BEFORE THE WASHINGTON UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION



WASHINGTON UTILITIES AND   )
TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION,   ) DOCKET NO.           ) UE-971422
         )
    Complainant,   ) 
         ) 
v.         ) FIRST            ) SUPPLEMENTAL
         ) ORDER 
THE WASHINGTON WATER POWER         ) 
COMPANY,       ) PREHEARING 
         ) CONFERNECE
    Respondent.   ) ORDER
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  PREHEARING CONFERENCE:  A prehearing conference was held in Olympia, 
Washington, on Tuesday, November 18, 1997.  The prehearing conference was held 
before  Administrative Law Judges Marjorie R. Schaer and Dennis J. Moss.

  PARTIES: The Washington Water Power Company (WWP or Company) was represented 
by David Meyer, attorney, Spokane.  The Washington Utilities and Transportation 
Commission (Commission Staff) was represented by Robert D. Cedarbaum, Assistant 
Attorney General, Olympia.  Melinda J. Horgan, attorney, Portland, represented 
the Industrial Customers of Northwest Utilities (ICNU).  Simon J. ffitch, 
Assistant Attorney General, Seattle, did not appear at the hearing, but 
informed the Commission by letter filed November 25, 1997, that Public Counsel 
intends to appear and participate in this proceeding.

  INTERVENTIONS:  The petition for leave to intervene of the ICNU is granted, 
without objection. Ms. Horgan provided a list of ICNU members receiving service 
from WWP.

  COPIES OF PREFILED EVIDENCE:  An original plus 15 copies of all prefiled 
materials shall be filed.  At the request of the Commission or any party, 
prefiled testimony must be provided upon computer diskette in a WordPerfect 
5.1, 6.0, or 6.1, IBM-compatible format.

  The parties are reminded that all testimony, exhibits, and pleadings filed 
with the Commission must be three-hole punched.

  SCHEDULE: The parties agreed to a two-stage schedule for the remainder of 
this proceeding.  In the first stage, the parties will brief an issue regarding 
proper interpretation of RCW 80.28.075.  If that issue is decided favorably to 
the company, then the case will proceed with the remainder of the schedule set 
out below:

  Simultaneous briefs on the 
  applicability of RCW 80.28.075  December 3, 1997

  Simultaneous reply briefs on the 
  applicability of RCW 80.28.075  December 12, 1997

  Company files direct case   December 22, 1997

  Commission Staff, Public Counsel 
  and intervenors file direct cases  January 29, 1998

  Company files rebuttal case  February 11, 1998

  Hearings     February 26-27, 1998

  Simultaneous briefs    March 10, 1998

  DISCOVERY:  The Commission's discovery rule is invoked. Accordingly, the 
methods for obtaining data in adjudicative proceedings provided in WAC 
480-09-480 are available in this proceeding.  The rule will be followed with 
the exception that the time for responses to data requests will be shortened 
from 14 calendar days to 7 calendar days, and parties are encouraged even with 
that shortened time to expedite responses even more, if they are able to do so, 
and to work cooperatively together to try to keep information flowing and keep 
this process working as well as it may.

  The parties are reminded that data requests and responses thereto should not 
be addressed, copied to, or routed through the presiding officer, the Secretary 
of the Commission, or the Commissioners. The parties should send responses to 
Commission Staff data requests directly to Mr. Cedarbaum.

  All other case-related correspondence, including responses to bench requests, 
must be sent through the Secretary, using the Commission's post office box 
address (not the street address).  The parties should not send correspondence 
directly to the Administrative Law Judges.


  PROTECTIVE ORDER: WWP seeks a protective order and the Commission  will enter 
a protective order in the standard form.  The order will be patterned after the 
one in the Electric Lightwave case, Docket No. UT-901029, as the Second 
Supplemental Order. 

  NOTICE TO PARTIES:  Any objection to the provisions of this order must be 
filed within ten days after the date of mailing of this statement, pursuant to 
WAC 480-09-460(2).  In the absence of such objections, this prehearing 
conference order shall control further proceedings in this matter, subject to 
Commission review.

 DATED at Olympia, Washington, and effective this 3rd day of December 1997.

WASHINGTON UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION



        MARJORIE R. SCHAER
        Administrative Law Judge