sector for both the water and energy ratepayers and consider broader societal and environmental benefits. CWA believes that a holistic framework for calculating cost-effectiveness, with sensitivity to local supply and cost factors, would better reflect the total benefits of water-energy nexus projects and would mitigate some of the current obstacles facing water utility implementation of these projects. 3.1.3. The Association of California Water Agencies and California Association of Sanitation Agencies (ACWA/CASA) The Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA) is a statewide association of 450 public water agencies that together supply over ninety percent of the water delivered in California for residential, agricultural, and industrial uses. The California Association of Sanitation Agencies (CASA) is a statewide association of cities, counties, special districts, and joint powers agencies that provide wastewater collection, treatment, water recycling, and biosolids management services to more than ninety percent of the sewered population of California. ACWA and CASA support the comments submitted by CWA regarding the DRA petition. In particular, ACWA and CASA concur that the proposed rulemaking is consistent with the Commission’s existing energy efficiency policies and recent decisions addressing the water-energy nexus, and could help to address issues that the Commission has yet to resolve. Like CWA, ACWA and CASA are participating in the PCG and recommend that the PCG effort continue, and be incorporated into the rulemaking. ACWA and CASA applaud the IOUs efforts to expand their water-energy program initiatives and build partnerships with water and wastewater agencies. ACWA, CASA and their member agencies are participating in many of these initiatives and believe that it will be through these types of collaborative efforts
multijurisdictional nature of the parties anticipated to be involved in this proceeding. 7. Categorization and Need for Hearing Rule 7.1(d) provides that the order instituting rulemaking shall preliminarily determine the category of the proceeding and the need for hearings. Our preliminary determination is that this Rulemaking is ratesetting, as that term is defined in Rule 1.3. While we expect that issues may be resolved through comments and workshops without the need for evidentiary hearings, a final determination on the need for hearings will be made in the assigned Commissioner’s Scoping Memo Ruling. 8. Respondents The Respondents to this Rulemaking are PG&E, SCE, SDG&E, SoCalGas and each of the Class A Water utilities. 9. Becoming a Party; Joining and Using the Service List This Rulemaking will be served on the service for Petition 1305-009, R.0911-014, and R.13-11-005. Such service does not confer party status in this proceeding upon any person or entity, and does not result in that person or entity being placed on the service list for this proceeding. If you want to participate in the Rulemaking or simply monitor it, follow the procedures set forth below. To ensure you receive all documents, send your request within 30 days after the Order Instituting Rulemaking is published. The Commission’s Process Office will public the official service list at the Commission’s website (www.cpuc.ca.gov) and will update the list as necessary. 10. During the First 30 Days Within 30 days of the publication of this Rulemaking, any person may ask to be added to the official service list. Send your request to the Process Office.