EH)	March 27, 2006
Prehearing conference - motions, schedule witnesses, etc. (EH)	March 28, 2006
Hearings begin (EH)	April 3, 2006
Hearings end (EH)	April 7, 2007
CAISO files 2007 LCR Study	April 21, 2006
Concurrent opening briefs filed and requests for final oral argument (EH); workshop comments filed	April 21, 2006
Concurrent reply briefs filed (EH); replies to workshop comments filed; comments on LCR study filed; submission	April 28, 2006
Proposed decision (EH)/draft decision	May 16, 2006
Comments	June 5, 2006
Reply comments	June 12, 2006
Final Commission order local RAR and other Phase 1 issues	June 15, 2006

Phase 2 Schedule

Event	Date
Ruling calling for Phase 2 proposals, establishing priorities among Phase 2 topics, and setting detailed workshop and comment schedule	May 31, 2006
Workshops	Summer 2006
Comments, submission	Fall 2006
Draft decision	Nov. 14, 2006
Comments	Dec. 4, 2006
Reply comments	Dec. 11, 2006
Final Commission order on Phase 2 issues	Dec. 14, 2006

As noted in the OIR, the Commission intends to resolve all matters in this proceeding within 18 months of the date of this scoping memo, consistent with Pub. Util. Code § 1701.5.

³ Advisory staff has informed me that several parties are currently working to develop a proposal for a tradable capacity product. If these parties want such a proposal to be considered in Phase 1 they should submit the proposal with their March 13 filings. Alternatively, if the tradable capacity product proposal is still under development, parties may submit a status report on March 13 with appropriate procedural recommendations that include submission of a complete proposal by March 31, 2006.