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?RWH/nd3Date of Issuance: 11/23/2020Decision 20-11-043 November 19, 2020BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIAApplication of Southern California Edison Company (U338E) for Approval of Its Grid Safety and Resiliency Program.Application 1809002DECISION GRANTING COMPENSATION TOTHE UTILITY REFORM NETWORK FOR SUBSTANTIAL CONTRIBUTION TO DECISION 2004013Intervenor: The Utility Reform Network (TURN)For contribution to Decision (D.) 2004013 Claimed: $151,038.86Awarded: $151,038.86Assigned Commissioner: Marybel Batjer Assigned ALJ: Robert HagaPART I: PROCEDURAL ISSUESA. Brief description of Decision: Decision?2004013 adopted a settlement agreement reached among the active parties for Southern California Edison Company’s (SCE) Grid Safety and Resiliency Program. The settlement provides for substantial capital funding for a Wildfire Covered Conductor Program, as well as funding for remotecontrol automatic reclosers and additional fuses and other miscellaneous equipment. The settlement also provided for additional operations and maintenance (O&M) expenditures, primarily for additional vegetation management activities. Intervenor must satisfy intervenor compensation requirements set forth in Pub.?Util. Code §§?18011812:IntervenorCPUC VerificationTimely filing of notice of intent to claim compensation (NOI) (§?1804(a)): 1. Date of Prehearing Conference:11/15/18Verified 2. Other specified date for NOI: 3. Date NOI filed:12/11/18Verified 4. Was the NOI timely filed?YesShowing of eligible customer status (§?1802(b) or eligible local government entity status(§§?1802(d), 1802.4): 5. Based on ALJ ruling issued in proceeding number:I.1508019Verified 6. Date of ALJ ruling:11/8/17Verified 7. Based on another CPUC determination (specify): 8. Has the Intervenor demonstrated customer status or eligible government entity status?YesShowing of “significant financial hardship” (§1802(h) or §1803.1(b)): 9. Based on ALJ ruling issued in proceeding number: I.1508019Verified10. Date of ALJ ruling: 11/8/17Verified11. Based on another CPUC determination (specify):12 12. Has the Intervenor demonstrated significant financial hardship?YesTimely request for compensation (§?1804(c)):13. Identify Final Decision:D.2004013Verified14. Date of issuance of Final Order or Decision: April 24, 2020Verified15. File date of compensation request:June 12, 2020Verified16. Was the request for compensation timely?YesPART II: SUBSTANTIAL CONTRIBUTIONDid the Intervenor substantially contribute to the final decision (see §?1802(j), §?1803(a), 1803.1(a) and D.9804059): Intervenor’s Claimed Contribution(s)Specific References to Intervenor’s Claimed Contribution(s)CPUC DiscussionOverview: This Grid Safety and Reliability Program (GS&RP) was submitted partway through SCE’s test year 2018 and proposed broader measures than those the utility had included in its thenpending GRC proposals for 2018. SCE sought authorization of the proposed 20182020 costs of $582?million (for O&M and capital expenditures combined), and a twoway GS&RM balancing account. TURN performed a broad review of SCE’s proposed programs and the associated ratemaking, and presented testimony supporting some of the utility’s request but with important modifications to the scale and the associated ratemaking. TURN and the other active parties successfully negotiated a proposed settlement resolving all disputed issues, and the Commission adopted the settlement without modification in D.2004013. TURN Testimony of April 23, 2019 (as revised June 20, 2019); Joint Motion for Approval of Settlement Agreement of July 31, 2019.Verified1. Replacement of Conventional Fuses with Current Limiting Fuses: SCE requested cost authorization of $22.656?million for Current Limiting Fuses (CLFs) that would replace existing conventional fuses. TURN expressed support for the installation of new CLFs throughout SCE’s High Fire Risk Areas (HFRAs), but challenged the efficacy of proactively replacing conventional fuses and opposed that portion of the CLF program. The Settlement Agreement proposed funding at half the requested level ($11.328?million), with a corresponding reduction of 50% to the forecasted number of replacement fuses. TURN Testimony, pp. 2123; Settlement Agreement, p. 6. D.2004013, p. FOF 26. Verified2. Enhanced Vegetation Management – Tree Removal: SCE requested cost authorization of $90.6?million for Tree