General Claim of Reasonableness (§ 1801 and § 1806): a. claim of cost reasonableness: Intervenor’s CPUC Discussion Due to high levels of poverty and low levels of employment, among other factors, people with disabilities are a population segment that is among the Noted. least likely to have access to high speed internet access at home or at work. Therefore constituency is more likely than average to rely on CforAT’s CBOs and other entities served by CTF to have access to advanced communications services in their local communities. Even as constituency benefits from the access offered by CforAT’s CTF’s recipients, few likely understand the importance of the program, and even fewer would be likely to directly participate before the Commission to address its importance. While it is difficult to assign a dollar figure to the value that CforAT’s constituents obtain by having access to advanced services through resources, there can be no doubt that this population directly benefits from the services offered by CTF recipients well beyond the cost of participation in this proceeding. CforAT’s b. Reasonableness of hours claimed: Verified, but see CPUC participation on Phase 3 Issues has been focused and constrained CforAT’s Disallowances and to issues of direct relevance to our constituency. CforAT has coordinated Adjustments in with other parties, including filing joint pleadings as appropriate, in order Part III.D, Item 3. to represent the interests of our constituency efficiently. c. Allocation of hours by issue: Verified, but see CPUC Given the limited total of hours claimed (spread over a number of years), Disallowances and CforAT has allocated all time on the merits of this portion of the Adjustments in proceeding simply to The totals are as follows: “Phase 3.” Part III.D, Item 3 for the 2016 allocated 2015: 10.3 hours allocated to “Phase 3” hours. 2016: 4.0 hours allocated to “Phase 3” 2017: 9.5 hours allocated to “Phase 3” 2018: 5.2 hours allocated to “Phase 3” Total: 29.0 hours on Phase 3 Issues
General Claim of Reasonableness (§ 1801 and § 1806): a. Intervenor’s claim of cost reasonableness: Due to high levels of poverty and low levels of employment, among other factors, people with disabilities are a population segment that is among the least likely to have access to high speed internet access at home or at work. Therefore CforAT’s constituency is more likely than average to rely on CBOs and other entities served by CTF to have access to advanced communications services in their local communities. Even as CforAT’s constituency benefits from the access offered by CTF’s recipients, few likely understand the importance of the program, and even fewer would be likely to directly participate before the Commission to address its importance. While it is difficult to assign a dollar figure to the value that CforAT’s constituents obtain by having access to advanced services through resources, there can be no doubt that this population directly benefits from the services offered by CTF recipients well beyond the cost of CforAT’s participation in this proceeding. CPUC Discussion Noted. b. Reasonableness of hours claimed: CforAT’s participation on Phase 3 Issues has been focused and constrained to issues of direct relevance to our constituency. CforAT has coordinated with other parties, including filing joint pleadings as appropriate, in order to represent the interests of our constituency efficiently. Verified, but see CPUC Disallowances and Adjustments in Part III.D, Item 3. c. Allocation of hours by issue: Given the limited total of hours claimed (spread over a number of years), CforAT has allocated all time on the merits of this portion of the proceeding simply to “Phase 3.” The totals are as follows: 2015: 10.3 hours allocated to “Phase 3” 2016: 4.0 hours allocated to “Phase 3” 2017: 9.5 hours allocated to “Phase 3” 2018: 5.2 hours allocated to “Phase 3” Total: 29.0 hours on Phase 3 Issues Verified, but see CPUC Disallowances and Adjustments in Part III.D, Item 3 for the 2016 allocated hours.
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