Comment on ''Correction to Fuchs' calculation of the electrostatic energy of a Wigner solid''

It is found that Hall's correction term exactly cancels another electrostatic term in the total energy of the Wigner solid. Although Hall's correction is appropriate for the calculation of the potential at the Wigner lattice site, it is Fuchs' expression which should be used in the total electrostatic energy of the Wigner solid. The origin of the controversy is clarified using physical arguments, and a simpler derivation of Hall's term is presented