Daily Calendar California Public Utilities Commission Friday, December 19, 1997 Page 16 Public Utilities Commission of the State of California Wesley M. Franklin, Executive Director Headquarters Southern California Office 505 Van Ness Avenue 107 So. Broadway, Room 5109 San Francisco, CA 94102 Los Angeles, CA 90012 (415) 703-2782 (213) 897-2973 Website: http://www.cpuc.ca.gov Daily Calendar Friday, December 19, 1997 ú Regular Commission Meetings ú Notices ú Subscription Information (Daily Calendar and Agenda) ú Commissioner Office Hours ú Public Meetings and Workshops ú New Filings ú Petitions for Modification of Applications for Rehearing ú Draft Decisions/Proposed Decisions/Alternates/Arbitrator's Reports ú Advice Letter Filings ú Miscellaneous Transportation Items ú Adjournments/Resettings/Submissions ú Removals from Calendar ú New Settings ú Law and Motion Hearings ú Hearings ú Notice of Denial of Request for Ex Parte Meeting ú Notice of Ex Parte Communications REGULAR COMMISSION MEETINGS December 30, 2:00 LOCATION TO BE ANNOUNCED. 1997 p.m. January 7, 10:00 San Francisco 1998 a.m. January 21, 10:00 San Francisco 1998 a.m. February 4, 10:00 San Francisco 1998 a.m. February 19, 10:00 San Francisco 1998 a.m. NOTICES Delivery of Formal Pleadings for Filing Unless otherwise directed, all courier-delivered documents submitted for filing as part of the formal record in a proceeding should be hand-carried directly to the Commission's Docket Office, Room 2001, 505 Van Ness Avenue in San Francisco; Room 5109, 107 South Broadway in Los Angeles; or Room 4006, 1350 Front Street in San Diego. 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Date/Time Commissioner Location NONE SCHEDULED PUBLIC MEETINGS & WORKSHOPS Workshop Notice December 19, 1997 California Public Utilities 9:30 am Commission 505 Van Ness Avenue Training Room San Francisco The Energy Division staff will conduct a workshop to address compliance issues associated with utility advice filings ordered in ordering paragraph 1 of Decision (D)97-12-039. The workshop is open to the public and the training room is wheelchair accessible. For more information contact Steve Layman at (415) 703-3332. Public Meeting December 19, 1997 Deaf and Disabled 10 am - 4 pm Telecommunications Program 1939 Harrison Street DDTP Conference Room, Suite 555 Oakland The California Relay Service Advisory Committee (CRSAC) of the Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program will hold its regular monthly meeting. For more information about the meeting, or if you plan to attend the meeting and need sign language interpretation or real-time captioning, contact Sara Brucker at (510) 874-1410 VOICE or (510) 874-1411 TTY. Environmental Reminder: Please refrain from wearing perfumes or scents to DDTP meetings, because people with environmental illness or multiple chemical sensitivity must reduce their exposure in order to attend. Public Meeting January 6, 1998 Deaf and Disabled 10 am - 4 pm Telecommunications Program 1939 Harrison Street DDTP Conference Room, Suite 555 Oakland The Administrative Committee of the Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program will hold its regular monthly meeting. For more information about the meeting, or if you plan to attend the meeting and need sign language interpretation or real-time captioning, contact Sara Brucker at (510) 874-1410 VOICE or (510) 874-1411 TTY. Environmental Reminder: Please refrain from wearing perfumes or scents to DDTP meetings, because people with environmental illness or multiple chemical sensitivity must reduce their exposure in order to attend. Public Meeting January 8, 1998 California Public Utilities (Thursday) Commission 505 Van Ness Avenue, Room 3204 9:30 am - 12:00 noon (Corner of Van Ness Avenue and McAllister Street) San Francisco The Interim Administrative Committee for the California High Cost Fund B and the California Teleconnect Fund will hold its 9th meeting to discuss the status of its motion filed on October 29, 1997, and to discuss administrative matters. The contact person for this meeting is Angela Young at (415) 703- 2837. Public Meeting January 8, 1998 Deaf and Disabled 9:30 am - 3:30 pm Telecommunications Program 1939 Harrison Street DDTP Conference Room, Suite 555 Oakland The Equipment Program Advisory Committee of the Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program will hold its regular monthly