COMMENTS

On February 6, 2001 the original draft Resolution and a draft Alternate Resolution were issued for public review and comment. Parties' comments are summarized in this section below. This draft Resolution incorporates substantive changes that were not addressed in comments previously received. Therefore this revised version of the draft Resolution is being recirculated for public review and comment.

Three parties filed comments on the Draft and Alternate Resolutions E-3726, SDG&E and the Alliance for Retail Energy Markets (AreM or ARM) on Feb 14, 2001 and ACN, an ESP, on February 15. SDG&E also replied to the comments of ARM on February 20, 2001. Due to SDG&E's withdrawal of AL 1264-E/-E-A, most of the issues raised in these comments are moot, and we do not address them herein. Two parties submitted late-filed protests, the Polaris Group (Polaris) on March 12, 2001 and California Restaurant Association (CRA) on March 22. SDG&E responded to the comments of Polaris on March 13, 2001. Because of the timing of these protests, we will treat them as comments and address the issues they raise in this section. The Alternate Resolution has been withdrawn.