Message-ID: <13507643.1075860381391.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2000 11:51:00 -0700 (PDT) From: ericf@prestongates.com To: sberman@hewm.com, dbrookhyser@nevp.com, pjburger@bpa.gov, elchristensen@snopud.com, adavis@state.mt.us, michaelearly@earthlink.net, pfeldberg@lawsonlundell.com, mhain@enron.com, whannaford@nwppc.org, gfh@bpa.gov, cfi1@tca-us.com, snkripalani@stoel.com, pmurphy@mbllp.com, douglas_nichols@pgn.com, will.patton@ci.seattle.wa.us, shellyr@teleport.com, rfroberts@bpa.gov, kyle@ppcpdx.org, tshuba@sheagardner.com, bmspeckman@aol.com, steve@nwenergy.org, mwood@stoel.com, cindy.wright@ci.seattle.wa.us Subject: July 11 Governance Workshop Cc: gdahlke@painehamblen.com, sdleonard@earthlink.net, pdmichie@bpa.gov Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Bcc: gdahlke@painehamblen.com, sdleonard@earthlink.net, pdmichie@bpa.gov X-From: "Freedman, Eric (SEA)" X-To: "'sberman@hewm.com'" , "'dbrookhyser@nevp.com'" , "'pjburger@bpa.gov'" , "xx-Christensen, Eric (SNO PUD)" , "'adavis@state.mt.us'" , "'michaelearly@earthlink.net'" , "'pfeldberg@lawsonlundell.com'" , "'mhain@enron.com'" , "'whannaford@nwppc.org'" , "'gfh@bpa.gov'" , "'cfi1@tca-us.com'" , "'snkripalani@stoel.com'" , "'pmurphy@mbllp.com'" , "'douglas_nichols@pgn.com'" , "'will.patton@ci.seattle.wa.us'" , "'shellyr@teleport.com'" , "'rfroberts@bpa.gov'" , "'kyle@ppcpdx.org'" , "'tshuba@sheagardner.com'" , "'bmspeckman@aol.com'" , "'steve@nwenergy.org'" , "'mwood@stoel.com'" , "'cindy.wright@ci.seattle.wa.us'" X-cc: "'gdahlke@painehamblen.com'" , "'sdleonard@earthlink.net'" , "'pdmichie@bpa.gov'" X-bcc: X-Folder: \Mary_Hain_Aug2000_Jul2001\Notes Folders\All documents X-Origin: Hain-M X-FileName: mary-hain.nsf This is a reminder that the next RTO Governance Workshop is scheduled to take place on Tuesday, July 11, from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the offices of KEMA Consulting, 5933 Win Severs Drive, Portland. At the Governance Workshop on June 14, Alan Davis suggested that it would be helpful, for purposes of determining the appropriate approach to governance of the RTO, to review the principles that have been established with respect to the governance of the Western Interconnection Organization (WIO). An except from the most recent draft of the WIO proposal, which includes a general overview, mission statement, committee structure description, and description of the organization of the WIO Board of Directors and the membership classes that are entitled to vote for directors, has been posted on the RTO West web site. It can be found by going to the Legal Work Group page, clicking on the link to working subgroup information, and then clicking on the link to the Bylaws, Articles and RTO Tax Status Subgroup. The exact URL address is of the document is http://208.55.67.64/Bylaws_Subgroupage.htm. Also at the last Governance Workshop, John Buechler of the New York ISO agreed to provide us with a summary of board member qualifications that have been devised in the context of various other existing or proposed ISOs. You should have received John's report a couple of weeks ago from Barney Speckman. In case not, however, a copy of Barney's e-mail, to which John's report is attached, is attached below. At Tuesday's Governance Workshop, I would propose that we address at least the following topics: 1. Appropriate number and scope of RTO membership classes for election of members of Board of Trustees (remember that the board is proposed to be an independent, non-stakeholder body). 2. Appropriate method of selecting members of RTO Technical Advisory Committee (remember that the TAC, unlike the RTO board, is proposed to be a stakeholder body). 3. Appropriate qualifications requirements for the members of the Board of Trustees. 