Daily Calendar
California Public Utilities Commission Thursday, April 10, 2003
Public Utilities Commission of the State of California
William Ahern, Executive Director
Headquarters / Southern California Office505 Van Ness Avenue / 320 West 4th Street, Suite 500
San Francisco, CA 94102 / Los Angeles, CA 90013
(415) 703-2782 / (213) 576-7000
Website: http://www.cpuc.ca.gov
Calendar Archive: http://www.cpuc.ca.gov/daily_calendar_archive/
Daily Calendar
Thursday, April 10, 2003
· Commission Meetings
· Notices
· Subscription Information (Daily Calendar and Agenda)
· Commissioner Office Hours
· Public Meetings and Workshops
· Notice of Draft Resolutions (PU Code § 311(g))
· New Filings
· Petitions for Modification and Applications for Rehearing
· Draft Decisions/Proposed Decisions/Alternates/Presiding Officer’s Decisions/ Arbitrator’s Reports
· Advice Letter Filings
· Miscellaneous Transportation Items
· Miscellaneous Telecommunication Matters
· Adjournments/Resettings/Hearings Concluded
· Removals from Calendar
· New Settings
· Law and Motion Hearings
· Final Oral Argument
· Hearings
· Notice of Denial of Request for Ex Parte Meeting
· Notice of All-Party Meetings (PU Code §1701.3(c))
· Notice of Ex Parte Communications
REGULAR COMMISSION BUSINESS MEETINGS
April 17, 2003 / 10 am / San FranciscoMay 8, 2003 / 10 am / San Francisco
May 22, 2003 / 10 am / San Francisco
COMMISSION RATESETTING DELIBERATIVE MEETINGS
(Not Open to the Public)
Ratesetting Deliberative Meeting dates are reserved as noted but will only be held if there are ratesetting matters to be considered.
April 14, 2003 / 1:30 pm / San FranciscoMay 5, 2003 / 1:30 pm / San Francisco
May 19, 2003 / 1:30 pm / San Francisco
OTHER COMMISSION MEETINGS
NONE
NOTICE TO PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
The CPUC encourages all Californians to participate in its meetings, hearings, workshops, and proceedings. We try to hold our public meetings only in places that are wheelchair accessible and which can accommodate specialized equipment and other services useful to people with disabilities. Please see the notice of the meeting you wish to attend for more specifics.
If you plan to attend and need specialized accommodations for a particular meeting that are not listed in the notice, request them from the Public Advisor’s Office at least three business days in advance of the meeting. Contact the Public Advisor’s Office by any one of the following:
· e-mail:
toll-free: 1-866-849-8390
Voice: 415-703-2074
FAX: 415-355-5404 (Attn.: Public Advisor)
TTY: 1-866-836-7825 (toll-free)
1-415-703-5282
NOTICES
Delivery of Formal Pleadings for Filing
Unless otherwise directed, all courier-delivered documents submitted for filing as part of the formal record in a proceeding should be hand-carried directly to the Commission’s Docket Office, Room 2001, 505 Van Ness Avenue in San Francisco; Suite 500, 320 West 4th Street in Los Angeles; or Room 4006, 1350 Front Street in San Diego. All documents sent through the mail for formal filing should be addressed ONLY to the Commission’s Docket Office, Room 2001, 505 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94102.
Charge for Commission Documents
To purchase Commission documents, there is a charge of 20 cents a printed page (postage prepaid) with a minimum purchase of $2.00.
Commission Resources Available for Rental
The auditorium, hearing rooms and training room at the headquarters of the California Public Utilities Commission, located at 505 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, are available for rent. Further information about requirements and fees can be obtained by contacting Colette Kondo at (415) 703-1401.
SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION
Subscription Notice for Draft Agenda Items
In compliance with Public Utilities Code Section 311.5, parties who wish to subscribe to receive draft agenda items may do so by writing to the Public Utilities Commission; Attention: Poly Arca, Room 1003, 505 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94102, or by calling (415) 703-1798. The cost for a one-year subscription to the entire public agenda package (which excludes Executive Session materials) is $1,000. You may also order a partial agenda package (energy agenda items only or telecommunication agenda items only) at the cost of $500 per year. The package you receive via mail will include only those agenda items available at the time of the agenda distribution date, which is usually 10 to 12 days prior to the Commission meeting. If agenda items (including revisions) are not ready on the distribution date, they will be made available at no charge in the lobby outside the Commission Auditorium at 9:00 a.m. on the morning of the Commission meeting, but not earlier.
