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EXHIBIT 3.4.4

                             MASTER AGENT AGREEMENT


         This Agent Agreement (the "Agreement") is effective immediately when
signed by authorized principals of both PowerSource Corporation, ("Company") and
Luis Rodriguez ("Agency"). This agreement is executed and effective for one year
from the date signed.

         WHEREAS, the Company provides the resale of Electricity ("Services");
and

         WHEREAS, the Agency is engaged in the business of providing customer
procurement services; and

         WHEREAS, the Company desires the services of Agency as an independent
contractor in marketing such services to its customers on the behalf of the
Company.

         NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good
and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

                                   AGREEMENT:

1.       RIGHT TO SELL ELECTRICITY RESALE SERVICES.

         (a) The Company hereby grants Agency the right to sell the Company's
         Electricity Resale Services, and Agency hereby agrees to solicit
         customers for the benefit of the Company, all pursuant to the terms and
         conditions of this Agreement.

         (b) Agency shall sell Electricity Resale Services at the rates and on
         the other terms and conditions prescribed by the Company from time to
         time.

         (c) All customers and customer orders submitted to the Company by
         Agency (including those submitted by Agency through Agency's employees
         or representatives) shall be submitted in accordance with Company
         policies and procedures as communicated to Agency from time to time,
         and shall be subject to acceptance by the Company and, if accepted,
         such customers shall become customers of the Company and not of any
         other party, including Agency (herein referred to as the "Solicited
         Customers" and individually as a "Solicited Customer").



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2. INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR. In fulfilling its obligations to the Company, under
this Agreement, Agency is acting as an independent contractor of the Company,
and not as a partner, co-venturer, employee, franchisee or representative of the
Company. Agency shall have no right, power or authority to make any
representations or enter into any agreement for, or on behalf of, or incur any
obligation or liability, of, or to otherwise bind the Company. Except as
specifically agreed to by the Company in writing, the Company shall not
reimburse Agency for any expenses incurred by Agency or any fringe benefits in
connection with this Agreement. Agency shall have full responsibility for
withholding taxes, social security withholding, workers' compensation,
withholding, unemployment withholding or any similar taxes or charges
attributable to Agency or Agency's employees or representatives.


3. COMPENSATION

         (a) Company shall pay Agency a bonus and commission for each customer
         obtained by Agency pursuant to Exhibit "A". Agency's compensation shall
         be computed as set forth on Exhibit "A" attached hereto. Company shall
         pay commissions and bonus based upon services provided to the customer
         with the dates and compensation structures set forth in Exhibit "A".

         (b) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no commission
         shall be due Agency for any customer that is an existing customer of
         Company at the time Service is ordered.


4. TERM. The initial term of this Agreement shall commence on the date hereof
and shall continue for one (1) year thereafter unless earlier terminated
pursuant to Section 5 (the "Initial Term"). Thereafter, this Agreement shall be
renewed automatically for successive one-year terms (each a "Renewal Term"),
unless earlier terminated pursuant to Section 5.


5. TERMINATION

         (a) Agency may terminate this Agreement by giving the Company at least
         sixty (60) days prior written notice and the Company may terminate this
         Agreement by giving Agency at least thirty (30) days prior written
         notice.

         (b) If either party fails to perform or comply with any provision of
         this Agreement, or if Agency fails to perform or comply with any
         provision of the Confidentiality, Non-Compete and Non-Solicitation
         Agreement described in Section 9 of this Agreement, the non-breaching
         party may, at its option, immediately terminate this Agreement.

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         (c) Upon termination, the provisions of this Agreement shall have no
         further force or effect; provided, however, that Sections 5, 7, and 9
         hereof shall survive indefinitely.

6. COVENANTS OF AGENCY.

         (a) Agency agrees not to make any false or misleading statements
         concerning the Company, including, but not limited to, the Company's
         business services, performance, commitments and fees, and Agency
         understands that any such statement shall constitute a breach of this
         Agreement which, in the sole discretion of the Company, is cause for
         immediate termination thereof.

