November 12, 2003 Minutes

Thursday, November 13, 2003 - 10:00 a.m.

Present:

Alan R. Schriber, Chairman
Ronda Hartman Fergus, Commissioner
Donald L. Mason, Commissioner
Clarence D. Rogers, Jr., Commissioner
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
Vesta Miller, Legal Department

This meeting was convened pursuant to the regular agenda issued on November 6, 2003, for the week of November 10, 2003.

The minutes of the Novemer 6, 2003 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.

Discussion and Signing Session: November 13, 2003 at 10:06 a.m.

All Utilities Section:

03-888-AU-ORD

Amendment of Rules in Chapter 4901:1-17, Establishment of Credit for Residential Utility Services and Chapter 4901:1-18, Disconnection on Natural Gas or Electric Service to Residential Customers
(Consideration of rule amendments and order)

Rescheduled to appear on November 25, 2003 agenda.

Electric:

Rehearings:
(02-2162-EL-CSS (01-3135-EL-CSS	Miami Wabash Paper LLC v. The Cincinnati Gas & Electric Company (Application for rehearing)	Approval moved and seconded, vote 4-0.
Tariffs:
(03-2144-EL-ATA ( (03-1966-EL-ATA (03-1967-EL-ATA (03-1968-EL-ATA	The Ohio Edison Company, The Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company and The Toledo Edison Company The Ohio Edison Company The Toledo Edison Company The Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company (Oral arguments)
Others:
02-1102-EL-CSS	Carl Moore v. Columbus Southern (Consideration of dismissal of complaint)	Approval moved and seconded, vote 4-0.
03-2180-EL-UNC	Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company (Waiver of rule for disclosure of customer information)	Stricken from the November 12, 2003 agenda.

Gas:

(94-987-GA-AIR
(96-1113-GA-ATA
(98-222-GA-GCR
(03-1459-GA-ATA

Columbia Gas of Ohio
Columbia Gas of Ohio
Columbia Gas of Ohio
Columbia Gas of Ohio
(Procedural process for review of October 9, 2003 stipulation)

Approval moved and seconded, vote 4-0.

Telephone:

Rehearings:
96-1310-TP-COI	Commission's Investigation into the Implementation of Section 276 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 Regarding Pay Telephone Services (Application for rehearing)	Approval moved and seconded, vote 4-0.
Others:
03-2040-TP-COI	Implementation of the Federal Communications Commission Triennial Review (Mass Market Local Circuit Switching) (Establishes a further procedural schedule and addresses the failure of some companies to submit the responses to Commission questions)	Discussed. Approval moved and seconded, vote 4-0.
96-1057-TP-UNC	SBC Ohio (Request to withdraw its petition)	Approval moved and seconded, vote 4-0.
97-414-TP-UNC	Commission's Oversight Concerning the Ohio Small Local Exchange Carrier Association (Proposed calendar year 2004 operating budget)	Approval moved and seconded, vote 4-0.
00-1265-TP-ORD	Minimum Telephone Service Standards (Act of God Waiver Request)	Rescheduled to appear on November 25, 2003 agenda.
01-2771-TP-CSS	PX Executive Centers, Inc. v. SBC Ohio and XO Communications, Inc., dba XO Ohio (Proposed order)	Rescheduled to appear on November 25, 2003 agenda.
03-166-TP-CSS	Ohiotelnet v. ALLTEL (Proposed order)	Stricken from the November 13, 2003 agenda.
03-515-TP-ARB	Verizon Wireless/SBC Ohio (Arbitration award)	Approval moved and seconded, vote 4-0.
03-2201-TP-AAM	Oakwood Telephone Company (Proposed change in depreciation accrual rates, adjustments to plant in service and depreciation reserve, and separate amortization adjustment to depreciation reserve)	Approval moved and seconded, vote 4-0.

Transportation:

03-2235-TR-UNC

In the Matter of the Distribution of Hazardous Material Training Grants

Approval moved and seconded, vote 4-0.

A recess was held from 10:18 to approximately 10:23 a.m.

(03-2144-EL-ATA
(
(03-1966-EL-ATA
(03-1967-EL-ATA
(03-1968-EL-ATA

The Ohio Edison Company, The Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company and The Toledo Edison Company
The Ohio Edison Company
The Toledo Edison Company
The Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company
(Oral arguments)