Consistent with Rule 6.3(a) of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure, any decision by the Commission in this proceeding to modify or amend Rule 20 will apply prospectively. 5.2. Initial Questions and Information To support this rulemaking, the Commission intends to seek extensive information from the electric utilities and the Facilities-Based Competitive Local Exchange Carriers and the ILECs regarding the Rule 20A program, and to seek responses to a wide range of questions about the program. The preliminary list of information we intend to seek, and the initial list of the questions we intend to ask, are provided below. Respondents and interested persons are asked to file comments evaluating the appropriateness of the wording of the questions and the validity of the data sources identified herein. Respondents and interested persons are also encouraged to recommend additional questions or data that that may facilitate the Commission’s review of the Rule 20A program. Following receipt of these comments, the Commission will hold a workshop and prehearing conference to discuss and refine the list of data and the initial questions and will thereafter, by ruling, issue a final list of questions for comment. 5.2.1. Preliminary Information from Electric Utilities As part of this OIR, we anticipate directing each electric utility to file and serve the following data for the 2005-2016 calendar years. This data will create a common baseline on the relevant issues identified in this rulemaking. A complete list of Rule 20A-eligible communities; The amount of work credit allocations available to each community each year; The number of projects in the following categories: initiated for the next ten years (process has started but no Utilities Conversion Plan);
Consistent with Rule 6.3(a) of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure, any decision by the Commission in this proceeding to modify or amend Rule 20 will apply prospectively. 5.2. Initial Questions and Information To support this rulemaking, the Commission intends to seek extensive information from the electric utilities and the Facilities-Based Competitive Local Exchange Carriers and the ILECs regarding the Rule 20A program, and to seek responses to a wide range of questions about the program. The preliminary list of information we intend to seek, and the initial list of the questions we intend to ask, are provided below. Respondents and interested persons are asked to file comments evaluating the appropriateness of the wording of the questions and the validity of the data sources identified herein. Respondents and interested persons are also encouraged to recommend additional questions or data that that may facilitate the Commission’s review of the Rule 20A program. Following receipt of these comments, the Commission will hold a workshop and prehearing conference to discuss and refine the list of data and the initial questions and will thereafter, by ruling, issue a final list of questions for comment. 5.2.1. Preliminary Information from Electric Utilities As part of this OIR, we anticipate directing each electric utility to file and serve the following data for the 2005-2016 calendar years. This data will create a common baseline on the relevant issues identified in this rulemaking. A complete list of Rule 20A-eligible communities; The amount of work credit allocations available to each community each year; The number of projects in the following categories: initiated for the next ten years (process has started but no Utilities Conversion Plan);
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