Daily Calendar California Public Utilities Commission Thursday, July 30, 1998 Page 29 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 Thursday, July 30, 1998 ú Regular Commission Meetings ú Notices ú Glossary ú Subscription Information (Daily Calendar and Agenda) ú Commissioner Office Hours ú Public Meetings and Workshops ú New Filings ú Petitions for Modification and Applications for Rehearing ú Draft Decisions/Proposed Decisions/Alternates/Presiding Officer's Decisions/ Arbitrator's Reports ú Advice Letter Filings ú Miscellaneous Transportation Items ú Miscellaneous Telecommunication Matters 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 All-Party Meetings (PU Code 1701.3(c) ) ú Notice of Ex Parte Communications REGULAR COMMISSION BUSINESS MEETINGS August 6, 1998 10 am San Francisco September 3, 10 am San Francisco 1998 September 17, 10 am San Francisco 1998 COMMISSION RATESETTING DELIBERATIVE MEETINGS (Not Open to the Public) ú Ratesetting Deliberative Meeting dates are reserved as noted but will only be held if there are ratesetting matters to be considered. ú August 3, 1998 1:30 pm San Francisco August 31, 1:30 pm San Francisco 1998 September 14, 1:30 pm San Francisco 1998 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. All documents sent through the mail for formal filing should be addressed ONLY to the Commission's Docket Office, Room 2001, 505 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94102. Charge for Commission Documents To purchase Commission documents, there is a charge of 20 cents a printed page (postage prepaid) with a minimum purchase of $2.00. GLOSSARY After January 1, 1998, the California Public Utilities Commission is required by statute (SB 960) to categorize each case that comes before it. There are three categories, quasi- legislative, adjudicatory and ratesetting. If a case does not require hearings before it is resolved, the case is removed from the SB 960 category requirements. The legend below shows the abbreviation for each of the categories and provides a brief explanation. Q Quasi-legislative proceedings are proceedings that establish policy or rules (including generic ratemaking policy or rules) affecting a class of regulated entities, including those proceedings in which the Commission investigates rates or practices for an entire regulated industry or class of entities within the industry. A Adjudicatory proceedings are: (1) enforcement investigations into possible violations of any provision of statutory law or order or rule of the Commission; and (2) complaints against regulated entities, including those complaints that challenge the accuracy of a bill, but excluding those complaints that challenge the reasonableness of rates or charges, past, present, or future. RS Ratesetting proceedings are proceedings in which the Commission sets or investigates rates for a specifically named utility (or utilities), or establishes a mechanism that in turn sets the rates for a specifically named utility (or utilities). Ratesetting proceedings include complaints that challenge the reasonableness of rates or charges, past, present, or future. N/A Removed from the SB 960 category requirements. SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION Subscription Notice for Draft Agenda Items In compliance with Public Utilities Code Section 311.5, parties who wish to subscribe to receive draft agenda items may do so by writing to the Public Utilities Commission; Attention: Poly Arca, Room 1003; 505 Van Ness Avenue; San Francisco, CA 94102; or by calling (415) 703-1798. The cost for a one-year subscription to the entire public agenda package (which excludes Executive Session materials) is $1,000. You may also order a partial agenda package (energy agenda items only or telecommunication agenda items only) at the cost of $500 per year. The package you receive via mail will include only those agenda items available at the time of the agenda distribution date, which is usually 10 to 12 days prior to the Commission meeting. If agenda items (including revisions) are not ready on the distribution date, they will be made available at no charge in the lobby outside the Commission Auditorium at 9:00 a.m. on the morning of the Commission meeting, but not earlier. In addition, the Commission will make draft agenda items available for viewing and photocopying (at 20 cents per page) at the Commission's Central Files Office (Room 2002), 505 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, and in the Los Angeles, San Diego, and the following field offices: El Centro, Eureka, Sacramento and San Bernardino. Since the agenda package will be mailed to these locations, it will be available at these locations a day or two after the distribution date. These locations will not receive agenda items that are not ready on the distribution date. If an agenda item is held over to a subsequent Commission meeting, that agenda item and any revisions to that agenda item that were available on the morning of the initial Commission meeting (as well as any further available revisions) will be mailed in the Escutia package for the subsequent Commission meeting; the item and its revisions will also be available for viewing and photocopying in the Commission's Central Files Office and field offices as set forth above. Intervenors who have a financial hardship determination pending or granted shall be eligible to receive draft agenda item packets at no charge. The cost to receive the agenda only, without copies of draft agenda items, remains at $75 per year. Subscription Notice for Daily Calendar and/or Agenda Parties who wish to subscribe to the Daily Calendar and/or the Agenda may do so by writing to the Public Utilities Commission; Attention: Poly Arca, Room 1003; 505 Van Ness Avenue; San Francisco, CA 94102; or by calling (415) 703- 1798. The subscription cost for the Daily Calendar is $225 per year. The Biweekly Daily Calendar is $50 per year. The Agenda is $75 per year. Checks are to be made payable to the Public Utilities Commission. COMMISSIONER OFFICE HOURS (For further information or to make an appointment, please contact Sandra Graham at (213) 897-3544). Date/Time Commissioner Location NONE PUBLIC MEETINGS & WORKSHOPS Public Meeting July 30, 1998 Sempra Energy Headquarters 9 am - 5 pm (previously known as the San Diego Gas & Electric building) 101Ash St. (on the corner of First and Ash), Auditorium 2 San Diego The Revenue Cycle Services Safety Working Group (R.98-01-011, Rulemaking