Dawned

Wednesday dawned with a combination of relief and continuingconcern over gas supplies for the northern half of California inthe wake of the federal emergency order expiring at midnightTuesday. The expiration left Pacific Gas and Electric Co. stillscrambling to get its main suppliers to extend current contractsinto the coming weeks and months. State regulators are expected torule today on a PG&E request for emergency supplies fromSouthern California Gas Co., something the latter utility isstrongly opposing.