13. Comments on 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 by PG&E, the Joint Utilities, SCE, DRA, TURN, Greenlining, NCLC, DisabRA, and the City.

We have carefully considered the comments on the issues addressed in today's decision. In response to comments, we have modified the proposed decision to:

· Include FERA customers in the revised deposit rules affecting CARE customers;

· More clearly define sensitive customers as those on medical baseline or life support;

· Define the sunset date for all interim disconnection practices as the effective dates of GRCs for SCE and the Joint Utilities. The sunset date for PG&E will be addressed in Phase 2 of this proceeding;

· Change the reporting date for data to the Commission to the 25^th of each month, rather than the 20^th of each month;

· Revise the reporting template;

· Include additional issues in Phase 2 of this proceeding; and

· Include additional language to clarify certain adopted disconnection practices.