5. Issues Outside of the Scope of this Proceeding
This proceeding is not the appropriate forum to address a number of the issues raised by the Joint Parties and others that predominately relate to settlement or other program design features. Joint Parties recommend that the IOUs, in the context of current programs and future similar programs, take into account the methods and information provided by the Joint Parties on the appropriateness of different methods to use in estimating customer baselines for settlement that incorporate same day adjustments on event days.32 Kinder Morgan and Wal-Mart also address settlement baseline issues, and discuss customer notification and timing.33 As described in Section 3.1, above, these are fundamentally program design issues, and should be considered in the proceedings where the individual programs or tariffs are seeking approval (e.g., advice filing for tariff change, 2009-2011 program application, or contract application). Once the terms of a DR program are adopted, they remain in effect until they are modified, and appropriate procedures exist for parties to request modification if necessary.
32 Joint Parties' comments, October 24, 2007.
33 Kinder Morgan comments on Staff Report, October 24, 2007, and Wal-Mart comments on Staff Report, October 24, 2007.
