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The feed for this
streaming event
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brought to you by admin
monitoring- 19.
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My name is Gerald F. Kelly
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and I am the Administrative Law Judge
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assigned to this proceeding.
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Commissioner Darcie L. Houck
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is the assigned Commissioner
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and she is with us this evening.
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Commissioner Houck will
address everyone shortly.
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Please note that this
PPH is being recorded
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and it's available on our website.
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If you do not wish to be recorded,
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please disconnect now.
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This is the time and place for the PPH
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pertaining to application 2107001.
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The application of Great
Oaks Water Company,
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are Great Oaks to increase
rates for water service
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for 2022, 2023 and 2024.
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On July 1, 2021, Great
Oaks filed this application,
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which first appeared on the
Commission daily calendar
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on July 7, 2021.
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The application seeks to increase rates
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starting July 1, 2022.
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The application seeks
approval to increase its rates
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by approximately 2.619
million or 12.05% in 2022,
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1.762 million or 7.23% in 2023
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and 1.88 million or 7.20% in 2024.
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The application also
requests the creation,
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maintenance and update
of various balancing
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and memorandum accounts.
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Additionally, the application request
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that the Commission
find that Great Oaks,
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follows all federal and state
drinking water standards
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and Commission rules,
orders and decisions.
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On July 16th, 2021,
ALJ resolution 176-3489
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was issued and found
that this proceeding
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is rate making.
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The Commission's
Public Advocate's Office,
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reviewed the application
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and filed a protest on August 6th, 2021.
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The public advocates
set forth its concerns
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with the application and its protest.
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No other protest or response were filed
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as it relates to this application.
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On August 13, 2021,
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Great Oaks filed a response
to the public advocates protest.
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On August 15th 2021,
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Great Oak submitted the
required 45-day update
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to its application.
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A pre-hearing conference was conducted
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in this proceeding on
September 15th, 2021.
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The scoping memo was
issued on October 13th, 2021.
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As I mentioned earlier,
Commissioner Houck is with us today.
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Commissioner, would you like
to make some opening remarks?
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Thank you, Judge Kelly
good evening and thank you,
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to everyone for attending
this public participation hearing
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and application 2107001.
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The Great Oaks Water Company's requests
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for a general rate increase
in 2022, 2023 and 2024.
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I wanna thank Judge Kelly,
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our Public Advisor's Office
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and our IT staff for the
planning and coordination
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that makes these hearings possible.
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Judge Kelly and I appreciate the time
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that everyone is taking
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and the effort to be here this evening.
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I wanna assure you that the
comments you make tonight
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will be taken into consideration
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when the Commission ultimately votes
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on a final decision in this matter,
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I understand that
changes in utility bills
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can create uncertainty
for individuals and families,
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particularly those on fixed incomes.
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I look forward to hearing
from everyone this evening
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and encourage anyone
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that's not able to make
a comment tonight
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to submit comments on our website.
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The information on how
to do that is on the slide
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that'll be posted
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and Judge Kelly will
provide additional information.
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I wanna thank you again
for your time this evening.
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I wanna thank the applicant
for their participation
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and I will now turn it
back over to Judge Kelly.
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Thank you Commissioner.
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Before we start, I would
like to give a brief overview
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of what the California
Public Utilities Commission
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or CPUC is and what we do .
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The CPUC is the state agency
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that regulates privately
owned utilities like, Great Oaks,
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that provide a central services,
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such as electric, gas and water.
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There are five
Commissioners at the CPUC.
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These five Commissioners
will be the people who vote
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and decide whether to
approve this application.
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My role is the assigned
Administrative Law Judge
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in this case is to
review the application
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based on the evidence that is presented,
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I will write a proposed decision,
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for the Commissioners to consider.
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The Commissioners will vote
to adopt my proposed decision
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or an alternate decision
put forth by a Commissioner.
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Hearings are set to start in this matter
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on January 31st 2022
and lasts for three days.
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At this time, it is expected
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that these hearings will
be conducted remotely
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due to the continuing
impact of COVID-19.
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Although hearings are set,
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it is possible that the
parties may settle this matter
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prior to the date of hearings.
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If they do settle,
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the Commission will evaluate
whether to adopt the settlement
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or portions thereof.