         (b) Agency agrees to comply with all federal, state, and local laws
         governing the sale of services on behalf of the Company, including, but
         not limited to, any licenses or permits that may be required in order
         to perform the activities or satisfy the duties and obligations under
         this Agreement.

         (c) Agency agrees not to use any written materials to advertise, to
         solicit customers or take customer orders for the Company other than
         those written materials provided or approved in writing by the Company.

         (d) Agency agrees not to engage any other party to perform its
         activities or meet its duties or obligations hereunder without the
         prior written consent of the Company.

7. INDEMNIFICATION. Agency shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Company
and its officers, directors and affiliates from and against any and all losses,
liabilities, damages, costs, claims and expenses (including reasonable
attorney's' fees and disbursements) sustained or incurred by the Company as a
result of (I) any breach of this Agreement by Agency or its employees or
representatives, (ii) any breach of Agency's representations or warranties as
set forth herein, (iii) any act of negligence or willful misconduct by Agency or
its employees or representatives, or (iv) any claim made against the Company by
a third party, including any federal, state or local regulatory agency, or any
entity organized for the purpose of providing consumer protection, which arises
out of the acts or omissions of Agency, whether or not related to Agency's
performance under the terms and conditions of this Agreement. Agency hereby
agrees that the Company shall have the right to offset Agency's indemnification
liability arising out of this Section 7 against any Fees due to Agency.




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8. NOTICES. Any and all notices or other communications required or permitted by
any provision of this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be hand-delivered,
or mailed by certified mail, return receipt requested, and shall be deemed to be
given, dated and received when so hand delivered or, if mailed, 48 hours after
the time of mailing, to the Company, PowerSource Corporation. at 3660 Wilshire
Blvd., Suite 1104 Los Angeles, California 90010 and the Agency at the address
set forth at the end of this Agreement (or to such other address or addresses as
either party may subsequently designate by notice given hereunder).


9. CONFIDENTIALITY; NON-COMPETITION; NON-SOLICITATION.

         (a) During the Agency's business association with Company, Company may
         have disclosed, and may disclose, to the Agency, or may have given the
         Agency access to, customer files and lists, vendor files and lists,
         trade secrets, intellectual property, proprietary information,
         inventions, financial information and marketing, sales and billing
         techniques owned or developed by Company, and other information
         regarding the business, process or products of Company which is treated
         by Company as confidential or which the Agency has reasonable basis to
         believe is confidential ("Confidential Information").

         (b) The Agency agrees to use Confidential Information solely in
         connection with its business association with Company for Company's
         sole benefit, to maintain any Confidential Information in the strictest
         of confidence, and not to use, disclose or publish any such
         Confidential Information, directly or indirectly, in any other manner
         whatsoever.

9.1 NON-COMPETE/NON-SOLICITATION. The Agency agrees that during the period of
the Agency's business association with Company and for a period of one (1) year
thereafter, it will not, without the prior written consent of Company, directly
or indirectly, engage in any of the following actions:

         (a) Render services, advice or assistance to any corporation, person,
         organization or other entity which develops, supports, designs,
         produces, markets, related to the sale of electricity.

         (b) Induce, solicit, endeavor to entice or attempt to induce any
         customer, supplier, licensee, licensor or other business relation of
         Company to cease doing business with Company, or in any way interfere
         with the relationship between any such customer, vendor, licensee,
         licensor or other business relation and Company.

         (c) Induce, solicit, endeavor to entice or attempt to induce any
         employee of Company to leave the employ or Company, or to work for,
         render services or provide advice to or supply confidential business
         information or trade secrets of Company to any third person or entity,
         or in any way interfere adversely with the relationship between any
         such employee and Company.


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10. MISCELLANEOUS.

