September 15, 2004 Minutes

Wednesday, September 15, 2004 - 1:00 p.m.

Present:

Alan R. Schriber, Chairman
Ronda Hartman Fergus, Commissioner
Judith A. Jones, 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 September 9, 2004, for the week of September 13, 2004.

The minutes of the September 8, 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: September 15, 2004 at 1:03 p.m.

Electric:

Rehearings:

03-2144-EL-ATA

Ohio Edison Company, The Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company and The Toledo Edison Company
(Entry on rehearing)

Approval moved and seconded, vote 5-0.

Gas:

Rehearings:

00-681-GA-GPS

The Cincinnati Gas & Electric Company
(Entry on rehearing)

Rescheduled to appear on September 22, 2004 agenda.

Others:

03-1851-GA-CSS	Michael Armstrong v. Columbia Gas of Ohio (Entry addressing proposed dismissal of complaint)	Approval moved and seconded, vote 5-0.
04-213-GA-GCR	Northeast Ohio Natural Gas Corp. (Opinion and order addressing GCR rates)	Approval moved and seconded, vote 5-0.
04-1193-GA-UNC	The Cincinnati Gas & Electric Company (Entry addressing motion to withdraw application)	Approval moved and seconded, vote 5-0.
04-1343-GA-UNC	Suburban Natural Gas Company (Entry considering approval of a new bill format)	Approval moved and seconded, vote 5-0.

Telephone:

Tariffs:

04-24-TP-ATA

AT&T Communications of Ohio, Inc.
(Entry considering to reformat and replace existing access services tariff)

Approval moved and seconded, vote 5-0.

Others:

00-1265-TP-COI	Minimum Telephone Service Standards (Entry considering requests for strike-related exceptions and waivers from various MTSS rules)	Rescheduled to appear on September 22, 2004 agenda.
(03-203-TP-SLF (03-204-TP-SLF (03-205-TP-SLF	Verizon North Inc. (Entry considering three self-complaint applications)	Approval moved and seconded, vote 5-0.
(02-3038-TP-SLF (02-3039-TP-SLF (02-3040-TP-SLF	Verizon North Inc. (Entry considering request to withdraw applications)	Approval moved and seconded, vote 5-0.

Transportation:

04-1312-TR-UNC	PUCO/Leon Endicott (Entry addressing proposed settlement agreement) (rescheduled from 9/8)	Approval moved and seconded, vote 5-0.
04-1385-TR-CVF	PUCO/Hoge-Warren-Zimmerman (Entry addressing proposed settlement agreement)	Approval moved and seconded, vote 5-0.
04-1386-TR-CVF	PUCO/Plastech Exterior System, Inc. (Entry addressing proposed settlement agreement)	Approval moved and seconded, vote 5-0.

Comments:

U.S. DOE

Designation of National Interest Electric Transmission Bottlenecks
(Proposed comments)
(rescheduled from 9/8)
The Commission authorized the Assistant Attorneys General to file comments with U.S. DOE. Vote 5-0.