Davis' deadlines on energy much easier set than met By Emily Bazar Bee Staff Writer (Published Feb. 23, 2001)  Exactly one week ago, Gov.
Gray Davis sounded hopeful, optimistic even, when  he predicted that the state and its debt-ridden utilities would forge an  agreement by today on a plan to save the companies from financial doom.
Problem is, it won't work out that way.
Negotiations between state officials and the investor-owned utilities have  produced no comprehensive agreement to announce today.
Davis' predictions during the energy crisis have been wrong before.
For weeks, he has set deadlines for agreements and legislative action that  haven't been met.
On deadline days, even when there's little substantive  progress to report, Davis often holds news conferences anyway -- many of them

Davis' deadlines on energy much easier set than met