on the Commission's Own Motion to Assess and Revise the Regulatory Structure Governing California's Natural Gas Industry) will meet to discuss the July 28 draft of the report, Report of the Natural Gas Revenue Cycle Services Safety Working Group. The last electronic distribution of the draft report sections will be available on July 28 at http://162.15.5.2:80/grcswg/grcswg. (Earlier versions are scheduled for posting to the web as follows: 1st draft, July 16; and 2nd draft, July 22.) The plenary meeting is open to the public and is wheelchair accessible. For more information, contact Barbara Hale (Ph:415-703-3200, fax: 415- 703-1723; e-mail:bar@cpuc.ca.gov). SDG&E representative Rodney Winter is the contact for questions regarding location and remote attendance (Ph: 619-696-4817; e-mail: rwinter@sdge.com). Public Meeting July 30, 1998 Deaf and Disabled 1 pm -4 pm Telecommunications Program 1939 Harrison Street DDTP Conference Room, Suite 555 Oakland The IFB SUB-COMMITTEE of the Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program will hold a 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 Elana Kalisher 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. Roundtable Meeting August 3, 1998 California Public Utilities 1 pm - 4:30 pm Commission 505 Van Ness Avenue Auditorium San Francisco The Commission will be holding a Roundtable on Distributed Generation on Monday afternoon, August 3rd, from 1 to 4:30 p.m. The discussion will focus on the appropriate treatment and implementation of distributed generation within California's restructured energy industry, and on directions the Commission may wish to consider. Commission President Richard Bilas will introduce the Roundtable and Commissioner Josiah Neeper will facilitate. Other Commissioners may attend. An agenda and a list of invitees will be available the day of the meeting. The public is invited. The contact person is Denise Mann in Strategic Planning at (415) 703- 3180. Public Meeting August 3, 1998 Deaf and Disabled 1:30 pm -4:30 pm Telecommunications Program 1939 Harrison Street DDTP Conference Room, Suite 555 Oakland The FINANCE SUB-COMMITTEE of the Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program will hold a 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 Elana Kalisher 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 August 4, 1998 Deaf and Disabled 9 am -10 am Telecommunications Program 1939 Harrison Street DDTP Conference Room, Suite 555 Oakland The DDTPAC INTERVIEW SUB-COMMITTEE of the Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program will hold a scheduled interview for the STATEWIDE DEAF ORGANIZATION SEAT. For more information about the meeting, or if you plan to attend the meeting and need sign language interpretation or real-time captioning, contact Elana Kalisher 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. Roundtable Meeting August 4, 1998 California Public Utilities 9:30 am - 12 noon Commission 505 Van Ness Avenue, Auditorium (Corner of Van Ness and McAllister) San Francisco This Roundtable with California Communities Energy Alliance (CCEA) is intended to allow a direct conversation between the CPUC and local government organizations. The discussion will cover issues jointly of interest to CCEA and the CPUC, including consumer outreach, DSM demonstration projects, aggregation, and low-income programs. The Roundtable will be facilitated by Commissioner Josiah Neeper. Other Commissioners may attend. The public is invited. An agenda and list of attendees will be available the day of the meeting. The contact person is David Gamson at (415) 703- 1997. Public Meeting PLEASE NOTE: TIME CHANGE ! August 4, 1998 Deaf and Disabled 10 am - 5 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 Elana Kalisher 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. Workshop Notice August 4, 1998 Pacific Gas and Electric Company 10 am - 5 pm Energy Center 851 Howard Street (1 block west of the Moscone Center) San Francisco The California Board for Energy Efficiency will meet to obtain public comment and input (written or oral) on recommendations for the design of PY 99 programs, either as modifications to current PY 98 programs or as entirely new program concepts. For more information contact Molly Tirpak (415) 703-1956. Public Meeting PLEASE NOTE: DATE CHANGED and LOCATION CHANGE! August 5, 1998 California Public Utilities 9 am - 4 pm Commission 505 Van Ness Avenue Conference Room 4010 San Francisco The California Board for Energy Efficiency will meet to discuss the status of administrative and technical services to CBEE; the Request for Proposals for Energy Efficiency Program Administrators (D. 98-07-036); the Interim Opinion: Extension of Interim Administrators for Energy Efficiency and Low Income Programs in R.94-04-031/I.94-04-032; the status of Assembly Bill 2461 and related legislation; CBEE program planning for 1999; Interim Administrators second quarterly status report; and updates on and the status of the RFP for independent administration and associated Commission decisions, CBEE work plans and schedules, issues related to utility assets and liabilities, verification and other reporting requirements, and the Technical Advisory Committee and Board operational matters. The contact person is Sara Steck Myers, (415) 387-1904. For further details about CBEE and this meeting consult the CBEE Web Page at www.cbee.org. Public Meeting: RCS Safety Working Group August 6, 1998 Energy Resource Center 9 am - 5 pm 9240 E. Firestone Boulevard Downey August 7, 1998 9 am - 4 pm The Revenue Cycle Services Safety Working Group (R.98-01-011, Rulemaking on the Commission's Own Motion to Assess and Revise the Regulatory Structure Governing California's Natural Gas Industry) subcommittees will meet to discuss the draft report, Report of the Natural Gas Revenue Cycle Services Safety Working Group, especially sections 4 through 8. A copy of the working draft to be discussed at the meeting will be available on July 28 at http://162.15.5.2:80/grcswg/grcswg. The subcommittee meeting is open to the public and is wheelchair accessible. For more information, contact Barbara Hale (Ph:415-703-3200, fax: 415- 703-1723; e-mail:bar@cpuc.ca.gov). Questions regarding the meeting location should be directed to Susan Apeles of Southern California Gas Company (ph: 213-244-4265) Public Meeting August 5, 1998 California Public Utilities 9:30 am - 3:30 pm Commission 505 Van Ness Avenue, Room 3204 (Corner of Van