Ex Parte Communications This proceeding is preliminarily categorized as quasi-legislative. In a quasi-legislative proceeding, ex parte communications with the assigned Commissioner, other Commissioners, their advisors, and the ALJ are permitted without restriction or reporting as described in Pub. Util. Code § 1701.4(b) and Article 8 of the Commission’s Rules. Any workshops in this proceeding shall be open to the public and noticed in the Commission’s Daily Calendar. Therefore, IT IS ORDERED that: The Commission institutes this Rulemaking on its own motion to revise or otherwise modify Electric Tariff Rule 21 and any related and equivalent tariff rules. All California investor-owned electric utilities, including Pacific Gas and Electric Company, Southern California Edison Company, and San Diego Gas & Electric Company, and the small and multi-jurisdictional electric utilities Bear Valley Electric Services, PacifiCorp, and Liberty Utilities, are named as respondents to this Rulemaking. The preliminary category for this rulemaking proceeding is quasilegislative as that term is defined in Rule 1.3(d) of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure. It is determined on a preliminary basis that there is no need for evidentiary hearings in this rulemaking proceeding. Any persons objecting to the preliminary categorization or to the preliminary determination on the need for hearings, issues to be considered, or schedule shall state their objections in their opening comments on this Order
Ex Parte Communications This proceeding is preliminarily categorized as quasi-legislative. In a quasi-legislative proceeding, ex parte communications with the assigned Commissioner, other Commissioners, their advisors, and the ALJ are permitted without restriction or reporting as described in Pub. Util. Code § 1701.4(b) and Article 8 of the Commission’s Rules. Any workshops in this proceeding shall be open to the public and noticed in the Commission’s Daily Calendar. Therefore, IT IS ORDERED that: The Commission institutes this Rulemaking on its own motion to revise or otherwise modify Electric Tariff Rule 21 and any related and equivalent tariff rules. All California investor-owned electric utilities, including Pacific Gas and Electric Company, Southern California Edison Company, and San Diego Gas & Electric Company, and the small and multi-jurisdictional electric utilities Bear Valley Electric Services, PacifiCorp, and Liberty Utilities, are named as respondents to this Rulemaking. The preliminary category for this rulemaking proceeding is quasilegislative as that term is defined in Rule 1.3(d) of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure. It is determined on a preliminary basis that there is no need for evidentiary hearings in this rulemaking proceeding. Any persons objecting to the preliminary categorization or to the preliminary determination on the need for hearings, issues to be considered, or schedule shall state their objections in their opening comments on this Order
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