         (a) AMENDMENT, WAIVER AND THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARIES. This Agreement may
         Not be amended orally, but only by an instrument in writing signed by
         the party against which the enforcement of the change, waiver,
         discharge or amendment is sought. No delay or failure on the part of
         the Company to exercise any power or right hereunder shall operate as a
         waiver thereof, nor as an acquiescence in any default, nor shall any
         single or partial exercise of any power or right preclude any other
         further exercise thereof, or the exercise of any other power or right.
         The Company and Agency acknowledge and agree that this Agreement is not
         intended by the parties to create any third party beneficiary rights.

         (b) PARTIAL INVALIDITY. If any provision or application of this
         Agreement is held unlawful or unenforceable in any respect, such
         illegality or unenforceability shall not effect other provisions or
         applications which can be given effect, and this Agreement shall be
         construed as if the lawful and unenforceable provision or application
         had never been contained hereby or prescribed hereby.

         (c) GOVERNING LAW, SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION. All questions concerning
         the construction, validity and interpretation of this Agreement will be
         governed by and construed in accordance with the internal law, and not
         the law of conflicts of law, of the State of California. EACH OF THE
         PARTIES HERETO CONSENTS AND AGREES TO THE JURISDICTION OF ANY STATE
         COURT SITTING IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, OR ANY
         FEDERAL COURT SITTING IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
         AND WAIVES ANY OBJECTION BASED ON VENUE OR FORUM NON CONVENIENS WITH
         RESPECT TO ANY ACTION INSTITUTED THEREIN.

         (d) ASSIGNMENT. This Agreement shall be binding upon the Company and
         Agency their successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of
         Agency and the Company and their successors and assigns; provided,
         however, that Agency shall not be permitted to assign Agency's rights
         and obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent
         of the Company.




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11. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY AND RIGHTS TO OFFSET. The Company's liability to
Agency shall be for prompt payment of commissions due. Neither the Company nor
its affiliates, subsidiaries, suppliers, parent corporation(s), nor any of its
parent affiliates or subsidiaries shall be liable to Agency or any third party
for any special, indirect, incidental, or consequential damages (Including lost
profits) arising from or relating to this agreement. Including without
limitation damages claimed as a result of failure or delay of Company in
approving prospective customers, or damages claimed as a result of any temporary
or permanent failure of the availability or performance of Companies services.
Company's liability for all, whether based in contract, tort (Including without
limitation, strict liability and negligence), warranty or on other legal or
equitable grounds shall be limited solely to money damages and shall not exceed
the amount of commissions due Agency.

         (a) Company agrees that Agency shall not be liable to Company for any
         incidental, consequential, indirect, or special damages, including lost
         revenues or profits, arising from or relating to this Agreement, except
         in the event that such damages stem from a willful breach or act of
         gross negligence by Agency relating its obligations under this
         agreement.

         (b) Agency agrees to hold harmless and indemnify Company, its
         subsidiaries, officers, directors, and assigns from any and all claims
         of third parties arising from acts, whether willful, negligent,
         intentional, or fraudulent, that may be committed by Agency, its
         employees, subcontractors, or representatives.

         (c) In the event Company is required to pay to any third party any
         claim for moneys allegedly owed by Agency, Company shall have a right
         to offset any such amount required to be paid by Company against
         commissions due Agency. In the event any such claim is made against
         Company, Company agrees to promptly notify Agency of such claim so that
         Agency will have an opportunity to take such actions as Agency deems
         proper with respect to such claim.

12. FORCE MAJEURE

Company shall not be liable for, and is excused from, any failure to perform or
for delay in the performance of its obligations under this Agreement due to
causes beyond its reasonable control, including without limitation,
interruptions of power or communications services, failure of Company suppliers
or subcontractors, act of nature, governmental actions, fire flood, natural
disaster, or labor disputes.



