ALJ/CAB/jt2 Date of Issuance 11/10/2008

Decision 08-11-027 November 6, 2008

BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

Order Instituting Rulemaking to Integrate Procurement Policies and Consider Long-Term Procurement Plans.

Rulemaking 06-02-013 (Filed February 16, 2006)

DECISION GRANTING INTERVENOR COMPENSATION TO AGLET CONSUMER ALLIANCE FOR SUBSTANTIAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PROCUREMENT REVIEW GROUPS IN THIS PROCEEDING

This decision awards Aglet Consumer Alliance (Aglet) $16,708.27 in compensation for its substantial contributions to the Procurement Review Groups of Pacific Gas and Electric Company, Southern California Edison Company, and San Diego Gas & Electric Company, as detailed below. This represents a slight decrease from the amount requested due to ineligible expenses claimed by Aglet. This proceeding remains open to address further long-term procurement issues.

1. Background

Rulemaking (R.) 06-02-013 is our long-term procurement proceeding for review and approval of the integrated long-term procurement plan (LTPP) for Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), Southern California Edison (SCE) and San Diego Gas & Electric Company (SDG&E), the investor-owned electric utilities (IOUs). R.06-02-013 is the successor to R.01-10-024 and R.04-04-003 (both now closed proceedings). We find the subject rulemaking, the 2006 LTPP, a reasonable forum for an intervenor to seek further Procurement Review Group (PRG)-related compensation.

In R.01-10-024, we established the PRGs to facilitate the IOUs ability to meet their service obligations to customers immediately after the electricity crisis. The expectation was that the PRG process, although strictly advisory, would allow parties in upcoming utility filings to identify potentially contentious issues in advance and to work on a solution before the utilities filed their applications. In the continuing procurement process, the PRG members serve as peer reviewers working with the IOUs on an on-going basis as the utilities design and implement their procurement plans. Members consist of staff from the Commission's Energy Division and the Division of Ratepayer Advocates, as well as other consumer and ratepayer groups, including Aglet.

Today's decision addresses three separate requests by Aglet for compensation for its PRG work for work performed from October 1 to December 31, 2006 for all three IOUs, and preparation of this compensation request. No party opposed these requests.