meeting. For more information about the meeting, or if you plan to attend the meeting and need sign language interpretation or real-time captioning, contact Sara Brucker at (510) 874-1410 VOICE or (510) 874-1411 TTY. Environmental Reminder: Please refrain from wearing perfumes or scents to DDTP meetings, because people with environmental illness or multiple chemical sensitivity must reduce their exposure in order to attend. Public Meeting January 9, 1998 San Diego Gas & Electric Company 10 am 601 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 2060 San Francisco San Diego Gas & Electric Company will hold a settlement conference for their 1997 Annual Energy Cost Adjustment Clause (ECAC) A96-10-022, in accordance with Rule 51.1 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure. Please RSVP to Monica Wiggins at (619( 696-4056 no later than Monday, January 5, 1998. Public Meeting January 23, 1998 Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program (REVISED DATE) 1939 Harrison Street 10 am - 4 pm DDTP Conference Room, Suite 555 Oakland The California Relay Service Advisory Committee (CRSAC) of the Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program will hold its regular monthly meeting. For more information about the meeting, or if you plan to attend the meeting and need sign language interpretation or real-time captioning, contact Sara Brucker at (510) 874-1410 VOICE or (510) 874-1411 TTY. Environmental Reminder: Please refrain from wearing perfumes or scents to DDTP meetings, because people with environmental illness or multiple chemical sensitivity must reduce their exposure in order to attend. Public Meeting February 3, 1998 Deaf and Disabled 10 am - 4 pm Telecommunications Program 1939 Harrison Street DDTP Conference Room, Suite 555 Oakland The Administrative Committee of the Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program will hold its regular monthly meeting. For more information about the meeting, or if you plan to attend the meeting and need sign language interpretation or real-time captioning, contact Sara Brucker at (510) 874-1410 VOICE or (510) 874-1411 TTY. Environmental Reminder: Please refrain from wearing perfumes or scents to DDTP meetings, because people with environmental illness or multiple chemical sensitivity must reduce their exposure in order to attend. Public Meeting February 12, 1998 Deaf and Disabled 9:30 am - 3:30 pm Telecommunications Program 1939 Harrison Street DDTP Conference Room, Suite 555 Oakland The Equipment Program Advisory Committee of the Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program will hold its regular monthly meeting. For more information about the meeting, or if you plan to attend the meeting and need sign language interpretation or real-time captioning, contact Sara Brucker at (510) 874-1410 VOICE or (510) 874-1411 TTY. Environmental Reminder: Please refrain from wearing perfumes or scents to DDTP meetings, because people with environmental illness or multiple chemical sensitivity must reduce their exposure in order to attend. Public Meeting February 27, 1998 Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program (REVISED DATE) 1939 Harrison Street 10 am - 4 pm DDTP Conference Room, Suite 555 Oakland The California Relay Service Advisory Committee (CRSAC) of the Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program will hold its regular monthly meeting. For more information about the meeting, or if you plan to attend the meeting and need sign language interpretation or real-time captioning, contact Sara Brucker at (510) 874-1410 VOICE or (510) 874-1411 TTY. Environmental Reminder: Please refrain from wearing perfumes or scents to DDTP meetings, because people with environmental illness or multiple chemical sensitivity must reduce their exposure in order to attend. NEW FILINGS 12/15/97 A97-12- Mobil Pacific Pipeline Company, to 025 sell and Ellwood Pipeline, Inc. to acquire interests in approximately 17,334 feet of ten-inch pipeline 12/16/97 A97-12- Cellular Long Distance Company, for 026 registration as an interexchange carrier telephone corporation; motion to file confidential information under seal; confidential information attached 12/18/97 A97-12- Dwayne Lee Porter dba D. L. Porter 027 Corp., for registration as a non- utility electric service provider under Public Utility Code Section 394 PETITIONS FOR MODIFICATION AND APPLICATIONS