Message-ID: <10891966.1075840049752.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2002 19:10:21 -0800 (PST) From: ecenter@williams.com To: enl-members-html@estutenws11.energy.williams.com Subject: Williams Energy News Live -- today's video newscast Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-From: Jay Rickerts @ENRON X-To: Daily Wrap (HTML Registered Users) X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \ExMerge - Crandall, Sean\Deleted Items X-Origin: CRANDELL-S X-FileName: =09 =09 Dear Chuck, Former Enron CEO Kenneth Lay breaks his silence - = Lay is expected to testify in front of a Congressional hearing on Monday. = We are planning to provide live coverage of the entire hearing in addition = to our regular newscasts. Our Washington bureau will also be reporting liv= e from the hearing every hour with updates. The hearing is one of 12 schedu= led in Congress next week related to the Enron collapse. In addition to a= ppearances by Lay, former CEO Jeff Skilling and former CFO Andrew Fastow wi= ll testify Thursday in front of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. T= he Washington bureau will track this hearing, and any others that may have = an impact on the energy sector. Our Houston bureau will also have reacti= on to former Enron CEO Ken Lay's testimony in Washington. In the first = legal showdown over electricity deregulation in Texas, two state agencies a= re entangled in a lawsuit over rates set under the state's deregulation pro= gram. The Office of the Public Utility Council is suing the Public Utilit= y Commission over the rates a default provider can charge in the western se= rvice territory for TXU Corporation. We'll have all the details from the H= ouston bureau on Monday. West Coast Correspondent Kym McNicholas talks = with California Public Utilities Commission President Loretta Lynch about t= he proposed Rate Agreement with the California Department of Water Resource= s. Lynch says the PUC, DWR and Wall Street made a number of compromises in= order for an acceptable deal to materialize. Director of the California = Department of Finance Timothy Gage also talks with Kym about the proposed R= ate Agreement between the CPUC and the CDWR. He'll discuss the bridge loan= s that will hold the state over until $12.5 billion in consumer-backed ener= gy bonds are issued. Gage will also discuss the state's budget crisis and = how to secure California's energy future on Monday. E Source Energy In= dustry Analyst Matthew Joyce comes to us from Boulder on Monday during the = 4:00 p.m. ET newscast. Joyce has the latest on what former Enron customers= are doing since the fall of the energy giant. Closing Prices for Frida= y, Feb. 1, 2002 Crude: $20.38/bbl +$0.90 Unleaded: $0.6034/gallon +$0.= 0292 Heating Oil: $0.5531/gallon +$0.0215 Gas: $2.138/mmBtu unchanged = Fwd uE(Mar.): $3.61/mmBtu +$0.22 Newscast Update: Starting at 9:30 a.m. = ET, we'll have wall-to-wall coverage of former Enron CEO Ken Lay's testimon= y at a Congressional hearing in Washington. You can view the hearing as it= happens by going to the ENL Video Library. We hope you'll take some time = to watch this special coverage on Monday. Keep in mind things are subject= to change at a moment's notice. Occasionally guests reschedule or change t= ime slots. We'll continue to do our best to keep you updated on future int= erviews and events. Be sure to watch our newscasts every business day -= 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET, at the top of each hour. =09 =09=09=09=09 =09=09=09=09=09=09 =09 =09 =09Jay Rickerts, EnergyNewsLive.com Anchor View today's Energy Wrap Vi= deo Windows Media Player: 56K | 100K | 300K Real Player: 56K | 100K = | 300K (Requires Windows Media Player or Real Player ) Experience all = that Williams Energy News Live has to offer! If you are receiving this le= tter for the first time and wish to continue, subscribe now To stop rece= iving this letter, unsubscribe now If you are having trouble receiving t= his e-mail, please let us know or call (800) WILLIAMS (800-945-5426) week= days, 7am-7pm CST. Comments? Suggestions? Let us know or call (800) W= ILLIAMS (800-945-5426) weekdays, 7am-7pm CST. Copyright 2001 Williams En= ergy News Live, LLC. All Rights Reserved. =09=09=09=09=09