Message-ID: <17124600.1075860333115.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 12:17:00 -0700 (PDT) From: deb@a-klaw.com To: ek@a-klaw.com, mpa@a-klaw.com, michaelearly@earthlink.net, ericf@prestongates.com, mhain@enron.com, cfi1@tca-us.com, dave.robertson@gt.pge.com, jack.hawks@gen.pge.com, jmpa@dynegy.com, john_r_orr@reliantenergy.com, mbennett@epsa.org, dbkinnard@pplmt.com, denise_hill@transalta.com, gtbl@dynegy.com, jackp@calpine.com, jdcook@pplmt.com, joer@calpine.com, melissa.lavinson@gen.pge.com, pkaufma@ect.enron.com, e3@transport.com, philip_herrington@edisonmission.com, rspear@pplmt.com, rhardy@hardyenergy.com, jwalsh@edisonmission.com, ken.ross@engageenergy.com, iplumbley@wei.org, deb@aelaw.com, jmartin@tenaska.com, brucet@national-energy.com, mowerc@epenergy.com, ed_anibal@edisonmission.com, gemarenco@nevcogen.com, gravestk@cs.com, drjwalker@hotmail.com, moorede2@bp.com, shelyer@tnsk.com, thendricks@tenaska.com, fkardel@epcor-group.com, frank.derosa@neg.pge.com, sean.crandall@enron.com, steve.walton@enron.com, dan_m_woodfin@reliantenergy.com, doug.little@powerex.com, dperrino@apx.com, rlewis@apx.com, pspi@dynegy.com, sslambertson@pplmt.com, rreilley@coral-energy.com, mike.mcclenahan@southernenergy.com, steve.huhman@southernenergy.com, hcampbell@wei.org, rmckay@epcor-group.com, alan@enventure.com, cneedham@edisonmission.com, teresabrown@duke-energy.com, jaws@pacificpub.com, kent.palmerton@williams.com, gmathews@edisonmission.com, peterb@calpine.com, john.j.stauffacher@dynegy.com Subject: Rehearing on RTO Agreement Limiting Liability Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: Don Brookhyser X-To: Evelyn Kahl , Michael Alcantar , Michael Early , Eric Freedman , Mary Hain , Carl Imparato , Dave Robertson , Jack Hawks , Joe Paul , John Orr , Mark Bennett , Dave Kinnard , Denise Hill , Greg Blue , Jack Pigott , JD Cook , Joe Ronan , Melissa Lavinson , Paul Kaufman , Paul Spies , Phil Herrington , R Spear , Randy Hardy , Jim Walsh , Ken Ross , Ian Plumbley , Don Brookhyser , Jana Martin , Bruce Thompson , Clark Mower , Ed Anibal , Gigi Marenco , Terry Graves , Jim Walker , Dave Moore , "Helyer, Scott" , Tom Hendricks , Fred Kardel , Frank DeRosa , Sean Crandall , Steve Walton , Dan Woodfin , Doug Little , D Perrino , R Lewis , "pspi@dynegy.com" , S S Lambertson , R Reilley , Mike McClenahan , Steve Huhman , H Campbell , R McKay , Alan Davis , Crystal Needham , Teresa Brown , John Arthur Wilson , Kent Palmerton , Geoff Mathews , Peter Blood , John Stauffacher X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \Mary_Hain_Aug2000_Jul2001\Notes Folders\All documents X-Origin: Hain-M X-FileName: mary-hain.nsf In the April 26 Order regarding the RTO West filing, FERC rejected the Agreement Limiting Liability, reiterating prior holdings that FERC would not approve a tariff limiting a transmission provider's liability to its transmission customers. The Filing Utilities have filed a request for rehearing of that rejection. A copy of the pleading can be found at: http://www.rtowest.org/Index_Page_RTOWest_FilingUtilities_FERCDocs.htm The Filing Utilities attended a technical conference with FERC Staff on this issue, and there is apparently some receptivity to amending the order if the Filing Utilities can show there is a difference in liability exposure between the Order 888 OATT environment and an RTO environment. Please let me know if there is any interest in the IPP/marketer group submitting comments on the request. Don