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<br />7A <br />Page 4 <br /> <br />Take Action! <br /> <br />The League requests cities to call their representative in the California State Assembly at their <br />Capitol office on Monday, Jan. 28 to request a 'NO' vote on AS 1309. Contact information for <br />your representative can be located online at www.leqinfo.ca.qov. <br /> <br />PUC Releases Draft Resolution on Reallocation of Rule 20A Funds <br /> <br />The California Public Utilities Commission (PUC) released a draft resolution on Jan, 15 for <br />comment on the Rule 20A reallocation rehearing. This resolution addresses concerns raised by <br />the League regarding criteria used to determine whether a city's undergrounding program is <br />inactive, The League also asked the PUC to examine whether sufficient notice was given to <br />potentially affected cities whose funds were at risk, <br /> <br />The League submitted a request for rehearing after PUC issued a ruling in August 2007 allowing <br />Southern California Edison to reallocate Rule 20A funds from so-called "inactive" cities to a city <br />that needed additional funding for an undergrounding project. Rule 20A refers to funds that are <br />available to finance electrical utility undergrounding projects. <br /> <br />The PUC granted the League's request late last year and issued the draft resolution after <br />receiving comments from the League, individual cities, and electric utilities. League staff analysis <br />concluded that the new resolution is a substantial improvement to the prior ruling. <br /> <br />Under the draft resolution, a city will not be considered to have an inactive undergrounding <br />program if it meets any of the following criteria: <br /> <br />. The city has formally adopted an undergrounding district ordinance; or <br />. The city has started or completed an undergrounding conversion project since 1999 or <br />the city is currently planning an undergrounding conversion project; or <br />. The city has received Rule 20A funds from only five years or fewer due to a recent <br />incorporation. <br /> <br />What is Next? <br /> <br />Appendix A to the draft resolution lists the 18 cities in Edison territory that still do not meet any of <br />the above criteria. A city on this list may be removed if it can demonstrate that it meets one of the <br />three criteria listed above. <br /> <br />The PUC is scheduled to review the draft resolution on Feb. 14, If the resolution is approved at <br />that time, any city included in Appendix A will have until June 1 to demonstrate that it is not an <br />inactive city by showing it meets one of three criteria. <br /> <br />Comments on the draft resolution must be submitted to the Commission by Feb. 4. The <br />document can be found on the PUC's Web site at www.cPuc,caqov!puQ. <br /> <br />Flood Protection Law Implementation Workshop: Feb. 14, 2008 <br /> <br />The League of California Cities is co-sponsoring a workshop on Thursday. Feb. 14 for local <br />government officials on the 2007 flood package with an emphasis on the impact the legislation <br />will have on the roles and responsibilities of cities and counties, <br /> <br />This comprehensive package of bills includes statutory changes that would require all cities and <br />counties to increase consideration of flood risks in their general plans, and creates a new <br />standard in flood protection for urban development in the Sacramento-San Joaquin region. <br /> <br />Workshop participants will have the opportunity to: <br /> <br />4 <br />