Removal, based on a forecast of 45,000 trees to be removed from in or near its rightsofway. TURN opposed this program on the basis that living trees are a relatively small driver of vegetation faults for SCE, and that there had been inadequate study of the efficacy, necessity and costeffectiveness of live tree removal. The Settlement Agreement proposed funding at half the requested level ($45.3?million) based on a forecast of 22,500 trees. It also calls for an independent study to evaluate the need and effectiveness of SCE’s Tree Removal program as compared to other mitigation measures. TURN Testimony, pp. 2327; Settlement Agreement, pp. 6 and 1011. D.2004013, p. FOF 27 and 4950. Verified3. Covered Conductor Capital Program: SCE proposed $284.8?million of capital expenditures for covered conductor installation in wildfire areas, based on a forecasted unit cost of $428,000 per circuit mile that, with the utility’s proposed 15% contingency, grew to $493,000 per circuit mile. TURN supported SCE’s reliance on covered conductor, but raised concerns about the utility’s initial prioritization model and the underlying methodology, and the forecasted unit cost, given that initial recorded costs were coming in at levels substantially below the forecast. The Settlement Agreement adopted SCE’s forecast mileage for covered conductor installation, but subject to a cap on both the total program spending and the unit cost, with a further demonstration of reasonableness required if the recorded costs exceed 115% of the forecasted amounts. TURN Testimony, pp. 720 and 2829; Settlement Agreement, pp. 78. D.2004013, p. FOF 38.Verified4. Balancing Account Treatment: SCE proposed a twoway balancing account for all GS&RP expenditures, with rate recovery permitted up to a “reasonableness threshold” of 115% of the forecasted amount without any further demonstration of reasonableness. Amounts in excess of the 115% threshold would still be eligible for rate recovery, but require a further demonstration of reasonableness. TURN recommended a oneway balancing account, and a rejection of SCE’s 115% reasonableness threshold. The Settlement Agreement adopted a twoway balancing account, with the 115% reasonableness threshold limited in application to the Covered Conductor. It also adopts caps based on unit costs, set at 100% of the forecasted level for all programs other than Covered Conductor, and at 115% for Covered Conductor. The Settlement Agreement also includes a “hard cap” of 125% of the average unit cost for tree removal costs, and 22,500 trees removed.TURN Testimony, pp. 2830; Settlement Agreement, pp. 79. D.2004013, p. FOF 3436 and 3844.Verified5. Reporting Elements and Metrics: TURN’s testimony noted that SCE had addressed the need for monitoring and reporting, but without providing adequate detail on the metrics that it would monitor or report. The Settlement Agreement identifies in greater detail the reporting elements applicable to GS&RP, with continuation of monthly reports initiated in D.1901091, and presentation of more comprehensive explanations of variation between the authorized spending levels and recorded spending, as to both each category of capital and O&M expenditures, and the associated unit costs. It also acknowledges the metric development process underway as required in the Wildfire Mitigation Plan proceeding and D.1905036. TURN Testimony, p. 35; Settlement Agreement, pp. 911. D.2004013, p. FOF 4548 and 51.VerifiedDuplication of Effort (§?1801.3(f) and §?1802.5):Intervenor’s AssertionCPUC Discussiona.Was the Public Advocate’s Office of the Public Utilities Commission (Cal Advocates) a party to the proceeding?YesYesb.Were there other parties to the proceeding with positions similar to yours? NoNoc.If so, provide name of other parties: The settlement was joined by SCE, TURN, Cal Advocates, Small Business Utility Advocates (SBUA), and Coalition of California Utility Employees. Appendix A of the adopted Settlement Agreement summarizes the parties’ different positions on the issues addressed in this proceeding, and illustrates that TURN’s position was unique among the active parties. To the extent there was a duplication of effort possibility, it existed almost exclusively between TURN and Cal Advocates on the relatively limited number of issues addressed by both parties in this proceeding. Verifiedd.Intervenor’s claim of nonduplication: The Commission should determine there was virtually