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Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2000 04:06:00 -0700 (PDT)
From: gramlr@pjm.com
To: jeff.dasovich@enron.com
Subject: GSPP on the forefront
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> Jeff,
> How are you?  Wild prices and politics out there I gather.  I have a
> question/proposal for you.  A major goal that is shared by the GSPP alumni
> board
> and the school is to host policy forums that attract top academics, policy
> makers, and public attention as not only a good public service, but at good 
PR
> for the school and its mission.  Since electricity deregulation in CA is on
> the
> front page of all major newspapers this summer, the Dean and I are 
interested
> in
> putting together an electricity policy forum.  I would need your contacts,
> political sense, and perhaps some financial support from Enron to make this
> work.  Do you like the idea and would you be willing to help in some of 
these
> ways?  I think it is in the interest of Enron to advance reasoned debate 
with
> the backing of the independent/objective GSPP against what is already a 
major
> emotional/political backlash.
>
> On a totally unrelated issue, I spoke with Tim Belden about a position in 
the
> Enron govt affairs group working with the trading desk.  I guess the VP for
> the
> West, Kaufman, is supposed to call me.  If the job is really to understand 
and
> follow RTO developments and their interaction with energy prices it seems a
> perfect fit with what I've been doing.  I told Tim I'm happy where I am but
> the
> opportunity sounds interesting.
> Cheers,
> Rob
>
> Rob Gramlich
> PJM Market Monitoring Unit
> (610) 666-4291
> gramlr@pjm.com