VII. Award Allocation

Sierra contends that if an award is granted in this proceeding, Sierra should not be required to pay the entire amount of the award. In prior consolidated cost of capital proceedings, Sierra was only required to pay an amount allocated among all of the California investor-owned gas and electric utilities under Commission jurisdiction based on the amount of California gross revenue earned by each company. This method, according to Sierra, resulted in Sierra paying no more than $1,000 in intervenor compensation for any of its cost of capital proceedings. Sierra, seeking similar treatment in this proceeding, recommends that any compensation award be allocated to Sierra based on the ratio of Sierra's annual gross revenues in California to the total California revenues earned by all investor-owned gas and electric utilities under Commission jurisdiction.

We reject Sierra's recommended allocation. In this application, there is only one applicant, Sierra. Pub. Util. Code § 1807 requires the public utility that is the subject of a hearing to pay any compensation award approved in that proceeding. D.00-12-062 applies only to Sierra. Consequently, Sierra must pay the entire compensation award approved in this proceeding.