ALJ/DUG/hkr Date of Issuance 12/18/2009

Decision 09-12-043 December 17, 2009

BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

Application of San Diego Gas & Electric Company (U902M) for Authority to update its Gas and Electric Revenue Requirement and Base Rates effective on January 1, 2008.

Application 06-12-009
(Filed December 8, 2006)

And Related Matters.

Application 06-12-010
Investigation 07-02-013

DECISION PARTIALLY GRANTING AND OTHERWISE DENYING
INTERVENOR COMPENSATION TO THE GREENLINING INSTITUTE
FOR SUBSTANTIAL CONTRIBUTION TO DECISION 08-07-046

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Title Page

DECISION PARTIALLY GRANTING AND OTHERWISE DENYING INTERVENOR COMPENSATION TO THE GREENLINING INSTITUTE
FOR SUBSTANTIAL CONTRIBUTION TO DECISION 08-07-046 2 2

Summary 2 2

1. Background 2 2

2. Requirements for Awards of Compensation 3 3

2.1. Preliminary Procedural Issues 4 4

2.2. Financial Hardship 5 5

3. Greenlining's Assertion of a Substantial Contribution 6 6

4. Greenlining's Actual Contributions 9 9

5. Contributions of Other Parties 17 17

6. Reasonableness of Requested Compensation 18 18

6.1. Reasonable Hourly Rates 20 20

6.2. The Hours and Costs Necessary for a Substantial Contribution 22 22

6.3. Direct Expenses 25 25

6.4 Productivity 25 25

7. Award 25 25

8. Comments on Proposed Decision 27 27

9. Assignment of Proceeding 27 27

Findings of Fact 27 27

Conclusions of Law 27 27

ORDER 28 28

DECISION PARTIALLY GRANTING AND OTHERWISE DENYING INTERVENOR COMPENSATION TO THE GREENLINING INSTITUTE
FOR SUBSTANTIAL CONTRIBUTION TO DECISION 08-07-046

Summary

This decision awards The Greenlining Institute $12,186.01 in compensation for its substantial contributions, on the issue of business office closures, to Decision 08-07-046, which is a decrease of $417,027 (97% reduction) because the majority of the requested compensation was for activities which the Commission found to be beyond the scope of the proceeding and no order was necessary by the Commission. Today's award payment will be split equally between San Diego Gas & Electric Company and Southern California Gas Company. These proceedings are closed.

1. Background

San Diego Gas & Electric Company (SDG&E) filed Application (A.) 06-12-009, a general rate case (GRC) application, and Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas) filed A.06-12-010, also a GRC application. They are related companies with some shared services. Decision (D.) 08-07-046 adopted a Test Year 2008 revenue requirement for each company, a mechanism for attrition adjustments until the next GRC, and performance and safety incentive mechanisms, which are reasonable and necessary to provide safe and reliable service to ratepayers.

The Test Year 2008 settlements adopted in D.08-07-046 provide a gas and electric revenue requirement of $1.361 billion for SDG&E and a gas revenue requirement of $1.685 billion for SoCalGas.