20020815_240.pdf

DECISION MEMORANDUM
TO:COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER
COMMISSIONER SMITH
CO MMISSI 0 NER HANSEN
JEAN JEWELL
RANDY LOBB
DON HOWELL
LISA NORDSTROM
BILL EASTLAKE
BEVERLY BARKER
RON LAW
GENE FADNESS
TONY A CLARK
WORKING FILE
FROM:BEVERLY BARKER
DATE:AUGUST 13 2002
RE:PACIFICORP TARIFF ADVICE NO. 02-, ELECTRIC SERVICE
REGULATION NO.GENERAL PROVISIONS
PacifiCorp proposes to add a provision to its tariff to allow the Company to charge
customers actual costs for certain types of work that are not otherwise addressed in its
regulations or schedules. The new provision reads as follows:
The Company may collect a charge for work performed outside of
normal office hours at the customer s request or work done by the
Company that falls outside the scope of normal construction
maintenance, collection, or customer service duties. Examples
such work include responding to a request to disconnect service
outside of normal working hours so that the customer may trim
trees or perform electrical work, lifting lines to accommodate
house moves, installing devices to accommodate off-site meter
reading when there are access issues with the Customer, or
locating Customer-owned underground facilities. Unless
otherwise stated in these Regulations or Schedule 300, the
Company will recover from the Customer the actual cost of
performing the work.
On June 6, 2002, the Commission postponed making a decision regarding proposed
language previously submitted by PacifiCorp in order to allow the Staff and Company to
DECISION MEMORANDUM AUGUST 13, 2002
continue discussions. The proposal now before the Commission was submitted by the Company
on July 30, 2002, with a requested effective date of August 29, 2002.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends approval.
COMMISSION DECISION
Does the Commission wish to approve the proposed changes to Electric Service
Regulation No.1 - General Provisions?
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DECISION MEMORANDUM AUGUST 13 , 2002