no duplication of effort among intervenors, as is illustrated in Appendix A to the Joint Settlement Agreement (“Comparison of Party Positions on GSRP Issues and Settlement”). There was virtually no overlapping positions among intervenors for the capital and O&M expenditure amounts, and only minor overlap on some of the “rate recovery” or ratemaking issues. During the period leading up to submission of intervenor testimony, TURN coordinated with Cal Advocates to minimize the risk of unproductive duplication. The Commission should find that TURN's participation was efficiently coordinated with the participation of Cal Advocates wherever possible so as to avoid undue duplication and to ensure that any such duplication served to supplement, complement, or contribute to the showing of the other intervenor. And consistent with such a finding, the Commission should determine that all of TURN’s work is compensable consistent with the conditions set forth in Section 1802.5.NotedPART III: REASONABLENESS OF REQUESTED COMPENSATIONGeneral Claim of Reasonableness (§?1801 and §?1806):CPUC Discussiona. Intervenor’s claim of cost reasonableness: TURN’s request for intervenor compensation seeks an award of approximately $150,000 as the reasonable cost of our participation in the proceeding. The Commission should conclude that the amount requested is reasonable. SCE’s application sought a capital and operations and maintenance forecast of $582?million, with an associated revenue requirement of $229?million. (D.2004013, p. 4. The settlement agreement adopted in the final decision authorized a total forecast of approximately $526.5?million, A substantial portion of the reduction is attributable to TURN’s advocacy in this proceeding.The effort undertaken by TURN to review and critique SCE’s proposal is consistent with the magnitude of the utility’s request. TURN’s testimony addressed a wide range of the programs SCE had included in its request, as well as the associated ratemaking. TURN then was an active participant in the discussions among the parties that led to achieving the proposed settlement the Commission adopted in D.2004013. In sum, the Commission should conclude that the requested amount of compensation is reasonable in light of the magnitude of the request and the scope of the programs put forward by the utility. Notedb. Reasonableness of hours claimed: TURN seeks compensation for approximately 450 hours of time devoted to the substantive issues of this proceeding by our staff attorneys, energy analyst, and legal assistant. The total hours of attorney and consultant time is the equivalent of an average of less than one month of full time work for three individuals representing TURN. The most active periods of this proceeding intersected with periods of parental leave taken by two of TURN’s staff members. As a result, the hours were recorded by a combination of individuals in a combination of roles. In the early stages of the proceeding, Katy Morsony and Marcel Hawiger were TURN’s attorneys, working with TURN’s Energy Policy Analyst Eric Borden. In early 2019, when Ms.?Morsony began parental leave, Robert Finkelstein, TURN’s General Counsel, began to play a more prominent role in working with Mr.?Hawiger and Mr.?Borden in preparation of TURN’s testimony served in April 2019 and originally sponsored by Mr.?Borden. When Mr.?Borden then began his own parental leave, Mr.?Finkelstein and Mr.?Hawiger assumed sponsorship of the prepared testimony, and played the most prominent roles in the settlement discussions in June of 2019. TURN also relied on Dennis Stephens, an outside consultant with an extensive background in distribution engineering, for limited but valuable insight used to help TURN evaluate SCE’s proposed fuse program and to analyze the proposed program in conjunction with the other elements of SCE’s GS&RP. TURN includes in this request 7.75 hours spent by TURN Legal Assistant Stephen Green in 2019 while assisting Mr.?Hawiger and Mr.?Finkelstein in a paralegal capacity. As TURN’s timesheets reflect, Mr.?Green helped manage discovery, and assisted with preparation of TURN’s errata version of testimony. Meetings or Discussions Involving More Than One TURN Attorney or ExpertA relatively small portion of the hours and hourly entries reflect internaland external meetings involving two or more of TURN’s attorneys and expert witnesses. In past compensation decisions, the Commission