FOR REHEARING NONE DRAFT DECISIONS * PROPOSED DECISIONS * ALTERNATES * ARBITRATOR'S REPORTS NONE ADVICE LETTER FILINGS To inquire about a filing, call the Energy Division (703- 1093), Telecommunications Division (703-1889) or Water Division (703-2028). To protest a filing, mail the original letter/telegram to the Chief of the appropriate division (i.e., "Chief, [Energy, Telecommunications or Water] Division"), to be received no later than 20 days after the date the Advice Letter was filed. "Effective TBD" means that the date is to be determined by further Commission action. A date listed as "anticipated effective" may be subject to change. An Advice Letter Supplement is not a new filing, and there is no protest period unless indicated. 11/26/97 Energy SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GAS COMPANY, 2652G Regarding refund of $6.923 Million related to the receipt of insurance reimbursement for expenses associated with the Northridge earthquake. (effective TBD) 12/12/97 Energy PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC COMPANY, Submits 1719E new & revised tariffs in compliance with Dec. 97-12-039. (effective TBD) 12/16/97 Energy SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY, 1259E-A Supplements A.L.No.1259E, Filing in compliance with Resolution No. E-3506 (effective TBD) 12/17/97 Water SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WATER COMPANY, 1018-W [Metropolitan District]Attrition and step rate increase pursuant to Decision 95-12-027. (anticipated effective 01/01/98) ADVICE LETTER PROTESTS To inquire about a protest, call the Energy Division (703- 1093), Telecommunications Division (703-1889) or Water Division (703-2028). To obtain a copy of the protest, please direct your request to the protestor. NONE FILED MISCELLANEOUS TRANSPORTATION ITEMS December 19, 1997 Filings with Safety and Enforcement 12/11/97 TCP-5578-B Los Angeles VIP Service, Inc., 3532 Overland Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90034, Tel. No. (310) 559-3945, application to transfer TCP Class B Certificate from TCP-10794-B, Hatsuhiro Matsuda, dba Hato Bus USA Tours 12/15/97 TCP-11539- Chester C. Yap, 1059 Feather Circle, A Clayton, CA 94517, Tel. No. (415) 351- 1537, application for new TCP Class A Certificate 12/15/97 TCP-11542- DEM Enterprises, Inc., dba ABC A Chauffeured Limousine - Sedans - Minibuses - Vans - Worldwide Transp., 1210 Cypress Avenue, San Mateo, CA 94401, Tel. No. (650) 401-6200, application for new TCP Class A Certificate 12/16/97 TCP-11544- Myung Shik Yun, dba Brookhurst Plaza B Inn, 711 S Brookhurst, Anaheim, CA 92804, Tel. No. (714) 999-1220, application for new TCP Class B Certificate ADJOURNMENTS * RESETTINGS * SUBMISSIONS NONE REMOVALS FROM CALENDAR NONE NEW SETTINGS 1/15/98 1:00 pm (PHC)-Pacific Gas and Electric ALJ Patrick A97-11- Company, for authority to increase Comr Bilas 012 the price of water delivered to the El Dorado Irrigation District from the El Dorado Project, effective in 1998 and 1999, Commission Courtroom, San Francisco LAW AND MOTION Law and Motion Hearings are held before Administrative Law Judge Steven Kotz at 9:30 am in one of the Commission's San Francisco Office Hearing Rooms, unless otherwise noted. Law and Motion procedures are governed by Resolution ALJ 164. Copies of Resolution ALJ 164 are available from the Commission's Documents Desk (415) 703-1713 or from Central Files (415) 703-2045. 12/23/7 9:30 am NONE SCHEDULE 12/30/97 9:30 am NONE SCHEDULE 1/6/98 9:30 am NONE SCHEDULED HEARINGS Dates in parentheses following the word "also" are subject to change without notice. the assigned Commissioner's name is listed next to the proceedings as matter of record; the assigned Commissioner may not be present at the hearing. (PHC) = Prehearing Conference (OA) = Oral Argument (EH) = Evidentiary Hearing (WS) = Workshop (PPH) = Public Participation (FPH) = Full Panel Hearing Hearing (IAM) = Initial Arbitration (AH) = Arbitration Meeting Hearing (M) = Mediation 12/19/97 10:30 am (ECP)-Bennett-Whiskey Run Homeowners ALJ C97-10- Association vs. Kirkwood Gas and Bennett 077 Electric Company, for relief from the Comr Bilas payment for electricity used by a commercial unit not associated with the homeowners association, Office of Governmental Affairs, 1227 O Street, Fourth Floor, Sacramento 12/19/97 2:00 pm (PHC)-Brook Fiber Communications of ALJ Bushey C97-11- Fresno, Inc., Brooks