ML20085B574

Discusses Proposed Changes in Electric Rates

ML20085B574
Person / Time
Site:	San Onofre
Issue date:	06/07/1995
From:	SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON CO.
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NUDOCS 9506150079
Download: ML20085B574 (5)

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j SD .T 6 I 9(og j IMPORTANTINFORMATION ABOUT  !

PROPOSED CHANGES IN ELECTRIC RATES l I

On May 26,1995, Southern California Edison (Edison) filed its Energy Cost Adjustment Clause (ECAC) Application (A.95-05-049) with the f California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) requesting approval of the i following:

(1) to decrease rates by $205 million or 2.7 percent based on forecasted fuel and purchased power costs and balancing account adjustments.

(2) to find reasonable its operations for the period April 1,1994 through March 31,1995.

(3) to consolidate this ECAC rate decrease with several other pending rate proceedings (previously noticed) or already authorized rate changes into one rate change effective on or about March 1,1996; and (4) to limit the consolidated rate decrease to $181 million or 2.4 percent by either deferring amortization of $200 million of the forecast overcollection in the ECAC Balancing Account, with interest, until 1997, or, using the same $200 million of the forecast overcollection to make additional firm capacity and or energy payments to non-utility power producers, beginning in 1997, to reduce future power costs.

HOW THIS REQUEST AND CONSOLIDATION ,

MIGHT AFFECT RATES If the CPUC were to allocate our requested ECAC rate decrease, without consolidating other pending or authorized rate changes, on a system- 4 average percentage change basis, the rate decrease would be allocated among Customer Groups as follows:

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1 PROPOSED ECAC REVENUE CHANGE Customer Groups ($MM) We)

Domestic (Residential) (77) (2.7) .

Lighting - Small and Medium Power (75) (2.7)

Large Power (46) (2.7)

Agricultural and Pumping (G) (2.7) i i

Street and Area Lighting _(1) 0.2) ,

TOTAL (205) '17) f Because there is another proceeding currently before the Commission in which rate changes are being considered, Phase 2 of Edison's General Rate i Case, Application No. 93-12-025, the Commission will determine the change .

for each customer class in that proceeding. If our ECAC Application request ,

for rate consolidation and stabilization is approved, we propose that the rate ,

changes requested in the Phase 2 proceeding be allocated among customer groups as follows:

MARCH 1,1996 PROPOSED CONSOLIDATED REVENUE CHANGE i

Customer Grouos ($MM) .(%)

Domestic (Residential) 0 0.0  :

t Lighting - Small and Meditun Power (83) (2.9)

Large Power (89) (5.4)  :

Agricultural and Pumping (9) (3.9)

Street and Area Lighting 0 0.0 TOTAL (181) (2.4)  !

These combined rate changes may vary depending on how the CPUC allocates the proposed increase among customer classes. A residential customer using 500 kilowatt-hours per month would have a monthly winter h.

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bill of approximately $ 66.19, or a decrease of $0.01 from their current bill of ~

$ 66.20. Individual customer rate changes will also depend on how much

, energy each customer uses.

EVIDENTIARY HEARINGS ON OUR REQUEST The CPUC will be conducting formal evidentiary hearings on this application. At these hearings, sworn testimony will be heard from Edison representatives, interested parties, and the CPUC's Division of Ratepayer Advocates (DRA). The DRA staffincludes engineers, accountants, economists, attorneys, and other professionals who independently evaluate utility rate increase proposals and present their analyses and recommendations to the CPUC at evidentiary hearings. The CPUC can accept, reject, or modify the recommendations of any of the parties.

Therefore, the rates approved may differ from those requested.

THE CPUC WELCOMES YOUR PARTICIPATION AND COMMENTS Ifyou need advice on how to participate or wish to make comments on this application, please write to:

Public Advisor's Office California Public Utilities Commission 107 South Broadway, Room 5109 Los Angeles, CA 90012 If you have a question or need further information, please state in your letter that you would like a response; otherwise, no reply will be sent. The Public Advisor will give your letter to the Commissioners and it will become part of the formal file. Please mention that you are writing about Edison's Application No. 95-05-049.

4 Should you wish further information from Edison regarding this Application, please write to:

Southern California Edison Company 2244 Walnut Grove Avenue Rosemead, CA 91770 ,

Attention: Owens F. Alexander, Jr.

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Complete copies of the Application may be inspected at the Edison or  !

Conunission ofiices listed below.

Covina Local Santa Ana Local Office 964 E. Badillo Street 100 N. Harbor C-1 Covina, CA 91724 Santa Ana, CA 92709 Palm Springs Local Office Long Beach Local Office 1700 E. Tahquitz Canyon #1 127 Elm Avenue Palm Springs, CA 92262 Long Beach, CA 90802 .

Foothill District Office General Office 7951 Redwood 2244 Walnut Grove Avenue Fontana, CA 92336 Rosemead, CA 91770 Visalia Local Office Ventura District 1305 E. Noble 10060 Telegraph Road Visalia, CA 93277 Ventura, CA 93004 Pebbly Beach Generating Station Avalon, CA 92704 OFFICES OF THE CPUC State Building State Building 505 Van Ness Avenue 107 South Broadway, Room 5109 San Francisco, CA 94102 Los Angeles, CA 90012 Lwasmoma 4

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CE5tTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that I have this day caused the foregoing IMPORATANT ,

INFORMATION ABOUT PROPOSED CHANGES IN ELECTRIC RATES to be served upon all parties on the service lisi entitled "500 Medling" pursuant to  ;

Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedures.

. Dated at Rosemead, California, this 7th day ofJune,1995. ,

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