July 26, 2000
     

NOTICE OF OPPORTUNITY TO FILE
RESPONSES TO REQUEST FOR CONTINUANCE AND
EXTENSION OF TIME
(4:00 p.m., July 26, 2000)

RE: Bellingham Cold Storage Company and Georgia-Pacific West, Inc. vs.
 Puget Sound Energy
 Docket Nos. UE-001014 and UE-000735


TO PARTIES OF RECORD:

On July 25, 2000, at 4:49 p.m., the Commission received Puget Sound Energy, 
Inc.’s “Request for Continuance and Extension of Time.”  PSE seeks to extend 
the date for answers to the Complainant’s “Motion for Implementation of 
Optional Price Stability Provision of Special Contract And, If Necessary, For a 
Retail-Accessed Pilot Program” from July 27, 2000 to August 14, 2000; to 
schedule oral argument on the motion; and to reopen the prehearing conference 
to adjust the schedule of the proceeding to take into account any deadlines 
affected by the motion.

The Commission finds good cause to allow parties to file responses to PSE’s 
request and further finds expedited responses are necessary due to the schedule 
in this proceeding.  

NOTICE IS GIVEN that responses to Puget Sound Energy, Inc.’s “Request for 
Continuance and Extension of Time” shall be filed no later than 4:00 p.m., 
today, July 26, 2000.  Filing can be accomplished by fax filing to the 
Commission Secretary, Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission, fax 
number (360) 586-1150, or by hand delivery to the Commission Secretary at 1300 
S. Evergreen Park Drive S.W., Olympia, WA.

Sincerely,



C. ROBERT WALLIS,
Administrative Law Judge