NOTE: The West Virginia Public Service Commission has this date issued a Scheduling Order in the two Longview cases currently pending before the Commission, viz. Case No. 05-1467-E-CN for a "certificate of convenience and necessity" for a transmission line and Case No. 03-1860-E-CS for those issues remaining from the "siting certificate" application. See the full order via the Internet at the following address, or see the conclusions below the web-site address:
_http://www.psc.state.wv.us/orders/default.htm_ (http://www.psc.state.wv.us/orders/default.htm)
ORDER
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the Trades Council's Petition to Intervene is hereby granted.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the following procedural schedule be used in processing these cases:
Statutory Deadline June 27, 2006 (270-day clock)
Public Comment Hearings A daytime and an evening hearing shall be held in Monongalia County, on one or more of the following dates: February 2, 3, 9, 10 or 17, 2006, or such other date as the parties agree to, provided the hearings take place prior to February 28, 2006.
Direct Testimony: Longview has already filed.
All Intervenors, except Staff, file direct and rebuttal testimony to Applicant On or before 4:00 p.m., February 21, 2006.
Staff files direct and rebuttal testimony to Applicant and Intervenors On or before 4:00 p.m., March 6, 2006.
Longview and all intervenors, except Staff, file rebuttal to Staff and cross- rebuttal to other intervenors On or before 4:00 p.m., March 16, 2006.
Evidentiary Hearing Beginning March 21, 2006, at 9:30 a.m. and continuing each weekday thereafter until completed, in the HMC Hearing Room, Public Service Commission Building, Charleston, West Virginia.
Initial Briefs On or before 4:00 p.m., April 24, 2006.
Reply Briefs On or before 4:00 p.m., May 8, 2006.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Administrative Law Judge Division shall conduct the public comment hearings to take public comment on both of these cases.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the ALJ shall conduct both a daytime and evening public comment hearing in Monongalia County.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the assigned ALJ direct Longview to publish notice of all pending hearings with publication to occur not less than 10 days prior to the public comment hearings. Such notices shall address the contingencies contained in the Commission's August 27, 2004 Order in Case No. 03-1860-E-CS-CN. Additionally, the notice of hearing publication shall be published in both Monongalia and Kanawha Counties.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Petition to Intervene filed by Barbara J. Born, et al., on November 4, 2005, is hereby granted.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the motion to intervene filed by Allegheny is hereby granted.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the parties are hereby required to submit electronic versions of all documents to the following address: _jwatkins@psc.state.wv.us_ (mailto:jwatkins@psc.state.wv.us)
The documents should be in Microsoft Word, WordPerfect, or other compatible format. Spreadsheets should be in Microsoft Excel, Quattro Pro, or other compatible format. Large objects, such as maps, and other non-text based items need not be submitted in the electronic format if an electronic version of such item is not available. This electronic filing requirement is in addition to the existing Commission filing requirements.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Commission's Executive Secretary serve a copy of this order upon all parties of record by United States First Class Mail and upon Commission Staff by hand delivery.
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