ALJ/PVA/avs Date of Issuance 6/12/2012
Decision 12-06-011 June 7, 2012
BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
Order Instituting Rulemaking to Integrate and Refine Procurement Policies and Consider Long-Term Procurement Plans. |
Rulemaking 10-05-006 (Filed May 6, 2010) |
DECISION GRANTING INTERVENOR COMPENSATION TO L. JAN REID FOR SUBSTANTIAL CONTRIBUTION TO THE PROCUREMENT REVIEW AND COST ALLOCATION MECHANISM GROUPS OF PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY
This decision awards L. Jan Reid $34,889.20 for his substantial contributions to the procurement review group and cost allocation mechanism group of Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) between July 1, 2010, and September 30, 2011. Today's award payment will be allocated to PG&E, pursuant to Decision 00-01-020.
1. Background
The procurement review groups (PRGs) were established in Rulemaking (R.) 01-10-024, to help the investor-owned utilities (IOUs) in meeting their service obligations to customers immediately after the electricity crisis. R.10-05-006 is the successor to the procurement policies R.08-02-007, R.06-02-013, R.04-04-003, and R.01-10-024. In the ongoing procurement process, the PRG members are, in fact, peer reviewers working with the IOUs on the design and implementation of their procurement plans. Members include the Energy Division and Division of Ratepayer Advocates' staff, and consumer and ratepayer groups.
The Commission has found in previous proceedings that intervenors'work in peer review groups and program advisory groups is compensable if all necessary conditions are met. We stated:
The regulatory framework we adopt in this decision requires ... the active involvement and expertise of nonmarket participants, through continuing the procurement review group (PRG) process adopted in D.02-08-071 and providing intervenor compensation to those parties eligible to receive the awards for their work in this process and in the on-going review of procurement advice letters and expedited applications [footnote omitted]. We make the finding here that participation in the procurement review process discussed above by nonmarket participants who are eligible to request intervenor compensation should be fully compensated because their active participation makes a significant contribution to this proceeding.1
The Commission has already recognized L. Jan Reid's (Reid) continuing contributions to PRGs in the past. More recently, in Decision (D.) 11-03-019, we confirmed Reid's continuing contributions to PRGs.2 (§§ 1801-1812.)
1 D.02-10-062 issued in R.01-10-024, at 3-4.
2 All subsequent statutory references are to California Public Utilities Code, unless otherwise indicated.