In addition, the Commission will make draft agenda items available for viewing and photocopying (at 20 cents per page) at the Commission’s Central Files Office (Room 2002), 505 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, and in the Los Angeles, San Diego, and Sacramento field offices. Since the agenda package will be mailed to these locations, it will be available at these locations a day or two after the distribution date. These locations will not receive agenda items that are not ready on the distribution date.
If an agenda item is held over to a subsequent Commission meeting, that agenda item and any revisions to that agenda item that were available on the morning of the initial Commission meeting (as well as any further available revisions) will be mailed in the Escutia package for the subsequent Commission meeting; the item and its revisions will also be available for viewing and photocopying in the Commission’s Central Files Office and field offices as set forth above.
Intervenors who have a financial hardship determination pending or granted shall be eligible to receive draft agenda item packets at no charge.
The cost to receive the agenda only, without copies of draft agenda items, remains at $75 per year.
Subscription Notice for Daily Calendar and/or Agenda
Parties who wish to subscribe to the Daily Calendar and/or the Agenda may do so by writing to the Public Utilities Commission; Attention: Poly Arca, Room 1003, 505 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94102, or by calling (415) 703-1798. The subscription cost for the Daily Calendar is $225 per year. The Biweekly Daily Calendar is $50 per year. The Agenda is $75 per year. Checks are to be made payable to the Public Utilities Commission.
COMMISSIONER OFFICE HOURS
NONE
PUBLIC MEETING & WORKSHOPS
Public Meeting Notice – Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program
Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program Administrative CommitteeApril 11, 2003
10 am – 4 pm / DDTP Office
505 14th Street, Suite 400
Oakland
The Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program Administrative Committee will hold a meeting to address the following:
PUBLIC MEETING AGENDA
I. Review of Draft Comments on OIR 03-03-014, II. Finalization of Comments on
OIR 03-03-014, III. AB 1734 Transition Issues, and IV. Public Input.
Meeting Information
For more information, please contact Katy Franco, DDTP Committee Coordinator at
(510) 302-1100 x110 voice or (510) 302-1118 TTY.
Environmental Notice
People with environmental illness or multiple chemical sensitivities must reduce their exposure in order to attend this meeting. Please refrain from wearing perfumes or scents to DDTP meetings.
Public Meeting Notice – Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program
Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications ProgramEquipment Program Advisory Committee
April 11, 2003
10:30 am – 4 pm / Braille Institute
741 N Vermont Avenue
Los Angeles
The Equipment Program Advisory Committee of the Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program will hold a meeting to address the following:
PUBLIC MEETING AGENDA
I.) Administrative Business, A.) Agenda Modification and Approval, B.) Review of Minutes from the Previous Meeting, C.) Review of Action List Items, D.) Report from the Chair,
E.) Executive Director’s Report, F.) DDTP Staff Reports, 1.) Consumer Affairs Report,
2.) Consumer Contact Report, 3.) Field Operations Report, 4.) Marketing Report, 5.) CRS Report, II.) Public Input, III.) Equipment Program Manager’s Report, IV.) Equipment Update, V.) Equipment Presentation, VI.) Equipment Presentation, VII.) Transition Update, VIII.) Volunteer Representative to CRSAC, IX.) Volunteer Representative to DDTPAC,
X.) Other Business, A.) Member Reports, B.) Review of consumer contact logs,
C.) Requests for invention, D.) Suggested items for next month's agenda, and E.) Future meetings.
EPAC Meeting Information
For more information, please contact Katy Franco at (510) 302-1100 voice or
(510) 302-1101 TTY.
Environmental Notice
People with environmental illness or multiple chemical sensitivities must reduce their exposure in order to attend this meeting. Please refrain from wearing perfumes or scents to DDTP meetings.
