Message-ID: <5526970.1075855576449.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 06:21:00 -0700 (PDT) From: kayne.coulter@enron.com To: larry.jester@enron.com, jay.wills@enron.com, cyril.price@enron.com, john.kinser@enron.com, rudy.acevedo@enron.com, richard.hrabal@enron.com, wayne.herndon@enron.com, jason.choate@enron.com, juan.hernandez@enron.com, greg.trefz@enron.com, miguel.garcia@enron.com, russell.ballato@enron.com, joe.stepenovitch@enron.com, joe.errigo@enron.com, doug.miller@enron.com, larry.campbell@enron.com, juan.hernandez@enron.com, keller.mayeaux@enron.com, chad.starnes@enron.com, dean.laurent@enron.com, don.baughman@enron.com, lawrence.clayton@enron.com Subject: FE's NEW trans subsidiary Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: Kayne Coulter X-To: Larry Jester, Jay Wills, Cyril Price, John Kinser, Rudy Acevedo, Richard Hrabal, Wayne Herndon, Jason Choate, Juan Hernandez, Greg Trefz, Miguel Garcia, Russell Ballato, Joe Stepenovitch, Joe Errigo, Doug Miller, Larry F Campbell, Juan Hernandez, Keller Mayeaux, Chad Starnes, Dean Laurent, Don Baughman, Lawrence Clayton X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \Juan_Hernandez_Jun2001\Notes Folders\All documents X-Origin: Hernandez-J X-FileName: jhernan3.nsf ---------------------- Forwarded by Kayne Coulter/HOU/ECT on 09/05/2000 01:24 PM --------------------------- From: Mitch Robinson @ ENRON 09/05/2000 01:04 PM To: Kayne Coulter/HOU/ECT@ECT cc: Subject: FE's NEW trans subsidiary fyi. ---------------------- Forwarded by Mitch Robinson/Corp/Enron on 09/05/2000 01:06 PM --------------------------- Patrick Hanse@ECT 09/05/2000 12:58 PM To: Oscar Dalton/HOU/ECT@ECT, Mitch Robinson/Corp/Enron@Enron, Corry Bentley/HOU/ECT@ECT, James E Terrell/HOU/ECT@ECT, Alonzo Williams/HOU/ECT@ECT, Larry Valderrama/HOU/ECT@ECT, Robert Benson/Corp/Enron@ENRON cc: Edward D Baughman/HOU/ECT@ECT, John Zufferli/HOU/ECT@ECT, Kevin M Presto/HOU/ECT@ECT Subject: FE's NEW trans subsidiary FE transmission has changed it's name to American Transmission Systems, Inc. (ATSI) as a Transmission Provider. See details in the letter below. FE will continue to be a Control Area. FOR TAG purposes beginning Nov. 1st, the TP for all FE OASIS references will need to be ATSI. ---------------------- Forwarded by Patrick Hanse/HOU/ECT on 09/05/2000 12:31 PM --------------------------- JohnO@ecar.org@ecar.org on 09/05/2000 08:25:51 AM Sent by: CarolC@ecar.org To: tahern@buckeyepower.com, andreej@dteenergy.com, drbarker@cinergy.com, ssbayer@nipsco.com, rbednarz@spp.org, cbedwell@vectren.com, cbradley@bigrivers.com, bob.crosier@lgeenergy.com, mike.falvo@iemo.com, dgoodson@hepn.com, rgursky@spp.org, phanse@enron.com, fredh@soc-dlco.lm.com, dbidzior@cmsenergy.com, pbjohnson@aep.com, ljk@maininc.org, rmkovacs@firstenergycorp.com, fredk@wvpa.com, JeffM@ecar.org, jnickel@mpower.org, Robert.O'Connell@Williams.com, JohnO@ecar.org, screadinger@pplweb.com, kevin.sherd@dplinc.com, bsquibb@ovec.com, mtaylor@ipalco.com, juhrin@alleghenypower.com, jason@ekpc.com cc: Subject: More about ATSI TO THE ECAR ATC PANEL AND LIAISONS: I am sending this to you for your information. Carol J. Cooper E C A R Direct Line: 330/580-8000 Phone: 330-456-2488 Fax: 330-456-3648 e-mail: carolc@ecar.org -----Original Message----- From: rmkovacs@firstenergycorp.com [mailto:rmkovacs@firstenergycorp.com] Sent: Friday, September 01, 2000 10:52 AM To: johno@ecar.org Subject: More about ATSI John, At the ATC Panel meeting in South Bend, I provided some information about FirstEnergy's new transmission subsidiary, American Transmission Systems, Inc. (ATSI). I have some updated information. ATSI went commercial today, September 1. ATSI is a wholly owned subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp. and owns and operates all of FirstEnergy's transmission facilities at voltages of 69 kV and above. ATSI is the transmission provider and performs the control area operator function for the FE control area. You may want to visit ATSI's OASIS home page, which can be accessed the same way as its predecessor FE OASIS home page. The organization charts, tariff, provider information, etc., have been updated to ATSI. ATSI's public web site is located at "http://www.atsi-transmission.com." A change has been made in the timing for the recognition of "ATSI" as the transmission provider mnemonic . NERC has informed us that upon reflection it would be easier for them to accommodate the mnemonic change from "FE" to "ATSI" at midnight on November 1 rather than 8:00 a.m. EST. So currently the changeover is set for 0001 hours, EST (midnight) on November 1. The control area designation remains "FE." As you know, path POR/PODs are based on the control areas. Thus, beginning November 1, the path name for transfers to AEP, for example, will change from "E/FE/FE-AEP//" to "E/ATSI/FE-AEP//." Note that the abbreviated path names, as used in the ECAR ATC Coordination System, will not change (e.g., "FE-AEP"). Beginning November 1, the Transmission Provider (TP) column on E-tags must show "ATSI" not "FE" or they will be refused by ATSI's automatic tagging validation software. I hope this clarifies, rather than confuses. Please share this information with the ATC Panel contacts. Thank you, Dick