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Application No.: A.16-09- Exhibit No.: SCE-13 Witnesses: Various
(U 338-E)
2018 General Rate Case
Witness Qualifications
Before the
Public Utilities Commission of the State of California
Rosemead, California
September 1, 2016
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SCE-13: Witness Qualifications
Table of Contents Witness Name Page
Andersen, Evangeline 1
Anderson, Brandi 3
Angha, Amir 4
Armenian, Zanku 6
Ayorinde, Adebola 8
Bauder, Doug 10
Bennett, Mark 12
Bernaudo, David 14
Billingsley, Jeff 16
Boucher, Timothy 17
Cameron, Todd 19
Carazo, Carlos 21
Castleberry, Jay 23
Champ, Thomas 24
Childs, Mark 25
Condit, Timothy 26
Daigler, Don 27
Desrocher, Nina 29
Duran, Jeffery 31
Edeson, Anthony 33
Fanous, Christine 35
Fisher, Eric 36
Flores, Marcos 37
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Witness Name Page
Garcia, Kimberly 38
Goizueta, Jose Ramon 39
Gunn, David 40
Guntrip, Thomas H. 41
Haddox, Glenn 43
Handschin, Serge 45
Henry, Gregory 46
Hernandez, Colleen 48
Hunt, Paul 50
Inlander, Todd 52
Jeske, Paul 54
Joseph, Paul 56
Kelly, Jason M. 58
Kempf, Dustin 60
Kempsey, Stephen 62
Kim, Douglas 63
Landrith, Ken 65
Lee, David 66
Lim, Jessica 67
Lisbin, Randy 69
Low, Linda 71
Mainardy, Robin 72
Martinez, Andrew S. 73
McCarson, John 74
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Witness Name Page
Menon, Shinjini C. 76
Nagoshi, Syd 78
Neal, Donald 79
Payne, Kevin 80
Pespisa, John 82
Peterson, Alison 84
Pierce, David 85
Provenzano, Mauro 87
Ragsdale, Russell 88
Ramos, Robert 90
Reeves, Tracee 91
Sheng, Hongyan 92
Shotwell, James P. 94
Smolk, John 96
Snow, Douglas 98
Stark, Melvin 100
Swartz, Russell 102
Takayesu, Erik 103
Tasaka, Diane 104
Tessler, Douglas 106
Tran, Joanne 108
Tran, Susan 110
Trapp, Jacqueline 111
Tunnicliff, Daniel 113
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SCE-13: Witness Qualifications Table of Contents
Witness Name Page
Varvis, Alan 115
Verdon, Stephen 117
Walker, Thomas 119
White, Ronald E. 120
Woods, Robert G. 122
Worden, Russell 123
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY 1
QUALIFICATIONS AND PREPARED TESTIMONY 2
OF EVANGELINE ANDERSEN 3
Q. Please state your name and business address for the record. 4
A. My name is Evangeline Andersen, and my business address is 2244 Walnut Grove Avenue, 5
Rosemead, California 91770. 6
Q. Briefly describe your present responsibilities at the Southern California Edison Company. 7
A. I am the Director of Financial and Contract Audits in the Audit Services Department at Southern 8
California Edison. My responsibilities include supervising the planning and execution of audits 9
of financial matters, power procurement, supply chain, and human resources. I also supervise 10
the successful completion of management’s testing of internal controls and fraud risk assessment 11
to ensure compliance with Sarbanes Oxley requirements. Finally, I provide testing and support 12
for our ethics and compliance groups. 13
Q. Briefly describe your educational and professional background. 14
A. I have 15 years of accounting and finance experience, with a particular emphasis on financial 15
reporting and internal controls. Prior to joining Southern California Edison, I held accounting 16
and finance roles with Edison Mission Energy, an independent power producer owned by Edison 17
International, Kilroy Realty Corporation, a publicly traded real estate investment trust, and 18
Vendare Media, an internet advertising firm. I began my accounting career in the Los Angeles 19
office of Deloitte and Touche. I received a Bachelors of Science in Management with a 20
concentration in Finance from Tulane University and a Master’s Degree in Accounting from the 21
University of Southern California. I am a Certified Public Accountant – Inactive. 22
Q. What is the purpose of your testimony in this proceeding? 23
A. The purpose of my testimony in this proceeding is to sponsor portions of Exhibit SCE-08, 24
Volume 3, entitled Administrative & General (A&G) - Financial Services, Audits and Enterprise 25
Risk Management, as identified in the Table of Contents thereto. 26
Q. Was this material prepared by you or under your supervision? 27
A. Yes, it was. 28
Q. Insofar as this material is factual in nature, do you believe it to be correct? 29
A. Yes, I do. 30
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Q. Insofar as this material is in the nature of opinion or judgment, does it represent your best 1
judgment? 2
A. Yes, it does. 3
Q. Does this conclude your qualifications and prepared testimony? 4
A. Yes, it does. 5
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY 1
QUALIFICATIONS AND PREPARED TESTIMONY 2
OF BRANDI M. ANDERSON 3
Q. Please state your name and business address for the record. 4
A. My name is Brandi M. Anderson, and my business address is 1515 Walnut Grove Avenue, 5
Rosemead, California 91770. 6
Q. Briefly describe your present responsibilities at the Southern California Edison Company. 7
A. I am a Principal Manager in the Customer Programs and Services division of SCE’s Customer 8
Service Business Unit. I am responsible for the design, development, and implementation of 9
customer programs and services. 10
Q. Briefly describe your educational and professional background. 11
A. I earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree from the University of California, San Diego, and a Master of 12
Business Administration Degree from the University of California, Los Angeles. I have worked 13
at SCE for over 20 years in a variety of leadership and project management positions in 14
Consumer Affairs, Customers Service Operations, Customer Program Development, 15
Transmission and Distribution, Business Planning, and Employee Training. 16
Q. What is the purpose of your testimony in this proceeding? 17
A. The purpose of my testimony in this proceeding is to sponsor all portions denoted in the Table of 18
Contents of Exhibits SCE-03 and SCE-09, Volume 1. 19
Q. Was this material prepared by you or under your supervision? 20
A. Yes, it was. 21
Q. Insofar as this material is factual in nature, do you believe it to be correct? 22
A. Yes, I do. 23
Q. Insofar as this material is in the nature of opinion or judgment, does it represent your best 24
judgment? 25
A. Yes, it does. 26
Q. Does this conclude your qualifications and prepared testimony? 27
A. Yes, it does. 28
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY 1
QUALIFICATIONS AND PREPARED TESTIMONY 2
OF AMIR ANGHA 3
Q. Please state your name and business address for the record. 4
A. My name is Amir Angha, and my business address is 2244 Walnut Grove Avenue, Rosemead, 5
California 91770. 6
Q. Briefly describe your present responsibilities at the Southern California Edison Company. 7
A. I am the Principal Manager of Enterprise Risk Management and Control in SCE’s Finance 8
organization. In this position, I am responsible for identifying, measuring, monitoring, and 9
reporting enterprise risks. I am also responsible for developing a company-wide framework for 10
risk-informed decisions-making process. I have held this position since June 29, 2015. 11
Q. Briefly describe your educational and professional background. 12
A. I hold Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of 13
California, Los Angeles (“UCLA”) and Management Development from UCLA Anderson 14
School of Management. I have over twelve years of experience at SCE. Prior to my current role 15
as the Principal Manager of Enterprise Risk Management and Control, I worked as the Principal 16
Advisor of Energy Procurement Policy Analysis and the Manager of Natural Gas Planning. Prior 17
to that, I held Senior Project Management positions in the Transmission Planning and Portfolio 18
Development groups. I started at SCE as a business analyst in the Resource Planning and 19
Strategy department in 2004. 20
Q. What is the purpose of your testimony in this proceeding? 21
A. The purpose of my testimony in this proceeding is to sponsor portions of Exhibit SCE-08, 22
Volume 3, entitled Administrative & General (A&G) - Financial Services, Audits and Enterprise 23
Risk Management as identified in the Table of Contents thereto. 24
Q. Was this material prepared by you or under your supervision? 25
A. Yes, it was. 26
Q. Insofar as this material is factual in nature, do you believe it to be correct? 27
A. Yes, I do. 28
Q. Insofar as this material is in the nature of opinion or judgment, does it represent your best 29
judgment? 30
A. Yes, it does. 31
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY 1
QUALIFICATIONS AND PREPARED TESTIMONY 2
OF ZANKU ARMENIAN 3
Q. Please state your name and business address for the record. 4
A. My name is Zanku Armenian, and my business address is 2244 Walnut Grove Ave., Rosemead, 5
CA 91770. 6
Q. Briefly describe your present responsibilities at the Southern California Edison Company. 7
A. I am presently the Director of Public Affairs within the Government Affairs organization for 8
Southern California Edison (SCE). I manage external outreach and public engagement efforts on 9
major company and policy issues, working with 200 local and regional governments and 10
community stakeholders throughout SCE’s service territory. I am also a senior member of the 11
company’s emergency preparedness and crisis response teams. 12
Q. Briefly describe your educational and professional background. 13
A. In addition to my experience at SCE in my role with the Local Public Affairs organization, I also 14
previously served in a leadership capacity in SCE’s Corporate Communications organization. 15
Overall, I have three decades of experience leading public affairs campaigns and 16
communications strategies for major corporations, governments and high-profile issues working 17
out of Washington, DC, Silicon Valley, and southern California. 18
Prior to SCE, I worked at the Motion Picture Association of America leading communications 19
programs. Before that, I was Senior Vice President and Western Region General Manager with 20
Brodeur Worldwide, a global technology public relations firm, having established Brodeur’s 21
Washington, D.C. office earlier. 22
In Washington, I worked with many different industry sectors as a founding member of the 23
public affairs firm Powell Tate, established by President Jimmy Carter’s press secretary Jody 24
Powell and First Lady Nancy Reagan’s press secretary Sheila Tate. I also held positions with 25
global public relations firm Burson-Marsteller. 26
I am a graduate of George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia with a B.A. in Communication 27
and a secondary concentration in government and politics. I also have advanced certificates from 28
Harvard Business School Executive Education’s Authentic Leadership Development Program 29
and from the Federal Emergency Management Administration’s (FEMA) Emergency 30
Management Institute with certificates in the National Incident Management System (NIMS), the 31
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crisis management system sponsored and organized by FEMA and the Department of Homeland 1
Security (DHS). 2
Q. What is the purpose of your testimony in this proceeding? 3
A. The purpose of my testimony in this proceeding is to sponsor portions of Exhibit SCE-08, Vol. 4
02, entitled Administrative & General (A&G)—Regulatory Affairs, Corporate Communications 5
& Local Public Affairs as identified in the Table of Contents thereto. 6
Q. Was this material prepared by you or under your supervision? 7
A. Yes, it was. 8
Q. Insofar as this material is factual in nature, do you believe it to be correct? 9
A. Yes, I do. 10
Q. Insofar as this material is in the nature of opinion or judgment, does it represent your best 11
judgment? 12
A. Yes, it does. 13
Q. Does this conclude your qualifications and prepared testimony? 14
A. Yes, it does. 15
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY 1
QUALIFICATIONS AND PREPARED TESTIMONY 2
OF ADEBOLA AYORINDE 3
Q. Please state your name and business address for the record. 4
A. My name is Adebola “Bola” Ayorinde, and my business address is 3 Innovation 5
Way, Pomona, California, 91768. 6
Q. Briefly describe your present responsibilities at the Southern California Edison 7
Company. 8
A. I am the Director of Central Design and Field Accounting (CD&FA) within 9
Southern California Edison Company’s Transmission and Distribution Business 10
Unit (T&D). CD&FA is responsible for the design of the electrical distribution 11
system and the field accounting activities, including facilitation of material 12
management for field crews and work order closure. CD&FA is comprised of four 13
organizations - Technical Design, New Development Planning, Design Support 14
and Field Accounting. Activities in these areas include detailed engineering 15
designs and work order preparation for technically complex capital work, new 16
residential development, select commercial projects, applicant design reviews, 17
process governance, oversight and education and work order closure, 18
timekeeping, record correction and material management. 19
Q. Briefly describe your educational and professional background. 20
A. I hold a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from Obafemi Awolowo 21
University, Ife, Nigeria, a Master of Science degree in Engineering Management 22
from California State University, Northridge, California and a Master of Science 23
degree in Public Administration also from California State University, 24
Northridge, California. I also completed the Executive Management program 25
from the Anderson School of Management at the University of California, Los 26
Angeles. I joined Southern California Edison in 1997 and have held a variety of 27
technical, project and leadership positions in the Transmission and Distribution 28
organization. I became the Director of Central Design and Field Accounting in 29
September 2014. 30
Q. What is the purpose of your testimony in this proceeding? 31
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A. The purpose of my testimony in this proceeding is to sponsor portions of Exhibit 1
SCE-02, Volume 1, entitled Operational Overview and Risk-Informed Decision 2
Making and SCE-02, Volume 2, entitled Customer Driven Programs as identified 3
in the Table of Contents thereto. 4
Q. Was this material prepared by you or under your supervision? 5
A. Yes, it was. 6
Q. Insofar as this material is factual in nature, do you believe it to be correct? 7
A. Yes, I do. 8
Q. Insofar as this material is in the nature of opinion or judgment, does it represent 9
your best judgment? 10
A. Yes, it does. 11
Q. Does this conclude your qualifications and prepared testimony? 12
A. Yes, it does. 13
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY 1
QUALIFICATIONS AND PREPARED TESTIMONY 2
OF DOUGLAS R. BAUDER 3
Q. Please state your name and business address for the record. 4
A. My name is Douglas Bauder, and my business address is 2244 Walnut Grove Avenue, 5
Rosemead, CA 91770. 6
Q. Briefly describe your present responsibilities at the Southern California Edison Company. 7
A. I presently serve as Vice President, Operational Services and chief procurement officer for 8
Southern California Edison (SCE). In this role, I am responsible for the strategic direction of 9
Operational Services, including corporate security, supply chain management, supplier diversity 10
and development, transportation services, corporate safety, environmental services, business 11
resiliency, and corporate real estate. As chief procurement officer, I oversee purchasing of 12
services and materials in excess of $4 billion annually to support the company’s goals to provide 13
safe, reliable, affordable, and clean energy. 14
Q. Briefly describe your educational and professional background. 15
A. I hold a bachelor’s degree in engineering from LeTourneau University in Longview, Texas, and 16
served as a United States Naval Submarine Officer in Norfolk, Virginia. I am also a graduate of 17
Edison International’s Executive Edge Program. Prior to my current position, I served as vice 18
president and station manager for the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) where I 19
was responsible for providing oversight of day-to-day plant activities associated with the 20
operation and maintenance of the plant, security, training, engineering, procurement, and the 21
implementation of major projects. Before joining SCE in 2009, I served as the plant general 22
manager for Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant in Maryland. During my 20 years at Calvert 23
Cliffs, I led all aspects of plant management and implemented a site excellence plan and standard 24
integrated program that directly contributed to improved business performance functions. 25
Q. What is the purpose of your testimony in this proceeding? 26
A. The purpose of my testimony in this proceeding is to sponsor Exhibit SCE-04, Information 27
Technology (IT) Volume 2 – Capitalized Software and Exhibit SCE-07, Volume 05, entitled OS – 28
Corporate Security, as identified in the Table of Contents thereto. 29
Q. Was this material prepared by you or under your supervision? 30
A. Yes, it was. 31
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Q. Insofar as this material is factual in nature, do you believe it to be correct? 1
A. Yes, I do. 2
Q. Insofar as this material is in the nature of opinion or judgment, does it represent your best 3
judgment? 4
A. Yes, it does. 5
Q. Does this conclude your qualifications and prepared testimony? 6
A. Yes, it does. 7
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY 1
QUALIFICATIONS AND PREPARED TESTIMONY 2
OF MARK BENNETT 3
Q. Please state your name and business address for the record. 4
A. My name is Mark Bennett, and my business address is 1515 Walnut Grove Avenue, Rosemead, 5
California 91770. 6
Q. Briefly describe your present responsibilities at the Southern California Edison Company. 7
A. As of June 13, 2016, I hold the position of Director, Total Rewards and Services in the Human 8
Resources operating unit. In that position, my responsibilities include oversight of the employee 9
benefits function, compensation, occupational health and wellness and HR services, which 10
includes the HR call center, a group to ensure that HR data in our systems is accurate and the 11
processing of onboarding/offboarding. My duties for employee benefits involves benefit plan 12
competitive review and design; benefit program management and administration; coordination of 13
the SCE and EIX Benefit Committee activities; collective bargaining for benefit-related matters; 14
and legislative monitoring and development of policy positions. For compensation, it is to work 15
with executive management to help set the company's total compensation philosophy. For other 16
areas, I help set the strategic direction and ensure that policies, programs and issues that fall 17
under my management are implemented or addressed timely and accurately. Prior to my current 18
appointment, I held the position of Director, HR Operations. In that capacity, I had 19
responsibility for all of the above, as well as for HR’s technology integration, compliance, 20
regulatory, and workforce analytics functions. 21
Q. Briefly describe your educational and professional background. 22
A. In terms of my educational background, in 1985, I graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Business 23
Administration from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, CA. My undergraduate 24
major was business management. In 1989, I graduated with a Masters in Business 25
Administration in Human Resources Management, again from Loyola Marymount University in 26
Los Angeles, CA. In 2007, I achieved my professional designation as a Certified Employee 27
Benefits Specialist (CEBS). This designation is co-sponsored by the International Foundation of 28
Employee Benefit Plans and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. In 2011, I 29
achieved the Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) designation. This designation is 30
sponsored by the HR Certification Institute. As to my professional experience, in June 2007, I 31
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joined Southern California Edison as the Manager of Benefits Policy and Planning, which was 1
primarily involved in the development of benefits strategy for the Company. In April 2008, I 2
assumed responsibility over both strategic development of the Company’s benefit plans and 3
policies as well as the administration of its employee benefit programs. In June 2012, I assumed 4
interim responsibility over the Company’s compensation and benefits areas, as well as the HR 5
employee call center. In June 2013, I continued responsibilities over compensation and benefits, 6
but also assumed responsibility over the Occupational Health and Wellness and Disability 7
Management areas. In September 2013, I was promoted to the position of Director, HR 8
Operations. During my tenure at SCE, I have managed the redesign and administration of the 9
Health & Welfare plans, the Edison 401(k) Savings Plan and the retiree health care programs; 10
and represented the Company in collective bargaining of (or provided assistance with) the 11
negotiation of multiple benefits agreements. Prior to joining SCE, I was the HR Operations 12
Manager at IndyMac Bank (which included management of the Benefits, Payroll, Records and 13
HRIS Departments), Benefits Director at EarthLink, Inc., HR Director for InterDent, LLC, 14
Benefits Manager at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Vice President-Benefits for H.F. 15
Ahmanson & Company. In total, I have more than 29 years of experience in human resources 16
and employee benefits. 17
Q. What is the purpose of your testimony in this proceeding? 18
A. The purpose of my testimony in this proceeding is to sponsor portions of Exhibit SCE-06, HR – 19
Volume 2, entitled HR – Benefits and Other Compensation, as identified in the Table of Contents 20
thereto. 21
Q. Was this material prepared by you or under your supervision? 22
A. Yes, it was. 23
Q. Insofar as this material is factual in nature, do you believe it to be correct? 24
A. Yes, I do. 25
Q. Insofar as this material is in the nature of opinion or judgment, does it represent your best 26
judgment? 27
A. Yes, it does. 28
Q. Does this conclude your qualifications and prepared testimony? 29
A. Yes, it does. 30
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY 1
QUALIFICATIONS AND PREPARED TESTIMONY 2
