# Google SRC Order No. 5 — Cypress Inextricability + Joint Motion Records The Commission's 6-page order responding to the Staff-EAL Joint Motion to Submit for Approval (Doc. 53). **Records the 9-part stipulation** between Staff and EAL (with AG non-opposition) and **defers cancellation of the hearing given the docket's "inextricability" with [[psc/docket-25-055-p-special-contract-2026-05-22/_overview|Docket 25-054-U]] (the Cypress CECPN)**. ## Key takeaways - The Staff-EAL stipulation (9 parts) is recorded verbatim — see the [[psc/docket-25-055-p-special-contract-2026-05-22/_overview|production overview]] for the full list. Includes: defer SRC revenues to a regulatory liability, amortize over SRC term; exclude regulatory liability from rate base / WACC until Cypress in service; flow ITCs to customers via Rate Schedule 73; include Google payments in Rate Schedule 38 (Energy Cost Recovery) and Rate Schedule 47 (Capacity Cost Recovery). - **"Given the importance of this Docket and its inextricability with the pending decision regarding EAL's request for a Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need in Docket No. 25-054-U, the Commission defers for now a decision on the Parties' Joint Motion to cancel the evidentiary hearing."** This is the order that formally records the linkage between the SRC and CECPN proceedings. - Sets up [[Google SRC Order No. 6 CIAC Questions|Order No. 6]] (forthcoming with questions to the parties). ## Cross-references See the [[psc/docket-25-055-p-special-contract-2026-05-22/_overview|Docket 25-055-P production overview]] for context.