Ness Avenue and McAllister Street) San Francisco The ULTS Marketing Board (ULTSMB) will hold its regular meeting to: Review/Approve Meeting Minutes, Review/Approve Administrative Report, PUC Report and Action Items, Review/Approve Administrative Expenses, Review/Approve Letter to Commissioner Knight, Review Annual Report and Budget Timetable, Review ULTSMB Correspondence, Discuss/Approve Interim Marketing Program Plan/Budget and Action Items, Announcements, Set Future Agenda Items for Discussion and Hear Public Comments. This meeting is open to the public. If you would like to join the meeting by phone conference or in person, and/or receive a full meeting packet, please notify the ULTS Trust Office at (510) 452-2757. Public Meeting August 5 & 6, 1998 Pacific Gas and Electric Company 10 am - 4 pm Energy Center 851 Howard Street (1 block west of Designated Conference the Moscone Center) Leader: San Francisco Sharon Weinberg/PG&E To join via teleconference: Reservation No. 4572624 Dial: (303) 633-1880 Passcode: 1263315# As provided for in Public Utilities Commission D.97-09-117, one or more LIGB Advisory Committee members may be participating in this meeting via teleconference. Members of the public may participate in the meeting by calling the above number on the day of the meeting. If you experience difficulty in trying to access this conference call, please contact Confertech at 1-800-314-3558. The Low Income Governing Board Advisory Committee (LIGBAC) will meet on the following agenda: Discussion with Energy Efficiency Institute about the 1999 Low Income Energy Efficiency Program. These meetings are open to the public. You can get the materials for this meeting by phoning the LIGBAC at 415 703-2565 and leaving a message with your name, phone and fax number at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting time. Public Meeting August 6, 1998 Deaf and Disabled 10 am - 4 pm Telecommunications Program 1939 Harrison Street DDTP Conference Room, Suite 555 Oakland The Outreach Sub-Committee of the Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program will hold a 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 Elana Kalisher 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 August 11, 1998 California Public Utilities 9:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. Commission 505 Van Ness Avenue, Rm. 4206 San Francisco The Payphone Service Providers Enforcment Committee will conduct a monthly meeting. For more information, please contact Adam Thaler at (415) 703-1157. Workshop Notice August 11, 1998 California Public Utilities 10 am - 4 pm Commission 505 Van Ness Avenue Commission Auditorium San Francisco The Commission's Industry Divisions will conduct an Informational Workshop regarding the rules proposed in R98-07- 038 (Rulemaking for purposes of revising General Order 96-A regarding advice letters and other informal matters at the Commission). The workshop is open to the public. The respondents and other parties are encouraged to provide questions to the workshop facilitators by Tuesday, August 4, to make the workshops most productive; please be as specific as possible; send to Wade McCartney, e-mail: wms@cpuc.ca.gov or FAX: (415) 703-2200. Public Meeting August 11, 1998 Pacific Gas and Electric Company 10 am - 5 pm Energy Center 851 Howard Street (1 block west of Designated Conference the Moscone Center) Leader: San Francisco Dennis Guido/PG&E To join via teleconference: Dial: (212) 293-3180 Reservation No. 4074787 Passcode: 3823526# As provided for in Public Utilities Commission D.97-09-117, one or more LIGB Advisory Committee members may be participating in this meeting via teleconference. Members of the public may participate in the meeting by calling the above number on the day of the meeting. If you experience difficulty in trying to access this conference call, please contact Confertech at 1-800-252-5150. The Low Income Governing Board Advisory Committee (LIGBAC) will meet on the following agenda: Welcome and Introduction Chairperson's report, review meeting minutes, public comments, substitantiative program designs, other business. These meetings are open to the public. You can get the materials for this meeting by phoning the LIGBAC at 415 703- 2565 and leaving a message with your name, phone and fax number at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting time. Public Meeting August 12, 1998 Pacific Gas and Electric Company 8:30 am - 3 pm Energy Center 851 Howard Street (1 block west of Designated Conference the Moscone Center) Leader: San Francisco Dennis Guido/PG&E To join via teleconference: Dial: (212) 293-3180 Reservation No. 4074787 Passcode: 3823526# As provided for in Public Utilities Commission D.97-09-117, one or more LIGB Advisory Committee members may be participating in this meeting via teleconference. Members of the public may participate in the meeting by calling the above number on the day of the meeting. If you experience difficulty in trying to access this conference call, please contact Confertech at 1-800-252-5150. The Low Income Governing Board Advisory Committee (LIGBAC) will meet on the following agenda: Welcome and Introduction Chairperson's report, review meeting minutes, public comments, substitantiative program designs, other business. These meetings are open to the public. You can get the materials for this meeting by phoning the LIGBAC at 415 703- 2565 and leaving a message with your name, phone and fax number at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting time. Public Meeting RCS Safety Working Group August 12 and August 13, Energy Resource Center 1998 9240 E. Firestone Boulevard 9 am - 5 pm Downey The Revenue Cycle Services Safety Working Group (R.98-01-011, Rulemaking on the Commission's Own Motion to Assess and Revise the Regulatory Structure Governing California's Natural Gas Industry) subcommittees will meet to discuss the draft report, Report of the Natural Gas Revenue Cycle Services Safety Working Group, especially those sections which address the safe unbundling of services. A copy of the working draft to be discussed at the meeting will be available on August 11 at http://162.15.5.2:80/grcswg/grcswg. The subcommittee meeting is open to the public and is wheelchair accessible. For more information, contact Barbara Hale (Ph:415-703-3200, fax: 415-703-1723; e- mail:bar@cpuc.ca.gov). Questions regarding the meeting location should be directed to Susan Apeles of Southern California Gas Company (ph: 