OF DAVID BERNAUDO 3
Q. Please state your name and business address for the record. 4
A. My name is David Bernaudo, and my business address is 2244 Walnut Grove Avenue, 5
Rosemead, California 91770. 6
Q. Briefly describe your present responsibilities at the Southern California Edison Company. 7
A. I am the Principal Manager for the Meter Services Organization in the Customer Service 8
Operating Unit (CSOU). I am responsible for maintaining the integrity of SCE’s electrical 9
metering system and delivering field-based customer service to SCE’s customers. The Meter 10
Services Organization includes meter technicians, field service representatives, revenue 11
protection investigators, and support personnel. 12
Q. Briefly describe your educational and professional background. 13
A. I earned a Bachelor of Arts in Management degree from Villanova University and am a FEMA 14
certified Planning Chief. I joined SCE in 1980 and have over 30 years of utility experience. I 15
have held various positions within metering throughout my career, including positions as a Meter 16
Technician, Meter Shop Supervisor, Field Test Supervisor, Manager of Direct Access Metering 17
Operations, Manager of Revenue Protection, and Manager of Meter Engineering – Meter Shop. I 18
have been in my current position since 2012. 19
Q. What is the purpose of your testimony in this proceeding? 20
A. The purpose of my testimony in this proceeding is to sponsor portions of Exhibit SCE-03, 21
entitled Customer Service – Customer Service Operations, and SCE-04, Volume 2, entitled 22
Information Technology (IT) Capitalized Software, as identified in the Table of Contents thereto. 23
Q. Was this material prepared by you or under your supervision? 24
A. Yes, it was. 25
Q. Insofar as this material is factual in nature, do you believe it to be correct? 26
A. Yes, I do. 27
Q. Insofar as this material is in the nature of opinion or judgment, does it represent your best 28
judgment? 29
A. Yes, it does. 30
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY 1
QUALIFICATIONS AND PREPARED TESTIMONY 2
OF JEFFERY R. BILLINGSLEY 3
Q. Please state your name and business address for the record. 4
A. My name is Jeffery R. Billingsley and my business address is hree Innovation Way, Pomona, 5
California, 91768. 6
Q. Briefly describe your present responsibilities at the Southern California Edison Company (SCE). 7
A. I am the Director of Transmission for Southern California Edison’s Transmission, Substations 8
and Grid Operations (TS&O) organization. Transmission is responsible for all activities related 9
to the construction, inspection, and maintenance of transmission and sub-transmission facilities. 10
Q. Briefly describe your educational and professional background. 11
A. Over the past 36 years, I have served as a Groundman, Lineman, Senior Patrolman, Construction 12
Foreman, Transmission Estimator, Transmission Design Manager, Transmission Asset Manager, 13
Region Manager in the Distribution Business Line, and the Director of Transmission. I have 14
served as the Director since January 2, 2014. Prior to joining SCE in 1980, I worked in 15
construction and in drilling oil wells. I am currently pursuing a bachelor degree in 16
Organizational Management. 17
Q. What is the purpose of your testimony in this proceeding? 18
A. The purpose of my testimony in this proceeding is to sponsor Exhibit SCE-02, Volume 7, entitled 19
Transmission Construction and Maintenance, as identified in the Table of Contents therein. 20
Q. Was this material prepared by you or under your supervision? 21
A. Yes. 22
Q. Insofar as this material is factual in nature, do you believe it to be correct? 23
A. Yes, I do. 24
Q. Insofar as this material is in the nature of opinion or judgment, does it represent your best 25
judgment? 26
A. Yes, it does. 27
Q. Does this conclude your qualifications and prepared testimony? 28
A. Yes, it does. 29
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY 1
QUALIFICATIONS AND PREPARED TESTIMONY 2
OF TIMOTHY JAMES BOUCHER 3
Q. Please state your name and business address for the record. 4
A. My name is Timothy James Boucher, and my business address is 4910 Rivergrade Road, 5
Irwindale, CA 91706. 6
Q. Briefly describe your present responsibilities at the Southern California Edison Company. 7
A. I am the Director of IT Business Integration and Delivery (BID) for Southern California Edison 8
(SCE). I oversee the planning, demand management, delivery, and optimization of technology 9
products and services to the Transmission and Distribution (T&D) operation unit. 10
Q. Briefly describe your educational and professional background. 11
A. I hold a Master of Business Administration degree from Loyola Marymount University – Los 12
Angeles and a Bachelor of Science degree in Operations Management from California 13
Polytechnic University – Pomona. Prior to my current role, I was the acting director of Business 14
Process and Technology Integration for T&D, responsible for translating SCE’s operating vision 15
into a comprehensive set of technology and process improvement initiatives. Prior to that I held 16
senior management positions in Business Planning and Benchmarking, Transmission and 17
Distribution Regulatory. I joined SCE in 1997 in the Procurement and Material Management 18
department working on Strategic Sourcing Initiatives. Prior to joining SCE, I worked in the 19
aerospace industry as a senior manager in the Procurement organization where I managed large, 20
technically complex contracts with vendors. 21
Q. What is the purpose of your testimony in this proceeding? 22
A. The purpose of my testimony in this proceeding is to sponsor the portions of Exhibit SCE-04, 23
Volume 2, entitled Information Technology (IT)—Capitalized Software, as identified in the Table 24
of Contents thereto. 25
Q. Was this material prepared by you or under your supervision? 26
A. Yes, it was. 27
Q. Insofar as this material is factual in nature, do you believe it to be correct? 28
A. Yes, I do. 29
Q. Insofar as this material is in the nature of opinion or judgment, does it represent your best 30
judgment? 31
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A. Yes, it does. 1
Q. Does this conclude your qualifications and prepared testimony? 2
A. Yes, it does. 3
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY 1
QUALIFICATIONS AND PREPARED TESTIMONY 2
OF TODD CAMERON 3
Q. Please state your name and business address for the record. 4
A. My name is Todd Cameron, and my business address is 2244 Walnut Grove Avenue, Rosemead, 5
California 91770. 6
Q. Briefly describe your present responsibilities at the Southern California Edison Company. 7
A. I serve as a Project Manager for the Treasurer’s department focusing on escalation and economic 8
services. My present responsibilities include applying economic and financial analysis to 9
regulatory issues and for internal corporate purposes. 10
Q. Briefly describe your educational and professional background. 11
A. I received a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from San Diego State University and a Master’s 12
degree in Economics from California State University at Fullerton. Prior to joining SCE I was 13
an Econometrician for Xactware Software (1992 – 1996) and an Economist for the Regional 14
Economic Studies Institute (1996 – 1998). In 1998 I joined SCE as a Project Manager focusing 15
on electric market deregulation. At SCE, I have served as a Project Manager in various 16
departments including Customer Service, Human Resources, Transmission and Distribution, 17
Controller’s, and Treasurer’s. I am also a Professor of Economics at California State University 18
Fullerton. 19
Q. What is the purpose of your testimony in this proceeding? 20
A. The purpose of my testimony in this proceeding is to sponsor Exhibit SCE-9, Volume 1, entitled 21
Requested Revenue Requirements, Ratemaking, Forecasts of Sales, Other Operating Revenue, 22
Cost Escalation, Post-Test Year Ratemaking, as identified in the Table of Contents thereto. 23
Q. Was this material prepared by you or under your supervision? 24
A. Yes, it was. 25
Q. Insofar as this material is factual in nature, do you believe it to be correct? 26
A. Yes, I do. 27
Q. Insofar as this material is in the nature of opinion or judgment, does it represent your best 28
judgment? 29
A. Yes, it does. 30
Q. Does this conclude your qualifications and prepared testimony? 31
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY 1
QUALIFICATIONS AND PREPARED TESTIMONY 2
OF CARLOS CARAZO 3
Q. Please state your name and business address for the record. 4
A. My name is Carlos Carazo, and my business address is 4910 Rivergrade Road, Irwindale, 5
California 91706 6
Q. Briefly describe your present responsibilities at the Southern California Edison Company. 7
A. I am the Director of Grid Services within the Information Technology (IT) organizational unit of 8
Southern California Edison (SCE). Grid Services designs, engineers, installs, operates, reports, 9
and maintains the voice, data, and telecommunications networks for SCE. This division 10
manages, operates, and maintains SCE’s communication network to ensure the communication 11
infrastructure is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Grid Services is also responsible for 12
SCE’s SCADA systems. 13
Q. Briefly describe your educational and professional background. 14
A. I received my Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Information Systems from California 15
State Polytechnic University, Pomona. I joined SCE in 1989 as a part-time business trainee in 16
the Network Installations department within IT, and became a full-time Desktop Support 17
Manager in 1996. Other positions I’ve held within IT include Project Manager for several high-18
profile projects. In 2000, I became the Manager of Telecommunication Special Projects, and in 19
2005, the Manager of Telecommunications Advanced Technology Planning and Client Services. 20
In 2006, I became General Manager of Network Services within IT – Operations. In 2010, I 21
became Director of Network and Telecommunications Services within IT Infrastructure 22
Services; I presently hold the same position, however, the name of the department has been 23
changed to Grid Services. 24
Q. What is the purpose of your testimony in this proceeding? 25
A. The purpose of my testimony in this proceeding is to sponsor the portions of SCE-04, Volume 1, 26
Information Technology (IT)—O&M and Hardware, as identified in the Table of Contents. 27
Q. Was this material prepared by you or under your supervision? 28
A. Yes, it was. 29
Q. Insofar as this material is factual in nature, do you believe it to be correct? 30
A. Yes, I do. 31
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Q. Insofar as this material is in the nature of opinion or judgment, does it represent your best 1
judgment? 2
A. Yes, it does. 3
Q. Does this conclude your qualifications and prepared testimony? 4
A. Yes, it does. 5
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY 1
QUALIFICATIONS AND PREPARED TESTIMONY 2
OF JAY A. CASTLEBERRY 3
Q. Please state your name and business address for the record. 4
A. My name is Jay A. Castleberry, and my business address is 4910 Rivergrade Road, Irwindale, 5
California 91706. 6
Q. Briefly describe your present responsibilities at the Southern California Edison Company. 7
A. I am the Director of Business Integration & Delivery—Enterprise in Information Technology at 8
Southern California Edison (SCE). I oversee the planning, demand management, delivery, and 9
optimization of technology products and services to the Enterprise. 10
Q. Briefly describe your educational and professional background. 11
A. I received my B.S., Business Administration and Hotel/Restaurant Management from California 12
State Polytechnic University—Pomona in 1990. I joined SCE in 2012. Before joining SCE, my 13
more recent positions included Information Technology Executive at Ciber from 2008 to 2012, 14
Director of Business Intelligence, Data Warehousing and CRM at Lennar from 2007 to 2008, 15
Director of Infrastructure, Technical and Network Services at Fleetwood Enterprises from 2002 16
to 2007. Effective August 1, 2012, I assumed the position of Director for Technology Delivery 17
& Maintenance. 18
Q. What is the purpose of your testimony in this proceeding? 19
A. The purpose of my testimony in this proceeding is to sponsor the portions of: SCE-04, 20
Information Technology (IT) Volume 1 – O&M and Hardware, and Information Technology (IT) 21
Volume 2 – Capitalized Software, as identified in the Table of Contents. 22
Q. Was this material prepared by you or under your supervision? 23
A. Yes, it was. 24
Q. Insofar as this material is factual in nature, do you believe it to be correct? 25
A. Yes, I do. 26
Q. Insofar as this material is in the nature of opinion or judgment, does it represent your best 27
judgment? 28
A. Yes, it does. 29
Q. Does this conclude your qualifications and prepared testimony? 30
A. Yes, it does. 31
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY 1
QUALIFICATIONS AND PREPARED TESTIMONY 2
OF THOMAS CHAMP 3
Q. Please state your name and business address for the record. 4
A. My name is Thomas Champ, and my business address is 5000 Pacific Coast Highway, San 5
Clemente, CA 92674. 6
Q. Briefly describe your present responsibilities at the Southern California Edison Company. 7
A. I am presently responsible for the Finance Group at San Onofre and for Palo Verde Oversight 8
and Finance. 9
Q. Briefly describe your educational and professional background. 10
A. I earned a Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of Phoenix in Business 11
Administration. I have been employed at San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station since June 1983 12
and was hire as a Southern California Edison employee in December 1985. I have held a number 13
of technical and supervisory positions in Maintenance and a number of management positions in 14
Finance while in the Power Supply Organizational Unit. 15
Q. What is the purpose of your testimony in this proceeding? 16
A. The purpose of my testimony in this proceeding is to sponsor Exhibit SCE-5, Volume 1 entitled 17
Nuclear, Chapters I – IV, as identified in the Table of Contents thereto. 18
Q. Was this material prepared by you or under your supervision? 19
A. Yes, it was prepared with my supervision. 20
Q. Insofar as this material is factual in nature, do you believe it to be correct? 21
A. Yes, I do. 22
Q. Insofar as this material is in the nature of opinion or judgment, does it represent your best 23
judgment? 24
A. Yes, it does. 25
Q. Does this conclude your qualifications and prepared testimony? 26
A. Yes, it does. 27
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY 1
QUALIFICATIONS AND PREPARED TESTIMONY 2
OF MARK W. CHILDS 3
Q. Please state your name and business address for the record. 4
A. My name is Mark W. Childs, and my business address is 2244 Walnut Grove Avenue, 5
Rosemead, California 91770 6
Q. Briefly describe your present responsibilities at the Southern California Edison Company. 7
A. I am the Director of Tax for Southern California Edison Company. In this capacity, I am 8
responsible for managing and directing all of the tax accounting and tax regulatory functions for 9
the Company including all tax matters in the CPUC rate filings made by the Company. 10
Q. Briefly describe your educational and professional background. 11
A. I hold a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from Pepperdine University. I joined the 12
Southern California Edison Company in 2010 and was then promoted to my current role shortly 13
after joining the Company. Prior to joining the Company, I spent sixteen years with Mattel, Inc. 14
most recently as the Senior Director of Tax. My primary responsibilities there included the tax 15
implementation and continued compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley as well as managing and 16
directing all of the tax accounting functions. 17
Q. What is the purpose of your testimony in this proceeding? 18
A. The purpose of my testimony in this proceeding is to sponsor those portions of Exhibit SCE-09, 19
Volume 1 and Volume 2 entitled Results of Operations – Plant and Reserve; Depreciation 20
Expense; Taxes; Rate Base; Working Cash, as identified in the Tables of Contents thereto. 21
Q. Was this material prepared by you or under your supervision? 22
A. Yes, it was. 23
Q. Insofar as this material is factual in nature, do you believe it to be correct? 24
A. Yes, I do. 25
Q. Insofar as this material is in the nature of opinion or judgment, does it represent your best 26
judgment? 27
A. Yes, it does. 28
Q. Does this conclude your qualifications and prepared testimony? 29
A. Yes, it does. 30
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY 1
QUALIFICATIONS AND PREPARED TESTIMONY 2
OF TIMOTHY CONDIT 3
Q. Please state your name and business address for the record. 4
A. My name is Timothy Condit, and my business address is 1515 Walnut Grove Avenue in 5
Rosemead, CA 91770. 6
Q. Briefly describe your present responsibilities at the Southern California Edison Company (SCE). 7
A. I am a Project Manager II within the Power Supply Department. My responsibilities include the 8
preparation of information and documentation to support regulatory filings, data requests, and 9
business analyses. 10
Q. Briefly describe your educational and professional background. 11
A. I received my Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from Arizona State University in 12
1998. I joined SCE’s Northern Hydroelectric Division in 2010. In my initial position as a Project 13
Manager I, I managed construction projects for SCE’s Northern Hydroelectric Division. In 14
September of 2012, I transferred from the Northern Hydro Division to the Energy Compliance & 15
Cost Recovery Division, assuming my current position as a Project Manager II. 16
Q. What is the purpose of your testimony in this proceeding? 17
A. The purpose of my testimony in this proceeding is to sponsor SCE-05 Power Supply—Vol. 3, 18
Hydro O&M and Capital, and accompanying workpapers, as well as two portions of SCE-04 19
Information Technology (IT) Volume 2—Capitalized Software, as identified in the table of 20
contents thereto. 21
Q. Was this material prepared by you or under your supervision? 22
A. Yes, it was. 23
Q. Insofar as this material is factual in nature, do you believe it to be correct? 24
A. Yes, I do. 25
Q. Insofar as this material is in the nature of opinion or judgment, does it represent your best 26
judgment? 27
A. Yes, it does. 28
Q. Does this conclude your qualifications and prepared testimony? 29
A. Yes, it does 30
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY 1
QUALIFICATIONS AND PREPARED TESTIMONY 2
OF DON DAIGLER 3
Q. Please state your name and business address for the record. 4
A. My name is Don Daigler, and my business address is 8631 Rush Street, Rosemead, CA 91770. 5
Q. Briefly describe your present responsibilities at the Southern California Edison Company. 6
A. I am the Director of Business Resiliency under the Operational Services Organizational Unit 7
(OU). I am responsible for Southern California Edison's overall Business Resiliency activities. I 8
also manage the company’s emergency management functions for all hazards facing the 9
company’s business lines, facilities, and people and lead the development and implementation of 10
corporate Business Continuity Plans and Disaster Recovery Plans. 11
Q. Briefly describe your educational and professional background. 12
A. I have a BS in Liberal Studies with an educational focus on Health Physics and have more than 13
30 years of experience in the areas of national security and emergency management. My career 14
includes 26 years of service in the federal government, where I have held several senior 15
leadership positions, both in the field and at the policy level in Washington, D.C. Immediately 16
prior to joining SCE, I was the Response Planning Director for the Federal Emergency 17
Management Agency (FEMA), where I led all national and regional response planning activities 18
and was the planning lead during several large scale disasters, such as hurricanes Sandy, Isaac, 19
and Irene. In that capacity, I was also responsible for leading the agency’s chemical, biological, 20
radiological, nuclear, and explosives programs as well as the National Hurricane Program and 21
Remote Sensing Program. Previously, I ran the Technology Integration Program for the 22
Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration, which developed specialized 23
emergency response equipment. Before moving to Washington, D.C., I held leadership roles for 24
the Department of Energy’s Nevada Site Office, including the position of Director of the 25
Homeland Security and Defense Division. My federal government experience also includes 26
experience with the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Defense. 27
Q. What is the purpose of your testimony in this proceeding? 28
A. The purpose of my testimony in this proceeding is to sponsor Exhibit SCE-07, Volume 1, entitled 29
Operational Services – Business Resiliency. 30
Q. Was this material prepared by you or under your supervision? 31
27
A. Yes, it was. 1
Q. Insofar as this material is factual in nature, do you believe it to be correct? 2
A. Yes, I do. 3
Q. Insofar as this material is in the nature of opinion or judgment, does it represent your best 4
judgment? 5
A. Yes, it does. 6
Q. Does this conclude your qualifications and prepared testimony? 7
A. Yes, it does. 8
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY 1
QUALIFICATIONS AND PREPARED TESTIMONY 2
OF NINA DESROCHER 3
Q. Please state your name and business address for the record. 4
A. My name is Nina Desrocher and my business address is 8631 Rush St., Rosemead, CA 91770. 5
Q. Briefly describe your present responsibilities at the Southern California Edison Company. 6
A. I am the Director of the Corporate Real Estate department within the Operational Services unit. 7
In this capacity, I have responsibility for the strategy, planning, forecasting, design, construction, 8
management, and acquisition/disposition of SCE’s real estate portfolio which is comprised of 9
more than seven million square feet across over 1,300 locations and which includes facilities 10
such as offices, service centers, warehouses, substations, and other buildings and grounds to 11
operate and manage the businesses of Southern California Edison (“SCE”). 12
Q. Briefly describe your educational and professional background. 13
