ALJ/MFG/sid Mailed 6/28/2002

Decision 02-06-047 June 27, 2002

BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

In the Matter of the Application of Sierra Pacific Power Company, for authority to establish authorized rate of return on common equity for electric distribution for Year 2001. (U 903 E)

Application 00-05-018 (Filed May 8, 2000)

(For appearances, see Decision 00-12-062.)

OPINION ON REQUESTS FOR INTERVENOR COMPENSATION

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Title Page

OPINION ON REQUESTS FOR INTERVENOR COMPENSATION 2

I. Summary of Award 2

II. Background 2

III. Requirements for Award of Compensation 3

IV. NOI to Claim Compensation 4

A. Aglet 4

B. API 5

V. Requests for an Award of Compensation 6

VI. Substantial Contribution 6

A. Aglet 7

B. API 7

C. Sierra's Opposition 8

D. Replies to Sierra's Opposition 10

1. Aglet 10

2. API 10

E. Conclusion 11

VII. Award Allocation 12

VIII. Reasonableness of Requested Compensation 13

A. Aglet 14

B. API 16

IX. Award 23

Findings of Fact 23

Conclusions of Law 25

ORDER 25

OPINION ON REQUESTS FOR INTERVENOR COMPENSATION

I. Summary of Award

We award Aglet Consumer Alliance (Aglet) $ 9,138,¹ its entire request, for its substantial contribution in reducing Sierra Pacific Power Company's (Sierra) annual revenue requirement by $520,000 and also saving ratepayers $27,000 with the adoption of an earlier effective date of the final order. We award the Advocates for Public Interest (API) $18,273 of its $37,251 request, because much of the time claimed in the request is unreasonable. API also did not identify any numeric benefit derived from its participation; however, we find that the amount awarded API reasonably reflects its productivity in securing benefits to ratepayers.