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Water ComparedAppendix ArState Telecommunications Electricity Natural Gas I[a] [b] [c]California 2/93. lnterLATA. PUC 9123196. AB 1890 enacted to No legislative activityallows AT&T pricing restructure electric power industry, reported.flexibility of W A TS, allowing retail access to allMTS, private line, and consumers to begin simultaneously 1984. Began process of800 services. More by 111/98 (delayed to 3/31); allows comprehensive unbundling;limited oversight of recovery of stranded costs through adopted gas-cost incentivenondominant carriers. Competitive Transition Charges mechanism for a utility.(CTC).1994. Alternative 1986. Defined core andregulation begins. 5/97. PUC set 111/98 competition noncore segments; noncorestart date for all customer classes. allowed to buy unbundled111195. Full intraLATA supply and transportation.toll competition allowed 6197. Amendments submitted by(IOXXX). consumer coalition addressing 2/91. Created anstranded cost and rate reduction experimental transportation-1/97. Interim rules issues. only service for corethrough 1996 becamecustomers (core aggregationpermanent. 8/97. Utility announced open auction transportation CATof three generating plants in 9/97 and program).five plants in 1998.11191. Statewide capacity9/97. SB 90 provides administrative brokering plan for allocationguidelines for the Renewables of interstate capacity toProgram under AB 1890. SB 1305requires utilities to disclosenoncore customers.information about the sources of the 1993. Approvedpower they are selling. Securitization performance-basedof $7.3 billion in stranded costs ratemaking for oneapproved.company.I 0/9/97. PUC announced that 7/95. Adopted rules for acustomer electricity usagepermanent core customerinformation will beaggregation transportationmade available to both utility (CAT) program.customers and to energy serviceproviders to facilitate development of Unbundling expected tothe state 1 s competitive electricity begin 1/1/98 for one utilitymarket in 1998, but confidential and 1/1/99 for two others.customer information is only releasedwith customers' consent.Law lowers rates for consumers by10%.NAWC 106 September 1998