II. Background
In D.02-05-046, we awarded $102,030,037 in local program funding for 2002-03.2 The remaining available funding was $15,757,911. While the draft decision had approved the full $125 million in available local energy efficiency funding, we stated in D.02-05-046 that
As to certain programs recommended in the draft decision, we will hold off on making a decision until we have time further to consider them. We have backed those programs out of the funding tables so that all other programs may go forward without delay. We will address the remaining $15,757,911 million in programs after this decision issues. (D.02-05-046, mimeo., at 38.)
The programs awarded funding here offer comparably qualified services to the Efficiency Services Group proposal.
2 We also set aside $4,462,052 to cover the maximum amount of administrative costs the large Investor Owned Utilities could receive for administering the third-party program contracts, in addition to the $2,750,000 in "bridge funding" given to the IOUs in D.02-03-056. (See D.02-05-046, mimeo., at 8.)