213-244-4265). Public Meeting August 12, 1998 Pacific Gas and Electric Company 9:30 am - 4 pm Energy Center 851 Howard Street (1 block west of the Moscone Center) San Francisco The California Board for Energy Efficiency will meet to discuss the status of administrative and technical services to CBEE; the Request for Proposals for Energy Efficiency Program Administrators (D. 98-07-036); the Interim Opinion: Extension of Interim Administrators for Energy Efficiency and Low Income Programs in R.94-04-031/I.94-04-032; the status of Assembly Bill 2461 and related legislation; CBEE program planning for 1999; Interim Administrators second quarterly status report; and updates on and the status of the RFP for independent administration and associated Commission decisions, CBEE work plans and schedules, issues related to utility assets and liabilities, verification and other reporting requirements, and the Technical Advisory Committee and Board operational matters. The contact person is Sara Steck Myers, (415) 387-1904. For further details about CBEE and this meeting consult the CBEE Web Page at www.cbee.org. Public Meeting August 12, 1998 Pacific Gas and Electric Company 10 am - 4 pm Energy Center 851 Howard Street (between 4th and 5th Streets)) San Francisco The CARE Subcommittee of the Low Income Governing Board will meet to discuss CARE issues related to the transition of rate assistance services to independent program administration. An agenda for the meeting can be obtained from the LIGB's website at www.ligb.org or by contacting Robin Rifkin at (510) 251-2888 extension 2159. The meeting is open to the public. Sharon Weinberg is the contact person at (510) 251- 2888 extension 2025. Public Meeting August 13, 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 Elana Kalisher 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: RCS Safety Working Group August 17, 1998 Pacific Gas and Electric Company 10:30 am - 5 pm 77 Beale Street, Room 308 (Between Market and Mission) August 18, 1998 San Francisco 9 am - 5 pm The Revenue Cycle Services Safety Working Group (R.98-01-011, Rulemaking on the Commission's Own Motion to Assess and Revise the Regulatory Structure Governing California's Natural Gas Industry)subcommittees will meet to discuss the draft report, Report of the Natural Gas Revenue Cycle Services Safety Working Group, especially those sections which address the safe unbundling of services. A copy of the working draft to be discussed at the meeting will be available prior to the meeting at http://162.15.5.2:80/grcswg/grcswg. The subcommittee meeting is open to the public and is wheelchair accessible. For more information, contact Barbara Hale (Ph:415-703-3200, fax: 415- 703-1723; e-mail:bar@cpuc.ca.gov). Public Meeting August 18, 1998 California Public Utilities 1:30 pm -4 pm Commission 505 Van Ness Avenue, Room 3204 (Corner of Van Ness Avenue and McAllister Street) San Francisco The Universal Lifeline Telephone Service (ULTS) Administrative Committee will hold its regularly scheduled monthly meeting to address the following: Review/Approve Meeting Minutes, Approve Telephone Claims, Review/Approve ULTS/ULTSMB Administrative Expenses and Authorize an Administrative Transfer, PUC Report and Action Items, Review/Acceptance of the Amervest Report, Review/Approve Administrative Report and Action Items, and Public Comment Period. This meeting is open to the public. If you would like to join the meeting by phone conference and/or receive a meeting packet please notify the ULTS Trust Officer at (510) 452-2757. Public Meeting August 19, 1998 California Public Utilities 1:30 pm Commission 505 Van Ness Avenue, Training Room San Francisco LOTTERY FOR TELEPHONE NUMBER PREFIX ASSIGNMENTS IN THE 209/559, 213/323, 310, 408/831, 415, 510/925, 619, 714/949, 805, 818, AND 909 NUMBERING PLAN AREAS The Telecommunications Division of the California Public Utilities Commission will be conducting a lottery to determine allocations of central office codes (NXXs) in the 209/559, 213/323, 310, 408/831, 415, 510/925, 619, 714/949, 805, 818, and 909 area codes pursuant to the provisions of D.96-09-087. Applications should be submitted to the California Code Administrator prior to the close of business on August 11, 1998. For information on the lottery process, call (415) 703- 1879. If specialized accommodations for the disabled are needed, call the Public Advisor at (415) 703- 2032 five working days in advance of the event. Public Meeting August 20, 1998 Pacific Gas and Electric Company 9:30 am - 4 pm Energy Center 851 Howard Street (1 block west of the Moscone Center) San Francisco The California Board for Energy Efficiency will meet to discuss the status of administrative and technical services to CBEE; the Request for Proposals for Energy Efficiency Program Administrators (D. 98-07-036); the Interim Opinion: Extension of Interim Administrators for Energy Efficiency and Low Income Programs in R.94-04-031/I.94-04-032; the status of Assembly Bill 2461 and related legislation; CBEE program planning for 1999; Interim Administrators second quarterly status report; and updates on and the status of the RFP for independent administration and associated Commission decisions, CBEE work plans and schedules, issues related to utility assets and liabilities, verification and other reporting requirements, and the Technical Advisory Committee and Board operational matters. The contact person is Sara Steck Myers, (415) 387-1904. For further details about CBEE and this meeting consult the CBEE Web Page at www.cbee.org. Public Meeting August 20, 1998 California Public Utilities 11 am - 3 pm Commission 505 Van Ness Avenue, Room 4206 San Francisco The TDD Interim Placement Committee (TPIC) will conduct a monthly meeting. For more information, please contact Adam Thaler at (415) 703-1157. Public Meeting August 25, 1998 Pacific Gas and Electric Company 10 am - 5 pm Energy Center 851 Howard Street (1 block west of Designated Conference the Moscone Center) Leader: San Francisco Dennis Guido/PG&E To join via teleconference: Dial: (212) 293-3180 Reservation No. 4074787 Passcode: 3823526# As provided for in Public Utilities Commission D.97-09-117, one or more LIGB Advisory Committee members may be participating in this meeting via teleconference. Members of the public may participate in the meeting by calling the above number on the day of the meeting. If you experience difficulty in trying to access this conference call, please contact Confertech