On April 29, 1998, various parties filed reply comments on qualifying facility (QF) contract restructuring and modification issues, as called forth in the February 6, 1998, Assigned Commissioner and Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) Ruling (the February 6 Ruling), as modified by subsequent schedule extensions. In some of the replies, various parties stated that they had reached a settlement on the issues, and the settlement is not an "all-party settlement." As yet, the parties have not yet filed the proposed settlement or a motion to approve such a settlement, although we anticipate that they will do so soon.

Because of this procedural turn of events, the current schedule is suspended. Because we wish this proceeding to be processed in a timely fashion, we direct that if the settling parties have not already done so, that they file any motions for approval of the proposed settlement referenced in the reply comments no later than 10 days from the date of this ruling. If no such motion is filed by that date, and unless modified by further ruling, the matter will be submitted as of that date (i.e., 10 days after the date of this ruling) and references to the proposed settlement in the reply comments will be stricken. The proposed decision would issue no later than 90 days after the submission date.

If parties timely file a motion to approve the proposed settlement pursuant to this ruling, unless modified by further ruling, all parties shall have 30 days after the service of such motion to comment thereon, pursuant to Rule 51.4. Parties shall have 15 days after the comments are filed within which to file reply comments, also pursuant to Rule 51.4. At that point, unless further modified by ruling, the matter would be submitted, with a proposed decision to issue no later than 90 days after submission.

The February 6, 1998 Ruling directed parties to request closing argument when they filed their reply comments. No party filed a request for closing argument, so none is scheduled.

Dated June 8, 1998, at San Francisco, California.

		Josiah L. Neeper Assigned Commissioner

		Janet A. Econome Administrative Law Judge

I certify that I have by mail this day served a true copy of the original attached Joint Assigned Commissioner and Assigned Administrative Law Judge's Ruling Regarding Further Scheduling on all parties of record in this proceeding or their attorneys of record.

Dated June 8, 1998, at San Francisco, California.

Fannie Sid

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