9. Award
As set forth in the table below, we award Sustainable Conservation $21,482.75 as follows:
Work on Proceeding | ||||
Attorney/Staff |
Year |
Hours |
Hourly Rate |
Total |
A. Dusault |
2006 |
18.5 |
$220.00 |
$ 4,070.00 |
A. Dusault |
2007 |
50.5 |
$220.00 |
$ 11,110.00 |
J. London |
2006 |
22.1 |
$175.00 |
$ 3,867.50 |
J. London |
2007 |
50.5 |
$180.00 |
$ 9,090.00 |
Subtotal Hourly Compensation: |
$ 28,137.50 | |||
Preparation of NOI and Compensation Request (1/2 Rate) | ||||
Attorney/Staff |
Year |
Hours |
Hourly Rate |
Total |
A. Dusault |
2007 |
4.0 |
$110.00 |
$ 440.00 |
J. London |
2006 |
4.6 |
$87.50 |
$ 402.50 |
J. London |
2007 |
10.5 |
$90.00 |
$ 945.00 |
Subtotal NOI/Icomp Preparation: |
$ 1,787.50 | |||
Total Unadjusted Compensation: |
$ 29,925.00 | |||
Reduction for Duplication (20% for hourly compensation): |
$ 5,627.50 | |||
Reduction for Lack of Substantial Contribution: (12.5%) |
$ 2,813.75 | |||
Total Compensation Award: |
$ 21,482.75 | |||
R.06-05-027 affected the following electrical corporations: SCE, PG&E, SDG&E, PacifiCorp, Sierra Pacific Power Company, Bear Valley Electric Service Division of Golden State Water Company, and Mountain Utilities. To avoid imposing an administrative burden of allocating very small shares of the award to the smaller entities, we allocate responsibility of payment of the award to SCE, PG&E, and SDG&E.35 We direct SCE, PG&E, and SDG&E to allocate payment responsibility amongst them based upon their California-jurisdictional gas and electric revenues for the 2007 calendar year, to reflect the year in which the proceeding was primarily litigated.
Pursuant to § 1807, we order PG&E, SDG&E, and SCE to pay this award. Consistent with previous Commission decisions, we order that interest be paid on the award amount (at the rate earned on prime, three-month commercial paper, as reported in Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15) commencing on December 29, 2008, the 75th day after Sustainable Conservation filed its compensation request, and continuing until full payment of the award is made.
We remind all intervenors that Commission staff may audit their records related to the award and that intervenors must make and retain adequate accounting and other documentation to support all claims for intervenor compensation. Sustainable Conservation's records should identify specific issues for which it requested compensation, the actual time spent by each employee or consultant, the applicable hourly rates, fees paid to consultants, and any other costs for which compensation was claimed. The records pertaining to an award of compensation shall be retained for at least three years from the date of the final decision making the award.
35 The allocation to Mountain Utilities would be less than $1.00, for example, using the allocation to utilities of the 250 megawatt program total. (See D.07-07-027 at 9; $21,482.75 times 0.001%.)
