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Decision 09 -09 -047 Citations <br />Citation 1: Administrative Costs (p.49, OP #13a) <br />(p. 491 <br />4.4. Administrative Costs <br />We impose a 10% cap on total administrative costs, defined as overhead <br />(General and Administrative (G&A) Labor and Materials), labor (Management <br />and Clerical), Human Resources (HR) Support and Development, Travel and <br />Conference Fees (Administrative Costs). <br />Administrative costs are a necessary component of implementing energy efficiency <br />programs. Utilities have a number of administrative duties including reporting to the <br />Commission, internal management controls, and oversight of contractors which must be <br />funded in order to carry out their required programs. Administrative costs,30as we have <br />defined them, include: <br />• Overhead (G&A Labor/Materials): administrative labor, <br />accounting support, IT services and support, reporting databases, <br />data request responses, CPUC financial audits, regulatory filings <br />support and other ad -hoc support required across all programs. <br />• Labor (Managerial & Clerical): This category includes utility <br />labor costs related to either management or clerical positions <br />directly related to program administration. SDG&E and SCG <br />also add payroll taxes. <br />• Travel and Conference fees: This includes labor, travel and fees <br />for conferences. <br />These Administrative Costs categories do not include EM&V or Marketing <br />and Outreach. Direct Implementation costs for delivering programs, which are <br />defined as "costs associated with activities that are a direct interface with the <br />customer or program participant or recipient (i.e., contractor receiving training), <br />are also excluded.31 Direct Implementation includes non - resource programs such <br />as Emerging Technologies, WEPT, Lighting Market Transformation, Zero Net <br />Energy Pilots, local P statewide DSM integration and On -Bill Financing. Also <br />included are direct implementation non - incentive costs associated with <br />incentive -based programs. These costs include engineering project management, <br />customer support, certain sub - programs (e.g., Energy Audits and Continuous <br />Administrative costs are necessary to well -functioning programs, it is our <br />01 -01 -2013 Prop{zgc b pnfidential Page E -7 <br />