Request for Other Hours

Greenlining requests that the Commission allow it to file for compensation for additional work it believes is required as a result of this proceeding. Specifically, Greenlining requests that the Commission allow it to file for compensation for the time spent preparing for and participating in the workshops ordered by D.03-11-024, and in auditing the utilities new GO 156 reports due on March 2004. SBC opposes this portion of Greenlining's request.

D.03-11-024 closed this proceeding, and directed the Commission's Consumer Services and Information Division (CPIS)¹² to subsequently hold workshops to develop uniform reporting categories for all utilities to employ in their WMDVBE reports. The anticipated outcome of these workshops is a CPIS workshop report. In D.03-11-024, the Commission stated it anticipated opening another rulemaking to address proposed amendments to GO 156 regarding uniform reporting categories resulting from the workshop. Greenlining's request for authorization for reimbursement for its activities surrounding the workshop is therefore premature. However, Greenlining may request compensation for these activities in connection with any rulemaking (or other proceeding) issued as a result of the workshop, at such time as Greenlining is able to demonstrate substantial contribution to the later rulemaking.

We also deny Greenlining's request for costs for its anticipated audit of the utilities' 2003 WMDVBE reports. It is the Commission's task to monitor these audit reports. Moreover, Greenlining cannot demonstrate in advance of the activity in question whether its actions constitute a substantial contribution to a particular proceeding. We therefore deny this request as it is, at best, premature.