text_combined: california update 08 27 01 california puc loretta lynch held press conference sacramento today discuss changes commission previously released proposal regarding direct access rate agreement puc dwr amended proposal discussed distributed today direct access would end retroactive july 1 customers contracts executed july 1 would would remain direct access customers legislature assembly version senate mou sb 78 yet reviewed voted committee scheduled reviewed voted 6 30 pm pdt today amendments direct access released afternoon based negotiations davis office business customers customers consistently da since may 2000 including involuntarily returned bundled service would exempt charges edison undercollection dwr forward contracts dwr related exit fees provided puc finds additional stranded costs created edison remaining customers customers consistently da may 2000 jan 17 2001 would exempt charges edison undercollection dwr forward contracts dwr realted exit fees provided puc finds additional stranded costs created edison remaining customers customers da jan 17 2001 august 24 2001 would exempt exit fees related dwr forward contracts provided puc finds additional stranded costs created edison remaining customers customer leaving august 24 th would qualify exemptions considerable work underway make august 24 th date deadline contract execution rather date customer must dasr order qualify exemptions direct access would suspended however 90 days bill signed davis signs e effective date bill anyone going direct access aug 24 effective date would qualify exemptions 90 day period da would suspended 1 1 03 self gen service consistently may 200 august 24 would exempt edison undercollection dwr charges self gen submitted application energy commission august 24 would exempt dwr charges beginning date self gen comes line self gen comes line august 24 would exempt dwr charges beginning date self gen comes line total number exempt mws category would limited 250 mws per year first come first serve basis least 30 increases net short due increases demand would reserved self gen