4. Consideration of appropriate conflict of interest standards for the members of the Board of Trustees and RTO employees. I look forward to seeing you on Tuesday. Eric <<(no subject)>> Eric E. Freedman Preston Gates & Ellis LLP 701 Fifth Avenue, Suite 5000 Seattle, WA 98104-7078 Phone: (206) 623-7580 x 7727 Direct: (206) 224-7327 FAX: (206) 623-7022 E-mail: ericf@prestongates.com CONFIDENTIALITY STATEMENT: The foregoing message contains information that is protected by the attorney-client privilege. If this message was sent to you in error, any use, disclosure or distribution of its contents is prohibited. If you received this message in error, please call Preston Gates & Ellis LLP at the number listed above, and delete this message without copying it. Thank you. Message-ID: From: Bmspeckman@aol.com To: nwrto@pplmt.com, frank_afranji@pgn.com, mpa@aelaw.com, ambarnes@bpa.gov, slbaskerville@bpa.gov, sberman@hewn.com, dbrookhyser@nevp.com, doug_brawley@pngc.com, jbuchal@mbllp.com, pjburger@bpa.gov, kcarlson@do.usbr.gov, "xx-Christensen, Eric (SNO PUD)" , jchristian@lawsonlundell.com, rcloward@avistacorp.com, kconger@nrgxs.com, gdahlke@painehamblen.com, dunwei@ibm.net, adavis@state.mt.us, sdleonard@earthlink.net, mjdewolf@bpa.gov, michaelearly@earthlink.net, cub@teleport.com, pfeldberg@lawsonlundell.com, "Freedman, Eric (SEA)" , don.furman@pacificorp.com, paula.green@ci.seattle.wa.us, tgrim@chbh.com, mhain@enron.com, whannaford@nwppc.org, kharri@puget.com, dhowell@puc.state.id.us, steve.huhman@southernenergy.com, gfh@bpa.gov, sjarsky@pn.usbr.gov, paul.kaufman@enron.com, tkent@pn.usbr.gov, snkripalani@stoel.com, srlarson@bpa.gov, betty@wapa.gov, "xx-Lund, Arlan (BENTON PUD)" , mpmanion@mtpower.com, pdmichie@bpa.gov, sbmillar@bpa.gov, jpm@aelaw.com, terrym@millcreeklaw.com, pmurphy@mbllp.com, lnichols@bpa.gov, douglas_nichols@pgn.com, will.patton@ci.seattle.wa.us, jim_piro@pgn.com, shellyr@teleport.com, rfroberts@bpa.gov, rkrodewald@bpa.gov, mschaff@worldnet.att.net, george.schreck@pacificorp.com, kyle@ppcpdx.org, aleka_scott@pngc.com, jgselby@bpa.gov, tshuba@sheagardner.com, llskidmore@bpa.gov, Bmspeckman@aol.com, rbstrong@painehamblen.com, Jill_Sughrue@pgn.com, jthompson@idahopower.com, rvermeers@avistacorp.com, swadding@europa.com, steve@nwenergy.org, cwestadt@sppc.com, kewh@dynegy.com, ckwinter@desgt.com, lwolv@worldaccessnet.com, mwood@stoel.com, cindy.wright@ci.seattle.wa.us, mthomas@mtpower.com, sawatson@bpa.gov, cfi1@tca-us.com Cc: JBoucher@kemaconsulting.com, dhackett@kemaconsulting.com, kristiwallis@sprintmail.com, ekrogh@sev.net, rtowest@pacifier.com Subject: (no subject) Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 11:40:37 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2651.58) Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----_=_NextPart_002_01BFE87E.FEACD460" Legal Work Group Please find attached a ppt presentation prepared by John Buechler as a follow up to a commitment made at the Governance Workshop. Listed below is an excerpt of the email that John outlined what he has done to respond to the request. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- --------------------------------------------- Attached please find a summary of the "Board Qualifications" topic that I was asked to prepare for the Legal Governance WG at the workshop. I have taken my slides on the NYISO, PJM, ISO-NE and MISO, added Desert Star from Dennis' presentation and a review of their by-laws, and added the IndeGO provisions from Eric's presentation. Then, I have compared the provisions among these entities and attempted to identify the similarities and differences among them. I then pose a number of Issues for consideration by the NWRTO WG relative to Board qualifications. For information and reference, I have also included the slides showing the present Board members of these existing ISO's. Please let me know if this suits your purpose. Thanks John Buechler ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- --------------------------------------------- This information will be useful background at the meeting (date yet to be finalized) to continue the Governance discussions begun at the Governance Workshop. Sarah, please post with the other Workshop material. Barney Speckman RTO West KEMA Team Portland Office Phone 503-258-0475 RTO West Offices 5933 NE Win Sivers Drive Portland, Oregon BMS Consulting 2130 Belford Drive Walnut Creek, Calif. 94598 925-287-0365 (Walnut Creek Phone and Fax) - Gov Board QualificationsBuechler.ppt