Friday, July 20, 2012

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE: CIRCULATING WORKSHOP AGENDA RULING

RELATED NEWS ARTICLE: CalAm urged to have back-up plan in case desal project fails, JIM JOHNSON HeraldStaff Writer, 07/27/2012
“Despite calls for a back-up plan in case the latest Peninsula water supply project falls short, California American Water insisted Friday its proposal is the best available option.”

“Svindland (Rich Svindland, Cal Am Director of Engineering) said with the threat of water rights litigation, it would be unfair to require Cal Am to come up with back-up plans that would require the company to take legal positions.”


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CPUC Workshop - Technical Issues in Cal-Am Request for Water Supply Project - July 27, 2012
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CPUC Workshop - Technical Issues in Cal-Am Request for Water Supply Project - July 26, 2012
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RELATED NEWS ARTICLE: Critical phase looms in water debate this week, JIM JOHNSON Herald Staff Writer, 07/22/2012

“On Wednesday, California American Water and a number of local agencies and organizations participating in the state Public Utilities Commission review of the proposed Monterey Peninsula Water Supply Project will cap off an exchange of arguments over crucial legal issues, including the county's requirement that desalination plants be owned by public agencies, and the project backers' access to water rights and existing brine disposal capacity.”

“And on Thursday and Friday, the CPUC will host a workshop to consider a range of key technical issues involving the project, including the possibility of a contingency plan in case one of a number of project impediments makes it impossible to meet the Dec. 31, 2016, deadline for project completion.”


ABSTRACT: ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE’S RULING CIRCULATING WORKSHOP AGENDA, filed 7/18/2012, is embedded. “IT IS RULED that the July 26 - 27, 2012 Workshop, starting at 10:00 a.m. each day, at the Commission Auditorium, State Office Building, 505 Van Ness Ave., San Francisco, CA 94102, will follow the agenda set out in Attachment A, subject to any changes deemed appropriate by the facilitators.” ATTACHMENT A Agenda for July 26 - 27, 2012, Technical Workshop in Application 12-04-019 The technical workshop will cover the following topics:
1. Demand projections;
2. Available water supply;
3. Project sizing, costs and ratepayer impacts;
4. Project governance; and
5. Contingency planning in light of possible impediments to project completion and to meeting the December 2016 deadline.

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