has deemed such entries as reflecting internal duplication that is not eligible for an award of intervenor compensation. This is not the case here. For the meetings that were among TURN’s attorneys and expert witnesses, such meetings are essential to the effective development and implementation of TURN’s strategy for this proceeding. None of the attendees are there in a duplicative role – each is an active participant, bringing his or her particular knowledge and expertise to bear on the discussions. As a result, TURN is able to identify issues and angles that would almost certainly never come to mind but for the “groupthink” achievable in such settings.There were also meetings, including settlement meetings, with other parties at which more than one attorney represented TURN on occasion. The Commission should understand that this is often essential in a case such as this one, with a issues covering both substantive utility programs and specific ratemaking proposals for the associated costs of those programs. TURN’s requested hours do not include any for a TURN attorney or expert witness where his or her presence at a meeting was not necessary in order to achieve the meeting’s purpose. TURN submits that such meetings can be part of an intervenor’s effective advocacy before the Commission, and that intervenor compensation can and should be awarded for the time of all participants in such meetings where, as here, each participant needed to be in the meeting to advance the intervenor’s advocacy efforts. Intervenor CompensationRelated TimeTURN is requesting compensation for 13.25 hours devoted to compensationrelated matters, the largest share of which is the 12.0 hours associated with Mr.?Finkelstein’s preparation of this request for compensation. Mr.?Hawiger, who was TURN’s representative throughout the proceeding, was unavailable for this purpose due to a period of extended leave. Given his knowledge of most aspects of this proceeding and experience with preparing such requests, Mr.?Finkelstein was the most efficient choice to prepare this request for this proceeding under the circumstances. Verifiedc. Allocation of hours by issue: TURN has allocated all of our attorney and consultant time by issue area or activity, as evident on our attached timesheets. The following codes relate to specific substantive issue and activity areas addressed by TURN in this proceeding, as well as general activities that are part of nearly all CPUC proceedings, such as tasks associated with general participation, pursuing discovery, and general hearing preparation activities. CodeStands for:EVMEnhanced Vegetation Management elements of SCE’s GS&RP proposalsGrid HGrid Hardening elements of SCE’s GS&RP proposals, including covered conductor and fuserelated proposalsRARisk Analysis elements for review and critique of SCE’s proposals, including comparison with RAMP materials and prioritization issuesRMRatemaking issues, such as treatment of replaced capital assets and inclusion of contingency amounts in forecastsDiscDiscoveryrelated efforts, including preparing data requests; review of responses and responding to SCE requests of TURNGPGeneral Participation work that is essential to TURN’s participation but would not vary with the number of issues that TURN addresses, for the most part. This code appears most regularly during early stages of broad reviews, such as the initial review of the application and testimony, the preparation of the protest, the initial inquiry into issues areas that TURN opted not to pursue, and other tasks throughout the course of the proceeding that are of a more general nature. HPHearing Preparation – Work of a more general nature that TURN undertakes to prepare for evidentiary hearings. Here, much of the settlementrelated work occurred during the period leading up to the expected evidentiary hearings, resulting in TURN recording a material amount of hearing preparation hours even though the need for hearings was ultimately avoided by the success of the contemporaneous settlement efforts. CoordCoordination with other parties – meetings, emails and phone calls w/ Public Advocates Office.ProcProcedural matters, such as developing joint statements with the other active parties in preparation for the PHC#Time entries that cover substantive issue work that cannot easily be identified with a specific activity code. TURN requests compensation for all of the time included in