Fiber Comr Duque 018 Communications of Stockton, Inc., Brook Fiber Communications of Bakersfield, Inc., Brooks Fiber Communications of San Jose, Inc. and Brooks Fiber Communications of Sacramento, Inc. vs. Pacific Bell, for unreasonable and unlawful anti- competitive activities, Commission Courtroom, San Francisco 12/22/97 10:00 am (PHC)-Catalina Channel Express, Inc., ALJ A97-09- for such additional authority as may Ryerson 040 be necessary to affirm its scheduled Comr Duque service certificate of public convenience and necessity to operate as a common carrier by vessel between Dana Point and Avalon/Two Harbors and for authority to file a tariff and timetable to commence such service, Commission Courtroom, San Francisco 12/22/97 10:00 am (PHC)-California Cable Television ALJ Walwyn C97-03- Association vs. Pacific Bell, for Comr Duque 049 offering and promoting the bundled offering of the basic exchange service and Internet service in violation of due procedures and without authorization, Commission Courtroom, San Francisco 12/23/97 10:30 am (PHC)-Edward A. Hanline and Kimberly ALJ A97-10- A. Hanline dba Quick Silver Shuttle Bennett 025 Service, for a certificate of public Comr Duque convenience and necessity to operate as a passenger stage corporation between points in San Diego County and San Diego Lindbergh Field International Airport, Telephone Prehearing Conference 12/30/97 10:00 am (PHC)-Pacific Gas and Electric ALJ Wright A97-04- Company, for Commission order finding Comr 001 that electric operations during the Conlon reasonableness review period from 1/1/96 to 12/31/96 were prudent, Commission Courtroom, San Francisco 1/5/98 2:00 pm (PHC)-Commission Instituting ALJ C97-08- Investigation and Suspension of the McVicar 004 Commission's own motion to tariff Comr Duque filed by Advice Letter Nos. 287 and 287-A of San Jose Water Company in Santa Clara County, Commission Courtroom, San Francisco 1/6/98 10:00 am (PHC)-Peter Wood vs. Pacific Bell, ALJ Bushey C97-09- for failure to provide adequate Comr Duque 059 services and for discriminatory treatment, Commission Courtroom, San Francisco 1/7/98 9:00 am (EH)-Carl Brandstetter vs. Holiday ALJ C97-08- Retreats, Inc., Paul Derebery, McVicar 054 Surinder S. Dang, and Gurinder Singh, Comr Duque for serving water without authority, Council Chambers, City Hall, 3900 Main Street, Riverside 1/9/98 10:00 am (ECP)-Lorna Shofner vs. D.C.N. ALJ C97-10- Wireless, for overbilling and unfair Barnett 076 business practices, Comr Commission Courtroom, Los Angeles, Neeper 1/9/98 10:30 am (ECP)-Fariborz Hamzel vs. Pacific ALJ C97-10- Bell, for unauthorized ISDN calls, Barnett 078 Commission Courtroom, State Office Comr Duque Building, 107 S. Broadway, Los Angeles 1/12/98 10:00 am (EH)-ARCO Products Company, Mobil Oil ALJ C97-04- Corporation, Texaco Refining and Careaga 025 Marketing Inc. vs. SFPP, L.P., for Comr Duque violation of Section 451 of the Public Utilities Code by charging rates that are not just and reasonable for the intrastate transportation of refined petroleum products, Commission Courtroom, San Francisco 1/12/98 10:00 am (EH)-Southern California Edison ALJ A96-05- Company, for authority to freeze Patrick 045 rates t their current levels by ALJ deferring a $1.7 million rate Stalder decrease, plus interest Comr to 1998, for a finding that 1/1/97 Conlon balances in the energy cost adjustment clause (ECAC) and electric revenue adjustment mechanism (ERAM) accounts are reasonable, for authority to set aside overcollection in the ECAC and ERAM accounts as of 12/31/96 to reduce the level of competition transition cost, for authority to revise its incremental A97-05- energy rate, the energy reliability 050 index and avoided capacity cost pricing, and for a review of the reasonableness of Edison's operat8ons during the period from April 1, 1995, through March 31, 1996, and (EH)-Southern California Edison Company, for review of the reasonableness of operations during the period from April 1 1996, through March 31, 1997 (Reasonableness Phase), Commission Courtroom, San Francisco 1/13/98 10:00 am (EH)-San Diego Gas & Electric ALJ A96-10- Company, for annual energy cost Henderson 022 adjustment clause for the period from Comr 5/1/97 to 4/30/98, Neeper Commission Courtroom, San Francisco 1/14/98 10:00 am (PHC)-Investigation on the ALJ Ramsey I91-08- Commission's own motion into the Comr 029 causes