The Committee assigned to the above-captioned matter released its Presiding Member's Proposed Decision (PMPD) on GWF's Henrietta Peaker Project on January 31, 2002. The Proposed Decision recommends granting the Application for Certification with conditions that mitigate potential environmental and community impacts.

Printed copies of the PMPD have been sent to the Proof of Service List, and are also available from the Commission’s Publications Unit, 1516 9th Street, MS-13, Sacramento, CA 95814. You may telephone the Publications Unit at (916) 654-5200 and ask for Publication No. P800-02-001. The PMPD may also be viewed on the Commission Internet Web Site at:

www.energy.ca.gov/sitingcases/henrietta/

For a copy of the PMPD on CD-ROM in PDF format, contact the Energy Commission Hearing Officer, Garret Shean, at (916) 654-3893 or gshean@energy.state.ca.us

Commission Hearing ­ Date and Place:

Comment Deadline - March 4, 2002

The Energy Commission will hold a public hearing to receive comments on, to consider, and possibly to adopt the Presiding Member’s Proposed Decision, as follows:

TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 2002
Beginning at 10 a.m.
California Energy Commission,
1ST Floor, Hearing Room A
1516 Ninth Street
Sacramento, California

Members of the public and interested governmental agencies may submit written comments on the Proposed Decision. All comments (an original and 11 copies) must be received on or before 3:00 p.m., March 4, 2002 by the Commission’s Docket Unit, 1516 9th Street, MS-9, Sacramento, CA 95814. Identify Docket No. 01-AFC-18. Email comments may be sent to the Hearing Officer at gshean@energy.state.ca.us

Teleconference:

As a convenience, parties and members of the public who cannot attend the hearing in person may participate by calling the toll-free number for the proceeding: 1-888-469-3043. (Passcode; "Henrietta" Leader: "Garret Shean")

Help:


800-822-6228
(toll free in California)


916-654-4489

If you need information concerning public participation, please contact Roberta Mendonca, the Energy Commission’s Public Adviser, at 916-654-4489 or, toll free in California, at 800-822-6228, or by e-mail at: pao@energy.state.ca.us

If you require special accommodations, please contact Priscilla Ross at 916-653-6631 at least five days in advance of the hearing.

Information concerning the status of the project, notices and other relevant documents are available on the Commission’s Web Site at: www.energy.ca.gov/sitingcases/henrietta

Technical questions concerning the project should be addressed to the Energy Commission Staff’s Project Manager, Bob Eller, at 916-651-8835 or e-mail at: beller@energy.state.ca.us

Questions of a legal or procedural nature should be directed to Garret Shean, the Hearing Officer, at 916-654-3893 or e-mail at: gshean@energy.state.ca.us

Media inquiries should be directed to Claudia Chandler, Assistant Executive Director for Media and Public Communications, at 916-654-4989 or by e-mail at: energia@energy.ca.gov

Dated: February 14, 2002

ENERGY RESOURCES CONSERVATION
AND DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION

ARTHUR H. ROSENFELD
Commissioner and Presiding Member
Henrietta AFC Committee