Subject: DAWG Implementation Group A - Minutes of July 16 MINUTES JULY 16, 1996 DIRECT ACCESS WORKING GROUP IMPLEMENTATION GROUP A I. Introductions of attendees took place; there were no comments on the minutes of the July 9 meeting. Participants were reminded that they need to submit timely written comments with alternative language or an alternative option. Comments that you "don't like" a section, without alternative language, is not helpful at this stage. II. ISO Interaction Protocols and Schedule Coordinator Randy Britt noted that four parties' comments had been received. Randy also noted that the WordPerfect format does not lend itself to inclusion of the diagrams which will add considerably to the understanding of this section. Agreement was reached that this report should not repeat the detailed information contained in the WEPEX/ISO filings. There was some concern that the text without the diagrams did not give enough explanation. It was agreed that Gary Schoonyan would provide the revised draft of this section to be received at next week's meeting to the WEPEX / ISO team for their comments. III. Determination of Notice and Requirements for Exiting and Returning to UDC Service David Smith reviewed the comments received on the June 5th discussion that was held on this topic. It was agreed that this section would be drafted and distributed prior to next week's meeting. Written comments should be submitted to Dave by Thursday of this week to be incorporated in the first draft. IV. DAWGNET Sean Casey noted that DAWGNET is in place and that anyone who had provided an E-mail address is a part of DAWGNET communications. This system is to be used for short comments only and not to be used for distribution of lengthy papers. Those who did not receive an E-mail can be added to DAWGNET by sending an E-mail to majordomo@uspi.org. The message should ONLY indicate "subscribe to DAWGNET." V. Phase-in and Eligibility Requirements Mike Jaske reviewed the changes he had made to the report from the previous draft. He noted he had received comments from four or five organizations and requested comments be sent to him as soon as possible. Nancy Day suggested that market research techniques be utilized to determine how many customers would have an interest in participating in Direct Access during the first year if the level of participation was not artificially constrained; the fact being that "early adapters" would only be a small percentage of the marketplace. It was also suggested that analysis of the participation rate in the first year of the telco and gas industries deregulation may be useful information. Pursuit of this idea was left as an open item. VI. Costs of Implementation Dave Kaplin distributed his second draft. In the discussion, it was noted that true incremental costs of Direct Access should be identified and brought to the Commission's decision. Comments on this report were sought. VII. Load Profiling Dave Kaplin distributed the subject report with no discussion. VIII. Dan Carroll noted there were three items in the overall report outline that had not been assigned. After discussion, it was agreed that two of the items were being addressed by Team B and the third item, "Monitoring and Oversight of Implementation" would be written by Dan. IX. Next meeting's agenda would consist of a continuation of the discussion of the topics discussed today. The next meeting will be held on Tuesday, July 23, in Sacramento from 9:00 a.m. to noon at the Secretary of State Building, 11th and "O" Streets, in the Multipurpose Room. The July 30th and 31st Team meetings will be held at Robinsons/May Building in North Hollywood, which is about a 15 minute drive from Burbank Airport. The August 1 full DAWG meeting will be held at the Burbank Hilton. Janet Walters Executive Assistant to David Ned Smith Room 467, GO 1 Pax: 21815 Fax: 21829 .