at 1-800-252-5150. The Low Income Governing Board Advisory Committee (LIGBAC) will meet on the following agenda: Welcome and Introduction Chairperson's report, review meeting minutes, public comments, substitantiative program designs, other business. These meetings are open to the public. You can get the materials for this meeting by phoning the LIGBAC at 415 703- 2565 and leaving a message with your name, phone and fax number at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting time. Public Meeting August 26, 1998 Pacific Gas and Electric Company 8:30 am - 3 pm Energy Center 851 Howard Street (1 block west of Designated Conference the Moscone Center) Leader: San Francisco Dennis Guido/PG&E To join via teleconference: Dial: (212) 293-3180 Reservation No. 4074787 Passcode: 3823526# As provided for in Public Utilities Commission D.97-09-117, one or more LIGB Advisory Committee members may be participating in this meeting via teleconference. Members of the public may participate in the meeting by calling the above number on the day of the meeting. If you experience difficulty in trying to access this conference call, please contact Confertech at 1-800-252-5150. The Low Income Governing Board Advisory Committee (LIGBAC) will meet on the following agenda: Welcome and Introduction Chairperson's report, review meeting minutes, public comments, substitantiative program designs, other business. These meetings are open to the public. You can get the materials for this meeting by phoning the LIGBAC at 415 703- 2565 and leaving a message with your name, phone and fax number at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting time. Public Meeting August 27, 1998 Eureka City Council/Hall 10 am - 4 pm 531 "K" Street, Council Chambers Eureka The California Relay Service 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 Elana Kalisher 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: RCS Safety Working Group August 27, 1998 Pacific Gas and Electric Company 10:30 am - 5 pm 77 Beale Street, Room 308 (Between Market and Mission) August 28, 1998 San Francisco 8:30 am -4 pm The Revenue Cycle Services Safety Working Group (R.98-01-011, Rulemaking on the Commission's Own Motion to Assess and Revise the Regulatory Structure Governing California's Natural Gas Industry) will have a plenary meeting to discuss the draft report, Report of the Natural Gas Revenue Cycle Services Safety Working Group. A copy of the working draft to be discussed at the meeting will be available prior to the meeting at http://162.15.5.2:80/grcswg/grcswg. The meeting is open to the public and is wheelchair accessible. For more information, contact Barbara Hale (Ph:415-703-3200, fax: 415- 703-1723; e-mail:bar@cpuc.ca.gov). Public Meeting: RCS Safety Working Group September 8, 1998 Pacific Gas and Electric Company 10:30 am - 5 pm 77 Beale Street, Room 308 (Between Market and Mission) (and following days as San Francisco needed) 8:30 am - 5 pm The Revenue Cycle Services Safety Working Group (R.98-01-011, Rulemaking on the Commission's Own Motion to Assess and Revise the Regulatory Structure Governing California's Natural Gas Industry) will have a plenary meeting to discuss the draft report, Report of the Natural Gas Revenue Cycle Services Safety Working Group. A copy of the working draft to be discussed at the meeting will be available prior to the meeting at http://162.15.5.2:80/grcswg/grcswg. The meeting is open to the public and is wheelchair accessible. For more information, contact Barbara Hale (Ph:415-703-3200, fax: 415- 703-1723; e-mail:bar@cpuc.ca.gov). NEW FILINGS 7/28/98 A98-07-048 MFS Globenet, Inc., for registration as an interexchange carrier telephone corporation PETITIONS FOR MODIFICATION AND APPLICATIONS FOR REHEARING NONE DRAFT DECISIONS * PROPOSED DECISIONS * ALTERNATES * PRESIDING OFFICER'S DECISION * ARBITRATOR'S REPORTS NONE ADVICE LETTER FILINGS NONE MISCELLANEOUS TRANSPORTATION ITEMS July 30, 1998 Filings with Rail Safety and Carriers Division NONE MISCELLANEOUS TELECOMMUNICATION MATTERS July 30, 1998 Paul Turner of Pacific Bell has submitted a letter of resignation from the Universal Lifeline Telecommunications Service Marketing Board (ULTSMB). Mr. Turner was appointed to the ULTSMB for a three term as one of the large and medium LEC's representatives when the Commission established the ULTSMB in D.97-12-105. Mr. Turner has nominated Laura Robertson of Pacific Bell to represent the large and medium LECs on the ULTSMB for the remainder of his term of approximately two and half (2-1/2) years. Any carrier or person who wish to comment/ protest the nomination of Laura Robertson to the ULTSMB may do so within 30 days from the date this notice appears on the Commission Daily Calendar by writing to: Jack Leutza, Director Telecommunications Division 505 Van Ness Avenue, Rm 3210 San Francisco, CA 94102 A copy of Laura Robertson's resume may be obtained from Jack at the above address or by calling Joseph Abhulimen at (415) 703-1458; e-mail jaa@cpuc.ca.gov. Date June 25, 1998 Filed Subject Notice of settlement agreement between the Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Administrative Committee and MCI Telecommunications Corporation regarding the California Relay Service. Protests or Comments should be made within 20 days from the date of this Daily Calendar and should be sent to the Director of Telecommunications Division-Jack Leutza-in Room 3210. To obtain a copy of the settlement agreement contact Ms. Shelley Bergum at (510) 874-1412 or 939 Harrison Street Suite 555, Oakland California 94612 Contact for this Notice: Telecommunications Division S. Robert Weissman - SRW (415) 703-1989 Room 3211 ADJOURNMENTS * RESETTINGS * SUBMISSIONS C98-01- Weiss-Eric Diesel vs. Pacific Gas and 032 Electric Company, Evidentiary hearing held and no report given I.96-02- Bushey-Investigation on the 043 Commission's own motion into the operations, practices and conduct of Communication Telesystems, hearing set for August 4, 10:00 a.m. reset for 11:00 am. C98-05- Stalder-Westhaven Cotton Company vs. 025 Southern California Gas Company, hearing set for August 6 reset for 9:00 am, August 28, Tulare A98-06- Gottstein-San Diego Gas and Electric 045 Company for authority to revise lines loss, Prehearing Conference held and no report given C.98-02- Weissman-The Home Owners Association 045 of Lamplighter vs. The lamplighter Mobile Home Park, Prehearing Conference held and no report given REMOVALS FROM CALENDAR NONE NEW