A. I was hired by SCE in February of 2016. I have approximately twenty years of professional 14
experience in the field of corporate real estate. Prior work history includes positions at other 15
large companies with complex facility portfolios, including AECOM and The Walt Disney 16
Company, as well as consulting at premier management services firms, such as Deloitte and 17
Cushman & Wakefield. I hold a Bachelors of Arts in Classical Civilization from Emory 18
University, a Master of City Planning from Georgia Institute of Technology, and a Certificate of 19
Real Estate from Georgia State University. I have achieved a Master of Corporate Real Estate 20
(MCR) from the world’s leading association for corporate real estate (CRE) and workplace 21
professionals, service providers and economic developers – CoreNet Global. I am also on the 22
editorial board of the Corporate Real Estate Journal. 23
Q. What is the purpose of your testimony in this proceeding? 24
A. The purpose of my testimony in this proceeding is to sponsor portions of Exhibit SCE-07, 25
Volume 3 entitled Operational Services, Corporate Real Estate, as identified in the Table of 26
Contents thereto. 27
Q. Was this material prepared by you or under your supervision? 28
A. Yes, it was. 29
Q. Insofar as this material is factual in nature, do you believe it to be correct? 30
A. Yes, I do. 31
29
Q. Insofar as this material is in the nature of opinion or judgment, does it represent your best 1
judgment? 2
A. Yes, it does. 3
Q. Does this conclude your qualifications and prepared testimony? 4
A. Yes, it does. 5
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY 1
QUALIFICATIONS AND PREPARED TESTIMONY 2
OF JEFFERY D. DURAN 3
Q. Please state your name and business address for the record. 4
A. My name is Jeffery D. Duran, and my business address is 2244 Walnut Grove Avenue, 5
Rosemead, California 91770. 6
Q. Briefly describe your present responsibilities at the Southern California Edison Company. 7
A. I am currently the Finance Director in the Operational Finance Organization supporting 8
operational units (OUs) as a financial strategic partner. In this role, I am responsible for the 9
oversight of OU financial planning and forecast activities (capital and O&M), project financial 10
analysis, and financial/business decision support. 11
Q. Briefly describe your educational and professional background. 12
A. I attended New Mexico State University where I obtained a bachelor’s degree in accountancy. I 13
joined SCE in 2002 and held various titles in the Controllers Organization, leading up to the 14
Assistant Controller position, which I held through January 2015. In the Assistant Controller 15
role, I was responsible for oversight of the monthly close of SCE’s financial records, internal and 16
external reporting with the Securities and Exchange Commission, CPUC, FERC, and other 17
regulators, implementation of new accounting standards, and ensuring compliance with SOX 18
requirements. Prior to joining SCE in 2002, I was an audit manager in a public accounting firm 19
primarily serving clients in the energy industry, including Edison International and SCE. 20
Q. What is the purpose of your testimony in this proceeding? 21
A. The purpose of my testimony in this proceeding is to sponsor the Financial Services portion of 22
Exhibit SCE-08, Volume 3, entitled Administrative & General (A&G) – Financial Services, 23
Audits and Enterprise Risk Management, as identified in the Table of Contents thereto. 24
Q. Was this material prepared by you or under your supervision? 25
A. Yes, it was. 26
Q. Insofar as this material is factual in nature, do you believe it to be correct? 27
A. Yes, I do. 28
Q. Insofar as this material is in the nature of opinion or judgment, does it represent your best 29
judgment? 30
A. Yes, it does. 31
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY 1
QUALIFICATIONS AND PREPARED TESTIMONY 2
OF ANTHONY P. EDESON 3
Q. Please state your name and business address for the record. 4
A. My name is Anthony P. Edeson, and my business address is 1351 E. Francis Street, Ontario, CA 5
91761. 6
Q. Briefly describe your present responsibilities at the Southern California Edison Company. 7
A. I am the Principal Manager for the Metro East Region, which includes the Catalina 8
District/Pebbly Beach Generation Station. I am responsible for all electric distribution activities 9
that occur in the geographic area known as the Metro East Region, which encompasses five 10
districts: Ontario, Covina, Monrovia, Montebello, and Catalina. In addition to the managing 11
responsibilities for electric distribution, I am also responsible for the generation, water, and gas 12
operations performed in the Catalina district. 13
Q. Briefly describe your educational and professional background. 14
A. I hold a Bachelors Degree of Arts in Business Administration from the University of La Verne. I 15
have been employed at SCE for over 29 years. In June 1987, I began my career as a Meter 16
Reader and served in that position for two years. From there, I promoted through the levels of 17
Groundman, Apprentice Lineman, Journeyman Lineman, Service Planner, General Supervisor, 18
Planning Supervisor, Region Planning Manager, Project Manager in PWRD RPPM, District 19
Manager, and Principal Manager for the Rural Region. I began my current position as Principal 20
Manager for the Orange Region in December of 2012. 21
Q. What is the purpose of your testimony in this proceeding? 22
A. The purpose of my testimony in this proceeding is to sponsor portions of Exhibit SCE-02, 23
Volume 5, entitled Transmission and Distribution (T&D) - Distribution Construction & 24
Maintenance and Exhibit SCE-05, Volume 5, Part 2, entitled Power Supply - Catalina, as 25
identified in the Table of Contents thereto. 26
Q. Was this material prepared by you or under your supervision? 27
A. Yes, it was. 28
Q. Insofar as this material is factual in nature, do you believe it to be correct? 29
A. Yes, I do. 30
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Q. Insofar as this material is in the nature of opinion or judgment, does it represent your best 1
judgment? 2
A. Yes, it does. 3
Q. Does this conclude your qualifications and prepared testimony? 4
A. Yes, it does. 5
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY 1
QUALIFICATIONS AND PREPARED TESTIMONY 2
OF CHRISTINE FANOUS 3
Q. Please state your name and business address for the record. 4
A. My name is Christine Fanous, and my business address is 3 Innovation Way, Pomona, CA. 5
Q. Briefly describe your present responsibilities at the Southern California Edison Company. 6
A. I am the director of the Pole Program Management department within Transmission and 7
Distribution. 8
Q. Briefly describe your educational and professional background. 9
A. I began my career at SCE in 1998 as an analyst and program manager in the Community 10
Involvement department, where I led an effort to implement an online employee giving system. 11
From 2002 to 2011, I led a variety of cross-functional assignments in Information Technology 12
and Operations Support related to supply chain, safety business resiliency, the GRC, and other 13
areas. From 2011 through 2015, I served as the manager of the Land & Forest Management 14
department and the principal manager of Geomatics & Property Services department within the 15
Real Properties organization. I earned a bachelors degree in Business Administration from 16
Pepperdine University and an MBA from University of Southern California. 17
Q. What is the purpose of your testimony in this proceeding? 18
A. The purpose of my testimony in this proceeding is to sponsor portions of Exhibit SCE-02, 19
Volume 9, entitled Poles, as identified in the Table of Contents thereto. 20
Q. Was this material prepared by you or under your supervision? 21
A. Yes, it was. 22
Q. Insofar as this material is factual in nature, do you believe it to be correct? 23
A. Yes, I do. 24
Q. Insofar as this material is in the nature of opinion or judgment, does it represent your best 25
judgment? 26
A. Yes, it does. 27
Q. Does this conclude your qualifications and prepared testimony? 28
A. Yes, it does. 29
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY 1
QUALIFICATIONS AND PREPARED TESTIMONY 2
OF ERIC FISHER 3
Q. Please state your name and business address for the record. 4
A. My name is Eric Fisher, and my business address is 2244 Walnut Grove Avenue, Rosemead, 5
California 91770. 6
Q. Briefly describe your present responsibilities at the Southern California Edison Company. 7
A. I am the Principal Manager of Supplier Diversity and Development at Southern California 8
Edison. In that capacity, I oversee the Company’s Women, Minority, Service Disabled Veteran 9
and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Business Enterprise Outreach Program 10
(WMDVLGBTBE). I ensure the Company’s compliance with all CPUC regulations and public 11
law relating to WMDVLGBT procurements. 12
Q. Briefly describe your educational and professional background. 13
A. I have six years of experience with Southern California Edison Company. I have held middle and 14
senior management positions in Supply Management and Supplier Diversity and Development. 15
Prior to Southern California Edison Company, I held similar leadership roles within Supply 16
Chain and Strategic Sourcing with Fortune 100 companies for over 20 years. I hold a Master of 17
Business Administration degree in International Business. 18
Q. What is the purpose of your testimony in this proceeding? 19
A. The purpose of my testimony in this proceeding is to sponsor portions of Exhibit SCE-07, 20
Volume 6, entitled, Operational Services (OS) - Supply Management & Supplier Diversity as 21
identified in the Table of Contents thereto. 22
Q. Was this material prepared by you or under your supervision? 23
A. Yes, it was. 24
Q. Insofar as this material is factual in nature, do you believe it to be correct? 25
A. Yes, I do. 26
Q. Insofar as this material is in the nature of opinion or judgment, does it represent your best 27
judgment? 28
A. Yes, it does. 29
Q. Does this conclude your qualifications and prepared testimony? 30
A. Yes, it does. 31
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY 1
QUALIFICATIONS AND PREPARED TESTIMONY 2
OF MARCOS FLORES 3
Q. Please state your name and business address for the record. 4
A. My name is Marcos Flores, and my business address is Three Innovation Way, Pomona, 5
California, 91768. 6
Q. Briefly describe your present responsibilities at the Southern California Edison Company. 7
A. I am the Director of Substation Construction and Maintenance (SC&M) within Southern 8
California Edison Company’s Transmission Substation and Operations (TS&O) organization. 9
I am responsible for directing construction and maintenance activities associated with substation 10
assets and distribution apparatus equipment across SCE’s 50,000 square-mile territory. 11
Q. Briefly describe your educational and professional background. 12
A. I hold a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration from the University of La Verne. 13
I joined Southern California Edison in 1982 and have held various positions in the substation 14
department. I have been in my current position since January, 2014. 15
Q. What is the purpose of your testimony in this proceeding? 16
A. The purpose of my testimony in this proceeding is to sponsor Exhibit SCE-02, Volume 6, entitled 17
Transmission & Distribution - Substation Construction & Maintenance as identified in the Table 18
of Contents thereto. 19
Q. Was this material prepared by you or under your supervision? 20
A. Yes, it was. 21
Q. Insofar as this material is factual in nature, do you believe it to be correct? 22
A. Yes, I do. 23
Q. Insofar as this material is in the nature of opinion or judgment, does it represent your best 24
judgment? 25
A. Yes, it does. 26
Q. Does this conclude your qualifications and prepared testimony? 27
A. Yes, it does. 28
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY 1
QUALIFICATIONS AND PREPARED TESTIMONY 2
OF KIMBERLY GARCIA 3
Q. Please state your name and business address for the record. 4
A. My name is Kimberly Garcia, and my business address is 8631 Rush St., Rosemead, CA 91770. 5
Q. Briefly describe your present responsibilities at the Southern California Edison Company. 6
A. I am the Principal Manager of Strategy & Workforce Insights in Human Resources responsible 7
for developing and implementing SCE’s People Strategy. I lead the organization responsible for 8
strategic planning & integration, workforce planning, data analytics/insights, benchmarking, and 9
portfolio/project management. 10
Q. Briefly describe your educational and professional background. 11
A. I hold an MBA degree from Pepperdine University, Malibu and a Bachelor’s of Science degree 12
in Human Resource Management from California Polytechnic University, Pomona. I joined 13
SCE in July 2007 as a Senior Project Manager in Human Resources providing organizational 14
development, change management, and project management expertise on strategic customer 15
service initiatives. In 2010, I accepted a senior manager position in the Ethics and Compliance 16
department where I was responsible for managing and implementing enterprise-wide initiatives 17
designed to create employee awareness and education about ethics, and compliance with 18
company policies to enhance and promote an ethical culture. 19
Before joining SCE in 2007, I was an organizational change management consultant for a global 20
management and technology services consulting firm where I developed and implemented 21
strategies to transition individuals and organizations through complex changes. 22
Q. What is the purpose of your testimony in this proceeding? 23
A. The purpose of my testimony in this proceeding is to sponsor portions of Exhibit SCE-04, 24
Volume 1, entitled Information Technology (IT)—O&M and Hardware, as identified in the Table 25
of Contents thereto. 26
Q. Was this material prepared by you or under your supervision? 27
A. Yes, it was. 28
Q. Insofar as this material is factual in nature, do you believe it to be correct? 29
A. Yes, I do. 30
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY 1
QUALIFICATIONS AND PREPARED TESTIMONY 2
OF JOSE RAMON GOIZUETA 3
Q. Please state your name and business address for the record. 4
A. My name is Jose Ramon Goizueta, and my business address is Three Innovation Way, Pomona, 5
California, 91768. 6
Q. Briefly describe your present responsibilities at the Southern California Edison Company. 7
A. I am the Director of Maintenance, Performance, and Reliability (MPR) within the Asset 8
Management and Operational Services department (AM&OS) of Southern California Edison 9
Company’s Transmission and Distribution organization. MPR is responsible for developing 10
maintenance and reliability strategies, analytics and reporting of operational performance, and 11
maintaining transmission and distribution master data. 12
Q. Briefly describe your educational and professional background. 13
A. I hold a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of California 14
San Diego and a Master Degree in Business from the University of Southern California. I joined 15
Southern California Edison in 2002 and have held a variety of management positions since. I 16
have been in my current position since December, 2014. 17
Q. What is the purpose of your testimony in this proceeding? 18
A. The purpose of my testimony in this proceeding is to sponsor SCE-02, Volume 8, entitled 19
Infrastructure Replacement, as identified in the Table of Contents thereto. 20
Q. Was this material prepared by you or under your supervision? 21
A. Yes, it was. 22
Q. Insofar as this material is factual in nature, do you believe it to be correct? 23
A. Yes, I do. 24
Q. Insofar as this material is in the nature of opinion or judgment, does it represent your best 25
judgment? 26
A. Yes, it does. 27
Q. Does this conclude your qualifications and prepared testimony? 28
A. Yes, it does. 29
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY 1
QUALIFICATIONS AND PREPARED TESTIMONY 2
OF DAVID C. GUNN 3
Q. Please state your name and business address for the record. 4
A. My name is David C. Gunn, and my business address is 2244 Walnut Grove Avenue, Rosemead, 5
California 91770. 6
Q. Briefly describe your present responsibilities at the Southern California Edison Company (SCE). 7
A. I am currently a Project Manager in SCE’s Capital Asset Analytics Department. As such, I am 8
responsible for forecasting rate base and depreciation expense, supporting depreciation studies, 9
and developing testimony and workpapers in support of SCE’s filings with the CPUC and FERC. 10
Q. Briefly describe your educational and professional background. 11
A. I have a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Business Administration, with an emphasis in 12
Accounting from California State University, Los Angeles. Prior to my current role I worked in 13
the Plant Accounting organization and my primary responsibility was designing metrics and 14
modeling tools supporting SCE’s goals of timely and accurate work order accounting. I started in 15
my current position as a Project Manager at SCE in March of 2016. 16
Q. What is the purpose of your testimony in this proceeding? 17
A. The purpose of my testimony in this proceeding is to sponsor the portions of SCE’s 2018 18
General Rate Case, preliminarily identified as Exhibit SCE-09, Volume-2, as identified in the 19
Tables of Contents thereto. 20
Q. Was this material prepared by you or under your supervision? 21
A. Yes, it was. 22
Q. Insofar as this material is factual in nature, do you believe it to be correct? 23
A. Yes, I do. 24
Q. Insofar as this material is in the nature of opinion or judgment, does it represent your best 25
judgment? 26
A. Yes, it does. 27
Q. Does this conclude your qualifications and prepared testimony? 28
A. Yes, it does. 29
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY 1
QUALIFICATIONS AND PREPARED TESTIMONY 2
OF THOMAS H. GUNTRIP 3
Q. Please state your name and business address for the record. 4
A. My name is Thomas H. Guntrip, and my business address is 2244 Walnut Grove Avenue, 5
Rosemead, CA 91770 6
Q. Briefly describe your present responsibilities at the Southern California Edison Company. 7
A. I am the Director of the Transportation Services within the Operational Services Operating Unit. 8
My main duties consist of managing the Company’s fleet operations which includes developing 9
and executing strategies for the acquisition and maintenance of vehicle, crane, and aircraft assets 10
across the service territory. 11
Q. Briefly describe your educational and professional background. 12
A. I earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering from the United States Military Academy at West 13
Point, and a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from Purdue University’s Krannert 14
School of Management. I have over 25 years of experience combined experience in managing 15
assets and operational activities including developing and executing full life-cycle strategies in 16
the areas of Strategic Planning, Program Management, Technology, and Global Strategic 17
Sourcing at Fortune 500 companies such as General Electric (specifically GE Transportation 18
Services), Time Warner (specifically, Warner Bros. Entertainment), and currently, Southern 19
California Edison. I have also held a diversity of leadership roles across various industries. I 20
have been employed at SCE for over eight years in various roles from Information Technology, 21
Finance, and Procurement, prior to my current role in Transportation Services. 22
Q. What is the purpose of your testimony in this proceeding? 23
A. The purpose of my testimony in this proceeding is to sponsor portions of Exhibit SCE-07, 24
Volume 7, entitled Transportation Services, as identified in the Table of Contents thereto. 25
Q. Was this material prepared by you or under your supervision? 26
A. Yes, it was. 27
Q. Insofar as this material is factual in nature, do you believe it to be correct? 28
A. Yes, I do. 29
Q. Insofar as this material is in the nature of opinion or judgment, does it represent your best 30
judgment? 31
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A. Yes, it does. 1
Q. Does this conclude your qualifications and prepared testimony? 2
A. Yes, it does. 3
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY 1
QUALIFICATIONS AND PREPARED TESTIMONY 2
OF GLENN HADDOX 3
Q. Please state your name and business address for the record. 4
A. My name is Glenn Haddox, and my business address is 4910 Rivergrade Road, Irwindale, 5
California 91706. 6
Q. Briefly describe your present responsibilities at the Southern California Edison Company. 7
A. I am the Director of Cybersecurity & IT Compliance at Southern California Edison (SCE). I am 8
responsible for information security activities designed to protect information and technology 9
assets. I also lead SCE’s information security governance activities, including regulatory watch, 10
risk assessment, policy development and compliance, security strategy and programs, and 11
incident response and forensics. 12
Q. Briefly describe your educational and professional background. 13
A. I have served in a variety of management and leadership roles, primarily in the Defense industry. 14
Overall, I have 30 years of U.S. Department of Defense background at Top Secret Level in 15
Cyber, Intelligence, Cryptology, and Communications. Prior to joining SCE in May 2012, I was 16
director of cybersecurity for Honeywell, where I was responsible for overall guidance and 17
direction of cybersecurity. Prior to that, I was employed at Ultra Prologic as the vice president 18
for Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence (C4I). I have extensive 19
experience in cryptology, technical and product offerings, International Traffic in Arms 20
Regulations (ITAR) control, team composition, training and mentoring programs, CMMI 3, and 21
ISO 9001. I earned my Bachelor of Science degree in Organic Chemistry from Armstrong State 22
University in Savannah, Georgia and attended a number of technical schools as an officer in the 23
U.S. Navy. 24
Q. What is the purpose of your testimony in this proceeding? 25
A. The purpose of my testimony in this proceeding is to sponsor the portions of Exhibit SCE-04, 26
Volume 1, entitled Information Technology (IT)—O&M and Hardware, and SCE-04, Volume 2, 27
