What others are saying re: applicability of surcharge to DA

Poll thus far:
Aron Thomas (AES) just decided not to file. He made the decision after
talking to Edison, who told him that Edison is going to suggest in its filing
that the surcharge be applied--get this--to the PX credit; thus, ESPs would
pay, but then get it back through the credit (can you say "poor quality
receivables"?). Aron feels that the issue should be figured out in work
shops and the Commission should not decide it in the policy phase.
Bill Booth (CLECA) is going to remain silent on the issue because he doesn't
know what the position of his members is.
Keith McCrae (CMA) is going to say that 1) the surcharge should not apply to
direct acces customers and 2) the governor stated publicly that he supports
direct access.

Jeanne's checking with the Industrial Users Group to see what they're going
to say. Since CMA is going to ask for clarification, I would suggest that we
remain silent and focus on the other rate design/cost allocation issues,
e.g., equity, no cross subsidies.

Thoughts?

I let you know what I hear back from Jeanne.

Best,
Jeff