of recent derailments of Conlon Southern Pacific Transportation Company trains, compliance of Southern Pacific with applicable laws, rules, and regulations, the existence of any local safety hazards, and recommendations for improvements in state and federal laws or regulations, Commission Courtroom, San Francisco 1/15/98 1:00 pm (PHC)-Pacific Gas and Electric ALJ A97-11- Company, for authority to increase Patrick 012 the price of water delivered to the Comr Bilas El Dorado Irrigation District from the El Dorado Project, effective in 1998 and 1999, Commission Courtroom, San Francisco 1/16/98 7:00 pm (PHC)-Marna An Powell and Donna M. ALJ Walker C97-09- Hufford vs. GTE Northwest, dba GTE Comr Duque 056 West Coast, for enlargement of the 488 prefix to include a toll free one- way extended area service, Orick Community Center, 101 Swan Road, Orick 1/22/98 1:30 pm (PHC)-Pacific gas and Electric ALJ A97-03- Company, for authority to revise its Econome 002 gas rates and tariffs to be effective Comr Bilas 1/1/98, pursuant to D.89-01-040, D.90- 09-089, D.91-05-029, D.93-12-058, D.94-07-024, and D.95-12-053, Commission Courtroom, San Francisco (EH), for 10 am, January 26, San Francisco (also January 27-30 and February 2-6, San Francisco), 1/27/98 10:00 am (EH)-San Jose Water Company, for ALJ A95-08- authority to increase rates by Stalder 038 $3,867,000 or 4.16% in 1995; Comr $4,348,000 or 4.43% in 1996; and Conlon $1,713,000 or 1.67% in 1997, in Los Gatos, Saratoga, Monte Sereno, Campbell, portions of San Jose, Cupertino and Santa Clara, and in territory within the County of Santa Clara surrounding and adjacent in these municipalities, Commission Courtroom, San Francisco (also January 28, San Francisco) 1/30/98 7:00 p.m. (PHC)-Robert W. Merwin vs. Citizens ALJ Walker C97-09- Communications, for arbitrary Comr Duque 054 definition of service areas, Jean Harvie Community Center, 14273 River Road, Walnut Grove 2/3/98 10:00 am (EH)-Pacific Bell, for authority to ALJ A95-12- increase and restructure certain Malcolm 043 rates of its Integrated Services Comr Duque Digital Network services, Commission Courtroom, San Francisco 2/5/98 1:00 pm (PHC)-San Diego Gas & Electric ALJ A97-09- Company, for a permanent gas Wetzell 049 procurement performance-based Comr ratemaking mechanism, Conlon Commission Courtroom, San Francisco 2/9/98 10:00 am The City of Vernon vs. The Atchison, ALJ C96-01- Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, for non- Careaga 019 compliance with zoning, Comr Commission Courtroom, San Francisco Neeper 2/10/98 10:00 am (PHC)-Pacific Gas and Electric ALJ A97-10- Company, for recovery of 1996 capital Malcolm 014 additions costs, and, Comr Bilas A97-10- (PHC)-San Diego Gas & Electric 015 Company, for competition transition charge recovery of 1996 capital additions, and A97-10- (PHC)-Southern California Edison 024 Company, for authority to recover capital additions to its fossil generating facilities made between 11/1/96 AND 12/31/96, Commission Courtroom, San Francisco (EH) for 10 am, March 9, San Francisco (also March 10-13, San Francisco 2/18/98 9:30 am (EH)-Tel-Save, Inc. of Pennsylvania, ALJ Garde A96-12- dba The Phone Company, for a Comr 050 certificate of public convenience and Neeper necessity to operate as a reseller of local exchange service, Commission Courtroom, San Francisco (also February 19, San Francisco) 3/16/98 9:00 am (EH)-U.S. Long Distance, Inc. vs. ALJ Bushey C96-12- Pacific Bell, for losses in excess of Comr 043 $100,000 due to defendants improper Knight administration of billing and collection services edit called "scan and reject edit," Commission Courtroom, San Francisco (also March 17-18, San Francisco) 3/30/98 10:00 am (EH)-Southern California Gas Company, ALJ A97-03- for approval of a long-term gas Patrick 015 transmission service contract with Comr Bilas Distribudora de Gas Natural de Mexicali, s. de R.L. de C.V., Commission Courtroom, San Francisco (also March 31, and April 1-3, San Francisco) NOTICE OF DENIAL OF REQUEST FOR EX PARTE MEETING On September 20, 1996, the Commission adopted Resolution ALJ 169 regarding the "Filing of Notice of Denial of Request for Ex Parte Meeting". The resolution implements an interim procedure whereby a party whose written request for an ex parte meeting with a Commissioner has been denied will be allowed to file a notice of such denial. Copies of Resolution ALJ 169 are