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13. VERIFICATION OF ORDERS

Agency agrees to follow Company's approved verification process as specified by
the Company from time to time. Agency agrees and represents that a minimum of
80% of all orders submitted to verification company will successfully pass
through such verification process. In the event that more than 20% of the orders
submitted by Agency do not pass successfully through the verification process,
the Agency agrees that the Company can deduct from the moneys otherwise due
Agency an amount equal to $1 per transaction for all transactions over the 20%
bad orders.


14. SUBCONTRACTING

Agency agrees that any subcontracting with individuals or entities will only be
allowed if performed under a contract with Agency that includes the specific
language of Sections 6, 7, 9, 9.1, 13, and 14. A copy of all subcontractor
contracts must be provided to PowerSource immediately upon execution by Agency.
(The compensation portions of these copies of subcontractor contracts, however,
may be "Blacked out") Agency is directly responsible to ensure subcontractors
comply with these covenants and fully understands that actions of its
subcontractors are as if performed by Agency. If it is found that Agency is
subcontracting without these provisions in place, with copies of these contracts
provided to the Company in a timely manner, this contract can be terminated
immediately with no further commissions due Agency.


15. COORDINATION BETWEEN COMPANY AND AGENCY

         (a) START-UP SCHEDULE: Agency will test the script, verification
         process, and other procedures associated with the conversion of
         customers to Company using the Direct Access Service Request process.
         This test period will last long enough to verify that all business
         relationships and electronic transfers between parties are operating
         properly.

         (b) TARGETED LEVEL OF CUSTOMER GROWTH : Agency will update Company on
         an "as needed" basis, but in no case less than once a week, of the
         sales completion progress activities. Company and Agency will jointly
         set monthly target levels of projected customer growth for at least the
         first full year of activity under this Agreement.

         (c) TARGETED GEOGRAPHIC AREAS: Company will specify particular
         geographic areas in which to concentrate sales efforts. In all cases
         this will be within California and within the existing service
         territories of the three Utility Distribution Companies (UDCs) that
         have been restructured under state law. Company will provide Agency
         with the Area Codes and three-digit prefixes to the phone numbers in
         these targeted areas.

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16. ENTIRE AGREEMENT

         (a.) INTEGRATION. This Agreement contains the full, final and exclusive
         statement of the agreement between the parties hereto relating to all
         matters set forth herein and supersedes all other oral and written
         understandings to the contrary.

         (b.) COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in separate
         counterparts each of which will be an original and all of which taken
         together will constitute one and the same agreement.


         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement effective
         as of the date first above written.



Dated: 11/6/2000                            Dated: 11/8/2000
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Luis Rodriguez                              PowerSource Corporation

/s/ Luis Rodriquez                          /s/ E. Douglas Mitchell
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Luis Rodriquez                              E. Douglas Mitchell
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Title President                             Title President

3325 Wilshire Blvd. #754                    3660 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1104
Los Angeles, CA 90010                       Los Angeles, California 90069
Phone: 213-380-3474                         Phone: 213-383-4443
                                            Fax:   213-383-4464
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                                    EXHIBIT A

                                ACQUISITION BONUS

         Description:

                   Agency will earn an Acquisition Bonus as listed below for
                   every confirmed sale. A confirmed sale is a sale in which the
                   customer is been successfully DASR'ed (transfer is accepted
                   by their current utility).

                                                               ONE-TIME
                        TYPE OF CUSTOMER                   ACQUISITION BONUS
                     Residential/Commercial                 $30.00/customer


         Payment Schedule:

                 Acquisition Bonus' will be paid out to Agency two weeks from
                 confirmed sale. A confirmed sale is a sale in which the
                 customer is been successfully DASR'ed (transfer is accepted by
                 their current utility).

         Charge Back:

                 A customer Charge Back will be assessed to Agency if a
                 customer, procured by Agency, cancels their service with
                 PowerSource within the customer's first two (2) PowerSource
                 billing cycles. The Charge Back is equaled to the Acquisition
                 Bonus paid out by PowerSource.



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