ORA Testimony: Revenue Cycle Services/Direct Access Services; A.9 9-03-013, et al

Attached is ORA's direct testimony in the Revenue Cycle Services/ Direct
Access Services proceeding, A.99-03-013 et al.

As stated in ALJ Wetzell's email of 1/4/2000, ORA has not discussed issues
that were added to this proceeding by D.99-12-046.

Jim Price, Office of Ratepayer Advocates, 415-703-1797, jep@cpuc.ca.gov

 <<ORA10500.DOC>> 

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Wetzell, Mark S. 
> Sent:	Tuesday, January 04, 2000 3:00 PM
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> 'jdh@eslawfirm.com'; Ortega, Barbara; Price, James E.; Hendry, James;
> Wetzell, Mark S.; Campbell, Rod A.; 'mjaske@energy.state.ca.us'
> Cc:	Gottstein, Meg; Halligan, Julie; Gamson, David M.; Malcolm, Kim;
> Minkin, Angela K.; Lafrenz, Donald J.; Martin, Laura A.
> Subject:	Revenue Cycle Services/Direct Access Services; A.99-03-013,
> et al
> 
> This is advance notice of a written ruling to be issued within the next 1
> to 2 days.  In summary, responses to ORA's 12/31/99 motion and TURN's
> 1/3/00 motion are due Thursday, 1/6/00; in its testimony due 1/5/00, ORA
> need not address issues that were added to this proceeding by D.99-12-046;
> the supplemental utility testimony which is now due on 1/10/00 pursuant to
> the 11/22/99 joint ACR is instead due 1/17/00.  This and other dates
> (including in particular the 1/19/00 date for responsive testimony) may be
> further changed upon review of the responses to the ORA and TURN motions.
> 
> 
> Responses to the TURN and ORA motions should address, intra alia, the
> advisability of a separate phase for D.99-12-046 issues and the
> alternative of adjusting the schedule so that a separate phase is not
> needed.  Responses should also address the advisability of establishing a
> separate schedule for PG&E (because its GRC decision has not been issued)
> and the alternative of PG&E filing supplemental testimony (concurrently
> with Edison and SDG&E) that reflects, as a placeholder, its GRC proposal,
> the proposed and any alternate GRC decisions, or some combination.

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