A proposed decision from two California Public Utilities Commission administrative law judges dropped Friday afternoon, May 9, that could have major implications as to whether Cal Am—the investor-owned utility that supplies water the Monterey Peninsula—will be able to move forward with its proposed desalination project in Marina, which has been a lightning rod of controversy for more than a decade. … Ultimately, the decision that will matter is the one that’s adopted by the CPUC, and the various parties have just over two weeks to now file comments and point out parts of the proposed decision they find fault with, but with an important caveat: The judges will only consider information that’s already in the administrative record—nothing new can be introduced.