Message-ID: <32883536.1075851967707.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 10:50:00 -0700 (PDT) From: ray.alvarez@enron.com To: richard.shapiro@enron.com Subject: Re: Monitoring of California Plant Outages Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: Ray Alvarez X-To: Richard Shapiro X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \Richard_Shapiro_Nov2001\Notes Folders\All documents X-Origin: SHAPIRO-R X-FileName: rshapiro.nsf Rick, just giving myself a pat on the back for convincing FERC staff to release all of our wind generation projects from the FERC reporting requirements relating to monitoring of CA plant outages. Regards, Ray ---------------------- Forwarded by Ray Alvarez/NA/Enron on 06/12/2001 05:42 PM --------------------------- Ray Alvarez 06/12/2001 05:19 PM To: Hap Boyd/EWC/Enron@Enron, Alan Comnes/Enron@EnronXGate, Tom Biernat/EWC/Enron@ENRON cc: Linda Robertson/NA/Enron@ENRON, James D Steffes/NA/Enron@Enron Subject: Re: Monitoring of California Plant Outages I think this e-mail from FERC staff finalizes the matter, and we need not report the information sought in the FERC letters of May 1 and May 18 for the Green Power Project or any of our other wind power projects. I would advise that we all keep a record of these e-mail exchanges, in the event a question ever arises. Regards, Ray ---------------------- Forwarded by Ray Alvarez/NA/Enron on 06/12/2001 05:07 PM --------------------------- "Stuart Fischer" on 06/12/2001 02:58:07 PM To: cc: Subject: Re: Monitoring of California Plant Outages Dear Mr. Alvarez: I apologize for not getting back to you sooner. Enron does not have to report outages for its Green Power Project because it is a small wind unit. Sincerely, Stuart Fischer Market Oversight and Enforcement Section Office of the General Counsel Federal Energy Regulatory Commission >>> 06/01/01 06:09PM >>> Dear Mr. Fischer: The Green Power Project is 16.5 mW. Enron Wind Corp. never shuts this plant off; wind turbines are maintained individually. The plant has a 95% availability, which means that only 5% of the turbines should be off line for maintenance at any given time. Very truly yours, Enron Power Marketing, Inc. Ray J. Alvarez Vice President Federal Regulatory Affairs "Stuart Fischer" on 06/01/2001 04:36:34 PM To: cc: Subject: Re: Monitoring of California Plant Outages Dear Mr. Alvarez, Could you please tell me the nameplate capacity for the Green Power Project? Thank you. Stuart Fischer Market Oversight and Enforcement Section Federal Energy Regulatory Commission >>> 06/01/01 02:53PM >>> Dear Mr. Fischer: This letter is written to summarize our telephone conversation this afternoon regarding the captioned matter, and with reference to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's letter dated May 18, 2001, sent under your signature to Enron Power Marketing, Inc. I am also forwarding an e-mail previously sent to Mr. John Robinson of your office describing the wind generation facilities owned and operated by Enron Wind Corp. in California. From our conversation, it is my understanding that you are not interested in obtaining the information requested in your May 1 and May 18 letters for any wind generation project (including the Green Power Project), save for the name of a contact person. Please confirm this understanding by return e-mail. The name of the contact person you seek appears below. Very truly yours, Enron Power Marketing, Inc. Ray J. Alvarez Vice President Federal Regulatory Affairs ---------------------- Forwarded by Ray Alvarez/NA/Enron on 06/01/2001 02:17 PM --------------------------- Ray Alvarez 05/16/2001 08:58 AM To: john.robinson@ferc.fed.us cc: Hap Boyd/EWC/Enron@Enron, Alan Comnes/Enron@EnronXGate Subject: Monitoring of California Plant Outages Dear Mr. Robinson: Reference is made to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (FERC) letter dated May 1, 2001, directed to Enron Power Marketing, Inc. (EPMI), relating to the above captioned subject. The letter seeks outage information (the information) about generation units in the State of California owned and/or operated by EPMI or any of its affiliates. As discussed in our recent telephone conversations, Enron Wind Corp., an affiliate of EPMI and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Enron Corp., owns and operates various wind generation units in the state. All of these units, save for one, are QF's, and it is my understanding that you are not be seeking the information on such units since their power is subject to bilateral contracts with IOU's. The remaining unit is the Green Power Project in Palm Springs. Enron Wind Corp. has a bilateral contract with EPMI on the Green Power Project. As regards the Green Power Project, the name of the contact person you request is: Mr. Tom Biernet Vice President- Operations Enron Wind Corp. (661) 823-6750 A review of our files indicates that no outage reports or notices have been sent to the CAISO or CPUC as of May 1, 2001, relating to the Green Power Project. Should any such notice or report be generated in the future, it will be forwarded to your attention. Should you have any questions or comments, please do not hesitate to contact me at (202) 464-9170. Very truly yours, Enron Power Marketing, Inc. Ray J. Alvarez Vice President Federal Regulatory Affairs