this request for compensation, and therefore does not believe further allocation of the time associated with these entries is necessary. However, if such further allocation needs to occur, TURN proposes that the Commission allocate these entries in equal 33% shares to the broader issuespecific categories described above that were most likely to have work covered by a # entry (EVM, Grid H, and RM).Case MngmtCase Management – Limited work necessary to coordinate TURN’s internal staff resources for effective participation in the proceedingSettleSettlementrelated activities, including negotiations, analysis of positions, and development of settlementrelated pleadingsCompTime devoted to compensationrelated pleadingsTURN submits that under the circumstances this information should suffice to address the allocation requirement under the Commission’s rules. Should the Commission wish to see additional or different information on this point, TURN requests that the Commission so inform TURN and provide a reasonable opportunity for TURN to supplement this showing accordingly. VerifiedSpecific Claim:*ClaimedCPUC AwardATTORNEY, EXPERT, AND ADVOCATE FEESItemYearHoursRate $Basis for Rate*Total $HoursRate $Total $Thomas Long, Legal Director20181.5$600D.1805036$900.001.5$600$900.00Thomas Long20193.25$615D.1911015$1,998.753.25$615$1,998.75Robert Finkelstein, General Counsel20180.75$530D.1811043$397.500.75$530$397.50R. Finkelstein201953.75$540D.1911015$29,025.0053.75$540$29,025.00Marcel Hawiger, Staff Attorney201822.0$435D1806023$9,570.0022.0$435$9,570.00M.Hawiger201975.0$445D.1911011$33,375.0075.0$445$33,375.00Katy Morsony, Staff Attorney201864.0$330D.1909050$21,120.0064.0$330$21,120.00K. Morsony201913.25$350See Comment?1$4,637.5013.25$350 [1]$4,637.50Eric Borden, Energy Policy Analyst201827.75$210D.1811043$5,827.5027.75$210$5,827.50E. Borden2019175.0$215D.2004025$37,625.00175.0$215$37,625.00Dennis Stephens, Outside Consultant 20197.0$250See Comment?1$1,750.007.0$250 [2]$1,750.00Subtotal: $146,226.25Subtotal: $146,226.25OTHER FEESDescribe here what OTHER HOURLY FEES you are Claiming (paralegal, travel **, etc.):ItemYearHoursRate $Basis for Rate*Total $HoursRate $Total $Stephen Green, 20197.75$120See Comment?1$930.007.75$120 [3]$930.00Subtotal: $930.00Subtotal: $930.00INTERVENOR COMPENSATION CLAIM PREPARATION **ItemYearHoursRate $ Basis for Rate*Total $HoursRate $Total $Katy Morsony20181.25$16550% of 2018 rate$206.251.25$165$206.25 Robert Finkelstein202012.0$275.0050% of 2019 rate$3,300.0012.0$275$3,300.00Subtotal: $3,506.25Subtotal: $3,506.25COSTS#ItemDetailAmountAmount1.PhotocopiesPhotocopies of TURN prepared testimony and pleadings, and crossexamination exhibits and other hearingrelated materials. $212.71$212.712.PostagePostage expenses for mailing testimony and filings to the California Public Utilities Commission.$15.74$15.744.LexisNexis Legal ResearchComputerized research costs associated with preparation of TURN's strategy, testimony and pleadings in this proceeding$143.58$143.585.TelephonePhone charges for communications related to D.1905020.$4.33$4.33Subtotal: $376.36Subtotal: $376.36TOTAL REQUEST: $151,038.86TOTAL AWARD: $151,038.86 *We remind all intervenors that Commission staff may audit the records and books of the intervenors to the extent necessary to verify the basis for the award (§1804(d)). Intervenors must make and retain adequate accounting and other documentation to support all claims for intervenor compensation. Intervenor’s records should identify specific issues for which it seeks compensation, the actual time spent by each employee or consultant, the applicable hourly rates, fees paid to consultants and any other costs for which compensation was claimed. The records pertaining to an award of compensation shall be retained for at least three years from the date of the final decision making the award. **Travel and Reasonable Claim preparation time are typically compensated at ? of preparer’s normal hourly rate ATTORNEY INFORMATIONAttorneyDate Admitted to CA BARMember NumberActions Affecting Eligibility (Yes/No?)If “Yes”, attach explanationMarcel HawigerJanuary 1998194244NoRobert FinkelsteinJune 1990146391NoKaty MorsonyDecember 2011281538NoThomas LongDecember 1986124776NoAttachments Documenting Specific Claim and Comments on Part III:(attachments not attached to final Decision)Attachment or Comment #Description/CommentAttachment 1Certificate of ServiceAttachment 2Attorney