6. Comments of Proposed Decision

The proposed decision of the Commissioner in this matter was mailed to the parties in accordance with Section 311 of the Public Utilities Code and comments were allowed under Rule 14.3 of the Commission's rules of Practice and procedure. Comments were filed on October 18, 2010, by TURN, SCE, Greenlining, PG&E, the Joint Utilities, CSBRT/CSBA, and PacificCorp, and reply comments were filed on October 25, 2010 by TURN, PG&E, DRA, SCE, Greenlining, and TURN.

We make no substantive changes to the proposed decision in response to the comments, but make minor corrections to the definition of small business customers, notice requirements, definition of back-billing, and elimination of a warning notice after the first late payment. We also eliminate the need for an annual review of a customer's status by utilities and direct utilities to inform customers of their option to self-certify under Government Code Section 14837.