ALJ/MLC/k47 DRAFT CA-3

5/16/2002

Agenda ID # 453

Decision _________________

BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

Reuben Bercovitch and Blanche Bercovitch, Complainants, vs. San Diego Gas & Electric Company, Defendant.

Case 98-11-027 (Filed November 9, 1998)

OPINION ON REQUEST FOR INTERVENOR COMPENSATION

This decision grants Reuben Bercovitch and Blanche Bercovitch (Complainants) an award of $34,154.10 from the Advocates Trust Fund (ATF) in compensation for their contribution to Decision (D.) 00-04-029.

1. Background

D.00-04-029 resolved a complaint against San Diego Gas & Electric Company (SDG&E) to restore, at SDG&E's expense, lines to Complainants' property that SDG&E removed. The central controversy is whether the lines were abandoned. This decision finds that SDG&E took inappropriate steps in deeming as abandoned the lines to Complainants' property. D.00-04-029 orders SDG&E to restore the lines that it removed.