6. 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 on September 8, 2008, and reply comments were filed on September 15, 2008 by DRA, TURN, CMUA, the Utilities, California Conservation Corps, The Greenling Institute, Local Government Sustainable Energy Coalition and Schweitzer & Associates. Several parties continue to voice support for a neutral and independent organization to help guide policy recommendations and market transformation activities across California; the Utilities continue to oppose such efforts at this time. We have revised the proposed decision to express our belief that California would benefit from such an organization in the future. We have also made certain other clarifications to the proposed decision and the Plan in response to comments, and corrected errors.