6. Productivity

D.98-04-059 directed applicants to demonstrate productivity by assigning a reasonable dollar value to the benefits of their participations to ratepayers. The costs of a customer's participation should bear a reasonable relationship to the benefits realized through its participation. This showing assists us in determining the overall reasonableness of the request.

Greenlining states that its contribution regarding executive compensation, along with those of DRA and TURN, resulted in ratepayer savings of $28.431 million. Greenlining then stated that "it is impossible to assign specific dollar values to the benefits Edison's ratepayers will derive" with regards to its other efforts. The Commission finds that Greenlining's contribution to executive compensation, along with DRA's and TURN's, is reasonable. The Commission finds that it would be impossible to assign a specific dollar amount to recognize the productivity of the efforts Greenlining made with regards to philanthropy, supplier diversity, and workforce diversity.

With the adjustments to the award made today regarding substantial contribution and hourly rates, we find Greenlining's efforts to be productive.