Message-ID: <19483044.1075846375754.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 05:16:00 -0700 (PDT) From: steven.kean@enron.com To: cynthia.sandherr@enron.com Subject: Re: Mtg w/Bob Gee Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: Steven J Kean X-To: Cynthia Sandherr X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \Steven_Kean_Dec2000_1\Notes Folders\Sent X-Origin: KEAN-S X-FileName: skean.nsf I think this is a great initiative, but it is critically important that any announcement of the panel makes it crystal clear that the objective of the group is to come up with standards to facilitiate competition. We will do nothing but waste time if it becomes a negotiation over competition. the best and politically easiest time to make that objective clear is in the original announcement, not after the group gets underway. Can we get in touch with DOE to make sure they pick this up? Cynthia Sandherr@ENRON 07/18/2000 05:03 PM To: Jeff Brown/HOU/EES@EES cc: Stanley Horton/Corp/Enron@Enron, Shelley Corman/ET&S/Enron@ENRON, Joe Hartsoe/Corp/Enron@ENRON, Steven J Kean/HOU/EES@EES, Richard Shapiro/HOU/EES@EES, James D Steffes/HOU/EES@EES, Janine Migden/DUB/EES@EES, Jeff Dasovich/SFO/EES@EES Subject: Re: Mtg w/Bob Gee Jeff: I have followed up with other DOE politicals who advised they will meet this Thursday with Bob Gee to finalize and approve his speech to NARUC on Monday, July 24th. It is looking positive that he may be positioned to make the announcement Monday. However, DOE will likely need to revisit some folks on the current Blue Ribbon Reliability Panel in order to replace some of the utility transmission-only focused members with others who focus on business practices plus add additional people to represent the internet like APX, Altra, and HoustonStreet.Com. (these are Steve Kean's suggestions.) Too, I have been cautioned about referring to the Blue Ribbon Reliability Panel as a model since their timeline was slow, but rather suggest the TVA Blue Ribbon Panel model since they were able to issue a report after only four meetings. I have asked for this issue to be brought to Secretary Richardson's attention and advised this will be done this week. I have also discussed this with John Anderson of ELCON who is supportive. Jeff Brown@EES 07/18/2000 12:45 PM To: Stanley Horton/Corp/Enron@Enron, Shelley Corman/ET&S/Enron@ENRON, Joe Hartsoe/Corp/Enron@ENRON, Steven J Kean/HOU/EES@EES, Richard Shapiro/HOU/EES@EES, James D Steffes/HOU/EES@EES cc: Cynthia Sandherr/Corp/Enron@ENRON, Janine Migden/DUB/EES@EES, Jeff Dasovich/SFO/EES@EES Subject: Mtg w/Bob Gee Cynthia and I met with Bob Gee regarding a potential role for DOE in creating a national standards board. Bob appeared comfortable with establishing a "Blue Ribbon" panel, similar to the reliability panel, to address this issue. In fact, Bob suggested that the reliability panel, which includes a balance of key stakeholders, could be re-tasked with this issue. We recommended that the focus of any panel should be on the structure (governance, segments, executive committees) and scope of the organization (retail, wholesale, gas, electric). Bob plans to follow-up with us next week. Jeff