available from the Commission's Central Files Office at 505 Van Ness Avenue, Room 2002, San Francisco; telephone (415) 703-2045. Copies of tendered notices are available in the Central Files Office for review and/or reproduction under existing procedures. They are also available from the filing party who is under the obligation to provide copies of the notice without delay. NONE FILED NOTICE OF EX PARTE COMMUNICATIONS Copies of tendered notices are available in the Central Files Office for review and/or reproduction under existing procedures. They are also available from the filing party who is under the obligation to provide copies of the notice without delay. 12/17/97 A96-08-001 Pacific Gas and Electric Company, for approval of valuation and categorization of non-nuclear generation related sunk costs eligible for recovery in the competition transition charge, A96-08-006 San Diego Gas & Electric Company, to identify and value the sunk costs of its non-nuclear generation assets, A96-08-007 Southern California Edison Company, to identify and value the sunk costs of its non-nuclear generation assets, A96-08-070 Pacific Gas and Electric Company, to establish the competition transition charge, A96-08-071 Southern California Edison Company, to estimate transition costs and establish a transition cost balancing account; transition cost executive summaries; transition cost policy; transition cost collection; 1998 market price used to determine transition costs; transition costs for nuclear generation; transition costs for fossil generation; fuel and fuel transportation contract obligations; plant- related sunk costs and rate base for fossil generation; transition costs for hydro generation; transition costs arising from interutility contracts; transition costs for regulatory assets, obligations, and balancing accounts; early retirement, severance, and retraining transition costs; and transition costs ratemaking attached, and A96-08-072 San Diego Gas & Electric Company, to estmate transition costs and establish a transition cost balancing account; prepared direct testimony attached. Summary: LATE FILED, AUGMENTATION REQUIRED. On December 10, 1997, Fritz Ortlieb, representative for the City of San Diego, met with Cmmr. Neeper, in San Francisco. Also present were: Fassil Fenikile, advisor to Cmmr. Neeper; and Dennis Kahlie and Jose Cervantes, for the City of San Diego. Ortlieb discussed the letter that Michael Uberaga, the City Manager of the City of San Diego had sent to Cmmr. Neeper and his colleagues at the Commission. Ortlieb discussed the arguments forwarded by the City in its letter and stressed the City's concerns regarding this issue. Filer: The City of San Diego Contact: Yvonne Tillman- Phone: (510) 834-1999 Tatmon 12/17/97 A97-10-001 Pacific Gas and Electric Company, for approval of 1998 Energy Efficiency Programs, Shareholder Incentive Mechanism for 1998 programs, a cost accounting process for transfer of Surcharge Funds and Update of Energy Efficiency Commitments. Summary: On December 10, 1997, Steven Kline, Vice President, Regulatory Relations for Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E), sent a letter (attached to notice) to Cmmrs. Conlon, Duque, Knight, Neeper, and Bilas. Copies were also sent to: ALJ Gottstein; James Hendry, advisor to Cmmr. Conlon; John Scadding, advisor to Cmmr. Conlon; Julie Halligan, advisor to Cmmr. Bilas; Michelle Cooke advisor to Cmmr. Duque; Dorothy Duda, advisor to Cmmr. Knight; Robert Lane, advisor to Cmmr. Knight; David Gamson, advisor to Cmmr. Neeper, and the Public Policy Service List. The letter states that PG&E's energy efficiency and conservation budget provided to the legislature during the 1996 discussions of AB 1890 was the full $106 million, and included $14 million for PG&E's low income programs. The letter states that the statute was intended to provide for stable overall funding by referencing PG&E's entire demand side management budget, including PG&E's low income budget. The letter states that there is no indication that the framers of AB1890 intended to compel an increase in the total PG& demand side management budget. The letter requests wording changes to the proposed decision reflecting the fact that the $106 million specified in section 381( c) (1) includes PG&E's low-weatherization budget.. Filer: Pacific Gas and Electric Company Contact: Heidi Holzhauer Phone: (415) 972-5611