Electric Restructuring Working Groups

Direct Access Implementation ("101 Dalmatians: Direct Access Leaders Making A Tremendous Impact Advancing New Services")	Ratesetting (Unbundling/ Pricing/ Rate Design)

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• Direct Access Tariff ("Rule 22") Review Group - current activity
• Direct Access Tariff Operations Documentation
• Schedule of Upcoming Meetings

• Related 1998 - 1999 Direct Access Working Group Activities:
  • Data Quality and Integrity Working Group
  • Direct Access Tariff ("Rule 22") Review Group - 1999 activity
  • Direct Access Tariff ("Rule 22") Review Group - 1998 activity
    • The Customer Data Transactions subcommittee was active from May to July '98 to address near-term issues. Issues can be identified on the CDT Discussion Forum
  • Distribution Loss Factor Working Group
  • Load Profiling Workshops
  • Permanent Standards Working Group (Metering)
    • Committee 1: Meter Equipment
    • Committee 2: Meter Communications
    • Committee 3: Meter Data Management & Meter Reading
    • Committee 4: Meter Installation, Maintenance, Testing, & Calibration
  • Universal Node Identifiers System Working Group

• 1997 Direct Access Implementation workshops:
  • Overview
    1. Load Profile Methodologies
    2. Direct Access Implementation Plan
    3. Meter & Data Communications Standards
    4. Retail Settlement & Information Flow
    5. Customer Information Data Base

• Unbundling/ Ratesetting Working Group

• Direct Access Working Group (1996)

• Electric Restructuring Education Group

You can search the documents on the 1997 and 1998 Direct Access Implementation workshops and working groups, as well as the Ratesetting and Direct Access Working Groups' Web sites. The index to all documents is updated daily.

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For details regarding the Direct Access Implementation workshops and working groups, follow the links listed above. The following materials concerning the Ratesetting and Direct Access working groups are currently available here:

Ratesetting:

• Recently submitted (Incoming) documents for Ratesetting Working Group

• List of Participants (can be downloaded in DBF format). The Service List for Ratesetting Applications A.96-12-009/011/019 lists parties to that proceeding (can be downloaded in DBF format).
• Comparison of Issues Between Unbundling/ Pricing/ Rate Design and Other Working Groups (may not format well for some browsers; can be downloaded in MS Word format)
• The May 8, 1996, Assigned Commissioner Ruling Re Unbundling and PBR Workshop includes a listing of issues addressed to the Working Group by the Commission.

• Meeting Results

Rate Unbundling in A.96-12-009 et al and related proceedings:

• Utilities' July 15, 1996, filings
• Utilities' Dec. 6, 1996, ratesetting applications
• Utilities' Feb. 14, 1997, unbundling filings
• CPUC Workshop, Feb. 20, 1997
• Intervenors' Feb. 28, 1997, unbundling filings
• Mar. 12, 1997, rebuttal filings
• Apr. 30, 1997, unbundling opening briefs
• May 9, 1997, unbundling reply briefs
• Comments on Proposed Decision
• July 15, 1997, direct access tariff filings
• Rate Unbundling Tariff Filings
• Petitions Concerning Adopted Decision 97-08-056

Revenue Cycle Unbundling in A.97-11-004 et al:
• The Ratesetting Working Group's August 26, 1996, report on "Track 2" issues can be downloaded in MS Word format or as the following sections in HTML format: Consensus Report, Appendix 1, Appendix 2, Appendix 3, Appendix 4, Appendix 5, Appendix 5 attachments.
• Several parties filed comments on the August 26, 1996, Ratesetting Working Group Report
• CPUC decision 96-10-074, "Opinion Ordering Separation of Transmission from Distribution and Requesting Comment on Related Items, was issued on 10/25/96
• Dec. 20, 1996, unbundling filings
• Jan. 21, 1997, unbundling filings
• Feb. 7, 1997, unbundling filings
• Comments on ALJ Proposed Decision on Unbundling Revenue Cycle Services (3/97)
• Nov. 3, 1997, revenue cycle unbundling filings
• Jan. 16, 1998, Revenue Cycle Unbundling Workshops
• Feb. 6, 1998, supplemental utility filings
• Feb. 27, 1998, intervenor Phase 1 testimony
• March 9, 1998, revised utility filings

Schedule of Upcoming Meetings 3/16/98

Direct Access Working Group (1996):

• List of Participants (can be downloaded as either its original Access 2.0 .MDB and .LDB files, or in dBase (DBF) format, which can be read by most database and spreadsheet programs)
• August 30 & October 30, 1996 Reports
• Organization and Meetings
• Proposals for Consideration and General Information
  • Full DAWG
  • Committee A - Implementation
  • Committee B - Market Rules and Aggregation
  • Committee C - Metering/Communication
  • Committee D - Consumer Protection and Education