Public Utilities Commission: intervenor compensation.

Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities and can establish its own procedures, subject to statutory limitations or directions and constitutional requirements of due process. Existing law provides compensation for reasonable advocate's fees, reasonable expert witness fees, and other reasonable costs to public utility customers, as defined, for participation or intervention in any proceeding of the commission based upon specified criteria. This bill would include a school district, county office of education, or community college district in the definition of a customer that may apply for intervenor compensation.