SETTINGS 8/5/98 9:30 a.m. (PHC)-Commission order instituting ALJ Reed R.93-04- rulemaking on Commission's own motion Comr Duque 003 to govern open access to bottleneck services and establish a framework for network architecture development of dominant carrier networks; opening comments to be filed by 5/21/93; reply comments due 6/18/93. Effective 8/9/96 ruling of Commissioner Fessler consolidates I95-04-044/R95-04-043, R93-04-003/I93-04-002, Pacific Bell's Offices, 370 Third Street, San Francisco 7/31/98 10:00 (AH)-PDO Communications, Inc. for ALJ a.m. arbitration pursuant to Section 252 of Weismehl A.98-06- the Federal Telecommunications Act of Comr Duque 052 1996 to establish an interconnecting agreement with Pacific Bell, ALJ Conference Room 5012, 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 7/28/98 9:30 NONE SCHEDULED a.m. 7/30/98 1:30 Pacific Enterprises; Enova p.m. Corporation; Mineral Energy Company; B A96-10- Mineral Energy Sub; and G Mineral Sub, 038- for approval of a plan of merger of Pacific Enterprises and Enova Corporation, Motion of the assigned ALJ to determine whether the Commission should (I) issue a temporary restraining order to prevent the sale by Southern California Gas Company 8/4/98 9:30 NONE SCHEDULED a.m. 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 (FOA) = Final Oral Argument (EH) = Evidentiary Hearing (WS) = Workshop (PPH) = Public Participation (FPH) = Full Panel Hearing Hearing (IAM) = Initial Arbitration (AH) = Arbitration Hearing Meeting (M) = Mediation (CA) = Closing Argument 7/31/98 10:00 (AH)-PDO Communications, Inc. for ALJ a.m. arbitration pursuant to Section 252 of Weismehl A.98-06- the Federal Telecommunications Act of Comr Duque 052 1996 to establish an interconnecting agreement with Pacific Bell, ALJ Conference Room 5012, San Francisco 8/3/98 10:00 a.m. (EH)-Southern California Edison ALJ A95-05-049 Company, for authority to revise its Barnett A94-05-044 energy cost adjustment bill factors, Comr A93-05-044 its electric revenue adjustment Knight billing factors, its low-income rate assistance, and its base rate levels effective 1/1/1996; to revise the incremental energy rate, the energy reliability index, and avoidable capacity cost pricing, etc., and related matters , Commission Courtroom, San Francisco (also August 4 and 5, San Francisco) 8/3/98 2:00 p.m. (PHC)-Southern California Edison ALJ A.97-12- Company for authority to construct Weissman 049 electrical facilities to provide Comr service to the Six Flags amusement Duque park; the project is known as Six Flags Power Line and Substation Project, City Hall, First Floor, Orchard A, 23920 Valencia Blvd., Santa Clarita 8/4/98 10:00 p.m. (EH)-Southern California Water ALJ A98-03-029 Company for authority to increase Walker rates by $661,700 or 34.51% by 1999; Comr by $249,000 or 9.71% in 2000; and by Duque A98-03-030 $258,800, or 9.19% in 2001 in Desert District, and (EH)-Southern California Water Company for authority to increase A98-03-031 rates by $1,292,300 or 11.34% in 1999; $279,700 or 2.20% in 2000, and $313,300 or 2.41% in 2001 in the San Dimas District, and A98-03-032 (EH)-Southern California Water Company for authority to increase rates by $1,193,900 or 25.84% in 1999; $160,800 or 2.78% in 2000; and A98-03-033 $190,600 or 3.22% in 2001 in the San Gabriel Valley District . and (EH)-Southern California Water Company for authority to increase rates by $3,286,200 or 17.48% in 1999; $1,120,200 or 5.06% in 2000, and $1,19993,400 or 5.13% in 2001 Orange District, and A98-03-034 (EH)-Southern California Water Company for authority to increase rates for water service in its Ojai customer service area and increase rates for the General Office Allocation in all of its customer service areas in this application including: Arden-Cordova, Bay Point , Clearlake, Los Osos, Santa Maria, Simi Valley, Claremont, Barstow, Calipatria, Wrightwood, and Bear Valley Electric, and (EH)-Southern California Water Company for authority to increase rates by $13,141,800 or 22.86% in 1999; $3,262,300 or 4.64% in 2000, and $3,455.200 or 4.70% in 2001 in Metropolitan District. (also August 5-7, 10:00 am, Commission Courtroom, San Francisco; (OA) September 23, 10:00 am, Commission Courtroom, San Francisco 8/4/98 11:00 a.m. (PHC)-Investigation on the ALJ I.96-02- Commission's own motion into the Bushey 043 operations, practices, and conduct Comr of Communication Telesystems Neeper International (CTI) and Edward S. Soren, President of CTI, to determine whether they have complied with the laws, rules, regulations, and applicable tariff provisions governing the manner in which California consumers are switched from one long-distance to another, and other requirements for long distance carriers, Commission Courtroom, San Francisco 8/5/98 9:00 a.m. (PHC)-Southern California Water ALJ A.98-06- Company for authority to assess a Walker 005 reservation fee for fire protection Comr for persons occupying or owning Duque property within the service territory of the Desert District Commission Courtroom, San Francisco 8/5/98 9:30 a.m. (PHC)-Commission order instituting ALJ Reed R.93-04- rulemaking on Commission's own motion Comr Duque 003 to govern open access to bottleneck services and establish a framework for network architecture development of dominant carrier networks; opening comments to be filed by 5/21/93; reply comments due 6/18/93. Effective 8/9/96 ruling of Commissioner Fessler consolidates I95-04-044/R95-04-043, R93-04-003/I93-04-002, Pacific Bell's Offices, 370 Third Street, San Francisco 8/6/98 9:00 a.m. (EH)-City of Bakersfield vs. Union ALJ C.98-02- Pacific Railroad Company for failure Ryerson 047 and refusal to maintain certain at Comr. grade railroad crossings in a safety Conlon manner in the City of Bakersfield, East Bay Bakersfield Veterans Hall, 2101 Ridge Road, Room 1, Bakersfield 8/10/98 10:00 am (EH)-Apple Valley Ranchos Water ALJ Weiss A98-03-024 Company, for authority to increase Comr rates by $1,295,453 or 15.1% in Neeper 1999; $279,216 or 2.8% in 2000; by $280,577 or 2.7% in 2001, Commission Courtroom, San Francisco (also, August 11-14) 8/10/98 10:00 am (EH)-San Diego Gas & Electric ALJ A98-01-014 Company, for authority to implement Minkin a distribution performance Comr ratemaking mechanism, Neeper Commission Courtroom, San Francisco (also August 11-14,, 17-21, and September 14-16, San Francisco (PPH) for September 23 and 24 with places to be announced 8/10/98 10:00 (PHC)-Joseph J. Titus vs. Union ALJ a.m. Pacific Railroad Company for a Ryerson C.98-06- hazardous road conditin at crossings Comr. 022 BBH-488.12 at Compton Avenue and BBH- Conlon 488.37-C at Hooper Avenue, City Hall, Council Chamber, 303 West Commonwealth Avenue, Fullerton 8/10/98 10:00 (PHC)-San Diego Gas and Electric ALJ Minkin a.m. Company for authority to implement a Comr A.98-01- distribution performance based Neeper 014 ratemaking mechanism, Commission Courtroom, San Francisco; (EH) 10:00 a.m., August 17 (also August 18-21, August 31-September 4, September 14-15), San Francisco; (CA) 10:00 a.m., September 16, San Francisco; (PPH) September 23, 7:00 p.m., Council Chamber, 12th Floor, City Administration Building, 202 C Street, San Diego, (also September 24, 7:00 p.m., Council Chamber, City Hall, 201 N. Broadway, Escondido 8/10/98 1:00 p.m. (PHC)-Norman Phillips vs. Southern ALJ C.97-05- Pacific Transportation Company for Ryerson 003 rehabilitation of nine crossings in Comr. Orange County pursuant to GO 72-B, Conlon City Hall, Council Chamber, 303 West Commonwealth Avenue, Fullerton 8/11/98 9:00 a.m. (EH)-Joanne Carey vs. Pacific Gas and ALJBennett C.97-11- Electric Company for failure to cease Comr Bilas 014 its unsafe practice of allowing fumigation personnel to terminate gas service at a structure being fumigated, Commission Courtroom, San Francisco (also August 12-13) 8/11/98 9:00 a.m. (PHC)-Los Alamitos Race Course for an ALJ A.97-12- order authorizing pedestrian-bikeway Ryerson 017 crossings at grade at the track of the Comr. Union Pacific Railroad Company in the Conlon City of Cypress, Public Library, Room A, 353 West Commonwealth Avenue, Fullerton 8/11/98 11:00 a.m. (PHC)-For certificate of public ALJ A98-03-035 convenience and necessity to operate Ryerson as a passenger stage corporation for Comr scheduled and on-call service over Bilas the most direct routes between Los Angeles International Airport and John Wayne Airport on the one hand, and places in the communities in Orange County on the other one hand, Public Library, Room A, 353 West Commonwealth Avenue, Fullerton 8/11/98 1:30 p.m. (PHC)-Pacific Bell for authority for ALJ A.98-05- pricing flexibility and to increase Galvin 038 prices of certain operator services Comr to reduce the number of monthly Duque directory assistance call allowances and adjust prices for four centrex optional features, Commission Courtroom, San Francisco 8/11/98 2:00 p.m. (PHC)-Unocal California Pipeline ALJ A98-04-015 Company for authority to remove its Barnett line 700B oil pipeline in Los Comr. Angeles County from common carrier Bilas service, Commission Courtroom, San Francisco 8/14/98 9:00 am (EH)-Pacific Bell, for authority to ALJ A98-02-017 categorize business inside wire Galvin repair, interexchange carrier Comr directory assistance, and limited Conlon call control service as Category III services, Commission Courtroom, San Francisco (also August 19-21, San Francisco) 8/17/98 9:00 am (EH)-Southern California Edison ALJ A89-03-026 Company, for a certificate to Stalder construct and operate a 220 kV Comr transmission line between Kramer Duque substation and Victor substation in San Bernardino Commission Courtroom, San Francisco (also August 18-21, San Francisco). 8/17/98 9:30 a.m. (PHC)-Pacific Gas and Electric ALJ A.97-12- Company for authority to increase Wetzell 020 rates and charges for electric and Comr gas service effective 1/1/99, Bilas I.97-11- (PHC)-Commission Order Instituting 026 Investigation into the out of service status of Pacific Gas and Electric Company's El Dorado hydroelectric project and the need to reduce electric rates related to this non-functioning electric generating facility Commission Courtroom, Hearing Room A, San Francisco (EH) for 9:00 a.m., August 24 (also August 25-28, August 31-September 4, September 8-11, September 14-18, September 21-25, September 28-October 2, October 5-9, October 13-16, December 14-18, San Francisco) 8/17/98 11:00 a.m. (PHC)-Utility Reform Network and ALJ C98-04-019 Office of Ratepayer Advocates vs. Barnett Southern California Edison Company, Comr for violation of the affiliate Bilas transaction rules, Commission Courtroom, San Francisco 8/19/98 9:00 a.m. (EH)-Pacific Bell for authority to ALJ A.98-04- categorize residence inside wire Galvin 048 repair as a category III service, Comr Commission Courtroom, San Francisco Conlon (also August 20-21, San Francisco) 8/19/98 7:00 p.m. (PPH)-Southern California Water ALJ A.96-11- Company to increase rates in order Walker 007 to recover costs resulting from Comr. participation in the State Water Conlon Project under contract with the Central Coast Water Authority and other related costs to deliver water in its Santa Maria District, Lake View Junior High School, Multi Purpose Room, 3700 Orcutt Rd., Santa Maria (also (EH) for 10:00 a.m., October 27, Commission Courtroom, San Francisco (also October 28-30) 8/19/98 9:30 am (PHC)-Pacific Gas and Electric ALJ A95-10- Company, for authorization to Econome 024 implement a plan of reorganization Comr which will result in a holding Neeper company structure, Commission Courtroom, San Francisco; (EH) for 10 am, August 24, San Francisco (also August 25-31;and September 1-11); (Closing Argument before Assigned Commissioner for 9 am, November 10, San Francisco) 8/21/98 10:00 (ECP)-Dian Fallah vs. Pacific Bell ALJ Wright a.m. for overcharging of telephone bills, Comr C.98-07- City Hall, Room 15, 735 Anacapa Neeper 008 Street, Santa Barbara 8/24/98 10:00 am (EH)-Snow Valley, Inc., vs. Southern ALJ C97-09-024 California Edison Company, for Bennett unjust, unreasonable and ALJ discriminatory rates and charges, Knight for improper charges for construction of a power substation, City Hall, 3900 Main Street, Third Floor Conference Room, Riverside (also August 25, Riverside) 8/27/98 11:00 a.m. (EH)-Commission Order Instituting ALJ I.98-04- Investigation into the operations Malcolm 010 and practices of the San Diego Gas Comr and Electric Company in connection Duque. with its compliance with requirements to maintain proper clearance between power lines and vegetation,, City Hall, Committee Room, 12th Floor, 202 C Street, San Diego, (also 9:00 a.m., August 28, City Hall, Conference Room B, 12th Floor, 202 C Street, San Diego) 8/28/98 9:00 a.m. (EH)-Westhaven Cotton Company vs. ALJ C98-05-025 Southern California Gas Company for Stalder changing terms of the contract Comr without notification and resulting Duque increase of financial obligation under the