December 21, 2004 Minutes

Tuesday, December 21, 2004 - 2:00 p.m.

Present:

Alan R. Schriber, Chairman
Ronda Hartman Fergus, Commissioner
Donald L. Mason, Commissioner
Paul J. Duffy, Legal Director
Russ Gooden, Electric Section, Legal Department
Gretchen Petrucci, Gas Section, Legal Department
Jeff Jones, Telephone Section, Legal Department
Steve Lesser, Transportation and Water Sections, Legal Department

This meeting was convened pursuant to the regular agenda issued on December 16, 2004, for the week of December 20, 2004.

The minutes of the December 15, 2004 Commission Meeting were approved by the Commissioners.

The Commission met for the purpose of considering the following cases and to act upon the proposed Entries and/or Opinions and Orders.

Signing Session: December 21, 2004 at 2:05 p.m.

Electric:

Tariffs:

(03-93-EL-ATA (03-2079-EL-AAM (03-2081-EL-AAM (03-2080-EL-ATA (04-1820-EL-ATA	Cincinnati Gas & Electric Company (Entry considering approval of tariffs and system reliability tracker on an interim basis)	Approval moved and seconded, vote 3-0.
Others:
95-458-EL-UNC	Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company v. Medical Center Company (Consideration of order on remand)	Approval moved and seconded, vote 3-0.
04-232-EL-CSS	Schneider v. Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company (Entry considering dismissal of complaint)	Approval moved and seconded, vote 3-0.
(04-1756-EL-AIS (04-1757-EL-AIS (04-1758-EL-AIS	Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company Ohio Edison Company Toledo Edison Company (Finding and order considering issuance of short-term debt)	Approval moved and seconded, vote 3-0.
04-1841-EL-UNC	Ohio Edison Company, Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company and Toledo Edison Company (Entry considering waiver request)	Approval moved and seconded, vote 3-0.

Gas:

Rehearings:

04-1717-GA-UNC

The East Ohio Gas Company d/b/a Dominion East Ohio
(Consideration of application for rehearing)

Approval moved and seconded, vote 3-0.

Others:

04-1631-GA-UNC	Columbia Gas of Ohio, Inc. (Entry considering waiver of Rules 4901:1-18-03(E), 4901:1-18-05(A), and 4901:1-29-12(K), Ohio Administrative Code)	Rescheduled to appear on January 5, 2005 agenda.

04-1637-GA-AEC	Columbia Gas of Ohio (Finding and order considering approval of transportation service agreement)	Approval moved and seconded, vote 3-0.

Telephone:

Rehearings:

02-1280-TP-UNC

SBC Ohio
(Entry considering application for rehearing)

Approval moved and seconded, vote 3-0.

Tariffs:

02-2668-TP-ATA

SBC Ohio
(Entry considering dismissal of application)

Approval moved and seconded, vote 3-0.

Others:

97-414-TP-UNC	Ohio Small Local Exchange Carrier Association (Entry considering funding for interconnection project)	Approval moved and seconded, vote 3-0.
00-1265-TP-COI	Minimum Telephone Service Standards (MTSS)/Western Reserve (Entry considering waiver request)	Rescheduled to appear on January 5, 2005 agenda.
00-1265-TP-COI	Minimum Telephone Service Standards (MTSS)/Verizon (Entry considering waiver request)	Rescheduled to appear on January 5, 2005 agenda.
00-1265-TP-COI	Minimum Telephone Service Standards (MTSS)/SBC Ohio (Entry considering waiver request)	Rescheduled to appear on January 5, 2005 agenda.
02-1280-TP-UNC	SBC Ohio (Entry considering true-up process related to two-wire analog loop rates)	Approval moved and seconded, vote 3-0.
04-1696-TP-CSS	Catholic Knights of Ohio v. AT&T Corp. (Entry considering dismissal of complaint)	Approval moved and seconded, vote 3-0.
04-1829-TP-ATC	City Signal Communications, Inc. (Finding and order considering application to transfer certificate)	Approval moved and seconded, vote 3-0.

(04-428-TP-UNC (04-429-TP-UNC (04-430-TP-UNC (04-431-TP-UNC (04-432-TP-UNC (04-433-TR-UNC (04-434-TP-UNC (04-435-TP-UNC (04-436-TP-UNC (04-437-TP-UNC (04-438-TP-UNC (04-439-TP-UNC (04-440-TP-UNC (04-441-TP-UNC (04-442-TP-UNC (04-443-TP-UNC (04-444-TP-UNC (04-445-TP-UNC (04-446-TP-UNC (04-447-TP-UNC (04-448-TP-UNC (04-449-TP-UNC (04-1325-TP-UNC	Minford Telephone Company Kalida Telephone Company Wabash Mutual Telephone Company Ottoville Mutual Telephone Company Sycamore Telephone Company Germantown Independent Telephone Company Arthur Mutual Telephone Company Vaughnsville Telephone Company McClure Telephone Company New Knoxville Telephone Company Nova Telephone Company Sherwood Mutual Telephone Association Inc. Glandorf Telephone Company Bascom Mutual Telephone Company Ayersville Telephone Company Middlepoint Home Telephone Company Fort Jennings Telephone Company Benton Ridge Telephone Company Ridgeville Telephone Company Doylestown Telephone Company Buckland Telephone Company Farmers Mutual Telephone Company Pattersonville Telephone Company (Finding and order considering modification or suspension of intermodal local number portability obligations)	Approval moved and seconded, vote 3-0.

Transportation:

04-1603-TR-CVF	Bonded Chemicals, Inc. (Entry considering settlement agreement)	Approval moved and seconded, vote 3-0.
04-1799-RR-FED	Norfolk Southern Railway/Putnam and Paulding Counties (Entry considering grade crossing projects)	Approval moved and seconded, vote 3-0.

Water:

04-1283-WW-CSS

Gregory and Tina Sobczak v. Seneca Utilities Company, Inc.
(Entry considering dismissal of complaint)

Approval moved and seconded, vote 3-0.

Comments:

FERC Dockets
EL02-111 and
ER03-212

Elimination of the MISO, PJM, and the former Alliance Companies through and out transmission rates
(Proposed response to emergency motion filed by Ormet Primary Aluminum)
The Commission authorized the Assistant Attorneys General to file comments at FERC. Vote 3-0.