VIII. Comments on the Alternate Decision

The Proposed Alternate Decision of Commissioners Michael Peevey and Susan Kennedy was filed and served on parties on February 27, 2003. Comments on the Alternate Decision were due on March 6, 2003 with reply comments on March 10, 2003.

The following parties filed comments: the Settling Parties, the Districts, Cerritos, SCAQMD, AreM/WPTF, Clarus, Capstone, PG&E/SCE, TURN, EPUC/Kimberly Clark/Goodrich, ORA, DGS, CPA, SDG&E, CEERT, CEC, and CalSEIA. Reply comments were filed by the Setting Parties, CalSEIA, and the California Farm Bureau Federation. In response to these comments, we have made numerous clarifications and refinements throughout this decision. In addition, there were several comments made by the Settling parties on issues addressed nowhere in this decision. These include treatment of self-generation deferral agreements and treatment of any potential generator refunds. We clarify that nothing in this decision changes the terms of any self-generation deferral agreement, nor do we make any determinations about future disposition of any potential refunds ordered by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.