entitled Information Technology (IT)—Capitalized Software, as identified in the Table of 28
Contents thereto. 29
Q. Was this material prepared by you or under your supervision? 30
A. Yes, it was. 31
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Q. Insofar as this material is factual in nature, do you believe it to be correct? 1
A. Yes, I do. 2
Q. Insofar as this material is in the nature of opinion or judgment, does it represent your best 3
judgment? 4
A. Yes, it does. 5
Q. Does this conclude your qualifications and prepared testimony? 6
A. Yes, it does. 7
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY 1
QUALIFICATIONS AND PREPARED TESTIMONY 2
OF SERGE HANDSCHIN 3
Q. Please state your name and business address for the record. 4
A. My name is Serge Handschin, and my business address is 1515 Walnut Grove Ave., Rosemead, 5
California 91770. 6
Q. Briefly describe your present responsibilities at the Southern California Edison Company. 7
A. I am a Project Manager within the Power Supply Department. My responsibilities include the 8
preparation of information and documentation to support regulatory filings, data requests, and 9
business analyses. 10
Q. Briefly describe your educational and professional background. 11
A. I hold a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from California State 12
Polytechnic University, Pomona. 13
Q. What is the purpose of your testimony in this proceeding? 14
A. The purpose of my testimony in this proceeding is to sponsor SCE-05 Power Supply – Vol. 4, 15
Mountainview, Peakers, and Mohave Closure, as well as SCE-05 Power Supply – Vol. 5, Solar 16
Photovoltaic and Fuel Cells, as identified in the Table of Contents thereto. 17
Q. Was this material prepared by you or under your supervision? 18
A. Though SCE-05, Vol. 4 was not prepared by me or under my supervision, I have reviewed this 19
testimony and am adopting this testimony as my own as the original sponsors of these volumes 20
are no longer employees of the Company. SCE-05, Vol. 5 was prepared by me or under my 21
supervision. 22
Q. Insofar as this material is factual in nature, do you believe it to be correct? 23
A. Yes, I do. 24
Q. Insofar as this material is in the nature of opinion or judgment, does it represent your best 25
judgment? 26
A. Yes, it does. 27
Q. Does this conclude your qualifications and prepared testimony? 28
A. Yes, it does. 29
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY 1
QUALIFICATIONS AND PREPARED TESTIMONY 2
OF GREGORY HENRY 3
Q. Please state your name and business address for the record. 4
A. My name is Gregory Henry, and my business address is 2244 Walnut Grove Avenue, Rosemead, 5
California 91770. 6
Q. Briefly describe your present responsibilities at the Southern California Edison Company. 7
A. I am the Manager of Investments in the Treasurer’s Department. I am responsible for managing 8
the trust investment programs for SCE’s pension fund, PBOP trusts, nuclear decommissioning 9
trusts, and investment funds for the 401k plan. In this capacity, I work to establish strategic trust 10
investment strategies, select and monitor investment managers, investment funds and other 11
service providers. I am also responsible for trust fund administration related to contributions, 12
withdrawals and investment activity for the pension fund, PBOP trusts and nuclear 13
decommissioning trusts. 14
Q. Briefly describe your educational and professional background. 15
A. I received a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and Accounting from the University of the West 16
Indies in 1987; a Master of Business Administration (Finance) from California State University, 17
San Bernardino in 1997 and I am a CFA charter holder. 18
I joined the Southern California Edison Company as a Financial Analyst in the Planning and 19
Analysis group of the Treasurer’s Department in 1998 and transferred to the Investments 20
Division in 2000. 21
Q. What is the purpose of your testimony in this proceeding? 22
A. The purpose of my testimony in this proceeding is to sponsor portions of portions of Exhibit 23
SCE-06, HR – Volume 2, entitled HR – Benefits and Other Compensation, as identified in the 24
Table of Contents thereto. 25
Q. Was this material prepared by you or under your supervision? 26
A. Yes, it was. 27
Q. Insofar as this material is factual in nature, do you believe it to be correct? 28
A. Yes, I do. 29
Q. Insofar as this material is in the nature of opinion or judgment, does it represent your best 30
judgment? 31
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A. Yes, it does. 1
Q. Does this conclude your qualifications and prepared testimony? 2
A. Yes, it does. 3
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY 1
QUALIFICATIONS AND PREPARED TESTIMONY 2
OF COLLEEN HERNANDEZ 3
Q. Please state your name and business address for the record. 4
A. My name is Colleen Hernandez, and my business address is 1515 Walnut Grove Avenue, 5
Rosemead, California 91770. 6
Q. Briefly describe your present responsibilities at the Southern California Edison Company. 7
A. I am the Principal Manager, Compensation for Human Resources (HR). In this capacity, I am 8
responsible for managing Southern California Edison’s (SCE) compensation programs. I 9
establish the strategic direction of all executive and non-executive, non-represented 10
compensation programs and oversee the administration of the compensation programs, including 11
establishing salary ranges, the annual salary increase process, the Short Term Incentive Plan 12
(STIP) program, the Long-term Incentive Program, and reward and recognition programs. 13
Q. Briefly describe your educational and professional background. 14
A. I hold a BBA degree in Finance from Texas Tech University. In October 2013, I joined SCE as 15
the Principal Manager, Compensation. I have 25 years of experience in Human Resources, the 16
majority of which has been in managing the Compensation Departments of several global 17
financial institutions. I have not previously testified before the California Public Utilities 18
Commission. 19
Q. What is the purpose of your testimony in this proceeding? 20
A. The purpose of my testimony in this proceeding is to sponsor portions of Exhibit SCE-06, HR – 21
Volume 2, entitled HR – Benefits and Other Compensation, as identified in the Table of Contents 22
thereto. 23
Q. Was this material prepared by you or under your supervision? 24
A. Yes, it was. 25
Q. Insofar as this material is factual in nature, do you believe it to be correct? 26
A. Yes, I do. 27
Q. Insofar as this material is in the nature of opinion or judgment, does it represent your best 28
judgment? 29
A. Yes, it does. 30
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY 1
QUALIFICATIONS AND PREPARED TESTIMONY 2
OF PAUL T. HUNT, JR. 3
Q. Please state your name and business address for the record. 4
A. My name is Paul T. Hunt, Jr., and my business address is 2244 Walnut Grove Avenue, 5
Rosemead, California 91770. 6
Q. Briefly describe your present responsibilities at the Southern California Edison Company. 7
A. I am the Director of Regulatory Finance and Economics, supervising the Regulatory Finance 8
Division of the Treasurer’s Department. My present responsibility is to apply economic, 9
financial, and statistical analysis to regulatory issues and for internal corporate purposes. 10
Q. Briefly describe your educational and professional background. 11
A. I received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Pomona College in 1975, a Master of 12
Arts degree in Economics from Stanford University in 1976, and a Doctor of Philosophy degree 13
from Stanford University in 1981. I joined the Southern California Edison Company as an 14
Associate Economist in the Treasurer’s Department in July 1980. I was promoted to Economist 15
in 1982 and Senior Economist in 1984. In 1989, I transferred to the Regulatory Policy and 16
Affairs Department as a Regulatory Economics Consultant. I returned to the Treasurer’s 17
Department in 1996 as a Senior Economist. In 1997, I was promoted to Project Manager. In 18
2000, I was promoted to Manager of Regulatory Finance and Economics. I was promoted to my 19
present position in 2010. 20
I have testified before the California Public Utilities Commission and the Federal Energy 21
Regulatory Commission. 22
In late 2009, I was invited to write, with a co-author, a book chapter on cost of capital in 23
regulated industries. The book chapter is titled “Cost of Capital in Regulated Industries,” and it 24
appears in Cost of Capital in Litigation: Applications and Examples, published by John Wiley & 25
Sons, Inc., in November 2010. (ISBN: 978-0-470-88094-4.) A revised version of that book 26
chapter appears in The Lawyer’s Guide to Cost of Capital: Understanding Risk and Return for 27
Valuing Businesses and Other Investments, published by ABA (American Bar Association) 28
Publishing in July 2014. (ISBN: 978-1-62722-723-0.) 29
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In 2016, I was elected to the Board of Directors of the Society of Utility and Regulatory 1
Financial Analysts (SURFA). The Society’s purpose is to promote improvement and 2
understanding of rate of return analysis. 3
Q. What is the purpose of your testimony in this proceeding? 4
A. The purpose of my testimony in this proceeding is to sponsor portions of Exhibit SCE-09, Results 5
of Operations, Volume 1 – Requested Revenue Requirements, Ratemaking, Forecasts of Sales, 6
Other Operating Revenue, Cost Escalation, Post-Test Year Ratemaking and Results of 7
Operations, Volume 2 - Plant and Reserve; Depreciation Expense; Taxes; Rate Base; Working 8
Cash, as identified in the Table of Contents thereto. 9
Q. Was this material prepared by you or under your supervision? 10
A. Yes, it was. 11
Q. Insofar as this material is factual in nature, do you believe it to be correct? 12
A. Yes, I do. 13
Q. Insofar as this material is in the nature of opinion or judgment, does it represent your best 14
judgment? 15
A. Yes, it does. 16
Q. Does this conclude your qualifications and prepared testimony? 17
A. Yes, it does. 18
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY 1
QUALIFICATIONS AND PREPARED TESTIMONY 2
OF TODD INLANDER 3
Q. Please state your name and business address for the record. 4
A. My name is Todd Inlander, and my business address is 2244 Walnut Grove Avenue, Rosemead, 5
CA, 91770. 6
Q. Briefly describe your present responsibilities at the Southern California Edison Company. 7
A. I am Senior Vice President of Information Technology and Chief Information Officer for 8
Southern California Edison. In that capacity, I have the responsibility of managing information 9
technology infrastructure and applications. 10
Q. Briefly describe your educational and professional background. 11
A. I hold a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Rutgers University College 12
of Engineering. I joined SCE in September 2011 as the Vice President of Client Services, 13
Planning and Controls, and was promoted to Vice President and CIO in May of 2012. I was later 14
promoted to Senior Vice President in February 2016. I have also held the title of Vice President 15
and CIO for Edison Mission Group (EMG). Before joining EMG in 2008, I served as CIO of the 16
homebuilding subsidiary of Lennar Homes, responsible for delivering technology solutions to 17
support the needs of homebuilding and land operations. I was also senior vice president and CIO 18
for Fleetwood Enterprises, where I implemented enterprise resource planning and customer-19
relationship management initiatives to standardize common applications. 20
Q. What is the purpose of your testimony in this proceeding? 21
A. The purpose of my testimony in this proceeding is to sponsor the portions of SCE-04, 22
Information Technology (IT) Volume 1—O&M and Hardware and Volume 2- Capital Software, 23
as identified in the Table of Contents thereto. 24
Q. Was this material prepared by you or under your supervision? 25
A. Yes, it was. 26
Q. Insofar as this material is factual in nature, do you believe it to be correct? 27
A. Yes, I do. 28
Q. Insofar as this material is in the nature of opinion or judgment, does it represent your best 29
judgment? 30
A. Yes, it does. 31
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY 1
QUALIFICATIONS AND PREPARED TESTIMONY 2
OF PAUL JESKE 3
Q. Please state your name and business address for the record. 4
A. My name is Paul Jeske, and my business address is 6040 Irwindale Ave, Irwindale, CA 91702. 5
Q. Briefly describe your present responsibilities at the Southern California Edison Company. 6
A. I am the Director of Corporate Health and Safety. I am responsible for providing strategic 7
direction for SCE’s safety programs and work within a line governance model to implement 8
safety improvements and good practices. I oversee corporate health and safety programs, 9
including policy and standards development, licensing, compliance management, and integration 10
with company business plan objectives. I also am responsible for developing programs to ensure 11
that operations implement requirements established by OSHA, DOT, and state agencies related 12
to occupational safety and health, transportation safety, and approvals issued by the California 13
Public Utilities Commission. 14
Q. Briefly describe your educational and professional background. 15
A. Prior to SCE, I worked for Xcel Energy for 28 years in a variety of positions including Heavy 16
Equipment Operator, Plant Supervisor, HR Manager, and various leadership roles in the Safety 17
department for the past 13 plus years. My last position held was Director of Safety. I am a 18
Certified Safety Professional (CSP) through the Board of Certified Safety Professionals (since 19
2007). I also have a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration with a focus in 20
finance from Metropolitan State University and an Associate of Applied Science degree in Law 21
Enforcement from Inver Hills Community College. 22
Q. What is the purpose of your testimony in this proceeding? 23
A. The purpose of my testimony in this proceeding is to sponsor portions of Exhibit SCE-07 24
Volume 4, entitled Operational Services (OS) - Corporate Health and Safety, as identified in the 25
Table of Contents thereto. 26
Q. Was this material prepared by you or under your supervision? 27
A. Yes, it was. 28
Q. Insofar as this material is factual in nature, do you believe it to be correct? 29
A. Yes, I do. 30
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Q. Insofar as this material is in the nature of opinion or judgment, does it represent your best 1
judgment? 2
A. Yes, it does. 3
Q. Does this conclude your qualifications and prepared testimony? 4
A. Yes, it does. 5
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY 1
QUALIFICATIONS AND PREPARED TESTIMONY 2
OF PAUL P. JOSEPH 3
Q. Please state your name and business address for the record. 4
A. My name is Paul P. Joseph, and my business address is 3 Innovation Way, Pomona, CA 91768. 5
Q. Briefly describe your present responsibilities at the Southern California Edison Company. 6
A. I am currently a Principal Manager within the Transmission and Distribution Operating Unit 7
(T&D) at Southern California Edison Company managing the Design Support Organization. My 8
responsibilities include the design, oversight, and resource and performance management of the 9
distribution planning process. I began my career at Southern California Edison in 1997 as a 10
designer of distribution line extensions. During my time within T&D, I held positions of 11
increasing responsibility, performing staff and project management work before accepting the 12
position of Principal Manager of Work Management in the IT Center of Continuous 13
Improvement at Southern California Edison in July 2010. I held additional Principal Manager 14
positions within T&D and IT responsible for the development of the T&D work management 15
technology portfolio. Prior to starting my current position, I supported process improvement 16
efforts within the Distribution Business Line and T&D Work Management. I assumed my 17
current position in September 2016. 18
Q. Briefly describe your educational and professional background. 19
A. I have a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from UCLA and a Master of Business 20
Administration from UCI. 21
Q. What is the purpose of your testimony in this proceeding? 22
A. The purpose of my testimony in this proceeding is to sponsor portions of Exhibit SCE-02, 23
Volume 1, entitled Transmission & Distribution (T&D), Operational Overview & Risk-Informed 24
Decision-Making, portions of Exhibit SCE-04, Volume 2, entitled Information Technology (IT)—25
Capitalized Software and portions of Exhibit SCE-09, Volume 3 entitled Results of Operations—26
Depreciation Study, as identified in the Table of Contents thereto. 27
Q. Was this material prepared by you or under your supervision? 28
A. Yes, it was. 29
Q. Insofar as this material is factual in nature, do you believe it to be correct? 30
A. Yes, I do. 31
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Q. Insofar as this material is in the nature of opinion or judgment, does it represent your best 1
judgment? 2
A. Yes, it does. 3
Q. Does this conclude your qualifications and prepared testimony? 4
A. Yes, it does. 5
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY 1
QUALIFICATIONS AND PREPARED TESTIMONY 2
OF JASON M. ‘JAY’ KELLY 3
Q. Please state your name and business address for the record. 4
A. My name is Jason Michael Kelly, and my business address is 4910 Rivergrade Road, Irwindale, 5
California 91706. 6
Q. Briefly describe your present responsibilities at the Southern California Edison Company (SCE). 7
A. I am the Director of Information Technology’s Enterprise Architecture and Strategy (EA&S) at 8
Southern California Edison (SCE). I am responsible for IT strategic business planning, 9
governance, and technology architecture. EA&S enables timely, well-informed business 10
decisions through established investment strategies and technology standards across the SCE 11
enterprise. 12
Q. Briefly describe your educational and professional background. 13
A. I have a degree in computer engineering from the University of Washington, over 20 years of IT 14
experience, and a broad range of industry experience including utilities, high-tech, automotive, 15
and media. My experience at SCE has included serving as general manager responsible for data 16
architecture and design services for IT projects. I also managed architecture and engineering 17
services for the company’s SAP application footprint. Before joining SCE in 2007, I worked as a 18
senior technical solution architect with SAP and a product manager for Microsoft. 19
Q. What is the purpose of your testimony in this proceeding? 20
A. The purpose of my testimony in this proceeding is to sponsor the portions of Exhibit SCE-04, 21
Volume 1, entitled Information Technology (IT)—O&M and Hardware, and Exhibit SCE-04, 22
Volume 2, entitled Information Technology (IT)—Capitalized Software, as identified in the Table 23
of Contents thereto. 24
Q. Was this material prepared by you or under your supervision? 25
A. Yes it was. 26
Q. Insofar as this material is factual in nature, do you believe it to be correct? 27
A. Yes, I do. 28
Q. Insofar as this material is in the nature of opinion or judgment, does it represent your best 29
judgment? 30
A. Yes, it does. 31
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY 1
QUALIFICATIONS AND PREPARED TESTIMONY 2
OF DUSTIN E. KEMPF 3
Q. Please state your name and business address for the record. 4
A. My name is Dustin E. Kempf, and my business address is 4777 Irwindale Ave., Irwindale 5
California 91705. 6
Q. Briefly describe your present responsibilities at the Southern California Edison Company (SCE). 7
A. I am the Principal Manager of High Volume Customer Billing in the Usage & Billing 8
Department of SCE’s Revenue Services Organization. As such, I am responsible for the Billing 9
Operations Management group that manages, maintains, and supports the end-to-end customer 10
usage and billing processes for all SCE customers. 11
Q. Briefly describe your educational and professional background. 12
A. I hold a Bachelor of Science degree in Organizational Leadership from the University of La 13
Verne. In May of 1994, I began to work for SCE as a Meter Reader. Since then, I have held 14
various positions within SCE, including the last 15 years as a Manager. My background includes 15
20 years of experience in customer service, in particular Interval Usage, Billing and Rates, 16
Demand Response, Data, Energy Efficiency, and Market Intelligence. I started in my current 17
position in April of 2013. I have previously testified before the California Public Utilities 18
Commission. 19
Q. What is the purpose of your testimony in this proceeding? 20
A. The purpose of my testimony in this proceeding is to sponsor portions of Exhibit SCE-03, 21
Volume 1, entitled Customer Service – Operations, Information Delivery, and OOR, and SCE-04, 22
Volume 2, entitled Information Technology (IT)—Capital Software, as identified in the Table of 23
Contents thereto. 24
Q. Was this material prepared by you or under your supervision? 25
A. Yes, it was. 26
Q. Insofar as this material is factual in nature, do you believe it to be correct? 27
A. Yes, I do. 28
Q. Insofar as this material is in the nature of opinion or judgment, does it represent your best 29
judgment? 30
A. Yes, it does. 31
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY 1
QUALIFICATIONS AND PREPARED TESTIMONY 2
OF STEPHEN KEMPSEY 3
Q. Please state your name and business address for the record. 4
A. My name is Stephen Kempsey, and my business address is 1166 Avenue of the Americas, New 5
York, NY 10036. 6
Q. Briefly describe your present responsibilities related to Southern California Edison Company. 7
A. I work for Marsh USA Inc. I am the Client Executive responsible for the Southern California 8
Edison account. 9
Q. Briefly describe your educational and professional background. 10
A. I hold a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics from the University of Washington and a 11
Master of International Management degree from the American Graduate School of International 12
Management (Thunderbird). I have worked in the insurance industry since 1993 and hold the 13
following designations: CPCU (Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriter); ARM (Associate 14
in Risk Management); and ARe (Associate in Reinsurance). 15
