ALJ/AES/avs Date of Issuance 12/4/2008

Decision 08-12-017 December 4, 2008

BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

Order Instituting Rulemaking to Develop Additional Methods to Implement the California Renewables Portfolio Standards Program.

Rulemaking 06-02-012 (Filed February 16, 2006)

DECISION GRANTING INTERVENOR COMPENSATION TO
THE UTILITY REFORM NETWORK AND THE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS FOR SUBSTANTIAL CONTRIBUTION TO DECISION 06-10-019, DECISION 07-05-028, AND DECISION 07-07-044

This decision awards The Utility Reform Network (TURN) $81,089.24 and the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) $12,645.25 in compensation for their substantial contributions to Decision (D.) 06-10-019, D.07-05-028, and D.07-07-044. TURN's award reflects a $607.50 reduction in the requested amount for work performed a year prior to the start of this proceeding. UCS' award reflects a $210 reduction to correct an arithmetic error and a reduction of $1,182 in the award for work on UCS's compensation request. Today's award payment will be allocated to the affected utilities. This proceeding remains open.

1. Background

These decisions are part of our implementation of the renewables portfolio standard (RPS) program. D.06-10-019 established ground rules for the participation of energy service providers (ESPs) and community choice aggregators (CCAs) in the RPS program. It also examined contracting requirements for all RPS-obligated load-serving entities (LSEs), and briefly addressed the use of unbundled renewable energy credits (RECs) for RPS compliance. D.07-05-028 implemented the requirements of new Pub. Util. Code § 399.14(b),¹ regarding the use of contracts of less than 10 years' duration for the procurement of electricity from eligible renewable resources under the RPS program. D.07-07-044 modified D.07-05-028 to ensure that nonmarket participants are eligible to receive confidential RPS compliance filings submitted by any RPS-obligated LSE, subject to approved confidentiality procedures.

Intervenors TURN and UCS actively participated in this proceeding. TURN requests compensation for substantial contributions to D.06-10-019, D.07-05-028, and D.07-07-044. UCS requests compensation only for substantial contributions to D.07-05-028.

¹ Subsequent statutory references are to the Public Utilities Code unless otherwise indicated.