Message-ID: <33102579.1075842457353.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2000 09:08:00 -0700 (PDT) From: drew.fossum@enron.com To: steven.harris@enron.com, kevin.hyatt@enron.com, lorraine.lindberg@enron.com Subject: Pueblo Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: Drew Fossum X-To: Steven Harris, Kevin Hyatt, Lorraine Lindberg X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \Drew_Fossum_Dec2000_June2001_1\Notes Folders\Discussion threads X-Origin: FOSSUM-D X-FileName: dfossum.nsf I had an interesting conversation with Mark Courtney today, this time about something that doesn't cost us money. He has gained a good bit of experience on transmission availability in NW New Mexico from the Gallup electric contract negotiation. His take on transmission constraints is consistent with what Kevin and I had suspected: Alb. is a load pocket and the prevailing flow is west to east into Alb. Constraints only affect west to east flows and a generator in Alb. could always move power to four corners by displacement. Courtney has worked with an ENA transmission guy named Steve Walton who apparently has more experience with the 230Kv transmission lines that had the problem that led to the recent blackouts in Alb. If we are not talking to him already, he would be another guy worth talking to.