Q. What is the purpose of your testimony in this proceeding? 16
A. The purpose of my testimony in this proceeding is to sponsor the portions of Exhibit SCE-08, 17
Volume 1, entitled Administrative & General (A&G)—Property & Liability Insurance, as 18
identified in the Table of Contents thereto. 19
Q. Was this material prepared by you or under your supervision? 20
A. Yes, it was. 21
Q. Insofar as this material is factual in nature, do you believe it to be correct? 22
A. Yes, I do. 23
Q. Insofar as this material is in the nature of opinion or judgment, does it represent your best 24
judgment? 25
A. Yes, it does. 26
Q. Does this conclude your qualifications and prepared testimony? 27
A. Yes, it does. 28
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY 1
QUALIFICATIONS AND PREPARED TESTIMONY 2
OF DOUGLAS H. KIM 3
Q. Please state your name and business address for the record. 4
A. My name is Douglas H. Kim, and my business address is 14799 Chestnut Street, Westminster, 5
CA 92683 6
Q. Briefly describe your present responsibilities at the Southern California Edison Company. 7
A. I am the Director of the Advanced Technology organization at Southern California Edison 8
(SCE). I am responsible for managing the planning, development and implementation of utility 9
activities needed to create a smarter electric grid. Smart grid efforts include technology and 10
applications assessments for all aspects of the electricity system ranging from transmission and 11
distribution reliability and stability to business and home energy management. 12
Q. Briefly describe your educational and professional background. 13
A. I hold a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of California – Los 14
Angeles and a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering from Harvey Mudd College in 15
Claremont, CA. Prior to this assignment, I was general manager of Edison Carrier Solutions, an 16
SCE business unit which provides large-capacity fiber optics-based broadband services to all 17
types of telecommunications companies including wireless carriers, large and small local and 18
long distance telephone companies, alternative telecommunications service providers, cable 19
television companies and internet access companies. I previously worked as a senior manager in 20
various SCE organizations, with primary responsibilities in assessing new business opportunities 21
and developing strategies and detailed business plans. I joined Edison International (EIX) in 22
1996, working on corporate strategic planning and new business development and I have 23
provided internal consulting to many of EIX’s operating units. Before joining SCE, I worked in 24
the aerospace industry leading technical organizations that designed, integrated and tested 25
various systems and managing relationships with large defense industry customers. 26
Q. What is the purpose of your testimony in this proceeding? 27
A. The purpose of my testimony in this proceeding is to sponsor portions of Exhibit SCE-02, 28
Volume 11, entitled Grid Technology, as identified in the Table of Contents thereto. 29
Q. Was this material prepared by you or under your supervision? 30
A. Yes, it was. 31
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Q. Insofar as this material is factual in nature, do you believe it to be correct? 1
A. Yes, I do. 2
Q. Insofar as this material is in the nature of opinion or judgment, does it represent your best 3
judgment? 4
A. Yes, it does. 5
Q. Does this conclude your qualifications and prepared testimony? 6
A. Yes, it does. 7
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY 1
QUALIFICATIONS AND PREPARED TESTIMONY 2
OF KEN LANDRITH 3
Q. Please state your name and business address for the record. 4
A. My name is Ken Landrith and my business address is 1 Innovation Way, Pomona, CA 91768. 5
Q. Briefly describe your present responsibilities at the Southern California Edison Company. 6
A. I presently serve as SCE’s Director of Supply Chain Management. I am responsible for the 7
procurement of all Indirect and Direct materials and services for the Company which is 8
approximately $4 billion in annual spend. I also manage SCE’s logistics and warehousing 9
operations. 10
Q. Briefly describe your educational and professional background. 11
A. I have17 years of experience in the utility industry working for Southern California Edison. Prior 12
to my current position, I have held various positions at SCE including Distribution Service 13
Planner, Planning Supervisor, and project management and management positions within 14
Distributor Operations, Grid Operations, Power Delivery, Carrier Solutions, and Supply 15
Management. I hold a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Redlands and a 16
Bachelor’s of Science in Mathematics from California State University, Long Beach. 17
Q. What is the purpose of your testimony in this proceeding? 18
A. The purpose of my testimony in this proceeding is to sponsor portions of SCE-07, Volume 6, 19
entitled, Supply Management & Supplier Diversity, as identified in the Table of Contents thereto. 20
Q. Was this material prepared by you or under your supervision? 21
A. Yes, it was. 22
Q. Insofar as this material is factual in nature, do you believe it to be correct? 23
A. Yes, I do. 24
Q. Insofar as this material is in the nature of opinion or judgment, does it represent your best 25
judgment? 26
A. Yes, it does. 27
Q. Does this conclude your qualifications and prepared testimony? 28
A. Yes, it does. 29
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY 1
QUALIFICATIONS AND PREPARED TESTIMONY 2
OF DAVID LEE 3
Q. Please state your name and business address for the record. 4
A. My name is David Lee, and my business address is 2244 Walnut Grove Avenue, Rosemead, 5
California 91770. 6
Q. Briefly describe your present responsibilities at the Southern California Edison Company. 7
A. I am the Property Tax Manager. My current responsibilities include Southern California 8
Edison’s filing of property statements and payment of property taxes to various state property tax 9
jurisdictions, which include California, Arizona, Nevada, and local jurisdictions. Additional 10
responsibilities include presenting and defending all assessment appeals before State and County 11
Boards of Equalization. 12
Q. Briefly describe your educational and professional background. 13
A. I received a Masters in Business Taxation and a Bachelor of Sciences degree in Accounting from 14
the University of Southern California. Before joining Edison, I held several positions at Deloitte 15
& Touche, LLP and Ernst & Young, LLP. I joined the Tax Department of Southern California 16
Edison in 2006. In 2011, I transferred to the Property Tax area in Capital Asset Accounting. In 17
2013, I was promoted to my present position as the Property Tax Manager. 18
Q. What is the purpose of your testimony in this proceeding? 19
A. The purpose of my testimony in this proceeding is to sponsor the portions of Exhibit SCE 9, 20
Volume 2 entitled Results of Operations – Plant and Reserve; Depreciation Expense; Taxes; 21
Rate Base; Working Cash, as identified in the Table of Contents thereto. 22
Q. Was this material prepared by you or under your supervision? 23
A. Yes, it was. 24
Q. Insofar as this material is factual in nature, do you believe it to be correct? 25
A. Yes, I do. 26
Q. Insofar as this material is in the nature of opinion or judgment, does it represent your best 27
judgment? 28
A. Yes, it does. 29
Q. Does this conclude your qualifications and prepared testimony? 30
A. Yes, it does. 31
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY 1
QUALIFICATIONS AND PREPARED TESTIMONY 2
OF JESSICA LIM 3
Q. Please state your name and business address for the record. 4
A. My name is Jessica Lim, and my business address is 1515 Walnut Grove Avenue, Rosemead, 5
California 91770. 6
Q. Briefly describe your present responsibilities at the Southern California Edison Company (SCE). 7
A. I am the Manager of Customer Engagement in the Customer Programs and Services division of 8
SCE. In this role, I am responsible for SCE’s marketing communications and the digital 9
customer experience associated with Customer Service programs, rates, and services. 10
Q. Briefly describe your educational and professional background. 11
A. I completed a Bachelor’s degree in Administrative Studies from U.C. Riverside in 1992 with 12
emphasis in business administration and marketing. I completed the Masters of Science in 13
Leadership and Management program through the University of La Verne in January 2013. I 14
have worked at SCE for approximately 10 years in Customer Service. Prior to my current 15
function, which I described above, I was the Manager of Offer Management & Marketing in the 16
Customer Service Programs and Services division for approximately three years. Prior to that 17
position, I was the Manager of Planning, Performance, and Integration in the Customer Service 18
Operating Division for approximately two years. Prior to that position, I was the Manager of 19
Customer Strategy in Customer Experience and Management for approximately five years. Prior 20
to SCE, I had over 10 years of experience in business working in disciplines such as advertising, 21
marketing, and e-commerce for a variety of profit and not-for-profit organizations and clients. 22
Q. What is the purpose of your testimony in this proceeding? 23
A. The purpose of my testimony in this proceeding is to sponsor portions of Exhibit SCE-03, 24
entitled Customer Service, and SCE-04, Volume 2, entitled Information Technology (IT)—25
Capitalized Software, as identified in the Table of Contents thereto. 26
Q. Was this material prepared by you or under your supervision? 27
A. Yes, it was. 28
Q. Insofar as this material is factual in nature, do you believe it to be correct? 29
A. Yes, I do. 30
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Q. Insofar as this material is in the nature of opinion or judgment, does it represent your best 1
judgment? 2
A. Yes, it does. 3
Q. Does this conclude your qualifications and prepared testimony? 4
A. Yes, it does. 5
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY 1
QUALIFICATIONS AND PREPARED TESTIMONY 2
OF RANDY B. LISBIN 3
Q. Please state your name and business address for the record. 4
A. My name is Randy B. Lisbin, and my business address is 2244 Walnut Grove Avenue, 5
Rosemead, California 91770. 6
Q. Briefly describe your present responsibilities at the Southern California Edison Company. 7
A. I am the Manager of Energy Regulation Compliance in the Regulatory Operations organization. 8
My responsibilities include management of SCE’s Energy Regulation Compliance Program; 9
SCE’s response to CPUC and FERC regulatory audits; and compliance oversight related to the 10
CPUC and FERC affiliate transaction rules. 11
Q. Briefly describe your educational and professional background. 12
A. I received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Occidental College in 1981. I received a 13
Master's Degree in Business Administration at the Peter F. Drucker Graduate Management 14
Center at the Claremont Graduate University in 1995. From 1981 through 1993, I held various 15
analytical and managerial positions within SCE’s regulatory organizations with responsibility for 16
regulatory case management, development of regulatory incentive mechanisms, tariff 17
development and implementation, revenue requirement calculations, and regulatory economic 18
analysis. From 1994 through 1995, I was the Regulatory Affairs Manager for SCE’s ENVEST 19
Pilot Program. I returned to Regulatory Compliance in 1996 and have held various management 20
positions within the Regulatory Compliance organization. 21
Q. What is the purpose of your testimony in this proceeding? 22
A. The purpose of my testimony in this proceeding is to sponsor Exhibit SCE-10, entitled 23
Compliance, as identified in the Table of Contents thereto. 24
Q. Was this material prepared by you or under your supervision? 25
A. Yes, it was. 26
Q. Insofar as this material is factual in nature, do you believe it to be correct? 27
A. Yes, I do. 28
Q. Insofar as this material is in the nature of opinion or judgment, does it represent your best 29
judgment? 30
A. Yes, it does. 31
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY 1
QUALIFICATIONS AND PREPARED TESTIMONY 2
OF LINDA LOW 3
Q. Please state your name and business address for the record. 4
A. My name is Linda Low, and my business address is 8631 Rush Street, Rosemead, California 5
91770. 6
Q. Briefly describe your present responsibilities at the Southern California Edison Company. 7
A. I am the Principal Manager of the Business Planning department in the Customer Service 8
Operating Unit (CSOU). In this role, I am responsible for developing the organization’s 9
operating plan, creating goals, and managing performance metrics. Additionally, I manage 10
various business planning, analytical, and communications teams to meet corporate objectives, 11
drive employee engagement, and address customer needs. 12
Q. Briefly describe your educational and professional background. 13
A. I hold a Bachelor of Art degree in Economics and Business and a MBA from the University of 14
California at Los Angeles, with an emphasis in Marketing and Finance. I have over 20 years of 15
experience in the utility industry including positions of increasing responsibility in Customer 16
Programs & Services, Regulatory Policy & Affairs, and Consumer Affairs. 17
Q. What is the purpose of your testimony in this proceeding? 18
A. The purpose of my testimony in this proceeding is to sponsor portions of Exhibit SCE-03, 19
Volume 1, entitled Customer Service - Operating Unit Management and Support (OUMS) as 20
identified in the Table of Contents thereto. 21
Q. Was this material prepared by you or under your supervision? 22
A. Yes, it was. 23
Q. Insofar as this material is factual in nature, do you believe it to be correct? 24
A. Yes, I do. 25
Q. Insofar as this material is in the nature of opinion or judgment, does it represent your best 26
judgment? 27
A. Yes, it does. 28
Q. Does this conclude your qualifications and prepared testimony? 29
A. Yes, it does. 30
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY 1
QUALIFICATIONS AND PREPARED TESTIMONY 2
OF ROBIN ANNE MAINARDY 3
Q. Please state your name and business address for the record. 4
A. My name is Robin Anne Mainardy, and my business address is 5000 Pacific Coast Highway, San 5
Clemente, California 92672. 6
Q. Briefly describe your present responsibilities at the Southern California Edison Company. 7
A. I am a Senior Project Manager and support the Decommissioning Project in the areas of Co-8
Participant Coordination and Community Outreach. I also provide support to a variety of 9
projects assigned to the strategic planning group. I have supported testimony in prior CPUC 10
ERRA proceedings. 11
Q. Briefly describe your educational and professional background. 12
A. I have a bachelor’s degree in business and I am a certified Project Management Professional 13
(PMP). I have worked for SCE for 30 years as a Financial Analyst and a Project Manager. 14
Q. What is the purpose of your testimony in this proceeding? 15
A. The purpose of my testimony in this proceeding is to sponsor the portion of Exhibit SCE-9, 16
Volume 1, entitled SONGS Decommissioning Credits, as identified in the Table of Contents 17
thereto. 18
Q. Was this material prepared by you or under your supervision? 19
A. Yes, it was. 20
Q. Insofar as this material is factual in nature, do you believe it to be correct? 21
A. Yes, I do. 22
Q. Insofar as this material is in the nature of opinion or judgment, does it represent your best 23
judgment? 24
A. Yes, it does. 25
Q. Does this conclude your qualifications and prepared testimony? 26
A. Yes, it does. 27
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY 1
QUALIFICATIONS AND PREPARED TESTIMONY 2
OF ANDREW S. MARTINEZ 3
Q. Please state your name and business address for the record. 4
A. My name is Andrew S. Martinez, and my business address is 1 Innovation Way, Pomona, CA 5
91768. 6
Q. Briefly describe your present responsibilities at the Southern California Edison Company. 7
A. I am currently the Director of Safety, Training, and Compliance for the Transmission and 8
Distribution Operating Unit at Southern California Edison Company. I began my career at 9
Southern California Edison at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station in 1991 as a 10
Apprentice Nuclear Plant Equipment Operator. In my time at San Onofre Generating Station I 11
held positions of increasing responsibility before accepting the position of Director of 12
Compliance and Safety in the Power Supply Operating Unit at Southern California Edison in 13
January 2014. I assumed my current position in February 2016. Prior to joining Southern 14
California Edison I served in the United States Navy as an Engineering Laboratory Technician. 15
Q. Briefly describe your educational and professional background. 16
A. I have a Bachelor of Science in Radiation Protection from Thomas Edison State College and a 17
Master of Science in Organizational Leadership from Thomas Edison State College. 18
Q. What is the purpose of your testimony in this proceeding? 19
A. The purpose of my testimony in this proceeding is to sponsor portions of Exhibit SCE-02 Volume 20
12, entitled Transmission & Distribution (T&D) Safety Training & Enviromental Programs, as 21
identified in the Table of Contents thereto. 22
Q. Was this material prepared by you or under your supervision? 23
A. Yes, it was. 24
Q. Insofar as this material is factual in nature, do you believe it to be correct? 25
A. Yes, I do. 26
Q. Insofar as this material is in the nature of opinion or judgment, does it represent your best 27
judgment? 28
A. Yes, it does. 29
Q. Does this conclude your qualifications and prepared testimony? 30
A. Yes, it does. 31
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY 1
QUALIFICATIONS AND PREPARED TESTIMONY 2
OF JOHN MCCARSON 3
Q. Please state your name and business address for the record. 4
A. My name is John McCarson, and my business address is 2244 Walnut Grove Avenue, 5
Rosemead, CA 91770. 6
Q. Briefly describe your present responsibilities at the Southern California Edison Company. 7
A. I am the Principal Manager of Capital Asset Accounting and Non-Energy Billing. In this role I 8
lead an organization responsible for the proper accounting, financial reporting and regulatory 9
recovery of fixed assets. 10
Q. Briefly describe your educational and professional background. 11
A. I received a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration, with an emphasis in Accounting from 12
California State University, Fullerton in 1991, and a Masters of Business Taxation from the 13
University of Southern California in 2002. In 1996, I was licensed in California as a CPA. I 14
retained active license status until 2013. 15
I joined SCE’s tax department in 1998. Between 1998 and 2009 I specialized in accounting, 16
financial reporting, budgeting and regulatory recovery of SCE’s federal and state taxes based on 17
income. In 2005, I accepted the position of Senior Manager of SCE’s accounting for income tax 18
function. In 2009, I accepted a Senior Project Manager position in SCE’s Financial Reporting & 19
Technical Accounting Department with responsibilities for quarterly and annual footnotes and 20
MD&A, analyzing the effects of FASB accounting pronouncements on SCE, and researching 21
complex accounting issues. In 2013, I accepted a Senior Manager position in SCE’s Capital 22
Asset Accounting department, managing the book & tax depreciation function. This organization 23
is responsible for accounting, financial reporting and regulatory recovery of SCE’s book basis 24
and tax basis fixed assets. In 2015, I accepted the Principal Manager position of Capital Asset 25
Accounting and Non-Energy Billing. In this role I continue my focus of leading organizations 26
responsible for the proper accounting, financial reporting and regulatory recovery of fixed assets. 27
Q. What is the purpose of your testimony in this proceeding? 28
A. The purpose of my testimony in this proceeding is to sponsor portions of Exhibit SCE-09 Volume 29
2, entitled Results of Operations Plant, Taxes, Depreciation Expense and Reserve, and Rate 30
Base, as identified in the Table of Contents thereto. 31
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Q. Was this material prepared by you or under your supervision? 1
A. Yes, it was. 2
Q. Insofar as this material is factual in nature, do you believe it to be correct? 3
A. Yes, I do. 4
Q. Insofar as this material is in the nature of opinion or judgment, does it represent your best 5
judgment? 6
A. Yes, it does. 7
Q. Does this conclude your qualifications and prepared testimony? 8
A. Yes, it does. 9
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY 1
QUALIFICATIONS AND PREPARED TESTIMONY 2
OF SHINJINI C. MENON 3
Q. Please state your name and business address for the record. 4
A. My name is Shinjini C. Menon, and my business address is 8631 Rush Street, Rosemead, 5
California 91770. 6
Q. Briefly describe your present responsibilities at the Southern California Edison Company. 7
A. I am the General Rate Case Director in SCE’s Regulatory Affairs Organizational Unit. 8
My responsibilities include overseeing the development and approval of SCE’s 2018 9
GRC. 10
Q. Briefly describe your educational and professional background. 11
A. I earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Electronics Engineering from Indian Institute of 12
Technology, Banaras Hindu University, India in 1991. Subsequently I received Master of 13
Science in Electrical Engineering in 1993, and Masters of Science in Applied Statistics in 14
1997 from Purdue University. I was employed as a Research and Development Engineer 15
in Corning Incorporated from 1998 to 2004. I joined SCE’s Transmission and 16
Distribution (T&D) Operating Unit in 2004, and have held various project management 17
and management positions in Operations Planning and Business Process and Operational 18
Improvement initiatives. From 2009 to 2015, I have managed the T&D portions of the 19
2012 SCE GRC and 2015 SCE GRC. Since 2013, I have also been involved in 20
developing an integrated asset management and risk-informed planning approach within 21
T&D. 22
Q. What is the purpose of your testimony in this proceeding? 23
A. The purpose of my testimony in this proceeding is to sponsor the portions of Exhibit 24
