Proceeding Number A.12-04-019 PUBLIC TRUST ALLIANCE'S OPENING BRIEF ON TECHNICAL AND LEGAL ISSUES PRESENTED IN A. 12-04-019 AND OPENING OPPORTUNITIES FOR BEING REASONABLE WHILE FACING CHANGING CIRCUMSTANCES

ABSTRACT: Re: In the Matter of the Application of California American Water Company (U 210 W) for Approval of the Monterey Peninsula Water Supply Project and Authorization to Recover All Present and Future Costs in Rates, PUBLIC TRUST ALLIANCE'S OPENING BRIEF ON TECHNICAL AND LEGAL ISSUES PRESENTED IN A. 12-04-019 AND OPENING OPPORTUNITIES FOR BEING REASONABLE WHILE FACING CHANGING CIRCUMSTANCES document is embedded. IV. CALIFORNIA LAW IS BIG ENOUGH TO ACCOMMODATE A REASONABLE APPROACH. ARE WE? A great deal of effort and time has been devoted to using the CPUC process to solve and implement a sustainable alternative public water supply for the cities on the Monterey Peninsula. The PUC is a valuable public institution that should not be put up for sale or be available for co-optation by political or economic power. This is actually a very likely possibility if meetings and the lion's share of work is undertaken behind doors that are locked to the public. Key public rights and prerogatives are at stake in making the choice of which technology to employ to serve public needs. If more of the argument can take place in public, public interests are more likely to be served and there is smaller opportunity to hijack the process. Public argument also requires advocates to say clearly what they want. Final oral argument before the Commission would best serve the public because clear statements would have to be articulated instead of being buried in reams of paper and pleadings and exhibits that no mortal creature could ever read completely and comprehend.

Public Trust Alliance's Opening Brief on Technical and Legal Issues Presented in a.12!04!019

Filing Date 01/21/14
PUBLIC TRUST ALLIANCE'S OPENING BRIEF ON TECHNICAL AND LEGAL ISSUES PRESENTED IN A. 12-04-019 AND OPENING OPPORTUNITIES FOR BEING REASONABLE WHILE FACING CHANGING CIRCUMSTANCES