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Currently, there are two
parties in this proceeding.
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The two parties are Great Oaks
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and the Commission's
Public Advocate's Office.
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The Public Advocate's Office
is an independent branch
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within the CPUC, who works
to represent the interests
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of the rate payers in
proceedings such as this.
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They do not work for me
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and they do not work
for the Commissioner.
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Both Great Oaks and the
Public Advocate's Office,
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will give you a brief
presentation shortly.
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I will now explain the purpose
of the PPH this evening.
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We are here today to
listen to your comments
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on Great Oaks' application
for an increase in rates.
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We want to hear about how
this application will impact you,
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your family and your community,
as a Great Oaks customer.
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Your comments will help
the CPUC gather information
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to determine whether
to grant the application.
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In addition to considering the
comments received here today,
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we will also consider all comments
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that have been submitted electronically
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or by other means in this proceeding.
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If you would like to
provide public comments,
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you may do so by calling 800 857 1917,
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entering passcode 1673482
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and pressing star one on your phone.
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This will alert the operator
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who will begin to cue public speakers.
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Please provide your name.
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If you are a public official,
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please notify the operator
of your title and position,
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in addition to your name.
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We will not be answering questions
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about the application here today.
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As the purpose of this PPH
is to obtain public comments
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on the application.
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However, if you have
a specific question,
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such as a question
about your bill or service,
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we do have a customer
service representative available
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from Great Oaks that you may call
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and direct your specific questions to.
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You may reach out to this individual,
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by calling the customer service manager,
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Wendy Pon-Villapando
at area code 4082279540.
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Or you can email her at
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w-v-i-l-l-a @
g-r-e-a-t-o-a-k-s-w-a-t-e-r.com.
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I'm now gonna go over
some basic ground rules,
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court reporters will be
transcribing everything
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that is said here today.
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Please remember to speak slowly
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and clearly as the court
reporters have the difficult job
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of taking down everything
which is said here.
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Only one person at a time can speak.
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As the court reporters
are unable to transcribe
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an accurate record when more
than one person is speaking.
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The first time that you speak,
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please state and spell your name.
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To ensure that we
have an accurate record,
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it may be necessary for the
court reporters to interrupt
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a speaker if there are
any inaudible statements.
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Additionally, if something is inaudible,
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the reporter will be
inserting the word inaudible,
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into the transcript.
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After this public
participation hearing is over,
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the court reporters will
prepare a written transcript
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of this hearing.
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This transcript will
be provided to myself
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and the five Commissioner.
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Additionally, it'll be
available to the public
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and be posted in the docket
card of this proceeding.
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Ms. Hill from the Commission's
Public Advisor's Office,
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will now give you a brief presentation
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about the Public Advisor's Office,
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Ms. Hill, please go ahead.
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We're gonna go off
the record real briefly.
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It seems like Ms. Hill is
having some audio issues.
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So, once we get that resolved,
we'll go back on the record.
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(indistinct)
.com, we'll begin...
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The record, we're back
on the record, Ms. Hill,
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can you please give
your brief presentation,
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about the Public Advisor's Office?
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Sure, and I do apologize
for getting disconnected.
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Thank you, judge and welcome everyone.
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My is Juanita Hill and I am
a supervisor in the CPUC,
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Public Advisor's Office.
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The Public Advisor's Office
assist and advises the public
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with participation in
Commission proceedings.
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First, I wanna thank you
all for participating today,
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as the judge and the Commissioner stated
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public participation
and input are essential
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to the Commission's
decision making process.
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This is your opportunity to be heard
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and to share your
thoughts on the application
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with the Administrative Law Judge
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and the assigned Commissioner.
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If you have specific
questions about the application
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or your service,
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please reach out to the
Public Advisors Office
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at public.advisor@CPUC.ca.gov.
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Call us at 1-866 849 8390
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or visit the CPUC
or the utilities website
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for more information.
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Second, if you or anyone, you know,
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is not able to make a comment
today, as the judge said,
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there are several other
ways to become involved.
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If you wish to find more
information on becoming
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a party subscribing to the proceeding
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or submitting comments
via email or the docket card,
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please go to our
website, www.cpuc.ca.gov
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or email the Public Advisor at
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public.advisor@cpuc.ca.gov.
