California Public Utilities Commission Daily Calendar Monday, February 14, 2011
Public Utilities Commission of the State of California
Paul Clanon, 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
Monday, February 14, 2011
· Commission Meetings
· Notices
· Public Meetings and Workshops
· Notice of Draft Resolutions (PU Code § 311(g))
· New Filings
· Petitions for Modification and Applications for Rehearing
· Proposed Decisions/Alternates/Presiding Officer’s Decisions/Arbitrator’s Reports
· Advice Letter Filings
· Miscellaneous Transportation Items
· Miscellaneous Communications Matters
· Table of Submission Dates for the Preceding Two Weeks
· Changes to Hearing Calendar
· Hearings
· Notice of All-Party Meetings (PU Code §1701.3(c))
/ The Commission’s policy is to schedule hearings (meetings, workshops, etc.) in locations that are accessible 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:
Email:
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
REGULAR COMMISSION BUSINESS MEETINGS
February 24, 2011 / 10:00 am / San FranciscoMarch 10, 2011 / 10:00 am / San Francisco
March 24, 2011 / 10:00 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.
February 18, 2011 / 1:30 pm / San FranciscoMarch 7, 2011 / 1:30 pm / San Francisco
March 21, 2011 / 1:30 pm / San Francisco
OTHER COMMISSION MEETINGS
NONE
NOTICES
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, California, are available for rent. Further information about requirements and fees can be obtained by contacting Scott Finger (415) 703-1641.
PUBLIC MEETINGS & WORKSHOP NOTICES
(REVISED) R.09-11-014: Workshop onPost-2012Energy Efficiency Portfolio Cycle Schedule and Bridge Funding Issues (UPDATED AS OF 1/24/11)
February 16, 201110 am – 4 pm / California Public Utilities Commission
505 Van Ness Avenue, Auditorium
(Corner of Van Ness Avenue and McAllister Street)
San Francisco
In accordance with the December 23, 2010 Assigned Commissioner'sRuling in R.09-11-014,Energy Division will host a workshop on February 16, 2011 to solicit input from parties onwhether to extend the IOUs' 2010-2012 energyefficiency portfolio by one or two years, and how to structurethe anticipatedbridge funding period following thecurrentportfolio cycle. Topics to be discussedwill alsoincludethe budget level foranybridge year(s), how toconduct a mid-cyclereviewand any possible portfolio adjustments,treatment of RRIM, and other pertinent matters. The Energy Division will issue an options analysis white paper, and series of related questions,to the R.09-11-014 service listseven days before the workshop. For questions about this workshop, please contact Dina Mackin; email: or 415-703-2125.
This workshop was originally scheduled for February 3, 2011, and has been rescheduled. Please note the change.
Public Meeting Notice: California High Cost Fund B – Administrative Committee
February 16, 201110:30 am – 12:30 pm / California Public Utilities Commission
505 Van Ness Avenue, Room 3212
San Francisco
And via conference phone at the Lemon Grove City Hall
Conference Room
3232 Main Street
Lemon Grove
The public meeting of the California High Cost Fund (CHCF) B Administrative Committee (AC) will be held on Wednesday, February 16, 2011 on the following items: 1) Introductions; 2) Public Comments; 3) Review and Approval of Minutes of the previous meetings; 4) Liaison Staff Reports: a) Fiscal report; b) Legal report; and c) Public Advisor’s report; 5) Other Administrative Matters including budget update; 6) Surcharge rate discussion; 7) Announcements; 8) New Agenda items for next meeting; and 9) Date(s) and Time(s) for future meeting(s).
The contact person for this meeting is Alex Koskinen at (415) 703-5002.
For those attending at the Lemon Grove teleconference location, the contact person is Marjie Cappiello at (619) 825-3800.
Public Workshop Notice: on LifeLine Phase I Implementation (Decision 10-11-033)
February 17, 201110 am - 5 pm
and
February 18, 2011
10 am - 5 pm / California Public Utilities Commission
505 Van Ness Avenue, Auditorium
(Corner of Van Ness Avenue and McAllister Street)
San Francisco
In accordance with the December 19, 2010 Decision (D. 10-11-033) from R. 06-05-028, the Communications Division will host a two-day workshop on February 17-18, 2011 to solicit input from parties on the implementation of the Decision, including changes to General Order 153.
Topics to be discussed will include: Introductions; Overview of the Decision; Discussion of the pending Clarifying Order; Discussion of the Petitions for Rehearing; Phase I General Order Resolution; Changes to General Order 153; Changes to the Carrier Claim Form; Pre-Phase II LifeLine Participation by “Non-Traditional Carriers”; and Other General Order 153 Changes.
