3-2500-16881-2

MPUC Docket No. G-008/CI-04-2001

STATE OF MINNESOTA

OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS

FOR THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION

In the Matter of CenterPoint Energy’s Implementation of the Cold Weather Rule and Reconnection Policies

SECOND PREHEARING ORDER

This matter came on for a telephone prehearing conference before Administrative Law Judge Kathleen D. Sheehy at 10:00 a.m. on November 17, 2005.

Steven H. Alpert, Assistant Attorney General, 445 Minnesota Street, Suite 900, St. Paul, Minnesota 55101, appeared on behalf of the Residential and Small Business Utilities Division of the Office of the Attorney General (OAG-RUD).

Eric F. Swanson, Esq., Winthrop & Weinstine, PA, 225 South Sixth Street, Suite 3500, Minneapolis, MN 55402-4269, appeared for CenterPoint Energy.

Pam Marshall, Executive Director, Energy CENTS Coalition, 823 East Seventh Street, St. Paul, MN 55106, appeared on behalf of the organization (ECC).

Based on the discussions during the prehearing conference, and all of the files and proceedings, the Administrative Law Judge makes the following:

ORDER

1. The parties have agreed that CenterPoint will produce at least 125 sets of records per week, in accordance with the format used in previous document productions. Based on this rate of production, it will take approximately 18 weeks to complete the production of requested records.

2. Another prehearing status conference will take place by telephone at 1:30 p.m. on January 26, 2006. You must call 651-284-3547 and enter code “0126” when asked for the meeting number.

Dated this 29th day of November, 2005.

s/Kathleen D. Sheehy

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KATHLEEN D. SHEEHY

Administrative Law Judge