Message-ID: <9150152.1075846336494.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2000 08:15:00 -0800 (PST) From: paul.kaufman@enron.com To: steven.kean@enron.com Subject: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: Paul Kaufman X-To: Steven J Kean X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \Steven_Kean_Dec2000_1\Notes Folders\California X-Origin: KEAN-S X-FileName: skean.nsf You asked about: James W. Cunningham, General Manager - Bellingham Operations, Georgia-Pacific Corporation. As I understand it, GP is currently served under Schedule 48 by Puget Sound Energy. Schedule 48 prices the energy component of a customer's rate on the basis of an index (I can't recall if its Dow-Jones or NYMEX). This summer GP complained about the high prices under the rate schedule and accused PSE of improperly implementing the rate schedule. While the basic problem was the high prices resulting from application of the index, GP nonetheless filed a complaint against PSE at the WUTC. GP is advised by Robert McCullough. Recall that McCullough has issued press reports indicating that the capacity shortage is a result more of game playing than anyting else. I think you can expect Cunningham to be slightly hostile (not so much to Enron, but rather to open markets in general)--in this regard he may be an advocate for WSCC-wide caps and may argue that there was gameplaying in the PNW (which produced high off-peak prices and and a June peak price of about $1500 MWh. Re: Enron, Greg Wolfe tells me that ENA mid-market made several offers through PSE and a variety of consultants to try and help GP. I don't believe any of the offers were accepted. If Cunningham is speaking for more than just GP--i.e., ICNU as a whole, we can expect a slightly softer approach. Perhaps: (1) resources are good; (2) a WSCC wide cap is appropraite in the near term; (3) a transition to restructuring is appropriate.