The Communications Division will distribute a Workshop Notice, a Draft Workshop Agenda, a set of Key Action Dates, as well as redlined versions of General Order 153, proposed claim forms, and third party administrator timelines to the R. 06-05-028 service list, all carriers operating in California, the LifeLine Working Group, and the LifeLine Administrative Committee ten days before the workshop.
By February 14th, please RSVP to Benjamin Schein; email: with the number of people from your organization who will be attending. Any suggested changes or additions to the Agenda should be sent to Benjamin Schein no later than February 14th.
For questions about this workshop, please contact Benjamin Schein; email: or 415-703-1088.
Public Workshop Notice: A.09-04-007 and A.09-04-009 - Application of Pacific Gas and Electric Company in its 2009 Nuclear Decommissioning Cost Triennial Proceeding. (U39E), and Joint Application of Southern California Edison Company (U338E) and San Diego Gas & Electric Company (U902E) for the 2009 Nuclear Decommissioning Cost Triennial Proceeding to Set Contribution Levels for the Companies’ Nuclear Decommissioning Trust Funds and Address Other Related Decommissioning Issues
February 22, 201110 am / California Public Utilities Commission
505 Van Ness Avenue, Commission Courtroom
(Corner of Van Ness Avenue and McAllister Street)
San Francisco
The workshop in the above-entitled matter where the Independent Panel will present the Draft Report on Decommissioning Expenses will be held before Administrative Law Judge Melanie M. Darling.
Public Workshop Notice: R.10-05-004 - Order Instituting Rulemaking Regarding Policies, Procedures and Rules for the California Solar Initiative, the Self-Generation Incentive Program and Other Distributed Generation Issues
February 23, 20119:30 am – 5 pm / California Public Utilities Commission
505 Van Ness Avenue, Auditorium
(Corner of Van Ness Avenue and McAllister Street)
San Francisco
Energy Division will facilitate a workshop to discusstheincorporation of non-water heating solar thermal technologies and non-enduse hot water applications into theCSI-Thermal Program,asdirected in D.10-01-022. This workshop willexamine the types of technologies and applications that might be incorporated into the program, discuss technical challenges to including those technologies, explore possible metering requirements and investigatealternative incentive payment mechanisms. Questionsabout the workshop may be directed toDamon Franz at415-703-2165 oremail: .
Public Meeting Notice: Renewable Distributed Energy Collaborative (Re-DEC)
March 4, 20119 am – 5 pm / California Public Utilities Commission
505 Van Ness Avenue, Auditorium
(Corner of Van Ness Avenue and McAllister Street)
San Francisco
CPUC staff launched the Renewable Distributed Energy Collaborative (Re-DEC) in December 2009. This second meeting will provide stakeholders an update on staff activities over the past year; will provide an overview of recent interconnection tariff changes; and will solicit stakeholder feedback on a) proposals to improve existing expedited interconnection procedures and b) the IOU interconnection maps.
Please RSVP to confirm your attendance, whether you are participating in person or off-site: https://ia.cpuc.ca.gov/redec1/.
For those not able to attend in person, the CPUC will be providing off-site participation through WebEx. Due to the limited capacity of the phone line, you must RSVP to receive the conference line information. Off-site attendees will be able to listen to the meeting, but will not be able to verbally participate in the discussion.
Please contact Jaclyn Marks; email: or 415-703-2257 with any questions, or visit our website at www.cpuc.ca.gov/renewables for more information.
Public Workshop Notice: R.10-12-007 Order Instituting Rulemaking Pursuant to Assembly Bill 2514 to Consider the Adoption of Procurement Targets for Viable and Cost-Effective Energy Storage Systems
March 9, 20119 am – 4 pm / California Public Utilities Commission
505 Van Ness Avenue, Commission Auditorium
(Corner of Van Ness Avenue and McAllister Street)
San Francisco
Pursuant to the Order Instituting Rulemaking issued on December 16, 2010, the CPUC staff will host a workshop to discuss parties’ views regarding the opportunities for development and deployment of energy storage technologies, the obstacles to such development and deployment, the costs and benefits of such development and deployment, and how these costs and benefits should be distributed. Administrative Law Judge Amy C. Yip-Kikugawa will facilitate the workshop. An agenda will be made available before the workshop is held. For more information, contact Michael Colvin in the Policy and Planning Division email: or at (415) 355-5484.
Public Workshop Notice: R.10-06-002 - Order Instituting Rulemaking Regarding Whether to Allow Access to 211 Services in Counties and Localities Without 211 Centers
March 22, 201110 am – 4 pm
/ California Public Utilities Commission
505 Van Ness Avenue, Commission Courtyard Room
(Corner of Van Ness Avenue and McAllister Street)
San Francisco
The workshop in the above-entitled matter will be held before Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) Seaneen M. Wilson. Questions on the workshop may be directed to ALJ Wilson via email: . Questions on the time and location may be directed to the Calendar Clerk, Ann Hoang at 415-703-1203 or .
