Cal Am files opposition with PUC to public ownership of desal plant
Company tells PUC it could consider sharing oversight
By JIM JOHNSON Herald Staff Writer, 11/10/2012
EXCERPT HIGHLIGHTS:
Cal Am acknowledged that it had previously expressed support for some of the "concepts" in the authority's proposal, but said it wouldn't support any such proposal unless and until the authority ceased actively backing any alternative project.
Cal Am also made it clear it would seek permission from the PUC and the state water board before agreeing to any public participation proposal, and included in its filing a version of the authority's proposal that included a series of suggested changes.
Next up for the Cal Am water project proceeding, the PUC will conduct a project cost workshop Dec. 11-13, and a pre-hearing conference on Dec. 13 at the commission headquarters in San Francisco.
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, CALIFORNIA-AMERICAN WATER COMPANY COMPLIANCE PROGRESS REPORT FILING, is embedded. "The Monterey Peninsula Regional Water Authority and County of Monterey (“Regional Water Authority”); Monterey Peninsula Water Management District (“MPWMD”); the City of Pacific Grove (“City”); and the City and Moss Landing Commercial Park, LLC (referred to as the “People’s Project”), each submitted on October 1, 2012 a proposal for direct public agency participation in the Monterey Peninsula Water Supply Project (“MPWSP”). Consistent with the assigned Administrative Law Judge’s (“ALJ”) directive, California American Water reports on its efforts to consider “any public agency proposal for participation in the Monterey Peninsula Water Supply Project (MPWSP) that is feasible and sufficiently developed to allow implementation in a timely manner and that is made by October 1, 2012.” California American Water has met with the respective agencies to discuss their proposals and provides its responses below." Notably, with regard to MONTEREY PENINSULA REGIONAL WATER AUTHORITY AND COUNTY OF MONTEREY PROPOSAL, “California American Water appreciates the cooperative nature of the Regional Water Authority’s proposal, but it cannot support public ownership for the desalination component of the MPWSP.”
Filing Date 10-26-12
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