Message-ID: <33038931.1075840051413.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2002 18:36:43 -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, Let the Enron hearings begin - both the Senate and= House begin hearings on the fallen energy giant Thursday. The Senate Gove= rnmental Affairs Committee hearing will focus on whether federal agencies s= hould have foreseen the company's demise. A second Enron hearing on Thursd= ay in the House Energy and Commerce Committee's Oversight and Investigation= s subcommittee will look into the destruction of Enron-related documents by= Andersen. The Washington bureau will have live reports and highlights fro= m the hearings on Capitol Hill throughout the day. Also from Washington o= n Thursday, another Senate subcommittee will look at whether it's time to r= aise the Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards. Senate Democrats are ex= pected to add CAFE increases in their comprehensive energy bill and this he= aring is the next step in the process. Vinson & Elkins attorney Bill We= iland talks with the Houston bureau about bringing oil and gas from Russia = to the United States through the Caspian region. Weiland says there are rul= es over which countries' ships are allowed into ports in the Caspian Sea. = On Thursday, Weiland will talk about the complications and added expenses t= hese rules place on U.S. imports from the Caspian region. Also from H= ouston, we'll have a report on a class-action lawsuit filed against Anderse= n. The plaintiffs are accusing the auditing firm of racketeering. This is= the first lawsuit against Andersen charging the firm with violations under= the RICO act. From the West Coast on Thursday, Portland General Electric= Spokesperson Scott Simms joins us to discuss electricity restructuring in = Oregon. ENL's Kym McNicholas will speak with Simms about some new options = for electricity customers starting March 1, 2002. Simms joins us during th= e 1:00 p.m. ET newscast. We'll have earnings updates from New York on Thu= rsday - Merrill Lynch Analyst Daniel Rolling will join us during the 2:00 p= .m. ET newscast to discuss Arch Coal and Consol Energy earnings. We'll als= o be joined by UBS Warburg's Matthew Warburton Thursday. He's going to bri= ng us Conoco earnings and fourth-quarter expectations for the oil sector. = Don't miss Warburton during the noon ET newscast. Closing Prices for We= dnesday, Jan. 23, 2002 Crude: $19.50/bbl +$0.52 Unleaded: $0.5635/gall= on +$0.156 Heating Oil: $0.5253/gallon +$0.112 Gas: $2.076/mmBtu -$0.03= 0 Fwd uE(Feb.): $3.43/mmBtu -$0.16 Video Library: ENL's interview with = Secretary of Interior Gale Norton is now logged in the Video Library. If y= ou happened to miss the excerpts aired during our newscasts, take some time= and check out the interview in its entirety. Keep in mind things are sub= ject to change at a moment's notice. Occasionally guests have to reschedule= or change time slots. We'll continue to do our best to keep you updated o= n future interviews and events. Be sure to watch our newscasts every bu= siness 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 letter= for the first time and wish to continue, subscribe now To stop receivin= g this letter, unsubscribe now If you are having trouble receiving this = e-mail, please let us know or call (800) WILLIAMS (800-945-5426) weekdays= , 7am-7pm CST. Comments? Suggestions? Let us know or call (800) WILLI= AMS (800-945-5426) weekdays, 7am-7pm CST. Copyright 2001 Williams Energy= News Live, LLC. All Rights Reserved. =09=09=09=09=09