Public Meeting Notice: Universal Lifeline Telephone Service Administrative Committee Meeting
March 30, 20111 pm – 4 pm / California Public Utilities Commission
505 Van Ness Avenue, Courtyard Room
(Corner of Van Ness Avenue and McAllister Street)
San Francisco
Call-in Number: 1-866-741-9705, Code: 6691236 #
AGENDA
1. Introduction; 2. Approval of minutes; 3. Fiscal Report; 4. Contract Reports; 5. CAB Report; 6. Legal Liaison Report; 7. Public comments; 8. Discussion of the Role of the ULTS-AC; 9. Communications Division Liaison Report; 10. ULTS-AC Report; 11. ULTS-AC vacancy update; 12. Future meeting date and location; and 13. Adjournment.
NOTICE OF DRAFT RESOLUTIONS(Pursuant to PU Code § 311(g))
REVISED AS OF 2/2/11
The ALJ Division has made a second revision to Resolution ALJ-260, which has been held to the February 24, 2011 Commission meeting, to make modifications to text of the originally proposed amendments to Rule 14.1(d) and Rule 14.6(c)(9) of the Rules of Practice and Procedure (Title 20, Division 1, of the California Code of Regulations). The weblink is http://docs.cpuc.ca.gov/PUBLISHED/AGENDA_RESOLUTION/130300.htm. Any person may submit written comments concerning the modifications to the originally proposed amendments to Rule 14.1(d) and Rule 14.6(c)(9) (marked by double-underline and double-strikethrough) by serving them, no later than February 16, 2011, on:
Hallie Yacknin
Administrative Law Judge
California Public Utilities Commission
505 Van Ness Avenue, Room 5005
San Francisco, CA 94102
email:
The ALJ Division has prepared Resolution ALJ-266 for the February 24, 2011 Commission Meeting. This resolution dismisses GO 156 2010-01. Dismissal in the Matter of the Appeal Under General Order (GO) 156 filed by Ann Tobman, Automation Printing Company - GO 156 2010-01/VON 9EN00020. Any comments should be directed to ALJ Melanie M. Darling; email: .
The web link is http://docs.cpuc.ca.gov/PUBLISHED/COMMENT_RESOLUTION/129944.htm.
The Energy Division has prepared Resolution E-4378 which addresses San Diego Gas & Electric Company’s proposal filed in Advice Letter 2183-E to establish the dynamic pricing memorandum account. The draft resolution will be on the February 24, 2011 Commission Agenda. Any questions or comments should be directed to Elaine Chan Lau; email: .
The web link is http://docs.cpuc.ca.gov/PUBLISHED/COMMENT_RESOLUTION //129856.htm.
The Consumer Protection and Safety Division (CPSD) has prepared Resolution EGPB-11 for the February 24, 2011 Commission Meeting. The resolution approves the Closure of the Potrero Generating Station. Any questions or comments should be directed to Lana Tran; email: or (415) 703-5327.
The web link is http://docs.cpuc.ca.gov/PUBLISHED/COMMENT_RESOLUTION/129938.htm.
NOTICE OF DRAFT RESOLUTION
RE: RATES OF ALL COST-OF-SERVICE RATE REGULATED UTILITIES
Revised and renamed Resolution of the Legal Division, Draft Resolution L-411 (previously, the Draft Resolution was
W-4867 of the Utility, Audit, Finance & Compliance Branch of the Division of Water and Audits) proposes to preserve the opportunity for the Commission to decide at a future date whether some of the benefits of the New Tax Law, not otherwise reflected in rates, ought to benefit ratepayers through a decrease in rates, without having to be concerned with issues of retroactive ratemaking. This draft resolution will be on the Commission’s February 24, 2011 agenda. The Commission may act then act on this resolution or it may postpone action until later.
When the Commission acts on a draft resolution, it may adopt all or part of it as written, amend, modify or set it aside and prepare a different resolution. Only when the Commission acts does the resolution become binding on the utilities involved.
Interested persons may submit comments on this draft resolution no later than 10 a.m. Monday, February 14, 2011. Commenters who would like changes to the memorandum account, should provide red-lined versions of the Ordering Paragraph(s) they want revised.
Interested persons may review the draft resolution on the Commissions website at http://www.cpuc.ca.gov/PUC/documents under the heading “Proposed Decisions and Resolutions Issued for Public Comment in the last 30 days.”
Interested persons may submit comments on this draft resolution. They should be submitted to Marzia Zafar at one of the addresses below. E-mail submission is preferred. Marzia Zafar’s email address is: .