Message-ID: <26572520.1075856450678.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2001 07:03:00 -0800 (PST) From: vince.kaminski@enron.com To: vkaminski@aol.com Subject: EnTouch Newsletter Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ANSI_X3.4-1968 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-From: Vince J Kaminski X-To: vkaminski@aol.com X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \Vincent_Kaminski_Jun2001_3\Notes Folders\Sent X-Origin: Kaminski-V X-FileName: vkamins.nsf ---------------------- Forwarded by Vince J Kaminski/HOU/ECT on 03/02/2001= =20 03:03 PM --------------------------- ENA Public Relations From: ENA Public Relations@ENRON on 03/01/2001 06:13 PM Sent by: Enron Announcements@ENRON To: All_ENA_EGM_EIM cc: =20 Subject: EnTouch Newsletter BUSINESS HIGHLIGHTS Weather Risk Management Next week, Jeff Shankman and Mark Tawney will be attending the Weather Risk= =20 Management Association (WRMA) conference in Tokyo. There has been=20 a lot of interest in Japanese weather derivatives to-date. Even though Jap= an=20 is geographically a relatively small country, due to elevation differences,= =20 there are several different climates and within each of those areas, there= =01,s=20 a significant amount of volatility in day-to-day and season-to-season=20 weather. By leveraging EnronOnline and our global portfolio approach, Enron= =20 Global Markets will be the dominant weather market player in Japan, as we a= re=20 in the US, Australia and Europe. COMING SOON - New EWS Training Web Site Ernie is retiring and there is a new tool to help you manage your=20 professional development. It=01,s called InvestInMe.enron.com and it is the= key=20 to your future. In a=20 user-friendly format, you will find the current listing of internal program= s,=20 access to a database of external programs, and registration for on-line=20 courses. Watch for details in your email. Launch date is Tuesday, March 6, 2001. IN THE NEWS Analyst Robert C. Ollech, vice president and portfolio manager at Ziegler= =20 Investment Services Group, says Wall Street will like Enron even more as=20 demand for natural gas increases, volume continues to grow on its online=20 marketplace and as the company's broadband business starts making money. = =20 Enron, which has beat analysts' estimates in five of the past seven quarter= s,=20 is not a cheap stock. But Ollech says its relatively young management team = is=20 focused on maximizing systems and business lines it has spent five years=20 developing. Plus, the company is selling such assets as a power plant in=20 Oregon, moves Ollech says could boost its return on equity to 18% or higher= =20 from the present 12%. "This is an innovative story that's finally getting= =20 out," Ollech says. 02/25/2001 The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. WELCOME New Hires ENA =01) Angelic Davis, Dipak Agarwalla, Sean Maki, Juliann Kemp, Bridget F= raser EIM =01) Louis Amo Transfers EGM =01) Patrick Conner EIM =01) Douglas Seaworth ENA =01) Eric Feitler, Santiago Garcia, Philip Polsky, Lauren Schlesinger NUGGETS & NOTES =01&If you=01,re not trading EOL, you=01,re not trading.=018 =01) John L. W= ilson, Vice=20 President/EGM =01&Training=01(.all the cool kids are doing it!=018 =01) Tom Wilbeck/ENA Congratulations to Michelle and David Vitrella, manager of trading/EGM. Th= ey=20 are the proud parents of a baby girl born February 27 weighing over 9 lbs. NEWS FROM THE GLOBAL FLASH International World Watch Compiled by David I. Oyama Enron Seeks Deals for Japanese Assets=20 The Japanese unit of U.S. power producer and trader Enron is considering=20 asset swaps with Japanese power companies, in a deal that would make Enron= =20 the first foreign company to buy a Japanese power plant. An Enron Japan official said= =20 it is talking to power companies and "owners of power generators in Japan= =20 about=20 the possibility of asset exchanges," confirming a report in the Japanese=20 business daily Nihon Keizai Shimbun. The report also said Enron Japan may= =20 enter deals with Japanese companies for joint power-generation acquisitions abroad.=20 Japanese deregulation measures have opened the door to new foreign and=20 domestic=20 competitors in an industry dominated for years by 10 regional Japanese firm= s.=20 Enron Japan was established last May, two months after deregulation measure= s were passed allowing nonutility companies to begin supplying power to large= =20 commercial users such as shopping centers and office towers. 03/01/2001 The Wall Street Journal (Copyright (c) 2001, Dow Jones &=20 Company, Inc.) =20 LEGAL STUFF The information contained in this newsletter is confidential and proprietar= y=20 to Enron Corp. and its subsidiaries. It is intended for internal use only = and should not be disclosed.