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All of this information
is also on the notice
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that you received for this
public participation hearing.
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We look forward to your comments today.
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Thank you and back to you, judge.
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Thank you, Ms. Hill,
for that useful information.
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At this time, we're going to go ahead
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and start the presentations
from the parties.
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At this time Great Oaks, will
give you a brief presentation,
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Mr. Guster.
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Thank you, your honor.
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My name is Tim Guster,
I am vice president
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and general counsel for
Great Oaks Water Company.
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Every three years, we
go through the process
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of filing a general rate
case application or GRC.
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The last time we did it was in 2018,
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with rates effective on July 1, 2019.
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The current application
that we're here for tonight
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was filed on July 1
of this year with rates
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to be effective July 1, 2022.
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The notice that's provided
for this public forum
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and that we've
provided with bill inserts,
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provides a brief about,
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of information about the application,
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but in particular, we're
looking for an increase in rates
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to essentially cover our increased costs
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of providing water service.
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Rates are cost recovery
mechanisms for water utilities
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and that's all they are,
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included in the rates
that we have proposed
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are projected expenses
for our normal operations,
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plus a few new programs or projects
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that we believe will help us
to continue to provide safe
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and reliable water service.
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Safe and reliable water service
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is the most important thing we do
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and over the course
of the last four years,
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Great Oaks has been
in complete compliance
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with all water quality
regulations and standards.
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There have been no violations whatsoever
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during that process.
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The cost that we have proposed
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are projected over a three-year period
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and of those costs,
the increase amounts,
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approximately 70% represent
increased groundwater charges
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that Great Oaks is charged
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by the Santa Clara
Valley Water District.
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The groundwater charges are for water
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that we pump through our own wells,
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located on our own properties.
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And presently represent
approximately 51%
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of our total operating expenses.
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Over the course of the next three years,
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that's gonna increase up to 55%
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as the water district is increasing,
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groundwater charges
at the rate of between
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nine and 10% per year.
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And that's not just for
the next three years,
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that's for the next 10 years.
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So, this is a cost that we incur
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that is passed on through
rates to our customers.
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To combat these increases, Great Oaks,
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has installed a well, a
new well in Coyote Valley,
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which'll lower groundwater charge rate
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And we attempt to control costs that way
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and we've been successful
in the past in doing so,
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providing our customers with refunds of
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$50 or more in two
of the last four years,
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this has been a
successful program from us
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and we intend to continue that.
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The other increases in costs,
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the major ones are electric power
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and taxes and depreciation.
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Plus a new program we're
proposing for communications
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with our customer is that we'll include
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all elements of modern communications,
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including social media, to
the extent that it's available.
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The rates that we have proposed,
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we believe are completely consistent
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with our health and safety requirements
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to continue to provide water
service to our customers
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and they will continue
to keep Great Oaks rates,
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the lowest in the city of San Jose.
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Thank you.
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Thank you,
Mr. Guster, at this time,
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it'll be time for the
Public Advocate's Office,
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to give you their presentation.
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Good evening, everyone.
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My name is Roy Keowen,
that's R-O-Y K-E-O-W-E-N.
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I'm the project lead for
the Public Advocate's Office
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and this rate case proceeding.
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As Judge Kelly mentioned earlier,
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the Public Advocate's Office
is an independent organization
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within the CPUC that advocates solely
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on behalf of utility rate payers.
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The Public Advocate's Office team
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consists of rate analysts,
accountants and engineers,
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familiar with the rate making
process and associated issues.
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The Public Advocate's
Office statutory mission
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is to ensure the lowest possible
rates consistent with safe
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and reliable service.
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The public advocates will integrate
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those general rate case proceedings
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is to represent the
interest of rate payers.
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To that ends public
advocates has protested
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Great Oaks' application
in order to ensure
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that Great Oaks requested increases
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are just as reasonable from
a rate payer's perspective.
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The team is currently
reviewing Great Oaks application
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as in the process of
preparing recommendations
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for the Commission to consider
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before deciding Great
Oaks' application requests.
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The recommendations we
generate will be available
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on November 19th
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and it can be found at the
Public Advocate Offices website.