and Consultant Time Sheet DetailAttachment 3Expense DetailAttachment 4TURN Hours allocated by issueAttachment 5Resumé of Stephen Green, TURN Legal AssistantComment?1Hourly Rates for TURN Staff Members, Outside Counsel and Consultant For work performed in 2018, each of TURN’s staff members has a previously established hourly rates for intervenor compensation purposes, and TURN’s request uses those previously authorized rates. For 2019, TURN is seeking compensation for the work of three individuals for whom the Commission has not yet approved an hourly rate for work performed that year. Katy Morsony, Staff Attorney: For work performed by Katy Morsony in 2019, TURN seeks an hourly rate of $350. That rate is based on Res. ALJ357’s 2.35% COLA applied to the previously authorized rate for her work in 2018, plus the second 5% step increase in the 57 year experience tier, with the result rounded down to $350, which is the top of the range for that tier. TURN’s pending request for compensation in R.1810007, filed in mid2019, seeks the same rate for Ms.?Morsony’s work in 2019, and TURN anticipates the Commission issuing a decision on that request before the decision issues on the instant request. Steven Green, Staff Legal Assistant: TURN requests an hourly rate of $120 for Stephen Green in 2019. Mr.?Green joined TURN as a Legal Assistant in July 2018. The Commission has not previously adopted a rate for Mr.?Green, but a compensation request that includes Mr.?Green’s work in 2018 and 2019 was filed in early 2020 in A.1807020 and remains pending at the time this request is submitted. Mr.?Green supports TURN’s legal work by performing paralegal tasks, as well as by providing other types of support. Prior to joining TURN, Mr.?Green spent 12 years working at law firms, during 5 of which he performed legal assistant and paralegal tasks. His current responsibilities and prior experiences are reflected in his resume, attached as Attachment 5. The hourly rate requested by TURN for Mr.?Green is consistent with the rates adopted by the Commission for paralegal work in relatively recent years. (See, e.g., D.1512042, pp. 14, 17 (authorizing for Amy Macaux a rate of $120 in 2013 for paralegal work); D.1412070, p. 7 (authorizing for Demetrio Marquez a rate of $115 in 2013 for paralegal work); D.1810017, pp. 1617 (authorizing for Rachael Kimball a rate of $130 in 2017 and 2018 for paralegal work)). It is also the same rate adopted by the Commission for Johno Reardon, the Office Manager at the Center for Accessible Technology, in 2016. (D.1808010, p. 8). Dennis Stephens, Outside Consultant: TURN requests an hourly rate of $250 for work performed in 2019 by Dennis Stephens, an outside consultant. The Commission has previously awarded compensation using an hourly rate of $225 for Mr.?Stephens’s work in 2016. (D.1902019). Mr.?Stephens did not raise his hourly rate in 2017 or 2018, but raised his rate to $250 per hour for work performed in 2019. TURN submits the Commission should find this hourly rate reasonable for several reasons. First, it represents the market rate that Mr.?Stephens charges to all of his clients. Second, it is consistent with the outcome that would have occurred had Mr.?Stephens sought annual increases at the COLA adopted by the Commission in 2017, 2018 and 2019 ($240) plus a single 5% “step increase” as provided for in the COLA resolutions. Third, the requested rate of $250 is in the bottom quartile of the range authorized for experts with thirteenplus years of experience, despite his having over 40 years’ experience in the utility sector, most of which was as an engineer with increasing responsibilities for Xcel Energy,. Resolution ALJ357, p. 5; D.1902019 (PG&E 2016 GRC Compensation Award), pp. 4546. The only hours from 2020 included in this request for compensation cover work related to preparing this request for compensation. The Commission has yet to adopt a 2020 COLA for intervenor hourly rates. Pending the Commission’s COLA determination, TURN has used a placeholder COLA of 2% to calculate 2020 rates for where the increase relies on a COLA, rounded to the nearest $5 increment. If the Commission adopts a 2020 COLA that supports a different hourly rate for TURN’s representatives, TURN requests that the Commission adjust the requested 2020 hourly rates ment 3Expenses – TURN has included the reasonable expenses incurred associated with our participation in this proceeding. The