SCE-01, entitled Policy, as identified in the Table of Contents thereto. 25
Q. Was this material prepared by you or under your supervision? 26
A. Yes, it was. 27
Q. Insofar as this material is factual in nature, do you believe it to be correct? 28
A. Yes, I do. 29
Q. Insofar as this material is in the nature of opinion or judgment, does it represent your best 30
judgment? 31
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A. Yes, it does. 1
Q. Does this conclude your qualifications and prepared testimony? 2
A. Yes, it does. 3
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY 1
QUALIFICATIONS AND PREPARED TESTIMONY 2
OF SYD NAGOSHI 3
Q. Please state your name and business address for the record. 4
A. My name is Syd Nagoshi, and my business address is 9500 Cleveland Avenue, Rancho 5
Cucamonga, California 91730. 6
Q. Briefly describe your present responsibilities at the Southern California Edison Company. 7
A. I am the Principal Manager of Contact Center Technology and Workforce Management in the 8
Customer Service Operating Unit (CSOU). In this role, I am responsible for managing a 9
department focused on systems, technologies, and resource management for business operations 10
within the Customer Contact Center. 11
Q. Briefly describe your educational and professional background. 12
A. I hold a Bachelor of Art degree in Business Administration from California State University, Los 13
Angeles, and am a MBA candidate at the University of La Verne. I have over 25 years of 14
experience in the utility industry including positions of increasing responsibility in Transmission 15
Civil Operations, Business Customer Support Services, and Credit and Receivables 16
Management. 17
Q. What is the purpose of your testimony in this proceeding? 18
A. The purpose of my testimony in this proceeding is to sponsor all portions of Exhibit SCE-03, 19
entitled Customer Service, and SCE-04, Volume 2, entitled Information Technology (IT) 20
Capitalized Software, as identified in the Table of Contents thereto. 21
Q. Was this material prepared by you or under your supervision? 22
A. Yes, it was. 23
Q. Insofar as this material is factual in nature, do you believe it to be correct? 24
A. Yes, I do. 25
Q. Insofar as this material is in the nature of opinion or judgment, does it represent your best 26
judgment? 27
A. Yes, it does. 28
Q. Does this conclude your qualifications and prepared testimony? 29
A. Yes, it does. 30
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY 1
QUALIFICATIONS AND PREPARED TESTIMONY 2
OF DONALD NEAL 3
Q. Please state your name and business address for the record. 4
A. My name is Donald Neal, and my business address is 6040 Irwindale Ave, Irwindale, CA 91702. 5
Q. Briefly describe your present responsibilities at the Southern California Edison Company. 6
A. I am the Director of Corporate Environmental Services. I am responsible for developing and 7
implementing programs necessary for SCE to comply with applicable environmental 8
requirements. 9
Q. Briefly describe your educational and professional background. 10
A. I hold a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree in Biology from the University of Massachusetts – 11
Boston (1980) and a Master of Science (M.S.) degree in Biology from the University of 12
Massachusetts – Boston (1983). I also received a Certificate in Safety Management from the 13
American Society of Safety Engineers. I have worked for SCE for over four years. Prior to 14
joining SCE, I was the head of corporate environmental health and safety for Calpine 15
Corporation, where I led initiatives to establish an incident management system, increase near 16
miss reporting, and promote safety culture. 17
Q. What is the purpose of your testimony in this proceeding? 18
A. The purpose of my testimony in this proceeding is to sponsor the portions of Exhibit SCE-02 19
Volume 12, entitled Safety, Training & Environmental Programs and SCE-07 Volume 2, entitled 20
OS – Corporate Environmental, as identified in the Table of Contents thereto. 21
Q. Was this material prepared by you or under your supervision? 22
A. Yes, it was. 23
Q. Insofar as this material is factual in nature, do you believe it to be correct? 24
A. Yes, I do. 25
Q. Insofar as this material is in the nature of opinion or judgment, does it represent your best 26
judgment? 27
A. Yes, it does. 28
Q. Does this conclude your qualifications and prepared testimony? 29
A. Yes, it does. 30
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY 1
QUALIFICATIONS AND PREPARED TESTIMONY 2
OF KEVIN M. PAYNE 3
Q. Please state your name and business address for the record. 4
A. My name is Kevin M. Payne, and my business address is 8631 Rush Street, Rosemead, 5
California, 91770. 6
Q. Briefly describe your present responsibilities at the Southern California Edison Company. 7
A. I am the Chief Executive Officer of SCE. My duties encompass the management of transmission, 8
distribution, customer service, information technology, power production and energy 9
procurement, and related corporate functions of the company. 10
Q. Briefly describe your educational and professional background. 11
A. I hold a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of 12
California, Berkeley and I am a registered Professional Engineer in the state of California. I 13
have worked for SCE for over 25 years, holding a variety of leadership positions. Prior to my 14
current position, I was the Senior Vice President of Customer Service, Vice President of 15
Engineering & Technical Services for Transmission & Distribution, and led SCE’s 16
implementation of SAP as Vice President of Enterprise Resource Planning. In 2004 and 2005, I 17
had responsibility for SCE’s renewable and alternative power portfolio as Director of Qualifying 18
Facilities Resources. Prior to that I held a number of leadership positions in Customer Service, 19
including business customer account management and technical positions. 20
Q. What is the purpose of your testimony in this proceeding? 21
A. The purpose of my testimony in this proceeding is to sponsor portions of Exhibit SCE-01, 22
entitled SCE Policy, as identified in the Table of Contents thereto. 23
Q. Was this material prepared by you or under your supervision? 24
A. Yes, it was. 25
Q. Insofar as this material is factual in nature, do you believe it to be correct? 26
A. Yes, I do. 27
Q. Insofar as this material is in the nature of opinion or judgment, does it represent your best 28
judgment? 29
A. Yes, it does. 30
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY 1
QUALIFICATIONS AND PREPARED TESTIMONY 2
OF JOHN MATHEW PESPISA 3
Q. Please state your name and business address for the record. 4
A. My name is John Mathew Pespisa and my business address is 2244 Walnut Grove Ave, 5
Rosemead, California 91770. 6
Q. Briefly describe your present responsibilities at Southern California Edison Company 7
(SCE). 8
A. I am Director of SCE’s NERC Compliance Program in the Ethics and Compliance 9
Department. In this capacity, I oversee corporate NERC Compliance governance 10
functions, oversee SCE’s compliance with federal Reliability Standards, which have been 11
promulgated to ensure the safe, reliable operation of the power grid, and to protect the 12
grid’s critical infrastructure against cyber threats. 13
Q. Briefly describe your educational and professional background. 14
A. I am a graduate of Cal State Los Angeles and hold degrees in Electrical Engineering and 15
Business Management. I began my career with Southern California Edison in 1987, 16
starting in transmission operations and electrical substations. I have held supervisory 17
positions at SCE’s Energy Control Center, Management roles in short term power 18
marketing, and Real-Time Power Operations. I assumed my current position in 19
November of 2011 as the Director of SCE’s NERC Compliance Program. 20
Q. What is the purpose of your testimony in this proceeding? 21
A. The purpose of my testimony in this proceeding is to sponsor the portions of Exhibit 22
SCE-08 Volume 1, entitled A&G – Ethics and Compliance, as identified in the Table of 23
Contents thereto. 24
Q. Was this material prepared by you or under your supervision? 25
A. Yes, it was. 26
Q. Insofar as this material is factual in nature, do you believe it to be correct? 27
A. Yes, I do. 28
Q. Insofar as this material is in the nature of opinion or judgment, does it represent your best 29
judgment? 30
A. Yes, it does. 31
Alison Peterson Alison is a Partner and national practice leader of Aon Hewitt’s Broad-based Compensation Consulting and Co-Sourcing businesses in the United States. Alison has 23 years of experience managing our business, leading significant consulting assignments, and working with clients in all facets of talent and compensation management including: • Aligning business and HR strategies;
• Optimizing total rewards; • Creating pay for performance systems and incentives, and • Developing, communicating, and implementing compensation strategies and programs. Clients with whom Alison has worked include American Electric Power Company, Inc.; Boston Scientific, Inc.; DIRECTV; Lineage Logistics, Inc.; Hawaiian Electric Company, McKesson Corporation; Ormat Technologies; and Southern California Edison. In addition to her extensive consulting experience, Alison has been in leadership positions within Aon Hewitt since 1998 including her current national leadership role for Broad-based Compensation. Alison has led research at Aon Hewitt in evaluating the link between employee engagement and compensation and how top performing companies design compensation systems. She co-founded Aon Hewitt’s proprietary Variable Compensation Measurement Database that includes prevalence and effectiveness information on variable compensation design. She is also a frequent speaker and contributor to compensation journals. Prior to joining Aon Hewitt, Alison worked for approximately 10 years at Ameritech in a variety of finance and human resource capacities including talent management, human resource strategy, executive and broad-based compensation, and organization design. Alison holds a B.A. in Finance from the University of Wisconsin and an MBA from Marquette University.
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY 1
QUALIFICATIONS AND PREPARED TESTIMONY 2
OF DAVID PIERCE 3 Q. Please state your name and business address for the record. 4
A. My name is David Pierce and my business address is 2244 Walnut Grove Avenue, 5
Rosemead, California 91770. 6
Q. Briefly describe your present responsibilities at the Southern California Edison 7
Company. 8
A. I am currently the Director of Corporate Accounting Operations, responsible for 9
Capital Asset Accounting and Non-Energy Billing, Capital Asset Analytics and 10
Depreciation, and Corporate Payroll. 11
Q. Briefly describe your educational and professional background. 12
A. I have a Master in Business Administration from the University of La Verne and a 13
Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration, with an emphasis in 14
Management Science and Business Law, from the California State Polytechnic 15
University, Pomona. 16
Since joining Edison in 1981, I have held a number of positions in the areas of 17
accounting and finance. From 1981 to 1988 I held Property Accounting Analyst 18
positions, performing and supervising depreciation analysis in the Controller’s 19
Department. During the period 1988 to 1995 I held Financial Analyst positions, 20
performing investor relations, financial planning, and regulatory finance functions 21
in the Treasurer’s Department. In 1995, I returned to the Capital Recovery 22
Division of Controller’s Department where I was promoted to a manager position 23
responsible for rate base and depreciation. In 2004, I was promoted to Manager 24
of Capital Recovery with the expanded responsibilities to include rate base, book 25
and tax depreciation, property tax, and valuation services. Subsequently, in 2008 26
I was promoted to Director of Capital Asset Accounting responsible for fixed 27
asset accounting. In 2011 I transferred to Director of Corporate Accounting 28
Operations, responsible for Accounts Payable, Remittance Processing, Corporate 29
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Payroll, and Non-Energy Billing. In 2015 my oversight shifted to my current 1
areas of responsibilities. 2
Q. What is the purpose of your testimony in this proceeding? 3
A. The purpose of my testimony in this proceeding is to sponsor portions of Exhibit 4
SCE-04, Volume 2, entitled IT - Capital Software, as identified in the Table of 5
Contents thereto. 6
Q. Was this material prepared by you or under your supervision? 7
A. Yes, it was. 8
Q. Insofar as this material is factual in nature, do you believe it to be correct? 9
A. Yes, I do. 10
Q. Insofar as this material is in the nature of opinion or judgment, does it represent 11
your best judgment? 12
A. Yes, it does. 13
Q. Does this conclude your qualifications and prepared testimony? 14
A. Yes, it does. 15
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY 1
QUALIFICATIONS AND PREPARED TESTIMONY 2
OF MAURO PROVENZANO 3
Q. Please state your name and business address for the record. 4
A. My name is Mauro Provenzano, and my business address is 4910 Rivergrade Road, Irwindale, 5
CA 91706. 6
Q. Briefly describe your present responsibilities at the Southern California Edison Company. 7
A. I am the director the Service Management Office and Operations, with responsibility for 8
transformational activities required to implement a multi-vendor global IT sourcing strategy. 9
Q. Briefly describe your educational and professional background. 10
A. I received my Masters degree in Business Administration (MBA) from the University of 11
Southern California, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Information Technology from Azusa 12
Pacific University. I am a Certified Novell NetWare Engineer and hold an Associates of Applied 13
Science in Electronics certification from DeVry Institute of Technology. Prior to my current 14
position, I was the Principal Manager in Enterprise Information Management & Architecture 15
responsible for data and information management planning, projects, and operations. This role 16
included developing staffing plans for software asset management, Commercial Off The Shelf 17
(COTS) implementations, infrastructure optimization, and operational support. 18
Q. What is the purpose of your testimony in this proceeding? 19
A. The purpose of my testimony in this proceeding is to sponsor the portions of SCE-04, Volume 1, 20
Information Technology (IT)—O&M and Hardware, and SCE-04, Volume 2, Information 21
Technology (IT)—Capitalized Software, as identified in the Table of Contents thereto. 22
Q. Was this material prepared by you or under your supervision? 23
A. Yes, it was. 24
Q. Insofar as this material is factual in nature, do you believe it to be correct? 25
A. Yes, I do. 26
Q. Insofar as this material is in the nature of opinion or judgment, does it represent your best 27
judgment? 28
A. Yes, it does. 29
Q. Does this conclude your qualifications and prepared testimony? 30
A. Yes, it does. 31
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY 1
QUALIFICATIONS AND PREPARED TESTIMONY 2
OF RUSSELL RAGSDALE 3
Q. Please state your name and business address for the record. 4
A. My name is Russell Ragsdale, and my business address is 8631 Rush Street, Rosemead, CA 5
91770. 6
Q. Briefly describe your present responsibilities at the Southern California Edison Company. 7
A. I am currently a Principal Manager in our Strategy, Integrated Planning and Performance 8
department responsible for SCE Strategic Planning. My responsibilities include development of 9
an end state vision that supports state and regulatory policies and evolving customer needs. I am 10
also responsible for development of a strategic plan that includes objectives for safe, reliable, and 11
cost-effective service to SCE customers, reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, grid 12
modernization, and integration of Distributed Energy Resources. 13
Q. Briefly describe your educational and professional background. 14
A. I received my Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the California State 15
Polytechnic University at Pomona and I received my Master of Science degree in Electrical 16
Engineering from the University of Southern California. I hold a Professional Engineering 17
License in the State of California. I joined SCE in 2002 as a field engineer in the Distribution 18
Engineering Department. I held various jobs within SCE in the Distribution Engineering 19
Department including supervision of regional engineers and Division Manager for the southeast 20
division. I was promoted to be the Principal Manager of Grid Modernization in January of 21
2015, and I moved to my current position as Principal Manager of Strategic Planning in July of 22
2016. 23
Q. What is the purpose of your testimony in this proceeding? 24
A. The purpose of my testimony in this proceeding is to sponsor portions of Exhibit SCE-2, Volume 25
10, entitled Grid Modernization, as identified in the Table of Contents thereto. 26
Q. Was this material prepared by you or under your supervision? 27
A. Yes, it was. 28
Q. Insofar as this material is factual in nature, do you believe it to be correct? 29
A. Yes, I do. 30
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Q. Insofar as this material is in the nature of opinion or judgment, does it represent your best 1
judgment? 2
A. Yes, it does. 3
Q. Does this conclude your qualifications and prepared testimony? 4
A. Yes, it does. 5
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY 1
QUALIFICATIONS AND PREPARED TESTIMONY 2
OF ROBERT E. RAMOS 3
Q. Please state your name and business address for the record. 4
A. My name is Robert E. Ramos, and my business address is 2244 Walnut Grove Avenue, 5
Rosemead, California 91770. 6
Q. Briefly describe your present responsibilities at the Southern California Edison Company. 7
A. I am the Director of Risk & Claims Management and oversee the investigation and litigation of 8
third party claims as well as the collections of property damage claims. 9
Q. Briefly describe your educational and professional background. 10
A. I earned a Bachelors degree in Business Administration from USC in 1989. I joined SCE in 11
1997 as a Claims Representative in the Law Department. I have worked in this department since 12
then. I became Investigations Manager in 2002 and Manager of Claims in 2010. 13
Q. What is the purpose of your testimony in this proceeding? 14
A. The purpose of my testimony in this proceeding is to sponsor the portions of Exhibit SCE-08, 15
Volume 4, entitled Administrative & General – Law, Claims, & Workers Compensation and 16
Disability Management, as identified in the Table of Contents thereto. 17
Q. Was this material prepared by you or under your supervision? 18
A. Yes, it was. 19
Q. Insofar as this material is factual in nature, do you believe it to be correct? 20
A. Yes, I do. 21
Q. Insofar as this material is in the nature of opinion or judgment, does it represent your best 22
judgment? 23
A. Yes, it does. 24
Q. Does this conclude your qualifications and prepared testimony? 25
A. Yes, it does. 26
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY 1
QUALIFICATIONS AND PREPARED TESTIMONY 2
OF TRACEE REEVES 3
Q. Please state your name and business address for the record. 4
A. My name is Tracee Reeves, and my business address is 1 Innovation Way, Pomona, CA 91768. 5
Q. Briefly describe your present responsibilities at the Southern California Edison Company. 6
A. I am the Manager of the T&D Contract Management & Financial Operations group. In this 7
capacity, I oversee the management of FERC and CPUC third-party construction-related 8
contracts whereby the customer provides a contribution (either monetary or deeded) to SCE. I 9
also oversee the payment of contractor-procured services and provide accounting guidance on 10
Transmission & Distribution matters related to construction charging, non-energy billing, and 11
various other accounting-related issues. 12
Q. Briefly describe your educational and professional background. 13
A. I am a Certified Public Accountant (inactive) and hold a Masters Degree in Finance from Loyola 14
Marymount University, Westchester CA, and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting from 15
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona CA. I began my career with SCE in 1998 and 16
have held various professional and management positions within the Transmission & 17
Distribution Department. I have previously testified before this Commission. 18
Q. What is the purpose of your testimony in this proceeding? 19
A. The purpose of my testimony in this proceeding is to sponsor Exhibit SCE-02, Volume 13, 20
entitled Transmission & Distribution (T&D) Other Costs, Other Operating Revenues, as 21
identified in the Table of Contents thereto. 22
Q. Was this material prepared by you or under your supervision? 23
A. Yes, it was. 24
Q. Insofar as this material is factual in nature, do you believe it to be correct? 25
A. Yes, I do. 26
Q. Insofar as this material is in the nature of opinion or judgment, does it represent your best 27
judgment? 28
A. Yes, it does. 29
Q. Does this conclude your qualifications and prepared testimony? 30
A. Yes, it does. 31
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY 1
QUALIFICATIONS AND PREPARED TESTIMONY 2
OF HONGYAN SHENG 3
Q. Please state your name and business address for the record. 4
A. My name is Hongyan Sheng, and my business address is 2244 Walnut Grove Avenue, 5
Rosemead, California 91770. 6
Q. Briefly describe your present responsibilities at the Southern California Edison Company. 7
A. I am the Manager of the Demand and DER Forecasting Group within the Integrated Planning 8
and Analytics Division in Edison’s Strategy, Integrated Planning and Performance Business 9
Organization. My primary responsibilities include supervising the preparation of corporate’s 10
long-term sales forecast update, managing the integration of the impacts from Demand-Side 11
Management Programs, electric vehicle and transportation electrification development, and 12
future regulatory and policy changes into the long-term demand forecast, support the regulatory 13
proceedings such as the Generate Rate Case (GRC), Integrated Energy Policy Report (IEPR), 14
Long-Term Procurement Plan (LTPP), Distributed Resource Planning (DRP), and ERRA. 15
Q. Briefly describe your educational and professional background. 16