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The Public Advocate's
Office is here tonight to listen
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to customers where
possible public advocates
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will utilize the comments
provided by customers,
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to support our recommendations
to the Commission.
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If you have additional questions
or comments after tonight,
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please email the
Public Advocate's Office
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and I apologize, the
slide is incorrect here,
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but the email address is
for Public Advocates Office,
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all one word that's
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P-U-B-L-I-C-A-D-V-O-C-A-T-E-S-O-F-F-I-C-E@cpuc.ca.gov.
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Additionally, you can direct,
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if you prefer to call
during business hours,
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you can call Erica (415) 703-1584.
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Please do include the
docket ID, if you do email us,
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we do include the docket
ID and email subject line.
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The docket ID for this
proceeding is A.21-07-001.
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Thank you and I'll turn it
back over to Judge Kelly.
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Thank you, Mr. Keowen.
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A reminder to those who wish to speak,
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if you have not already done so,
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please press star one on your phone
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and the operator will add
you to the list of speakers.
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Also, as a reminder, that
if you're a public official,
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please notify the
operator of your title,
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in addition to your name.
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I would like to remind everyone
to try to keep your comments
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to around three minutes.
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This will help to ensure
that we're able to get to all
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of the callers in a timely manner.
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An additional reminder is
to try and remember to speak
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slowly and clearly as this
will help the court reporters
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out tremendously.
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When the operator informs
you that it's your turn to speak.
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To start your comments by stating
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and spelling your full name,
along with your location.
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Please avoid using your speakerphone,
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when you are providing comments.
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And again, please try
to keep your comments
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to around three minutes.
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At this time, I would like to ask,
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how many callers do
we have in the queue?
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At this time your honor,
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I am showing that there are
no public speakers in the queue.
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Okay, so let's
go off the record.
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Mr. Houck, would you
like to take a short break
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to see if anybody joins in?
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Yeah, that sounds good,
maybe we could take a five minute
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or 10, what do you think,
five or 10 minute break
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to see if people call?
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It's 6:23, why don't we
reconvene like at 6:33.
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We'll take a 10 minute break
and we'll come back at 6:33
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and we'll see if there's any
additional public commenters
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and then at that point we'll figure out
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what we're gonna do then.
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So, I'll see everybody
back in 10 minutes.
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(upbeat music)
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Do you have somebody in the queue?
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Operator, can you
please announce the caller.
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Thank you, your honor.
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Gary White, your line is now open.
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Yes, thank you,
ladies and gentlemen.
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Thank you, your honor.
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The CPUC should decline
the application A.21-7-
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I'm sorry
this is the court reporter,
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Could you please state
and spell your name?
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I didn't hear the beginning
of your statement, thank you.
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Sure, Gary, G-A-R-Y,
White, W-H-I-T-E.
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Go ahead Mr. White.
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Thank you.
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The CPUC should decline the application,
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consumers we have no choice, no voice,
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in who will supply the water
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and Great Oaks has not addressed,
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how they're gonna
use the additional funds
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to increase the supply of water.
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They have not disclosed how
they will more competitively
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address their input costs.
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The 455,000 charge,
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which is to communicate with customers,
00:24:26.460 --> 00:24:30.300
who really have no
choice about, you know,
00:24:30.300 --> 00:24:33.100
again, where they get their
water and how much they pay.
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It's just a man who, you know,
00:24:35.450 --> 00:24:38.900
we're forced to buy our
water from Great Oak
00:24:38.900 --> 00:24:42.400
to pay another 455,000
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to better communicate
just makes me wonder if
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that costs would be entirely avoided
00:24:48.290 --> 00:24:49.123
and there might be other costs,
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that could be dialed back,
to make this more competitive
00:24:54.390 --> 00:24:55.390
for good neighbors,
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maybe a more reasonable
way forward is possible.
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That's the end of my comment.
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Thank you, Mr. White.
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Do we have anybody else in the queue?
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Your honor, I'm
showing no further commenters
00:25:10.420 --> 00:25:11.773
in the queue at this time.
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Let's go off the
record real fast.
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Commissioner Houck,
do you want to continue?
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What would you like to do?
