Proceeding Number A.12-04-019 COMMENTS OF THE SETTLING PARTIES ON PHASE 2 SCHEDULE IN RESPONSE TO THE AUGUST 21, 2014 RULING OF ALJ MINKIN

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, COMMENTS OF THE SETTLING PARTIES ON PHASE 2 SCHEDULE IN RESPONSE TO THE AUGUST 21, 2014 RULING OF ALJ MINKIN document is embedded. “The Parties support altering the Phase 2 schedule so it is commensurate with the cumulative eleven month postponement reflected in the January 2014 ALJ Ruling and the August 2014 ALJ Ruling. Such alteration would provide time necessary for proponents of the GWR project to complete the milestones identified in Section 4.2 of the July 31, 2012 Settlement Agreement prior to the testimony date.” And Schedule should revert back to a schedule containing time periods between events comparable to those contained in the Amended Scoping Ruling and propose the following new dates:

(i) Testimony of Interested Parties – November 2015

(ii) Settlement Discussions – commencing in December 2015

(iii) Concurrent Rebuttal Testimony – December 2015

(iv) Evidentiary Hearings – January 2016

(v) Briefing – February 2016

(vi) Proposed Decision – May 2016

(vii) Final GWR Decision – June 2016

Comments of the Settling Parties on Phase 2 Schedule in Response to August Ruling of Alj Minkin

Filing Date 9-15-14

COMMENTS OF THE SETTLING PARTIES ON PHASE 2 SCHEDULE IN RESPONSE TO THE AUGUST 21, 2014 RULING OF ALJ MINKIN