A. My educational background includes a Master of Arts Degree in Mathematical Behavioral 17
Science (1997) and a Ph.D degree in Economics (1999) from University of California, Irvine. I 18
received the Charted Financial Analyst Designation in 2004. I have over 17 years of experience 19
in various aspects of Power Procurement and Risk Management. I assumed my current 20
responsibilities in May 2016. Prior to my current position, I was the manager of Long-term 21
Demand Forecasting Group. 22
Q. What is the purpose of your testimony in this proceeding? 23
A. The purpose of my testimony in this proceeding is to sponsor the portions of SCE-09 Results of 24
Operations Volume 1, entitled Requested Revenue Requirements, Ratemaking, Forecasts of 25
Sales, Other Operating Revenue, Cost Escalation, Post-Test Year Ratemaking, as identified in 26
the Table of Contents thereto. 27
Q. Was this material prepared by you or under your supervision? 28
A. Yes, it was. 29
Q. Insofar as this material is factual in nature, do you believe it to be correct? 30
A. Yes, I do. 31
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Q. Insofar as this material is in the nature of opinion or judgment, does it represent your best 1
judgment? 2
A. Yes, it does. 3
Q. Does this conclude your qualifications and prepared testimony? 4
A. Yes, it does. 5
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY 1
QUALIFICATIONS AND PREPARED TESTIMONY 2
OF JAMES P. SCOTT SHOTWELL 3
Q. Please state your name and business address for the record. 4
A. My name is James P. Scott Shotwell, and my business address is 2244 Walnut Grove Avenue, 5
Rosemead, California 91770. 6
Q. Briefly describe your present responsibilities at the Southern California Edison Company. 7
A. I am the Director of Compliance, Policies and Information Governance. I am responsible for the 8
implementation of the Company’s Ethics and Compliance Management Program, along with the 9
operation of the Information Governance, Policy Management, Privacy Compliance, 10
Government Contracting Compliance and Disability Rights Compliance Programs. 11
Q. Briefly describe your educational and professional background. 12
A. I hold a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree in Economics from Arizona State University and a 13
Juris Doctorate from the University of Arizona College of Law. I have worked for Southern 14
California Edison for over 25 years. Prior to accepting my current position in 2009, I worked in 15
Southern California Edison’s Washington, D.C. office, where I served as the primary liaison 16
between SCE and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Previously, I was a Senior 17
Attorney with the Company, practicing chiefly before the California Public Utilities 18
Commission. 19
Q. What is the purpose of your testimony in this proceeding? 20
A. The purpose of my testimony in this proceeding is to sponsor Chapters I, II and III of Exhibit 21
SCE-08 Volume 1, A&G, Ethics and Compliance and also to sponsor portions of Exhibit SCE-11, 22
entitled Center for Accessible Technology and portions of Exhibit SCE-04, Volume 2, entitled 23
Information Technology (IT)—Capital Software, as indicated in the Table of Contents thereto. 24
Q. Was this material prepared by you or under your supervision? 25
A. Yes, it was. 26
Q. Insofar as this material is factual in nature, do you believe it to be correct? 27
A. Yes, I do. 28
Q. Insofar as this material is in the nature of opinion or judgment, does it represent your best 29
judgment? 30
A. Yes, it does. 31
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY 1
QUALIFICATIONS AND PREPARED TESTIMONY 2
OF JOHN SMOLK 3
Q. Please state your name and business address for the record. 4
A. My name is John Smolk, and my business address is 2244 Walnut Grove Ave., Rosemead, CA 5
91770. 6
Q. Briefly describe your present responsibilities at the Southern California Edison Company. 7
A. I am a Principal Manager in the Workers’ Compensation Division, with responsibility for 8
workers’ compensation and disability management for Southern California Edison. These 9
responsibilities include claims and leave administration, self-insurance program management, 10
completion of an annual actuarial studies to determine liabilities and trends related to workers’ 11
compensation, long term disability and comprehensive disability program liabilities and 12
expenses. 13
Q. Briefly describe your educational and professional background. 14
A. I received a B.S. in Health Sciences from Western Illinois University. I have professional 15
designations including the Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) and the Associate 16
in Risk Management (ARM) and over 35 years of experience in risk management and workers’ 17
compensation working for insurers, service providers and self-insured employers. I am past 18
President of the Illinois Self Insurers Association and a past member of the Illinois Workers’ 19
Compensation Commission Medical Fee Advisory Board and I am a member of the Research 20
Committee for the Workers’ Compensation Research Institute. 21
Q. What is the purpose of your testimony in this proceeding? 22
A. The purpose of my testimony in this proceeding is to sponsor the portions of Exhibit SCE-08, 23
Volume 4, entitled Administrative & General – Law, Claims, and Workers’ Compensation, and 24
Disability Management, as identified in the Table of Contents thereto. 25
Q. Was this material prepared by you or under your supervision? 26
A. Yes. 27
Q. Insofar as this material is factual in nature, do you believe it to be correct? 28
A. Yes. 29
Q. Insofar as this material is in the nature of opinion or judgment, does it represent your best 30
judgment? 31
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY 1
QUALIFICATIONS AND PREPARED TESTIMONY 2
OF DOUGLAS A. SNOW 3
Q. Please state your name and business address for the record. 4
A. My name is Douglas A. Snow, and my business address is 8631 Rush Street, Rosemead, 5
California 91770. 6
Q. Briefly describe your present responsibilities at the Southern California Edison Company (SCE). 7
A. I am the Director of CPUC Revenue Requirements and Tariffs in SCE’s State Regulatory 8
Operations Department. As such, I am responsible for the recovery of SCE’s authorized revenue 9
requirements and oversee the operation of various balancing and memorandum accounts, 10
including the recovery of the balances in those accounts, and I am responsible for managing the 11
implementation of SCE’s tariffs and advice letters. 12
Q. Briefly describe your educational and professional background. 13
A. I graduated from Texas A&M University in May of 1982 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in 14
Industrial Engineering. In June of 1982, I went to work for Southwestern Public Service 15
Company (SPS) in west Texas. While there, I was a supervisory engineer, responsible for 16
revenue requirement calculations and rate design for both retail and resale customers. I filed 17
testimony on behalf of SPS before the Texas Public Utility Commission and the Federal Energy 18
Regulatory Commission. In November of 1993, I began to work for SCE as a financial analyst in 19
the FERC Pricing section in the RP&A Department. While working in the FERC section, I was 20
responsible for the rate design for SCE’s requirements sales for resale, Wheeling Access 21
Charges, and wholesale Distribution Access Charges. In March 1998, I became a supervisor in 22
the Revenue Requirements division of RP&A, responsible for supervising a group of analysts 23
that oversee the forecasting and recording entries associated with all CPUC regulatory 24
mechanisms. In December 2001, I was promoted to the position of manager in the Revenue 25
Requirements division of RP&A. In August 2006, I was promoted to Manager of CPUC 26
Revenue Requirements, and in March 2013, I became the Director of CPUC Revenue 27
Requirements and Tariffs taking on the additional responsibilities for managing SCE’s tariffs, 28
and advice letters. I have previously testified before the California Public Utilities Commission. 29
Q. What is the purpose of your testimony in this proceeding? 30
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A. The purpose of my testimony in this proceeding is to sponsor portions of Exhibit SCE-09, 1
Volume 1, entitled Results of Operations and Exhibit SCE-12, entitled Catastrophic Event 2
Memorandum Account Testimony 2012 – 2014 Bark Beetle, as identified in the Table of 3
Contents thereto. 4
Q. Was this material prepared by you or under your supervision? 5
A. Yes, it was. 6
Q. Insofar as this material is factual in nature, do you believe it to be correct? 7
A. Yes, I do. 8
Q. Insofar as this material is in the nature of opinion or judgment, does it represent your best 9
judgment? 10
A. Yes, it does. 11
Q. Does this conclude your qualifications and prepared testimony? 12
A. Yes, it does. 13
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY 1
QUALIFICATIONS AND PREPARED TESTIMONY 2
OF MELVIN A. STARK 3
Q. Please state your name and business address for the record. 4
A. My name is Melvin A. Stark, and my business address is 3 Innovation Way, Pomona, CA. 5
Q. Briefly describe your present responsibilities at the Southern California Edison Company. 6
A. I am the Manager of Maintenance & Reliability Strategy in the Maintenance, Performance & 7
Reliability (“MPR”) organization within SCE’s Transmission and Distribution organization. 8
In this capacity, I am responsible for developing and setting strategy for the implementation of 9
maintenance and inspection policies and practices on the Transmission and Distribution electric 10
systems for T&D. 11
Q. Briefly describe your educational and professional background. 12
A. I graduated from the University of La Verne in 1988 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business 13
Administration. I received an MBA degree from ULV in 1992. In 1999, I added a Finance 14
concentration to my graduate degree. I joined SCE in December 1987 as a financial analyst in 15
the Treasurer’s Department. Since July of 1991, I have held a variety of positions involving 16
regulatory and legislative matters. During this time, I have had extensive regulatory and 17
legislative experience working with the California Public Utilities Commission, the Federal 18
Energy Regulatory Commission, and state and federal legislative bodies. From 1998 to 2004, I 19
was a project manager in the California Public Utilities Commission Regulation section of 20
TDBU, and worked on such projects as the Order Instituting Investigation into SCE’s line 21
maintenance practices. I became the Manager of Maintenance & Inspections in the Power 22
Delivery business line in 2004. In October of 2011, I began a temporary cross-training 23
assignment as a manager in our Substation Construction and Maintenance organization. 24
I returned to my current role as Manager of Maintenance & Inspections in April of 2013, and 25
remain in that role today although the title has changed. 26
Q. What is the purpose of your testimony in this proceeding? 27
A. The purpose of my testimony in this proceeding is to sponsor portions of Exhibit SCE-02, 28
Volume 04, entitled Distribution Maintenance and Inspection and Exhibit SCE-12 entitled 29
Catastrophic Event Memorandum Account Testimony - 2012 – 2014 Bark Beetle, as identified in 30
the Table of Contents thereto. 31
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Q. Was this material prepared by you or under your supervision? 1
A. Yes, it was. 2
Q. Insofar as this material is factual in nature, do you believe it to be correct? 3
A. Yes, I do. 4
Q. Insofar as this material is in the nature of opinion or judgment, does it represent your best 5
judgment? 6
A. Yes, it does. 7
Q. Does this conclude your qualifications and prepared testimony? 8
A. Yes, it does. 9
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY 1
QUALIFICATIONS AND PREPARED TESTIMONY 2
OF RUSSELL C. SWARTZ 3
Q. Please state your name and business address for the record. 4
A. My name is Russell C. Swartz, and my business address is 8631 Rush Street, Rosemead, 5
California 91770. 6
Q. Briefly describe your present responsibilities at the Southern California Edison Company. 7
A. I am Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Southern California Edison Company. The 8
Legal Organization I oversee consists of the Law Department, Claims, Workers’ Compensation 9
and Disability Management, and Corporate Governance. 10
Q. Briefly describe your educational and professional background. 11
A. I received a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from the University of Southern 12
California, Los Angeles, in 1974, and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of California, 13
Los Angeles in 1977. I have been an employee of Southern California Edison since 1993. 14
Q. What is the purpose of your testimony in this proceeding? 15
A. The purpose of my testimony in this proceeding is to sponsor the portions of Exhibit SCE-08, 16
Volume 4, entitled Legal Law, Claims, & Workers Compensation and Disability Management, as 17
identified in the Table of Contents thereto. 18
Q. Was this material prepared by you or under your supervision? 19
A. Yes, it was. 20
Q. Insofar as this material is factual in nature, do you believe it to be correct? 21
A. Yes, I do. 22
Q. Insofar as this material is in the nature of opinion or judgment, does it represent your best 23
judgment? 24
A. Yes, it does. 25
Q. Does this conclude your qualifications and prepared testimony? 26
A. Yes, it does. 27
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY 1
QUALIFICATIONS AND PREPARED TESTIMONY 2
OF ERIK T. TAKAYESU 3
Q. Please state your name and business address for the record. 4
A. My name is Erik T. Takayesu, and my business address is Three Innovation Way, Pomona, 5
California, 91768. 6
Q. Briefly describe your present responsibilities at the Southern California Edison Company. 7
A. I am the Director of Electric System Planning and Modernization for the Engineering and 8
Technical Services (E&TS) group within Southern California Edison Company’s Transmission 9
& Distribution (T&D) organization. Electric System Planning and Modernization is responsible 10
for transmission, distribution, substation subtransmission planning, interconnection studies and 11
customer support. 12
Q. Briefly describe your educational and professional background. 13
A. I hold a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from California State University of 14
Long Beach, and am a licensed Professional Engineering in California. I joined Southern 15
California Edison in 1991 and have held a variety of planning, engineering, and management 16
positions since. I have been in my current position since January, 2014. 17
Q. What is the purpose of your testimony in this proceeding? 18
A. The purpose of my testimony in this proceeding is to sponsor Exhibit SCE-02, Volume 3, entitled 19
System Planning, as identified in the Table of Contents thereto. 20
Q. Was this material prepared by you or under your supervision? 21
A. Yes, it was. 22
Q. Insofar as this material is factual in nature, do you believe it to be correct? 23
A. Yes, I do. 24
Q. Insofar as this material is in the nature of opinion or judgment, does it represent your best 25
judgment? 26
A. Yes, it does. 27
Q. Does this conclude your qualifications and prepared testimony? 28
A. Yes, it does. 29
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY 1
QUALIFICATIONS AND PREPARED TESTIMONY 2
OF DIANE TASAKA 3
Q. Please state your name and business address for the record. 4
A. My name is Diane Tasaka and my business address is 2244 Walnut Grove 5
Avenue, Rosemead, California, 91770. 6
Q. Briefly describe your present responsibilities at the Southern California Edison 7
Company. 8
A. I am the principal manager of Brand & Creative for Southern California Edison 9
(SCE), with overall responsibility for the company’s brand management, 10
advertising, translations, social media, web production, graphics and video 11
production and communications research. 12
Q. Briefly describe your educational and professional background. 13
A. I joined SCE in July 2012. For seven years prior to SCE, I owned a 14
marketing/communications consulting practice. I spent 13 years with Farmers 15
Insurance Group as Director of Corporate Communications, responsible for the 16
company’s national multicultural marketing efforts. Prior to this role, I was also 17
responsible for Farmers’ media relations, community relations and philanthropy 18
programs. I received a bachelor’s degree in Biology from UC Irvine and master’s 19
degree in Public Policy and Administration from Columbia University. 20
Q. What is the purpose of your testimony in this proceeding? 21
A. The purpose of my testimony in this proceeding is to sponsor Chapter II of 22
Exhibit SCE-08, Volume 2, Administrative & General (A&G) Regulatory Affairs, 23
Corporate Communications, Local Public Affairs, as identified in the Table of 24
Contents thereto. 25
Q. Was this material prepared by you or under your supervision? 26
A. Yes, it was. 27
Q. Insofar as this material is factual in nature, do you believe it to be correct? 28
A. Yes, I do. 29
Q. Insofar as this material is in the nature of opinion or judgment, does it represent 30
your best judgment? 31
104
A. Yes, it does. 1
Q. Does this conclude your qualifications and prepared testimony? 2
A. Yes, it does. 3
105
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY 1
QUALIFICATIONS AND PREPARED TESTIMONY 2
OF DOUGLAS A. TESSLER 3
Q. Please state your name and business address for the record. 4
A. My name is Douglas A. Tessler, and my business address is 8631 Rush Street, Rosemead, CA, 5
91770. 6
Q. Briefly describe your present responsibilities at the Southern California Edison Company. 7
A. I am currently the Manager of CPUC Revenue Requirements in the Revenue Requirements and 8
Forecasting Department. I am primary responsible for development of the Standardized 9
Operations and Maintenance (O&M) and Capital Expenditure workpapers for all GRC and non-10
GRC CPUC Revenue Requirements. I am also responsible for maintaining the Results of 11
Operations (RO) model used to calculate the CPUC revenue requirement. 12
Q. Briefly describe your educational and professional background. 13
A. I received a Bachelor’s of Science Degree in Accounting from California State Polytechnic 14
University, Pomona in 1999 and Masters of Science Degree in Business Administration from 15
California State University, Fullerton in 2006. I am also a Certified Public Accountant (inactive). 16
I began my career at Southern California Edison in 1997 as an Accounting Assistant in the 17
Property Accounting area of the Controller’s Department. From 1999 to 2005 I worked in 18
various accounting positions within the Controller’s Department. In 2005 I moved to the Audit 19
Services Department where I worked as a Corporate Auditor. In 2008 I transferred to the 20
Investor Relations Department at Edison International (the parent and holding company of 21
Southern California Edison) where I worked as a Senior Financial Analyst. In 2010 I began 22
working in the Revenue Requirements & Forecasting group in State Regulatory Operations as a 23
project manager where I assumed my current position in 2015. 24
Q. What is the purpose of your testimony in this proceeding? 25
A. The purpose of my testimony in this proceeding is to sponsor portions of Exhibit SCE-09, 26
Volume 1, entitled Results of Operations, as identified in the Table of Contents thereto. 27
Q. Was this material prepared by you or under your supervision? 28
A. Yes, it was. 29
Q. Insofar as this material is factual in nature, do you believe it to be correct? 30
A. Yes, I do. 31
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Q. Insofar as this material is in the nature of opinion or judgment, does it represent your best 1
judgment? 2
A. Yes, it does. 3
Q. Does this conclude your qualifications and prepared testimony? 4
A. Yes, it does. 5
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY 1
QUALIFICATIONS AND PREPARED TESTIMONY 2
OF JOANNE TRAN 3
Q. Please state your name and business address for the record. 4
A. My name is Joanne Tran, and my business address is 2244 Walnut Grove Avenue, Rosemead, 5
California 91770. 6
Q. Briefly describe your present responsibilities at the Southern California Edison Company. 7
A. I currently hold the position of Director of SCE’s Settlements and Operations Services 8
Department. I have held this position since March 2013. The Settlements and Operations 9
Services Department’s major responsibilities include: settling of complex bilateral conventional 10
and renewable power transactions, physical and financial gas transactions, transmission and 11
GHG products, and complex Independent System Operator market transactions, managing 12
CAISO disputes; providing data to support contract litigations; developing and documenting 13
business processes; managing information and data functions including acquisition and reporting 14
of meter data to CAISO; and providing administrative and capital work order support for Power 15
Supply Operating Unit. 16
Q. Briefly describe your educational and professional background. 17
A. I earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration, majoring in Accounting, from 18
California State University, Los Angeles in 1994. I received Certified Management Accountant 19
and Certified Financial Management designations in 1995. In 1998, I received a Certified Public 20
Accountant designation in the State of California. Following my graduation from business 21
school, I joined Southern California Gas Company from 1994 to 2005 where I held various 22
positions in Cost Accounting, Audit Services, Financial and Budgeting, and Gas Acquisition 23
departments. In 2005, I joined SCE’s Gas Trading group as a Senior Financial Gas Trader and 24
was promoted to Manager of Gas Trading in 2009. In 2011, I became the Manager of 25
Accounting and Reporting group in SCE’s Power Supply Finance department. I have over 22 26
years of experience in various aspects of the energy industry including utility accounting, utility 27
auditing, gas procurement, and risk management. I have previously testified before the 28
California Public Utilities Commission. 29
Q. What is the purpose of your testimony in this proceeding? 30
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A. The purpose of my testimony in this proceeding is to sponsor Exhibit SCE-05, Volume 2, entitled 1