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Do you wanna
wait another five minutes
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or three minutes and just
see if anyone else joins or...
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Why don't we do this?
00:25:36.930 --> 00:25:38.630
Why don't we take a
break for 10 minutes?
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Come back at 6:45
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and then if we don't have
any more comments then,
00:25:44.120 --> 00:25:47.010
then we'll just go forward from there.
00:25:47.010 --> 00:25:49.620
So, we'll go on break
for 10 more minutes
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and we'll come back at 6:45.
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Okay, that
sounds like a good plan,
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thank you, judge.
Thank you.
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(upbeat music)
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Go ahead and go back on the record.
00:35:13.350 --> 00:35:15.693
Do we have any callers
in the queue operator?
00:35:17.570 --> 00:35:19.400
Your honor, I
am showing no callers
00:35:19.400 --> 00:35:20.233
in the queue.
00:35:21.370 --> 00:35:22.483
Thank you operator.
00:35:24.960 --> 00:35:27.290
So, it appears that that
is all of the speakers
00:35:27.290 --> 00:35:28.833
that we have that signed up.
00:35:31.390 --> 00:35:34.123
Commissioner Houck, do
you have any closing remarks?
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Just wanna thank the
applicants, Cal Advocates,
00:35:41.400 --> 00:35:43.470
the court reporters and all the staff
00:35:43.470 --> 00:35:46.630
for making this possible
and thank you, Judge Kelly
00:35:46.630 --> 00:35:48.580
for all the work you're doing
00:35:48.580 --> 00:35:51.473
and with that, I'll turn
it back over to you.
00:35:53.260 --> 00:35:55.430
Thank you, Commissioner,
I look forward to working
00:35:55.430 --> 00:35:57.780
with you and your team on this matter.
00:35:57.780 --> 00:36:01.243
On behalf of myself and
the five Commissioners,
00:36:01.243 --> 00:36:05.010
I wanna thank everyone for
your participation here today.
00:36:05.010 --> 00:36:06.610
I realized that there are other things
00:36:06.610 --> 00:36:08.820
that you could be
doing in your free time.
00:36:08.820 --> 00:36:10.720
And I do appreciate the fact
00:36:10.720 --> 00:36:14.260
that you took the time on a
Tuesday evening to join us
00:36:14.260 --> 00:36:16.750
for this presentation.
00:36:16.750 --> 00:36:19.120
I also wanted to thank the parties,
00:36:19.120 --> 00:36:21.523
for their very useful presentation.
00:36:22.410 --> 00:36:26.150
I also wanna thank everybody
who helps, excuse me,
00:36:26.150 --> 00:36:29.320
who helped pull this remote hearing off.
00:36:29.320 --> 00:36:32.730
We could not have done this
without the help of everybody
00:36:32.730 --> 00:36:37.000
behind the scenes,
specifically Ms. Hill's team.
00:36:37.000 --> 00:36:39.810
I would like to thank everybody there,
00:36:39.810 --> 00:36:43.090
especially Ms. Sanchez
for all the work that she did.
00:36:43.090 --> 00:36:45.270
I wanna thank Ms. Ross and Ms. Welch
00:36:45.270 --> 00:36:47.750
for their help as the court reporters.
00:36:47.750 --> 00:36:50.463
And I also wanted to
thank Mr. Hega with IT,
00:36:51.320 --> 00:36:53.850
for the help that was provided here.
00:36:53.850 --> 00:36:55.710
I personally appreciate all the efforts
00:36:55.710 --> 00:36:57.160
that everybody has done.
00:36:57.160 --> 00:36:58.210
And I just want you to know
00:36:58.210 --> 00:36:59.780
that we could not pull these things off,
00:36:59.780 --> 00:37:01.790
without the help that we get.
00:37:01.790 --> 00:37:05.440
This concludes the PPH for
the Great Oaks general rate case.
00:37:05.440 --> 00:37:09.534
We are adjourned and we
are off the record, thank you.
00:37:09.534 --> 00:37:11.034
Thank you.
00:37:12.500 --> 00:37:14.060
That concludes
today's conference,
00:37:14.060 --> 00:37:15.650
thank you for your participation.
00:37:15.650 --> 00:37:17.373
You may disconnect at this time.