RE: Conference Call Jan. 25 re MDMA Responsibility for Bill-Ready Data

The number to call for Monday's 10 AM conference call is (415) 703-1001.

The call will connect when the first two people are on the line at the same
time.  After that, callers will be connected as they call in.

-----Original Message-----
From: Price, James E. 
Sent: Friday, January 15, 1999 7:56 PM
To:   'tariff@ora.ca.gov'; 'tariffweb@ora.ca.gov'
Subject:      Conference Call Jan. 25 re MDMA Responsibility for
Bill-Ready Data

As discussed at the Rule 22 committee and OCC meetings, a conference call
will discuss an unresolved policy issue resulting from the Meter Usage
Data task group's development of California's EDI implementation guideline
for transaction set 867, to replace the CMEP data format.  Based on
feedback among task group members, I will arrange the call for MONDAY
JANUARY 25, starting at 10 AM.  I will announce the call-in number later
next week.

This unresolved issue is to define whether the MDMA's responsibility to
provide bill-ready data involves putting data in a consistent format
(interval or cumulative) for a complete billing cycle that contains a
change of meter type, vs. providing the type of data that was actually
recorded, etc.  This is stated as follows in the "Summary of
Recommendations:  EDI Implementation Project for Meter Usage Data"
document presented at the OCC meeting, and attached to this note:
 
"The type of data to be reported when a billing period contains both
cumulative and interval meters for portions of the period, due to a meter
change (not to meter failure or hazardous condition), was discussed
without resolution.  The unresolved technical issue highlights an
underlying policy issue involving the role of the MDMA, for example in
defining the extent of responsibility for providing bill-ready data to the
UDC.  This type of policy issue was felt to be beyond the scope of this
task group's activity, so this issue is referred to OCC and the Rule 22
committee.  The alternatives for type of data to be reported in this
situation include but are not limited to (in no particular order):
* Cumulative data if part of the billing period has a cumulative meter,
* Data corresponding to the type of meter in place at the end of the
  billing period, or
* Mixed data providing each meter's type of data for the period in which
  it was present."
 
  << File: CA867RPT.doc >> 
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Jim Price, ORA, jep@cpuc.ca.gov