PG&E Workshop Regarding Municipal Surcharges for Electricity Sales by DWR
April 15, 200310 am / California Public Utilities Commission
505 Van Ness Avenue, Training Room
San Francisco
In Decision (D) 03-02-032, the Commission granted PG&E’s request for a workshop to discuss technical issues regarding the calculation of proper remittances of surcharges to municipalities for DWR power sales. The Energy Division, in consultation with PG&E, has scheduled a workshop to discuss the following: (1) how PG&E calculated remittances prior to D.03-02-032, (2) how remittances to municipalities should be calculated prospectively, and (3) should PG&E recalculate past remittances based on prospective methodology. Please contact Laura Martin of the CPUC’s Energy Division (e-mail or call (415) 703-2149) by April 10th if you are planning to attend.
Public Meeting Notice – Workshop on Energy Portfolio Risk Measures (R.01-10-024)
April 23, 200310 am – 4 pm / State Building
455 Golden Gate Avenue, Meeting Room 9
San Francisco
Ordering Paragraph 8 of Decision 02-12-074 directs the Commission’s Energy Division to:
“… schedule a workshop in February 2003 that will assist the Commission in gathering information on Value at Risk and Cash-Flow at Risk models and to discuss a broader range of measures of portfolio risk exposure.”
On February28, 2003 the Energy Division requested an extension of time to schedule the workshop in April. The Commission’s Executive Director approved this request on March5, 2003. Notice of the approval was served on parties in R.01-10-024 on March6, 2003.
The Energy Division has scheduled the workshop to take place in San Francisco on April23, starting at 10:00 a.m., concluding by 4:00 p.m. Should it be necessary to continue the workshop for a second day, the Energy Division has reserved April30 at the same facility.
A workshop agenda will be forthcoming.
Parties that wish to make a presentation at the workshop should contact Energy Division Staff by April14.
Staff Contact: Stephen St. Marie, 415-703-2317, .
NOTICE OF DRAFT RESOLUTIONS(Pursuant to PU Code § 311(g))
NONE
NEW FILINGS
4/3/03 / A03-04-010 / Mola Kendie Gebeye, dba All Airport Connection Shuttle, for authority to operate as a Passenger Stage Corporation between points in the Counties of San Francisco, Alameda, Contra Costa, Santa Clara, Solano, Marin and San Mateo, and the San Francisco, San Jose and Oakland International Airports; and to establish a Zone of Rate freedom (90 East Gish Road, Suite H, San Jose, CA 95112; (408) 573-7242).PETITIONS FOR MODIFICATION AND APPLICATIONS FOR REHEARING
4/8/03 / C99-01-039 / Greenlining Institute and Latino Issues Forum vs Pacific Bell, for undisclosed untariffed charges for voicemail services; Petition for Modification of D03-03-022 by Greenlining Institute.4/8/03 / C02-03-011 / Pac-West Telecomm, Inc. (U 5266-C) vs Pacific Bell Telephone Company (U 1001-C), for the following relief, to wit: (1) For an order that defendant refund to complainant the sum of $337,153.13 representing the charges in excess of the TMEPS/IC POT rate for 1.544Mbps/DS-1 invoiced by defendant for circuits installed prior to November 2001 and paid by complainant subject to protest and all additional amounts accruing during the pendency of this complaint, an amount approximately equal to $27,000 per month, plus interest as appropriate and permitted by Public Utilities Code Section 734 and defendant's Tariff Cal P.U.C. Schedule 175-T Section 2.4.1(B)(3)(d); (2) For an order that defendant credit to complainant an amount equal to $20,032.30 representing the charges in excess of the TMEPS/IC POT rate for 1.544Mbps/DS-1 invoiced by defendant for circuits installed subsequent to November 2001 and for which complainant has withheld payment as described in the complaint plus all additional amounts accruing during the pendency of this complaint which is expected to equal approximately $5,000 per month; (3) For an order that defendant correctly install and invoice all special access circuits ordered by complainant for which complainant has requested, and which qualify for, the IC POT/TMEPS rates; (4) For a finding that defendant's actions in violation of its tariffs and the Public Utilities Code precludes the Commission from making the determinations required by Public Utilities Code Section 709.2(c)(2) and (4); and (5) For such other relief as the Commission may deem appropriate, including but not limited to, appropriate penalties authorized by Public Utilities Code Section 2107 and interest and reparations permitted by Public Utilities Code Section 734; Application for Rehearing of D03-03-045 by Pacific Bell Telephone Company.
