7. Comments on Draft Decision

The draft decision of Commissioner Lynch and ALJ Gottstein in this matter was mailed to the parties in accordance with Pub. Util. Code § 311(g)(1) and Rule 77.7 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure. Comments were filed on October 6, 2003 by NRDC, PG&E, and jointly by SDG&E and SoCal. No reply comments were filed.

We make one minor edit in response to comments, in order to improve consistency between the decision text and Conclusion of Law 5. At the request of the Assigned Commissioner, the utilities jointly submitted a table that set forth the estimated date of utility applications for recovery of pre-1998 shared-savings claims. We include that summary in today's decision as Table 3 of Attachment 4.