BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

Rulemaking on the Commission’s Own Motion to Solicit Comments and Proposals on Distributed Generation and Competition in Electric Distribution Service.

Public Utilities Commission
Rulemaking 98-12-015
(Filed December 17, 1998)

Information Docket on Distributed Generation and Competition in Electric Distribution Service.

California Energy Commission
99-DIST-GEN(1)
(Filed January 27, 1999)

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE’S RULING

	The Assigned Commissioner’s Ruling (ACR) of February 22, 1999  described the electronic posting process that the California Public Utilities Commission’s (CPUC) Energy Division was in the process of developing.  Part of that process has now been completed.  Today’s ruling explains the details of the process that filing parties should follow.
Parties to the CPUC’s Rulemaking 98-12-015 and the California Energy Commission’s (CEC) proceeding 99-DIST-GEN(1) are encouraged to post all documents that they have filed with the CPUC and CEC onto the Internet.  Posting of these documents will allow other interested parties and the general public to view and download the documents.
The Energy Division has developed a web site destination where parties to above-captioned proceeding may post their filings to a central location.  This posting process will allow anyone to e-mail their document to an e-mail address, which will then automatically convert the document into an Internet accessible document.  This automatic posting process will run several times a day.  Anyone filing documents in this proceeding is encouraged to e-mail the document in an e-mail note to the following e-mail address: r9812015@cpuc.ca.gov .  All of the documents which have been forwarded to this address will be posted and made available for viewing at the following web site address: http://www.cpuc.ca.gov/distgen/index.htm .
The automatic posting process is not a substitute for filing any required document with the CPUC’s Docket Office and with the CEC’s Dockets Unit, and serving the document on the official service list.  Anyone filing documents in this proceeding must still follow the filing and service requirements set forth in Article 2 of the CPUC’s Rules of Practice and Procedure and the February 22, 1999 ACR.     
The Energy Division is still in the process of developing the automatic subscription service, which will allow anyone who has subscribed to automatically receive any documents posted to the web site address above.  When that process is finalized, another ruling will issue describing the subscription process.
In R.98-12-015, the Commission asked that persons interested in being placed on the service list indicate whether they prefer service by mail or by e‑mail.  Since the CPUC’s database is not set up presently to list only the e-mail address of someone who only wants service by e-mail, the official service list that is posted on the CPUC’s web site does not distinguish between those persons who want service by mail, by e-mail, or both.  The majority of persons who wanted service by e-mail also wanted to be served by mail.  Anyone on the service list who wants to be served by e-mail only should notify everyone on the service list of this preference.  In the absence of such notice, all of the names shown on the official service list shall be served by mail.   
Therefore, IT IS RULED that:
1.	  Anyone who files a document in this proceeding with the CPUC and the CEC is encouraged to forward a copy of that document to the e-mail address listed above so that the document can be posted onto the Internet.
2.	  Unless otherwise notified by a person on the service list, everyone appearing on the official service list in this proceeding shall be served by mail.
	Dated March 19, 1999, at San Francisco, California.

| | /s/  JOHN S. WONG

John S. Wong
Administrative Law Judge

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I certify that I have on this day served a true copy of the original attached Administrative Law Judge’s Ruling on all parties of record in Rulemaking 98‑12‑015 or their attorneys of record, by mail, or if so requested, by electronic means.
Dated March 19, 1999, at San Francisco, California.

/s/ TERESITA C. GALLARDO
Teresita C. Gallardo

NOTICE

Parties should notify the Process Office, Public Utilities Commission, 505 Van Ness Avenue, Room 2000, San Francisco, CA  94102, of any change of address to insure that they continue to receive documents. You must indicate the proceeding number on the service list on which your name appears.