DRAFT DECISIONS * PROPOSED DECISIONS * ALTERNATES * PRESIDING OFFICER’S DECISION * ARBITRATOR’S REPORTS
4/8/03 / R02-06-001 / Order Instituting Rulemaking on Policies and Practices for Advanced Metering, Demand Response, and Dynamic Pricing; Draft Decision of ALJ Carew.4/8/03 / A02-05-013 / In the Matter of the Application of Valencia Water Company (U 342 W), a corporation, for an Order Authorizing It to Increase General Rates Charged for Water Service in Order to Realize Increased Annual Revenues of $2,496,685 in Test Year 2003, $143,286 in Test Year 2004, and $43,439 in Attrition Year 2005, to Apply a Surcharge Calculated to Generate a Further $614,737 in Year 2003 Revenues, to Establish a Low Income Ratepayer Assistance Program, and to Make Further Changes and Additions to Its Tariff for Water Service; Proposed Decision of ALJ Bushey.
4/8/03 / R.02-01-011 / Order Instituting Rulemaking Regarding the Implementation of the Suspension of Direct Access Pursuant to Assembly Bill 1X and Decision
01-09-060; Proposed Decision of ALJ Pulsifer.
4/8/03 / R.02-01-011 / Order Instituting Rulemaking Regarding the Implementation of the Suspension of Direct Access Pursuant to Assembly Bill 1X and Decision
01-09-060; Alternate Proposed Decision of Commissioner Wood.
ADVICE LETTER FILINGS
NONE
MISCELLANEOUS TRANSPORTATION ITEMS
Filings with Consumer Protection and Safety Division
NONE
MISCELLANEOUS TELECOMMUNICATION MATTERS
Date Filed / SubjectApril 8, 2003 / California High-Cost Fund-A Administrative Committee Fund: Notice of filing of payment letter(s) for payments to be made on April 21, 2003. Protests or comments may be submitted. All protests and comments must be filed by 12:00 p.m. on or before April 15, 2003 with John M. Leutza, Director of the Telecommunications Division, California Public Utilities Commission, 505 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94102. These payment letters are available at: http://www.cpuc.ca.gov/static/industry/telco/public+programs/index.htm or contact Hassan Mirza at (415) 703-1638.
April 8, 2003 / The California High-Cost Fund-B Administrative Committee Fund: Notice of filing of payment letter(s) for payments to be made on April 21, 2003. Protests or comments may be submitted. All protests and comments must be filed by 12:00 p.m. on or before April 15, 2003 with John M. Leutza, Director of the Telecommunications Division, California Public Utilities Commission, 505 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94102. These payment letters are available at:
http://www.cpuc.ca.gov/static/industry/telco/public+programs/index.htm or contact Hassan Mirza at (415) 703-1638.
April 8, 2003 / The California Teleconnect Fund Administrative Committee Fund: Notice of filing of payment letter(s) for payments to be made on April 21, 2003. Protests or comments may be submitted. All protests and comments must be filed by 12:00 p.m. on or before April 15, 2003 with John M. Leutza, Director of the Telecommunications Division, California Public Utilities Commission, 505 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94102. These payment letters are available at:
http://www.cpuc.ca.gov/static/industry/telco/public+programs/index.htm, or you may contact Robert Weissman at (415) 703-1989.
April 8, 2003 / The Universal Lifeline Telephone Service (ULTS) Trust Administrative Committee Fund: Notice of filing of payment letter(s) for payments to be made on April 21, 2003. Program payments to carriers are subject to ULTS surcharge remitted on or before April 10, 2003; therefore, these proposed payment letters may be revised for final payments. Protests or comments may be submitted. All protests and comments must be filed by 12:00 p.m. on or before April 15, 2003 with John M. Leutza, Director of the Telecommunications Division, California Public Utilities Commission, 505 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94102. These payment letters are available at: http://www.cpuc.ca.gov/static/industry/telco/public+programs/index.htm or contact Hassan Mirza at (415) 703-1638.
TABLE OF SUBMISSION DATES FOR THE PRECEDING TWO WEEKS