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JUN -23-1997 11: 10 integrated utilities. Although FERC does not have jurisdiction over retail sales in the individual state province of jurisdiction, such changes have had profound and irreversible impacts on the traditional monopolistic retail markets as well- 2.2 e1L 2.2 STATE LEVEL P. 08 At the state level, the notion of vigorous competition among the electric service providers have had equal if not greater impact than the FERC actions. Specifically, the California Public Utility Commission (CPUC) started a rulemaking process in 1994, to change the electric industry regulatory compact as a way to lower electric rates to California consumers. This effort culminated in CPUC's Preferred Decision 95-12-063 and later ratified by the California Legislature in Assembly Bill 1890 (Ag 1890) in September 1996. Under AB 1890, the California investor-owned utilities (IOUs) will provide as of.Tanuary 1, 1998 the option to let their customers choose from whom to buy their electricity needs. More recently, CPUC through implementation of AB 1890 process, mandated that "revenue -cycle" activities, such as metering, billing and collection functions should also be unbundled, so that the customers can have choices. 2.3 RAPLICATIONS OF THE INDUSTRY CHANGES TO CITIES Although the FERC open access transmission policy, CPUC's Decision and AB 1890 are not directly applicable to Cities, it is undeniable and would be naive to assume Cities could continue to plan for their future under the traditional utility planning model. For one thing, our customers may demand changes and will no longer tolerate the traditional monopolistic planning model. Therefore, this report should be construed as a document which describes a process and the -- necessary steps that Cities are taking and will take to fulfill their historical mission of providing reliable service at the lowest cost to their retail customers. 3- Chapter 3 - DEMAND AND ENERGY REQUIREMENT FORECAST 3.1 HISTORICAL LOAD Please refer to Section 1.2 for Cities' historical, load information. 0