4. Procedural Issues
The first PHC in this matter was held on February 18, 2005. Greenlining filed its NOI on March 4, 2005; Aglet on March 7, 2005; and TURN on March 17, 2005. Each was timely filed, and also asserted financial hardship.
Section 1802(b)(1) defines a "customer" as: A) A participant representing consumers, customers or subscribers of a utility; B) A representative who has been authorized by a customer; or C) A representative of a group or organization authorized pursuant to it articles of incorporation or bylaws to represent the interests of residential or small business customers.
On April 8, 2005, Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) Fukutome ruled that Aglet, Greenlining and TURN are each customers pursuant to § 1802(b)(1)(C), and meet the financial hardship condition, pursuant to § 1802(g).
Aglet filed its request for compensation on July 13, 2006. Greenlining and TURN each filed requests for compensation on July 17, 2006. The requests were filed within 60 days of D.06-05-016 being issued.2 In view of the above, we find that Aglet, Greenlining and TURN have each satisfied all of the procedural requirements necessary to claim compensation in this proceeding.
2 No party opposes any of the requests.
