Summary This decision extends the statutory deadline in this proceeding until December 19, 2018. Background Pub. Util. Code § 1701.2(i) provides that adjudicatory cases, such as this one, shall be resolved within 12 months of initiation unless the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC or Commission) makes findings as to why that deadline cannot be met and issues an order extending that deadline. The 12month statutory deadline for this proceeding was December 19, 2017. On November 30, 2017, the Commission issued Decision (D.) 17-11-035 extending the statutory deadline to June 19, 2018. This decision further extends the statutory deadline to December 19, 2018. On December 19, 2016, several residents (Complainants) of the Mesa Dunes Mobile Home Estates (Mesa Dunes), representing at least 10 percent of the total residents, filed this complaint seeking Commission review of the water rates charged by Mesa Dunes beginning in June, 2016, to determine whether they are just and reasonable pursuant to Pub. Util. Code § 2705.6. On February 17, 2017, Mesa Dunes filed an answer to the complaint pursuant to the Instruction to Answer issued by the Commission on January 19, 2017, denying the charges and requesting the Commission dismiss the complaint. On June 15, 2017, a prehearing conference (PHC) was held in Arroyo Grande before Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) Dan Burcham. On June 28, 2017, the Complainants filed an amended complaint and on July 27, 2017, Mesa Dunes filed an answer to the amended complaint and a separate motion to dismiss the amended complaint.
Summary This decision extends the statutory deadline in this proceeding until December 19, 2018. Background Pub. Util. Code § 1701.2(i) provides that adjudicatory cases, such as this one, shall be resolved within 12 months of initiation unless the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC or Commission) makes findings as to why that deadline cannot be met and issues an order extending that deadline. The 12month statutory deadline for this proceeding was December 19, 2017. On November 30, 2017, the Commission issued Decision (D.) 17-11-035 extending the statutory deadline to June 19, 2018. This decision further extends the statutory deadline to December 19, 2018. On December 19, 2016, several residents (Complainants) of the Mesa Dunes Mobile Home Estates (Mesa Dunes), representing at least 10 percent of the total residents, filed this complaint seeking Commission review of the water rates charged by Mesa Dunes beginning in June, 2016, to determine whether they are just and reasonable pursuant to Pub. Util. Code § 2705.6. On February 17, 2017, Mesa Dunes filed an answer to the complaint pursuant to the Instruction to Answer issued by the Commission on January 19, 2017, denying the charges and requesting the Commission dismiss the complaint. On June 15, 2017, a prehearing conference (PHC) was held in Arroyo Grande before Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) Dan Burcham. On June 28, 2017, the Complainants filed an amended complaint and on July 27, 2017, Mesa Dunes filed an answer to the amended complaint and a separate motion to dismiss the amended complaint.