19. Southern California Gas Company, Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co. and PG&E,
38 Cal. 3d 64 (1985), 695 P.2d 186.
The Court dismissed Petitions by three utilities asserting that an award of “public participation costs” contravened judicial precedent. (The CLAM decision (Para. 24, infra). The Court held that the issues raised in the petitions had been rendered moot by the enactment of legislation (SB4-Rosenthal), effective January 1, 1985, setting forth conditions under which the Commission could award such costs. The Court held that, notwithstanding the fact that the proceedings in question had commenced prior²² to the effective date of the legislation, the legislature had the power to furnish the requisite authority nunc pro tunc where “it clearly evinces that intent and no vested or constitutional rights are infringed.”