February 7, 2007 Minutes

Wednesday, February 7, 2007 - 1:30 p.m.

Present:

Alan R. Schriber, Chairman
Ronda Hartman Fergus, Commissioner
Judith A. Jones, Commissioner
Donald L. Mason, Commissioner
Valerie A. Lemmie, Commissioner
Paul J. Duffy, Legal Director
Russ Gooden, Electric Section, Legal Department
Jeanne Kingery, Gas Section, Legal Department
Jeff Jones, Telephone Section, Legal Department
Steve Lesser, Transportation and Water Sections, Legal Department
Vesta Miller, Legal Department

This meeting was convened pursuant to the regular agenda issued on February 1, 2007, for the week of February 5, 2007.

The minutes of the January 31, 2007 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: February 7, 2007 at 1:34 p.m.

All Utilities:

06-685-AU-ORD

Review of Chapters 4901-1, 4901-3, and 4901-9, Ohio Administrative Code
(Entry nunc pro tunc)

Approval moved and seconded, vote 5-0.

Electric:

06-835-EL-CSS	Buckeye Energy Brokers, Inc./Ohio Edison Company, The Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company, and FirstEnergy Corp. (Entry considering dismissal of complaint)	Approval moved and seconded, vote 5-0.
(06-1387-EL-CRS (06-1388-EL-CRS	Liberty Power Delaware, LLC Liberty Power Holdings, LLC (Finding and order considering applications for CRES certification)	Approval moved and seconded, vote 5-0.
06-1429-EL-CSS	Teiga v. Columbus Southern Power Company (Entry considering dismissal of complaint)	Approval moved and seconded, vote 5-0.

Gas:

06-1100-PL-AEC	North Coast Gas Transmission LLC and Suburban Natural Gas Company (Entry considering approval of natural gas transportation service agreement)	Approval moved and seconded, vote 5-0.
06-1456-GA-CSS	Michael D. Boreman v. Columbia Gas of Ohio, Inc. (Entry considering dismissal of complaint)	Approval moved and seconded, vote 5-0.
07-04-GA-CSS	Andrew P. Dearing v. The East Ohio Gas Company dba Dominion East Ohio (Entry considering dismissal of complaint)	Approval moved and seconded, vote 5-0.
07-213-GA-GCR	Piedmont Gas Company (Entry considering approval to file monthly updates to the expected gas cost component)	Approval moved and seconded, vote 5-0.

Telephone:

05-1102-TP-ORD

Review of the Minimum Telephone Service Standards (MTSS)
(Proposed finding and order)
(rescheduled from 1/31)

Approval moved and seconded, vote 5-0.

Transportation:

(05-951-RR-FED (06-557-RR-FED	Indiana & Ohio Central Railway Indiana & Ohio Central Railway (Entry considering request for extension)	Approval moved and seconded, vote 5-0.
06-881-TR-CVF	Arctic Express, Inc. (Opinion and order considering civil forfeiture) (rescheduled from 1/31)	Rescheduled to appear on February 14, 2007 agenda.

Water:

(06-1472-WS-AEC
(06-1473-WS-AEC
(06-1474-WS-AEC
(06-1475-WS-AEC

Salt Fork Utility Co./Salt Fork Campground POA
Salt Fork Utility Co./Salt Fork Resort Club, Inc.
Salt Fork Utility Co./Cardida Corp.
Salt Fork Utility Co./Rock Point Licensees Assoc.
(Finding and order considering contracts)

CC Docket No. 96-128			In the Matter of Implementation of the Pay Telephone Reclassification and Compensation Provisions of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (Proposed reply comments) At the request of Staff, item was pulled.
FERC Docket No. ER06-1218			PJM (Proposed compliance filing on long-term transmission rights) The Commission authorized the Assistant Attorneys General to file comments with FERC. Vote 5-0.

U.S. Supreme Court No. 06-1011			People of New York and NYPSC v. FERC (Proposal to join amici curiae brief) The Commission authorized the Assistant Attorneys General to file the amici curiae brief. Vote 5-0.