contract,, Sequoia Room, Tulare, Community Center, 830 South Blackstone St., Tulare City 9/1/98 10:00 (PHC)-The Utility Consumers' Action ALJ Bushey a.m. Network vs. Genesis Communications Comr Neeper C98-05- for deceptive practices and 012 unlawful billing and collections practices and privacy violations, Commission Courtroom, San Francisco 9/2/98 1:30 p.m. (PHC)-George W. Goldthorpe ALJ A.98-04- application for exemption from the Walker 065 moratorium on new water service Comr connections in the Montara-Moss Duque Beach District as set out in D86-05- 078, Commission Courtroom, San Francisco 9/14/98 10:00 am (EH)-Commission Order Instituting ALJ I98-03-039 Investigation into the operations, Bushey practices and conduct of Americans Comr Tele-Network Corporation (ATN) John Neeper W. Little, President of ATN, and Geri Clary, Controller of ATN, to determine whether the corporation or its principals have violated Rule 1 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure or have violated the laws, rules and regulations governing the manner in which California consumers are switched from one long distance carrier to another, Commission Courtroom, San Francisco (also September 15 and 16, San Francisco) 9/28/98 10:00 (EH)-San Diego Gas & Electric ALJ Barnett a.m. Company for authority to increase Comr Duque A98-05- its authorized return on common 019 equity, to adjust its existing ratemaking capital structure, to adjust its authorized embedded costs of debt and preferred stock, to decrease its overall rate of A98-05- return, and to revise its electric 021 distribution and gas rates accordingly, (EH)-Pacific Gas and Electric Company for authority to establish its authorized rates of return on A98-05- common equity for electric 024 distribution and gas distribution, and establish its unbundled rates of return for calendar year 1999 for electric distribution and gas distribution, (EH)-Southern California Edison Company for consideration of unbundled rate of return on common equity, capital structure, cost factors, for embedded debt and preferred stock, and overall rate of return for utility operations,, Commission Courtroom, San Francisco (also, September 29-30; October 1- 14, San Francisco) 9/28/98 10:00 am (EH)-Rulemaking on the Commission's ALJ R95-04-043 own motion into competition for Pulsifer I95-04-044 local exchange service, and Comr (EH)-Investigation on the Conlon Commission's own motion into competition for local exchange service, Commission Courtroom, San Francisco (also September 29 and 30, and October 1 and 2, San Francisco) 10/8/98 2:00 p.m. (PHC)-Pacific Gas and Electric ALJ A.98-05- Company to establish the eligibility Minkin 004 and seek recovery of certain Comr electric industry restructuring Bilas implementation costs as provided for in Public Utilities Code Section 376, Commission Courtroom, Hearing Room A, San Francisco (also (EH) 10:00 a.m., October 19-29, also (EH and CA) 9:00 a.m., October 30) 10/8/98 2:00 p.m. (PHC)-Pacific Gas and Electric ALJ A.98-05- Company to establish the eligibility Minkin 004 and seek recovery of certain Comr electric industry restructuring Bilas implementation costs as provided for A.98-05- in Public Utilities Code Section 006 376, (PHC)-San Diego Gas and Electric Company for (1) a determination of eligibility for recovery under Public Utilities Code section 376 of certain cost categories and activities, (2) a finding of reasonableness of the costs incurred through 12/31/97, (3) approval of an A.98-05- audit methodology for verifying the 015 eligibility of section 376 costs for recovery from 1998 through 2001, and (4) approval of a section 376 balancing account mechanism to recover eligible costs, (PHC)-Southern California Edison Company to address restructuring implementation costs pursuant to Public Utilities Code section 376 in compliance with Ordering Paragraph 18 of D97-11-074, Commission Courtroom, San Francisco (also (EH) 10:00 a.m., October 19- 29; (EH and CA) 9:00 a.m., October 30) 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 ALL-PARTY MEETINGS (PU Code 1701.3(c) ) NONE 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. 7/28/98 A97-12-010 Worldcom, Inc. and MCI Communications Corporation, for approval to transfer control of MCI Communications Corporation to WorldCom, Inc. Summary: On July 23, 1998, MCI Communications Corp. regional executive James L. Lewis telephoned Robert Lane, Commissioner Knight's advisor, and informed him ex parte that the Attorney General's ("AG") office advised MCI that the AG's advisory opinion on the MCI/WorldCom merger was completed and would be delivered to the Commission's headquarters on July 24, 1998. Filer: MCI Communications Corporation Contact: Leslie Watkins Phone: (415) 228-1245 7/29/98 A95-05-030 Roseville Telephone Company, for authority to increase its intrastate rates by $26,890,729 effective 1/1/96; adopt the new regulatory framework proposal and I95-09-001 Commission Order Instituting Investigation, into the rates, charges, service, practices and regulation of Roseville Telephone Company; consolidated with A95-05- 030. Summary: On July 24, 1998, the Office of Ratepayer Advocates ("ORA") initiated oral and written ex parte communications with Messrs Lester Wong and Robert Lane, advisors to Commission President Bilas and Commissioner Knight respectively. The meeting was set up to explain why ORA is seeking to conduct an audit of Roseville Telephone Company in accordance with D96-07-059 and D96-12-074. Accompanying ORA attendees were representatives from Overland Consultants ("Overland"), an auditing firm hired by ORA. Overland explained the scope of the audit it intends to conduct, its cost, and the type of information expected from the audit. Among the ORA attendees were attorneys Ira Kalinsky and Andrew Ulmer. A thick packet of papers (approximately ¬" thick) was attached to the ex parte notice representing the written materials provided the advisors at the meeting. The packet includes certain materials submitted with ORA's motion of July 9, 1998, including a declaration and certain other papers by Bernard O. Ayanruoh (a Financial Examiner of ORA); an eight (8) page paper of items "OC1" through "OC60" dated May 29, 1998 and provided by Overland Consulting; a May 29, 1998 letter to Commissioner Conlon from Roseville Telephone executive Michael D. Campbell; and three (3) pages of ORA discussion points prepared for the ex parte meeting. Filer: ORA-Ulmer Contact: Susie Toy Phone: (415) 703-1858