Message-ID: <19392310.1075860373278.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2001 08:09:00 -0800 (PST) From: mary.hain@enron.com To: susan.mara@enron.com, joe.hartsoe@enron.com, sarah.novosel@enron.com, donna.fulton@enron.com, james.steffes@enron.com, alan.comnes@enron.com, paul.kaufman@enron.com, carrrn@bracepatt.com, jeff.dasovich@enron.com Subject: Re: SBX 33 - Update Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ANSI_X3.4-1968 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-From: Mary Hain X-To: Susan J Mara, Joe Hartsoe, Sarah Novosel, Donna Fulton, James D Steffes, Alan Comnes, Paul Kaufman, carrrn@bracepatt.com, Jeff Dasovich X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \Mary_Hain_Aug2000_Jul2001\Notes Folders\All documents X-Origin: Hain-M X-FileName: mary-hain.nsf I know we are addressing this on the state side. I was wondering is there= =20 also a FERC angle we should prepare? Sue and Joe: don't you think we shoul= d=20 submit an RCR to have Ron do some research on the surrounding issues? Here= =20 are a few that came to mind. (1) What jurisdiction does FERC have over a state-owned transmission system= =20 (especially in light of Order No. 2000 and the governance of the Cal ISO on= =20 file at FERC)? (2) Is there anything FERC can do to stop the conveyance (e.g., since the= =20 utilities would have to file a Section 203 filing for approval to convey th= e=20 assets, what basis would be available to argue that conveyance was not in t= he=20 public interest.) Should Joe explore with Hebert the Commission's=20 willingness to fight with the State about this? (3) If the State had the utilities operate the transmission system, subject= =20 to the State's control, would that comply with Order No. 2000? =20 Susan J Mara@ENRON 02/20/2001 01:32 PM To: rcarroll@bracepatt.com, Joe Hartsoe/Corp/Enron@ENRON, Sarah=20 Novosel/Corp/Enron@ENRON, Donna Fulton/Corp/Enron@ENRON, Mary Hain/HOU/ECT@= ECT cc: =20 Subject: SBX 33 - Update Comments on the floor in passing SBX 33, which allows the state to buy the= =20 IOUs transmission system. CHeck out Peace's attack on FERC Sue Mara Enron Corp. Tel: (415) 782-7802 Fax:(415) 782-7854 ----- Forwarded by Susan J Mara/NA/Enron on 02/20/2001 01:30 PM ----- =09Scott Govenar =0902/20/2001 08:43 AM =09=09=20 =09=09 To: Hedy Govenar , Mike Day , B= ev=20 Hansen , Jeff Dasovich , Susan J Mara= =20 , Joseph Alamo , Paul Kaufman=20 , Michael McDonald ,=20 David Parquet , Rick Johnson=20 , Marcie Milner , Sandra McCubbi= n=20 , Tim Belden , Rick Shapir= o=20 , Jim Steffes , Alan Comnes= =20 , Chris Calger , Mary Hain=20 , Joe Hartsoe , Donna Fulton=20 , Steven Kean , Karen Denn= e=20 , Beverly Aden , Bill Votaw=20 , Carol Moffett , Debora=20 Whitehead , Dennis Benevides=20 , Don Black , Dorothy=20 Youngblood , "dblack@enron.com"=20 , "emelvin@enron.com" ,=20 "ehughes2@enron.com" , "gweiss@enron.com"=20 , "gsavage@enron.com" ,=20 "Harry.Kingerski@enron.com" , "kgustafs@enron.co= m"=20 , Mike D Smith , "ryang@enron.com"= =20 , "sgahn@enron.com" , "vsharp@enron.com"= =20 , "wcurry@enron.com" ,=20 "William.S.Bradford@enron.com" =09=09 cc:=20 =09=09 Subject: SBX 33 - Update SBX 33 passed off of the Senate floor on a vote of 24-14. The vote was along straight party lines. The following are some of the key comments made during the debate. Senators are identified by party affiliation. The Senate did not take up SBX 6. Sen. Morrow (R): This bill is like a partial birth abortion - we never gave the market a chance to work right. It=01,s the generators who are getting the raw deal. Sen. McClintock (R): Of the all the choices the Administration could choose to resolve this crisis, they are choosing two of the worst, to raise rates and to ensure blackouts. LADWP is the biggest price gouger of them all so there is no reason to believe a public power authority will be better. I would support a public power authority only to build new generation. Sen. Kuehl (D) : The free market works only if we can say =01&no=018 to th= e product =01) can=01,t say no to energy. Acquiring transmission lines gives the state control over the provision of energy. Sen. Scott (D) : Reliant is spending $300 million to name a dome after itself. My district has 3 MUD=01,s who rejected deregulation and the ratepayers are happy. Sen. Bowen (D) The only question is how much of a premium we=01,ll have to pay for bureaucracy to run the system. Would you prefer to be gouged by unbridled market power and name stadiums in faraway places or have checks and balances? Sen. Haynes (R): If we don=01,t get more power, we=01,re just rearranging = the deck chairs on the Titanic. Regulatory burdens prevent companies from building in CA. Do we want to use public dollars or private dollars to build generation. More government won=01,t get rid of the shortage while letting more entrepreneurial money in will create a buyers market. Sen. Peace (D): The Houston cartel with their protectors at FERC are in a wholesale attack on CA ratepayers. Removing price caps, fixing the ISO and PX and encouraging more retail competition won=01,t fix the wholesale market. Our constituents are threatened because FERC won=01,t do its job. Those who didn=01,t play by the rules are responsible for this. Reliant insists that CA indemnify them from lawsuits =01) these people know they were charging illegal rates and they would lose lawsuits. These bills are the only choice the kidnapers have given us. Vote for it or raise the lone star flag over the Capitol. Sen Alarcon (D): When I was on the L.A. City Council some of these same private companies wanted to buy LADWP. Their goal is to eliminate all public power. Sen Burton (D): If we have our own peaker power then Reliant and Enron would gladly sell us the rest of our power needs. They are robber barons and we have no sympathy for them