7. Payment of Award

In D.00-01-020, we addressed the issue of the payment of intervenor compensation awards in quasi-legislative proceedings affecting an industry or multiple industries. We stated our intent that no later than July 1, 2001, awards in quasi-legislative rulemaking proceedings where no specific respondents are named will be paid from an intervenor compensation program fund. The details of this funding method are set forth in D.00-01-020.

This proceeding is quasi-legislative in nature and affects an entire industry. There is no named respondent. Accordingly the award to TURN shall be paid from the intervenor compensation program fund.

Consistent with previous Commission decisions, we will order that interest be paid on the award amount (calculated at the three-month commercial paper rate), commencing the 75^th day after TURN and Latino Issues/ Greenlining filed their respective compensation requests and continuing until the utility makes its full payment of the award. TURN filed its request on December 21, 2000, so the 75^th day is March 6, 2001. Latino Issues/Greenlining filed their request on December 22, 2000, so the 75^th day is March 7, 2001.

As in all intervenor compensation decisions, we put TURN and Latino Issues/Greenlining on notice that the Commission Staff may audit their records related to this award. Thus, TURN and Latino Issues/Greenlining must make and retain adequate accounting and other documentation to support all claims for intervenor compensation. The records should identify specific issues for which the intervenor requests compensation, the actual time spent by each employee, the applicable hourly rate, fees paid to consultants, and any other costs for which compensation may be claimed.