ALJ/DMG/tcg Date of Issuance 6/16/2008

Decision 08-06-018 June 12, 2008

BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

Order Instituting Rulemaking to Examine the Commission's Post-2005 Energy Efficiency Policies, Programs, Evaluation, Measurement and Verification, and Related Issues.

Rulemaking 06-04-010 (Filed April 13, 2006)

DECISION GRANTING INTERVENOR COMPENSATION
TO THE NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL AND THE
COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL FOR SUBSTANTIAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO DECISION (D.) 07-10-032 AND D.07-09-043

This decision awards compensation to the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and the Community Environmental Council (CE Council) for their respective contributions to Decision (D.) 07-10-032, D.07-09-043, and other work in this rulemaking. We herein award NRDC $31,007.01 and award CE Council $38,858.03. These awards are less than requested by each intervenor and include adjustments in conformance with state law and Commission decisions governing intervenor compensation in Commission proceedings.

1. Background

The Commission opened this rulemaking to consider several issues related to the design, delivery and management of utility energy efficiency programs. Relevant to the subject compensation requests are matters relating to the long-term strategies for energy efficiency program emphasis, the focus of 2009-2011 utility energy efficiency program and budget applications, meetings concerning the implementation of energy efficiency programs and work leading to the resolution of evaluation, measurement and verification (EM&V) protocols.

D.07-10-032 directed the utilities to prepare a single, comprehensive, statewide strategic plan; adopted three programmatic initiatives; provided direction for the "next generation" of California utility energy efficiency programs for 2009-2011; committed in the near term to adopting utility energy efficiency goals through 2020; reaffirmed the previously adopted 2009-2011 goals; and established new collaborative processes with key stakeholders. D.07-09-043 established parameters that would govern awards of incentive payments to the utilities for their energy efficiency program accomplishments.

NRDC here requests $54,867.81¹ for its work in several areas relating to our ongoing development and oversight of utility energy efficiency programs, including D.07-10-032. CE Council requests $75,098.64 for its contributions to D.07-10-032 and D.07-09-043.

¹ NRDC makes a computation error when calculating this amount. We correct the error in Section 5 of the decision to $54,365.01.