California Code, Public Utilities Code - PUC § 1094

The members of the construction project board of consultants shall receive fees and expenses from the commission.  The corporation whose project the construction project board of consultants is evaluating shall, upon demand of the commission, reimburse the commission for the amount expended by the commission for the fees and other expenses of the board, including, but not limited to, special studies, staff, or commission staff costs directly attributable to activities of the construction project board of consultants.

The commission shall deposit all money received pursuant to this section at least once each month in the Certification Fund, which is hereby created in the State Treasury.  The money in the Certification Fund is hereby continuously appropriated to the commission in augmentation of any other appropriation for the support of the board.

The commission may allow the inclusion of any amounts received from an electrical or gas corporation pursuant to this section as an authorized expense for purposes of establishing rates.