Mr. Davis said he hoped to avoid rate increases beyond those already passed or planned.
They plan to audit banks' daily Libor submissions to avoid rate manipulation.
For their part, Con Edison officials said they have introduced a new online service to search for the best prices to help customers avoid rate spikes.
In Washington, Paul H. O'Neill, President-elect George W. Bush's choice to become treasury secretary, at his confirmation hearing described California's electricity program as "lunacy," in large measure because of the effort to keep retail prices down and avoid rate increases.
When Mr. Davis initially vowed to avoid rate increases at all costs, a stance most experts saw as unrealistic, legislators feared he was setting them up to take the fall for increases that even he now acknowledges are possible, if not certain.
Davis said he still hoped the state could avoid rate increases, while some Republican leaders feared they would be "unlimited".
At the time, Davis said he still hoped the state could avoid rate increases, while some Republican leaders, who objected to the bailout, feared that these price hikes would be "unlimited".
In particular, stimulation with 100 μs/phase, 250 pulse per second (pps) pulse trains achieved an optimal balance among safety, energy, and current threshold requirements while avoiding rate pitch effects.
"As a reason to avoid rate review, this is frankly grasping," he added.
Second quality assessments were also conducted to avoid rating bias.
