7. Award
Aglet-TURN substantially assisted the Commission in this proceeding. Consistent with § 1802(h), Aglet-TURN are jointly entitled to compensation that totals $102,373, as set forth in the table below:
INTERVENOR |
YEAR |
HOURS |
RATE |
TOTAL AMOUNT18 |
Weil |
2007 2007 2008 |
294.7 5.8 33.7 |
$280 $140 $150 |
$ 82,51619 $ 812 $ 5,055 |
Hawiger |
2007 |
1.8 |
$300 |
$ 540 |
Goodson |
2007 2007 2008 |
44.1 .3 2.3 |
$210 $105 $105 |
$ 9,261 $ 32 $ 242 |
Marcus |
2007 |
8.7 |
$235 |
$ 2,045 |
Reid |
2007 |
6.7 |
$170 |
$ 1,139 |
Direct Office costs |
$ 731 | |||
TOTAL |
$102,373 |
Consistent with previous Commission decisions, we will order that interest be paid on the award amount (at the rate earned on prime, three-month commercial paper, as reported in Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15) commencing on May 5, 2008, the first business day after the 75th day after Aglet-TURN filed their joint compensation request and continuing until full payment of the award is made.
We remind Aglet-TURN that Commission staff may audit their records related to this award, and that intervenors must make and retain adequate accounting and other documentation to support all claims for intervenor compensation. Aglet-TURN's records should identify specific issues for which they requested compensation, the actual time spent by each employee, the applicable hourly rate, fees paid to consultants, and any other costs for which compensation was claimed.
18 Amounts are rounded to the nearest dollar.
19 Of this amount, $5,684 is applicable to the SDG&E capital structure issue (20.3 hours at $280/hr.).
