SPECIAL REQUEST #4: ADDITIONAL PROCESS FOR TARIFF DEVELOPMENT Clause Samples

SPECIAL REQUEST #4: ADDITIONAL PROCESS FOR TARIFF DEVELOPMENT. 2 Cal Water requested additional scheduling steps in this proceeding to ensure 3 that the rates, tariffs, and tables that support and accompany a final decision in this 4 proceeding are accurate and consistent with the Commission’s polices. In particular, Cal 5 Water recommended a separate process in which Cal Water and ORA are able to 6 develop and validate the necessary tariff schedules, rules, and preliminary statements 7 that should be attached to a final Commission decision. Cal Water noted that the timing 8 and specifics of such a process depends upon how and when contested issues are 9 decided – through a proposed settlement presented to the Commission, through 10 evidentiary hearings and briefs, or through some combination. 11 Cal Water described one possible approach in which, prior to issuance of a 12 proposed decision, a ruling is issued requiring parties to work together to develop 13 needed data (rates, tariffs, tables, etc. referenced above). In that event, Cal Water 14 urged the Commission to give parties at least one month to prepare and validate a joint 15 submission, the contents of which could be included in a proposed decision, therefore 16 ensuring that the joint submission is subject to public review and comment. (See Exhibit 17 CWS-2, pages 185-186.) 18 In its Report, ▇▇▇ observed that the Scoping Memo in this case does not 19 approve Cal Water’s request, but does allow the parties to consider a schedule to 20 accommodate Cal Water’s concerns at a later time. ▇▇▇ committed to working 21 collaboratively with all parties if and when such a time period is established. (See 22 Exhibit ORA-1, page 18.) 23 RESOLUTION: This proposed Settlement Agreement addresses almost all 24 issues that have been contested between Cal Water and ORA, as well as most of 25 the concerns raised by Intervenors. GRC decisions generally include attachments 26 with proposed tariff sheets and extensive tables. The Parties propose to file drafts 27 of those tariff sheets and tables for the Commission’s review within 30 days of 28 filing this Settlement Agreement.