. >> barbar barbara hale. the safety net hasn't come up as a safety net. it's more described as a who is responsible to perform as the provider of last resort. the expectation understate law and practice today is that the investors-owned utilities serve that function. they don't get to say no, i'm not going to provide electric service within their territories. so state law assumes that if a cca were to disassemble, it would naturally be the underlying investors utility who is responsible for providing them on going service. there has been discussions in the regulatory environment about here in california. if they would then assume that responsibility instead of the investors-owned utility. that the balance would sort of be shifting from the investors-owned utility being the dominant provider from and does it make sense in that scenario for the c.c.a. to take on the obligation of provider of last resort. that's been the way it's been described. mr. holtsman's suggestion that perhaps the c.c.a. communities could all characterize it as co found the bonding re