30. Project Management Activities/Costs

PG&E estimates that project management office (PMO) capital costs that support the IT work will be $2.389 million (excluding contingencies). That amount, in total, is reflected in the IT capital cost estimates for 2009 and 2010. PG&E also estimates incremental PMO and external advisor expense costs of $2.397 million (excluding contingencies) that relates to planning, progress monitoring, quality control, risk, issue and change management, analyzing the incremental nature of the requested costs and the development of cost contingencies. That amount, in total, is reflected in the project management expense estimates for 2008, 2009, and 2010.

No party opposes PG&E's project management activities or the associated cost estimate. They are reasonable and the cost estimate will be adopted and included in determining the revenue requirement for this proceeding.