VII. Award
Aglet-TURN substantially assisted the Commission in this proceeding. Consistent with § 1802(h), Aglet-TURN are jointly entitled to compensation that totals $73,535, as set forth in the table below.
|
ITEM |
YEAR |
HOURS |
RATE |
TOTAL AMOUNT |
Advocate Weil |
2004 2004 2005 |
209.40 19.80 9.00 |
$250 125 125 |
$52,350 2,475 1,125 |
Attorney Finkelstein |
2004 |
3.50 |
395 |
1,383 |
Consultant Marcus |
2004 |
2.25 |
195 |
439 |
Analyst Czahar |
2004 |
66.00 |
220 |
14,520 |
Office Costs: Copies & Fax Postage Telephone Travel |
780 184 9 293 | |||
TOTAL |
$73,558 |
SDG&E participated in this consolidated proceeding by providing testimony, cross examining witnesses, and submitting briefs. Also, it must satisfy specific requirements in regards to debt equivalence as set forth in D.04-12-047. As such, SDG&E normally would be required to pay a proportionate share of the award applicable to debt equivalence. Because Aglet-TURN did not claim that they represented consumers, customers or subscribers of SDG&E in their joint NOI, and because this proceeding does not include an application by SDG&E, we do not require SDG&E to participate in the payment of compensation. We assess the responsibility for payment between SCE and PG&E, based on each utility's share of 2004 jurisdictional electric and gas revenues.8 SCE and PG&E shall pay their full shares of the award to Aglet.
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 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.
8 Although SDG&E is not a named applicant in this consolidated proceeding, it did intervene, provide testimony, participate in the cross examination of witnesses, submitted briefs, and is required to satisfy specific requirements in regards to debt equivalence as set forth in the final decision.
