ALJ/KOT/gd2 Date of Issuance 4/14/2010
Decision 10-04-023 April 8, 2010
BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
Application of Southern California Edison Company (U338E) for Authority to Institute a Rate Stabilization Plan with a Rate Increase and End of Rate Freeze Tariffs. |
Application 00-11-038 (Filed November 16, 2000) |
Emergency Application of Pacific Gas and Electric Company (U39E) to Adopt a Rate Stabilization Plan. |
Application 00-11-056 (Filed November 22, 2000) |
Petition of The Utility Reform Network for Modification of Resolution E-3527. |
Application 00-10-028 (Filed October 17, 2000) |
DECISION AWARDING INTERVENOR COMPENSATION
(FEES AND COSTS INCURRED IN OBTAINING JUDICIAL REVIEW)
DECISION AWARDING INTERVENOR COMPENSATION
(FEES AND COSTS INCURRED IN OBTAINING JUDICIAL REVIEW) 11
3. Legal and Factual Issues Regarding Substantial Contribution 44
3.1. Legal Standard for Determining Substantial Contribution 44
3.2. TURN's Work to and Including the Application for Rehearing 55
3.3. TURN's Work in Obtaining Judicial Review:
Hours Allocated to Specific Issues 66
3.4. TURN's Work in Obtaining Judicial Review:
Hours not Allocated to Specific Issues 1111
4. Compensation for Hours Devoted to TURN's
February 2009 Compensation Request 1414
5. Reasonableness; Productivity 1515
6. Hourly Rates Related to TURN's February 2009 Request 1717
9. Comments on Proposed Decision 2525
10. Assignment of Proceeding 2525
APPENDIX A - Section A. - D.05-04-049
APPENDIX B - Table of Disallowances and Adjustments
APPENDIX C - Compensation Decision Summary Information
DECISION AWARDING INTERVENOR COMPENSATION
(FEES AND COSTS INCURRED IN OBTAINING JUDICIAL REVIEW)
1. Summary
Today's decision resolves the remaining request for compensation by The Utility Reform Network (TURN) for its work in obtaining judicial review in these consolidated proceedings. On remand from the California Court of Appeal (Second Appellate District), and relying in part on a settlement between TURN and certain utilities, we earlier adopted hourly rates for the outside counsel firm used by TURN for this work. (See Decision 10-02-008.) From those rates and from rates previously approved by the Commission for TURN's in-house counsel, today's decision awards compensation for judicial review work performed during the period covered by the remaining request. The award reflects several disallowances, which result chiefly from hours found not to have made a "substantial contribution" as required by statute.
This proceeding, including all matters whose docket numbers appear in the caption, is closed.
