ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE’S RULING CONCERNING WORKSHOP AGENDA AND OTHER MATTERS (06/29/12) & ASSIGNED COMMISSIONER’S SCOPING MEMO AND RULING (06/28/12)

ABSTRACT: ALJ’s RULING (Filing Date June 29, 2012) concerning Workshop Agenda and other matters and SCOPING RULING (Filing Date June 28, 2012) setting forth the scope and schedule of the proceeding is presented. RULING and SCOPING RULING documents are embedded. Importantly, The “ruling proposes in Attachment A an agenda and invites comments regarding the Workshop scheduled for July 26-27, 2012. It also instructs California-American Water Company to prepare and file a cumulative rate impact table by July 20, 2012, and confirms the granting of party status in response to motions.” The Scoping Memo states in part: The scope of the proceeding shall be confined to resolving the following questions:

Is the proposed Monterey Peninsula Water Supply Project a  reasonable and prudent means of securing replacement water for  the Monterey District of Cal-Am, and would the granting of the  application be in the public interest?

Feasible alternatives to the Monterey Peninsula Water Supply Project will be considered in the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) track of the proceeding and by the Commission. This proceeding is for the purpose of determining whether the applied-for project should be approved; it is not a general forum for entertaining water supply options unrelated to the application of a Commission-regulated utility.  Local public agencies and other entities are  and have been free to conduct such fora, to pursue water supply alternatives on their own or in concert and to influence Cal-Am’s shaping of its project application.  Cal-Am’s application is now before us and the December 2016 Cease and Desist deadline approaches. 

Alj's Ruling Concerning Workshop Agenda and Other Matters
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE’S RULING CONCERNING WORKSHOP AGENDA AND OTHER MATTERS

Description: Administrative Law Judge's Ruling concerning Workshop Agenda and other matters. Confirms granting of motions for party status by the Planning and Conservation League, the Monterey Peninsula Water Management District, Latino Water Use Coalition, Monterey Peninsula Latino Seaside Merchants Association, Comunidad en Accion and the Monterey County Farm Bureau. Comments by parties regarding Workshop Agenda are invited and should be filed by 7/12/2012. California-American Water Company shall prepare and file by 7/20/2012 a table displaying the cumulative impact on the average residential customer bill in the Monterey District.

ASSIGNED COMMISSIONER’S SCOPING MEMO AND RULING 06-28-12

ASSIGNED COMMISSIONER’S SCOPING MEMO AND RULING

Description: Assigned Commissioner's Scoping Memo and Ruling. The scope and schedule of this proceeding are as set forth. The final categorization of this proceeding is ratesetting and hearings will be required. This ruling on category may be appealed, as provided in Rule 7.6 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure. Administrative Law Judge Gary Weatherford is designated the Presiding Officer. Ex parte communications are subject to the reporting requirements and other restrictions of 8.3(c). The deadline for filing a notice of intent to claim compensation in this proceeding is July 6, 2012.

ADDENDUM:

For now, alternative water proposals won't get a PUC hearing

Alternative proposals won't be part of first hearing

By JIM JOHNSON Herald Staff Writer, 06/29/2012