6. Itemized Estimate of Costs of Participation

The NOI must include an itemized estimate of the compensation that the customer expects to request, given the likely duration of the proceeding as it appears at the time the NOI is filed. (§ 1804(a)(2)(A)(ii).) CARE states that it expects to request compensation in the amount of $72,000:

$ 40,000 100 hours of professional time@ $400/hour

10,000 50 hours of expert time @ $200/hour

5,000 40 hours of member's time @ $125/hour

15,000 100 hours of technical assistance @$150/hour

2,000 costs

$72, 000 Total Estimated Cost of Participation

CARE states that it will provide time records, expense records and justification for hourly rates in a request for an award of compensation, if it eventually files one.

CARE has included an itemized estimate of the compensation that the customer expects to request, given the likely duration of the proceeding as it appears at the time the NOI is filed.

IT IS RULED that:

1. Californians for Renewable Energy, Inc. (CARE) timely filed a Notice of Intent (NOI) to Claim Intervenor Compensation.

2. CARE is a customer for the purposes of intervenor compensation (Category 3).

3. CARE reasonably states the adequacy of it representation.

4. CARE states that under either criteria set forth in § 1804(a)(2)(B) it has established that its participation without an award of intervenor compensation would pose a significant financial hardship.

5. CARE reasonably states the nature and extent of its planned participation, as far as it is possible to know as of the filing of the NOI. If CARE files for intervenor compensation, CARE will need to make a reasonable showing that its participation minimized unproductive or unnecessary duplication of work effort.

6. CARE presents a satisfactory itemization of an estimate of compensation it expects to request. The reasonableness of the hourly rates shall be addressed in the later request for compensation, if any, by CARE.

7. CARE is eligible for an award of intervenor compensation. The exact amount of the award, if any, shall be determined based on the reasonableness of its request for award, and this ruling "in no way ensures compensation." (§ 1804(b)(2).) The Commission may audit the records and books of CARE to the extent necessary to verify the basis of the award. (§ 1804(d).)

Dated September 21, 2005, at San Francisco, California.

		/s/ CAROL A. BROWN
		Carol A. Brown Administrative Law Judge

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I certify that I have by mail this day served a true copy of the original attached Administrative Law Judge's Ruling on Californians for Renewable Energy, Inc. Notice of Intent to Claim Compensation on all parties of record in this proceeding or their attorneys of record.

Dated September 21, 2005, at San Francisco, California.

/s/ JANET V. ALVIAR

Janet V. Alviar

NOTICE

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