Power Supply (PS)—Energy Procurement, as well as portions of SCE-04, Volume 2, entitled 2
Information Technology (IT)—Capitalized Software, as identified in the Table of Contents 3
thereto. 4
Q. Was this material prepared by you or under your supervision? 5
A. Yes, it was. 6
Q. Insofar as this material is factual in nature, do you believe it to be correct? 7
A. Yes, I do. 8
Q. Insofar as this material is in the nature of opinion or judgment, does it represent your best 9
judgment? 10
A. Yes, it does. 11
Q. Does this conclude your qualifications and prepared testimony? 12
A. Yes, it does. 13
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY 1
QUALIFICATIONS AND PREPARED TESTIMONY 2
OF SUSAN TRAN 3
Q. Please state your name and business address for the record. 4
A. My name is Susan Tran, and my business address is 2244 Walnut Grove Avenue, Rosemead, 5
California 91770. 6
Q. Briefly describe your present responsibilities at the Southern California Edison Company. 7
A. I am a Project Manager of Legal department’s Operation Analytics group. My current 8
responsibilities include managing special projects and acting as the technical lead in analysis and 9
reporting. 10
Q. Briefly describe your educational and professional background. 11
A. I received an Honors Bachelor’s degree in Labor Management and Economics from University 12
of Toronto. Prior to joining SCE, I was the Lead Senior Financial Analyst at Indymac Bank and 13
held several positions at BMO Financial Group including project management. I joined 14
Southern California Edison in 2008 as a Senior Business Analyst and was promoted to my 15
present position as a Project Manager in 2009. 16
Q. What is the purpose of your testimony in this proceeding? 17
A. The purpose of my testimony in this proceeding is to sponsor portions of Exhibit SCE-08, 18
Volume 4, entitled Administrative & General – Law, Claims, & Workers Compensation and 19
Disability Management, as identified in the Table of Contents thereto. 20
Q. Was this material prepared by you or under your supervision? 21
A. Yes, it was. 22
Q. Insofar as this material is factual in nature, do you believe it to be correct? 23
A. Yes, I do. 24
Q. Insofar as this material is in the nature of opinion or judgment, does it represent your best 25
judgment? 26
A. Yes, it does. 27
Q. Does this conclude your qualifications and prepared testimony? 28
A. Yes, it does. 29
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY
QUALIFICATIONS AND PREPARED TESTIMONY 1
OF JACQUELINE TRAPP 2
Q. Please state your name and business address for the record. 3
A. My name is Jacqueline Trapp, and my business address is 2244 Walnut Grove Avenue, 4
Rosemead, California 91770. 5
Q. Briefly describe your present responsibilities at the Southern California Edison Company. 6
A. On June 13, 2016, I was appointed as Vice President, Human Resources, Edison International 7
and Southern California Edison. In this capacity, I have responsibility for all human resources 8
functions including staffing, learning and development, succession and talent management, labor 9
and employee relations, total rewards, diversity and inclusion, and client services for Edison 10
International and Southern California Edison. Prior to this appointment, I served as the HR 11
Director of Executive Talent and Rewards for Edison International and Southern California 12
Edison. Working closely with the company’s most senior executives, I was responsible for 13
building and administering the company’s executive compensation programs, executive bench 14
strength, succession planning and top talent development programs. I also acted as the strategic 15
business partner for Edison International’s top corporate officers, providing HR guidance to 16
build business capabilities through talent acquisition, retention and performance management. 17
Q. Briefly describe your educational and professional background. 18
A. I have a BA degree in Communication with a minor in Business Administration from California 19
State University, Fullerton. I began my career at Southern California Edison in May 1988, and 20
have served in a variety of line organization and HR leadership roles, including Human 21
Resources Manager from September 1998 to February 2000, General Manager in Information 22
Technology from February 2000 to June 2007, and HR Strategic Business Partner for the 23
Information Technology operating unit from June 2007 to June 2009. I assumed the position of 24
HR Director of Executive Talent and Rewards in June 2009. In July 2012, I began leading the 25
Executive Compensation department at Southern California Edison. I have more than 12 years’ 26
experience in Human Resources. I have not previously testified before the California Public 27
Utilities Commission. 28
Q. What is the purpose of your testimony in this proceeding? 29
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A. The purpose of my testimony in this proceeding is to sponsor portions of Exhibit SCE-06, HR – 1
Volume 1, entitled HR – O&M, and Exhibit SCE-06, HR – Volume 2, entitled HR – Benefits and 2
Other Compensation as identified in the Table of Contents thereto. 3
Q. Was this material prepared by you or under your supervision? 4
A. Yes, it was. 5
Q. Insofar as this material is factual in nature, do you believe it to be correct? 6
A. Yes, I do. 7
Q. Insofar as this material is in the nature of opinion or judgment, does it represent your best 8
judgment? 9
A. Yes, it does. 10
Q. Does this conclude your qualifications and prepared testimony? 11
A. Yes, it does. 12
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY 1
QUALIFICATIONS AND PREPARED TESTIMONY 2
OF DANIEL TUNNICLIFF 3
Q. Please state your name and business address for the record. 4
A. My name is Daniel Tunnicliff, and my business address is 7300 Fenwick Lane, Westminster, 5
California 92863. 6
Q. Briefly describe your present responsibilities at the Southern California Edison Company (SCE). 7
A. I am currently leading SCE’s Strategic Customer Solutions group, which is focused on how SCE 8
works with large/strategic customers to meet their energy needs by partnering with them to 9
address their issues, meet their requirements, and integrate new technologies on either side of the 10
meter. 11
Q. Briefly describe your educational and professional background. 12
A. I am a Registered Professional Engineer and hold Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees of Science in 13
Civil Engineering, both from California State University, Long Beach. I have more than 24 years 14
of utility experience and have been with SCE since 1999. 15
Prior to my current role, I served as the Interim Director for the Government, Institutions & 16
Agriculture segment and led various account management teams. In addition, I was a Senior 17
Project Manager responsible for managing regulatory matters and issues involving Commercial, 18
Industrial, and Governmental & Institutions customers. 19
Prior to joining SCE, I held positions with the Orange County Sanitation District and the Los 20
Angeles Department of Water and Power, primarily in functions related to Environmental, 21
Health, and Safety. 22
Q. What is the purpose of your testimony in this proceeding? 23
A. The purpose of my testimony in this proceeding is to sponsor portions of Exhibit SCE-03, 24
entitled Customer Service, as identified in the Table of Contents thereto. 25
Q. Was this material prepared by you or under your supervision? 26
A. Yes, it was. 27
Q. Insofar as this material is factual in nature, do you believe it to be correct? 28
A. Yes, I do. 29
Q. Insofar as this material is in the nature of opinion or judgment, does it represent your best 30
judgment? 31
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A. Yes, it does. 1
Q. Does this conclude your qualifications and prepared testimony? 2
A. Yes, it does. 3
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY 1
QUALIFICATIONS AND PREPARED TESTIMONY 2
OF ALAN D. VARVIS 3
Q. Please state your name and business address for the record. 4
A. My name is Alan D. Varvis, and my business address is 2244 Walnut Grove Avenue, Rosemead, 5
California 91770. 6
Q. Briefly describe your present responsibilities at the Southern California Edison Company. 7
A. I am the Principal Manager of Capital Asset Analytics, Depreciation, and Property Tax in the 8
Controllers Department. I am currently responsible for the forecasting and budgeting related to 9
plant-in-service, book and tax depreciation, and regulatory cost recovery. I am also responsible 10
for the preparation of the property tax returns and associated payments and accounting entries. 11
Q. Briefly describe your educational and professional background. 12
A. I received my Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration, with an emphasis in 13
Accounting, from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona in 1994, and a Masters of 14
Business Administration from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona in 2001. I joined 15
Southern California Edison’s Transmission/Substation Division in 1990 and held various analyst 16
and supervisor positions in field accounting, budgeting and regulatory finance. In 2003, I became 17
a Manager in the Transmission and Distribution Business Unit and held various roles responsible 18
for budget coordination/planning, regulatory finance, and financial reporting/forecasting. In 19
2015, I assumed my current role as Principal Manager of Capital Asset Analytics, Depreciation, 20
and Property Tax in the Controllers Department. 21
Q. What is the purpose of your testimony in this proceeding? 22
A. The purpose of my testimony in this proceeding is to sponsor portions of Exhibit SCE-9, Volume 23
1, entitled Requested Revenue Requirements, Ratemaking, Forecasts of Sales, Other Operating 24
Revenue, Cost Escalation, Post-Test Year Ratemaking, and Volume 3, entitled Depriciation 25
Study, as identified in the Table of Contents thereto. 26
Q. Was this material prepared by you or under your supervision? 27
A. Yes, it was. 28
Q. Insofar as this material is factual in nature, do you believe it to be correct? 29
A. Yes, I do. 30
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Q. Insofar as this material is in the nature of opinion or judgment, does it represent your best 1
judgment? 2
A. Yes, it does. 3
Q. Does this conclude your qualifications and prepared testimony? 4
A. Yes, it does. 5
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY 1
QUALIFICATIONS AND PREPARED TESTIMONY 2
OF STEPHEN VERDON 3 Q. Please state your name and business address for the record. 4
A. My name is Stephen Verdon, and my business address is 2244 Walnut Grove 5
Avenue, Rosemead, California 91770. 6
Q. Briefly describe your present responsibilities at the Southern California Edison 7
Company. 8
A. I am a financial analyst in the Rate Design Group in the Regulatory Operations 9
Department. My responsibilities include the development, analysis and reporting 10
of the rate group level forecast and Present Rate Revenue models in support of 11
regulatory proceedings, pricing, and forecasting activities. 12
Q. Briefly describe your educational and professional background. 13
A. I have a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from University of California Los 14
Angeles (UCLA). I also completed all coursework required for a Ph.D. in 15
Economics at the George Washington University, with special emphasis in 16
Econometrics and Public Finance. I joined SCE in 1998, as a Financial Analyst in 17
the Regulatory Policy and Affairs Department. I began working on SCE’s rate 18
group forecast in 1998, and in 1999 took over the Present Rate Revenue Model. In 19
that capacity, I was involved in all aspects of forecasting customers, usage and 20
demand by rate group including, program design, data extraction and verification, 21
econometric modeling, and revenue calculations. 22
Q. What is the purpose of your testimony in this proceeding? 23
A. The purpose of my testimony in this proceeding is to sponsor portions of Exhibit 24
SCE-09, Volume 1, entitled Requested Revenue Requirements, Ratemaking, 25
Forecasts of Sales, Other Operating Revenue, Cost Escalation, Post-Test Year 26
Ratemaking, as identified in the Table of Contents thereto. 27
Q. Was this material prepared by you or under your supervision? 28
A. Yes, it was. 29
Q. Insofar as this material is factual in nature, do you believe it to be correct? 30
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A. Yes, I do. 1
Q. Insofar as this material is in the nature of opinion or judgment, does it represent 2
your best judgment? 3
A. Yes, it does. 4
Q. Does this conclude your qualifications and prepared testimony? 5
A. Yes, it does. 6
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY 1
QUALIFICATIONS AND PREPARED TESTIMONY 2
OF THOMAS M. WALKER 3
Q. Please state your name and business address for the record. 4
A. My name is Thomas M. Walker, and my business address is 2244 Walnut Grove Avenue, 5
Rosemead, California 91770. 6
Q. Briefly describe your present responsibilities at the Southern California Edison Company. 7
A. I am the Director of the CS Re-Platform Program, SCE efforts to replace more than 60 percent of 8
the enterprise customer service systems. I have responsibility for the overall development and 9
integration of the new customer service systems and relevant business processes required to 10
support SCE’s five million customers. 11
Q. Briefly describe your educational and professional background. 12
A. I received my B.A. degree in Economics from University of Redlands in 1991. I have worked for 13
Southern California Edison for more than 15 years. I have held various operational, managerial, 14
and senior leadership positions in Customer Product and Program Development, Business 15
Integration, the Customer Contact Center, Billing, QF Contracts, Information Systems, Direct 16
Access, Credit and Payment Services, ERP, and Edison SmartConnect (smart metering). I have 17
also worked at a large internet provider and held consulting positions focusing on implementing 18
projects in large billing systems. 19
Q. What is the purpose of your testimony in this proceeding? 20
A. The purpose of my testimony in this proceeding is to sponsor portions of Exhibit SCE-04, 21
Volume 3, entitled Customer Service Re-Platform, as identified in the Table of Contents thereto. 22
Q. Was this material prepared by you or under your supervision? 23
A. Yes, it was. 24
Q. Insofar as this material is factual in nature, do you believe it to be correct? 25
A. Yes, I do. 26
Q. Insofar as this material is in the nature of opinion or judgment, does it represent your best 27
judgment? 28
A. Yes, it does. 29
Q. Does this conclude your qualifications and prepared testimony? 30
A. Yes, it does. 31
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY 1
QUALIFICATIONS AND PREPARED TESTIMONY 2
OF DR. RONALD E. WHITE 3
Q. Please state your name and business address for the record. 4
A. My name is Ronald E. White. My business address is 17595 S. Tamiami Trail, Suite 260, Fort 5
Myers, Florida 33908. 6
Q. What is your occupation? 7
A. I am President of Foster Associates Consultants, LLC. Foster Associates is a public utility 8
economic consulting firm offering economic research and consulting services on issues and 9
problems arising from governmental regulation of business. Areas of specialization supported by 10
the firm’s Fort Myers office include property service–life forecasting, depreciation estimation, 11
and valuation of industrial property. 12
Q. Briefly describe your educational and professional background. 13
A. I earned a B.S. degree in Engineering Operations and an M.S. degree and Ph.D. degree in 14
Engineering Valuation from Iowa State University. I have taught graduate and undergraduate 15
courses in industrial engineering, engineering economics, and engineering valuation at Iowa 16
State University and previously served on the faculty for Depreciation Programs for public utility 17
commissions, companies, and consult-ants, sponsored by Depreciation Programs, Inc., in 18
cooperation with Western Michigan University. I also conduct courses in depreciation and public 19
utility economics for clients of Foster Associates. 20
I have prepared and presented a number of papers to professional organizations, committees, and 21
conferences and have published several articles on matters relating to depreciation, valuation and 22
economics. I am a past member of the Board of Directors of the Iowa State Regulatory 23
Conference and an affiliate member of the joint American Gas Association (A.G.A.) – Edison 24
Electric Institute (EEI) Depreciation Accounting Committee, where I previously served as 25
chairman of a standing committee on capital recovery and its effect on corporate economics. I 26
am also a member of the American Economic Association, the Financial Management 27
Association, the Midwest Finance Association, and a founding member of the Society of 28
Depreciation Professionals. 29
Q. What is the purpose of your testimony in this proceeding? 30
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A. Foster Associates was engaged by Southern California Edison Company (SCE or Company) to 1
estimate service life and net salvage parameters for a 2016 depreciation rate study. The purpose 2
of my testimony is to describe the parameters estimated by Foster Associates that were provided 3
to SCE for use in the Company’s calculation of requested depreciation rates. 4
Q. Was this material prepared by you or under your supervision? 5
A. Yes, it was. 6
Q. Insofar as this material is factual in nature, do you believe it to be correct? 7
A. Yes, I do. 8
Q. Insofar as this material is in the nature of opinion or judgment, does it represent your best 9
judgment? 10
A. Yes, it does. 11
Q. Does this conclude your qualifications and prepared testimony? 12
A. Yes, it does. 13
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY 1
QUALIFICATIONS AND PREPARED TESTIMONY 2
OF ROBERT G. WOODS 3
Q. Please state your name and business address for the record. 4
A. My name is Robert G. Woods, and my business address is Three Innovation Way, Pomona, 5
California, 91768. 6
Q. Briefly describe your present responsibilities at the Southern California Edison Company. 7
A. I am the Managing Director of Asset Management & Operations Support for Southern California 8
Edison, responsible for developing strategies for deployment, inspection, maintenance and 9
replacement of Transmission and Distribution assets. 10
Q. Briefly describe your educational and professional background. 11
A. I hold a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from California State University of 12
Long Beach. I joined Southern California Edison in 1985 and have held a variety of planning, 13
engineering, and management positions since. I have been in my current position since January, 14
2014. 15
Q. What is the purpose of your testimony in this proceeding? 16
A. The purpose of my testimony in this proceeding is to sponsor Exhibit SCE-02, Volume 1, entitled 17
Operational Overview and Risk-Informed Decision-Making and SCE-02 Volume 1 Appendix to 18
Operational Overview and Risk-Informed Decision Making, as identified in the Table of 19
Contents thereto. 20
Q. Was this material prepared by you or under your supervision? 21
A. Yes, it was. 22
Q. Insofar as this material is factual in nature, do you believe it to be correct? 23
A. Yes, I do. 24
Q. Insofar as this material is in the nature of opinion or judgment, does it represent your best 25
judgment? 26
A. Yes, it does. 27
Q. Does this conclude your qualifications and prepared testimony? 28
A. Yes, it does. 29
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY 1
QUALIFICATIONS AND PREPARED TESTIMONY 2
OF RUSSELL G. WORDEN 3
Q. Please state your name and business address for the record. 4
A. My name is Russell G. Worden, and my business address is 8631 Rush Street, Rosemead, 5
California 91770. 6
Q. Briefly describe your present responsibilities at the Southern California Edison Company. 7
A. I am presently the Director of State Regulatory Operations in SCE’s Regulatory Affairs 8
Department. In this capacity, I oversee all California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC or 9
Commission) jurisdictional ratemaking, revenue requirements, revenue forecasting, load 10
research, pricing and tariff functions. My responsibilities also include management oversight of 11
SCE’s CPUC General Rate Cases (GRC) and Energy Resource Recovery Account (ERRA) 12
proceedings. I have previously served as the case manager for SCE in the CPUC investigation of 13
the outages at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS), investigation (I.) 12-10-14
013, and SCE’s 2003, 2006, 2009, and 2012 general rate cases. 15
Q. Briefly describe your educational and professional background. 16
A. I received an Associate of Arts degree from Cabrillo College, in Aptos, California in 1974. I 17
graduated from San Francisco State University in 1977 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 18
Political Science, cum laude. After college, I joined the Washington, D.C. staff of U.S. Senator 19
Richard Stone (D-FL) where I served as a Legislative Aide until December 1980. From January 20
1981 until March 1985, I served as a Legislative Assistant to then Congressman Ron Wyden (D-21
OR). In March 1985, I joined the Washington, D.C. office of Southern California Edison as a 22
Governmental Affairs Assistant, and in May 1988, I transferred to Edison’s Revenue 23
Requirements Department. I promoted to my current position in February 2015. 24
Q. What is the purpose of your testimony in this proceeding? 25
A. The purpose of my testimony in this proceeding is to sponsor portions of Exhibits SCE-06, 26
Volume 2, entitled HR- Benefits and Other Compensation and Exhibits SCE-08, Volume 2, 27
entitled Administrative & General (A&G)—Regulatory Affairs, Corporate Communications & 28
Local Public Affairs, as identified in the Table of Contents thereto. 29
Q. Was this material prepared by you or under your supervision? 30
A. Yes, it was. 31
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Q. Insofar as this material is factual in nature, do you believe it to be correct? 1
A. Yes, I do. 2
Q. Insofar as this material is in the nature of opinion or judgment, does it represent your best 3
judgment? 4
A. Yes, it does. 5
Q. Does this conclude your qualifications and prepared testimony? 6
A. Yes, it does. 7
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