IX. Comments on the Decision

The draft decision of the Commission was mailed to the parties in accordance with Article 19 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure. Numerous parties filed Comments and Reply Comments to the draft Decision as well as Reply Comments to the TURN/PG&E December 15, 2003 proposal. We have considered the parties' views in light of the requirement that comments must focus on factual, legal, or technical errors in the draft decision, and that comments merely rearguing parties positions will be accorded no weight (Rule 77.3 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedures).

Consistent with Rule 77.3, and based on the current state of the record, we have made various changes to the draft decision. These revisions range from the correction for minor typographical errors to more detailed revisions that change outcomes, as described in body of the decision.