V. Comments on Changes to the Rules as Originally Proposed,
and Other Comments on the Proposed Decision

The proposed decision in this rulemaking was mailed to all persons on the service list used in this proceeding, including all persons who filed written comments on the OIR, on September 19, 2006 in accordance with Pub. Util. Code § 311(g)(1) and Rule 14.2(a). The proposed decision included an appendix showing the full text of the rules as originally proposed with the changes discussed herein clearly indicated, and was mailed under cover of a notice of the time for filing comments on the draft decision. Consistent with that notice, comments were filed on or before October 10, 2006; no reply comments were filed.¹⁰

We have reviewed the comments and made revisions throughout the decision as appropriate.¹¹

¹⁰ For purposes of Cal. Admin. Code, Tit. 1, § 44, the public availability period for review and comment to the changes to the rules as originally proposed began on September 19, 2006, and ended on the date of this order.

¹¹ No party commented on the changes to the Rules as originally proposed in the OIR, and we make no further changes to the Rules in this order.