california update 9 20 2001 questions comments regarding report please contact g britt whitman ex 5 4014 kristin walsh ex 3 9510 executive summary cpuc direct access vote cpuc link live webcast cpuc meeting 10 00 pm sept 20 th sun may setting californians right customer choice cpuc debates fate direct access today estimate time cpuc commissioners taking da issue instead delay vote legislature convened third special session called gov davis last week currently commissioners brown wood appear unwilling support da president lynch swing vote concerning retroactive suspension direct access agreements customers already elected alternate service providers current cpuc position appears direct access contracts signed september 20 th 2001 nullified rumor cpuc may reviewing several contracts signed within past three nine months many commercial consumers operating da highly pessimistic cpuc supporting da agreements signed within past three months business community conscience cpuc bears difficult task weighing california businesses political economic interests economic interests california residential power consumers reports follow socal bankruptcy developments pg e emergence bankruptcy probability third special session socal bailout