photocopying expense is approximately $215, the vast majority of which was from preparing multiple copies of TURN testimony, supporting attachments, and hearing exhibits in preparation for the evidentiary hearings before the need for hearings was eliminated with the allparty settlement. The postage and phone expenses were all associated exclusively with TURN’s work in this proceeding. TURN also incurred and seeks recovery of $243.58 of computerized research costs associated with the preparation of its testimony and pleadings. D. CPUC Comments, Disallowances, and Adjustments ItemReason[1] Adoption of rate for Katy MorsonyTURN requests an hourly rate of $350 for attorney Katy Morsony, based on Res. ALJ357’s 2.35% COLA applied to the previously authorized rate for her work in 2018, plus the second 5% step increase in the 57 year experience tier, with the result rounded down to $350, which is the top of the range for that tier. The Commission finds $350 rate reasonable and commensurate of Ms.?Morsony’s experience. We adopt the requested rate accordingly. [2] Adoption of rate for Dennis Stephens TURN requests an hourly rate of $250 for consultant Dennis Stephens, based on Res. ALJ357’s 2.35% COLA (2019), Res. ALJ352’s 2.30% COLA (2018) , Res. ALJ345’s 2.14% COLA (2017), plus an 5% singlestep increase in the 13+ year experience tier, with the result rounded down to $250. The Commission finds $250 rate reasonable and commensurate of Mr.?Stephens experience. We adopt the requested rate accordingly.[3] Adoption of rate for Mr.?GreenTURN request an hourly rate of $120 for Stephen Green in 2018 and 2019. The Commission approved the hourly rate of $120 in D.2006016. The Commission finds $120 rate reasonable, and commensurate of Mr.?Green’s experience. We adopt the requested rate accordingly.PART IV: OPPOSITIONS AND COMMENTSWithin 30 days after service of this Claim, Commission Staff or any other party may file a response to the Claim (see §?1804(c))A. Opposition: Did any party oppose the Claim?NoB. Comment Period: Was the 30day comment period waived (see Rule 14.6(c)(6))?YesFINDINGS OF FACTThe Utility Reform Network has made a substantial contribution to D.2004013.The requested hourly rates for The Utility Reform Network’s representatives are comparable to market rates paid to experts and advocates having comparable training and experience and offering similar services.The claimed costs and expenses are reasonable and commensurate with the work performed. The total of reasonable compensation is $151,038.86.CONCLUSION OF LAWThe Claim, with any adjustment set forth above, satisfies all requirements of Pub.?Util. Code §§?18011812.ORDERThe Utility Reform Network shall be awarded $151,038.86.Within 30 days of the effective date of this decision, Southern California Edison Company shall pay The Utility Reform Network the total award. Payment of the award shall include compound interest at the rate earned on prime, threemonth nonfinancial commercial paper as reported in Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15, beginning August 26, 2020, the 75th day after the filing of The Utility Reform Network’s request, and continuing until full payment is made.The comment period for today’s decision is waived.This decision is effective today.Dated November 19, 2020, at San Francisco, California.MARYBEL BATJERPresidentLIANE M. RANDOLPHMARTHA GUZMAN ACEVESCLIFFORD RECHTSCHAFFENGENEVIEVE SHIROMACommissionersAPPENDIXCompensation Decision Summary InformationCompensation Decision:D2011043Modifies Decision? NoContribution Decision(s):D2004013Proceeding(s):A1809002Author:ALJ HagaPayer(s):Southern California Edison CompanyIntervenor InformationIntervenorDate Claim FiledAmount RequestedAmount AwardedMultiplier?Reason Change/DisallowanceThe Utility Reform Network06/12/20$151,038.86$151,038.86N/AN/AHourly Fee InformationFirst NameLast NameAttorney, Expert, or AdvocateHourly Fee RequestedYear Hourly Fee RequestedHourly Fee AdoptedThomasLongAttorney$6002018$600ThomasLongAttorney$6152019$615RobertFinkelsteinAttorney$5302018$530RobertFinkelsteinAttorney$5402019$540MarcelHawigerAttorney$4352018$435MarcelHawigerAttorney$4452019$445KatyMorsonyAttorney$3302018$330KatyMorsonyAttorney$3502019$350EricBordenExpert$2102018$210EricBordenExpert$2152019$215DennisStephensExpert$2502019$250StephenGreenLegal Assistant$1202019$120(END OF APPENDIX) ................
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