Minutes
Ratesetting Working Group
July 26, 1996
- Meeting was facilitated by, and minutes
prepared by, Jim Price. Announcements included, among other introductory
matters, that a letter was sent to the service list announcing meetings and
broad agendas, with future continuation meetings to be scheduled at the
announced meetings, and that some documents received recently had the MS Word
"Concept" virus. The affected documents have been disinfected, and anyone
needing more information about the Concept virus can refer to
http://www.microsoft.com/KB/deskapps/word/Q134727.htm. Minutes of last meeting
and agenda for this meeting are on the Working Group's Web site. Discussions
of July 25 subteam meetings were summarized. In addition to the August 12/13
meetings, meetings were tentatively scheduled via the subteam meetings for
Wednesday, Sept. 4 (subteams) and Thursday, Sept. 5 (full group), with
locations to be determined. On August 12 (full group meeting), representatives
of the Low Income Working Group will be invited to discuss baseline rate issues,
and a report (lead: Jeff Nahigian) will review the status of line extension
issues in relation to the line extension OII; these discussions may result in
"closure" on these issues for the foreseeable future.
- Patrick McDonnell of Agland Energy Services
provided a presentation on "Identification and Timing for
Analysis of Functions and Products to be Unbundled: Marketers
Perspective". Agland's and Utility Solution's position papers are on the
Web site.
- Due to the extent of discussion on "Definition
of Track 1 vs. Track 2 Issues, Strategy for Working Group's 8/26/96 Filing with
CPUC", the scheduled presentations by the utilities on "Clarification and
Review of Utilities' July 15 Filings" were deferred, with their prepared
materials to be posted on the Web site.
- The gist of the scheduled presentations by
DRA and CEC on "Identification of Alternative Approaches or Perspectives"
occurred during the extensive discussion of "Definition
of Track 1 vs. Track 2 Issues, Strategy for Working Group's 8/26/96 Filing with
CPUC".
- "Definition of Track 1 vs. Track 2 Issues,
Strategy for Working Group's 8/26/96 Filing with CPUC": The group developed
an outline for reporting its recommendations on scheduling of "Track 2" items
to the Commission. The group recognized that no consensus would be reached on
overall goals for restructuring or on identification of Track 1 vs. Track 2
items, with 5 options for unbundling strategies to be discussed in a written
report. The outline developed from discussion of a paper by Mike Jaske (CEC),
which has been posted on the Web site. The outline and drafts will be posted
on the Web site. Refinement of the draft report will occur as a major focus of
the August 12 meeting.
- Implications and Approaches Concerning
PBR: Deferred to future meetings
- Set Agendas for Next WG and Subteam
Meetings: See items 1 and 5
Next full group meeting is scheduled for August 12. Sub-groups will meet on
August 13, with the Analysis team tentatively meeting in the morning and the
Interpretation of Existing Tariffs team meeting in the afternoon. Both days
will begin at 9:30 AM (afternoon subteam meeting at 1 PM).