Message-ID: <24651213.1075848155329.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 07:56:00 -0800 (PST) From: susan.mara@enron.com To: alan.comnes@enron.com, angela.schwarz@enron.com, beverly.aden@enron.com, bill.votaw@enron.com, brenda.barreda@enron.com, carol.moffett@enron.com, cathy.corbin@enron.com, chris.foster@enron.com, christina.liscano@enron.com, christopher.calger@enron.com, craig.sutter@enron.com, dan.leff@enron.com, debora.whitehead@enron.com, dennis.benevides@enron.com, don.black@enron.com, douglas.huth@enron.com, edward.sacks@enron.com, eric.melvin@enron.com, erika.dupre@enron.com, evan.hughes@enron.com, fran.deltoro@enron.com, gayle.muench@enron.com, ginger.dernehl@enron.com, gordon.savage@enron.com, harold.buchanan@enron.com, harry.kingerski@enron.com, iris.waser@enron.com, james.steffes@enron.com, james.lewis@enron.com, james.wright@enron.com, jeff.messina@enron.com, jeremy.blachman@enron.com, jess.hewitt@enron.com, joe.hartsoe@enron.com, karen.denne@enron.com, kathy.bass@enron.com, kathy.dodgen@enron.com, ken.gustafson@enron.com, kevin.hughes@enron.com, leasa.lopez@enron.com, leticia.botello@enron.com, mark.muller@enron.com, marsha.suggs@enron.com, marty.sunde@enron.com, meredith.eggleston@enron.com, michael.etringer@enron.com, michael.mann@enron.com, michelle.cisneros@enron.com, mpalmer@enron.com, neil.bresnan@enron.com, neil.hong@enron.com, paul.kaufman@enron.com, richard.zdunkewicz@enron.com, richard.leibert@enron.com, richard.shapiro@enron.com, rita.hennessy@enron.com, robert.badeer@enron.com, rosalinda.tijerina@enron.com, sandra.mccubbin@enron.com, sarah.novosel@enron.com, scott.gahn@enron.com, scott.stoness@enron.com, sharon.dick@enron.com, skean@enron.com, susan.mara@enron.com, tanya.leslie@enron.com, tasha.lair@enron.com, ted.murphy@enron.com, terri.greenlee@enron.com, tim.belden@enron.com, tony.spruiell@enron.com, vicki.sharp@enron.com, vladimir.gorny@enron.com, wanda.curry@enron.com, william.bradford@enron.com, jubran.whalan@enron.com, triley@enron.com, richard.sanders@enron.com, robert.williams@enron.com, dwatkiss@bracepatt.com, rcarroll@bracepatt.com, donna.fulton@enron.com, gfergus@brobeck.com, bruno.gaillard@enron.com, linda.robertson@enron.com, ren@enron.com, lazure@enron.com, michael.tribolet@enron.com, phillip.allen@enron.com, christian.yoder@enron.com, jklauber@llgm.com, tamara.johnson@enron.com, mary.hain@enron.com, greg.wolfe@enron.com, jeff.dasovich@enron.com, dirk.vanulden@enron.com, steve.walker@enron.com, james.wright@enron.com, mike.smith@enron.com, richard.shapiro@enron.com, leslie.lawner@enron.com, robert.neustaedter@enron.com, steve.walton@enron.com, psmith3@enron.com, mjackso7@enron.com, janel.guerrero@enron.com, mark.fillinger@enron.com, jennifer.rudolph@enron.com, martin.wenzel@enron.com, wgang@enron.com, joseph.alamo@enron.com, tracy.ngo@enron.com, ray.alvarez@enron.com, steve.hall@enron.com, david.leboe@enron.com, jay.zoellner@enron.com Subject: Energy Crisis Press Conferences at the Capitol: CAUSE and Assem. Republicans file suit against Gov. 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Tel: (415) 782-7802 Fax:(415) 782-7854 ----- Forwarded by Susan J Mara/NA/Enron on 03/29/2001 03:54 PM ----- "Beiser, Megan" 03/29/2001 01:49 PM To: "Allen, Stevan" , arm@phaser.com, "brbarkovich@earthlink.net" , cra@calretailers.com, dennis.flatt@kp.org, dhunter@smithandkempton.com, djsmith@smithandkempton.com, Dominic.DiMare@calchamber.com, drothrock@cmta.net, "Fairchild, Tracy" , gdoar@newpower.com, gharrison@calstate.edu, hgovenar@govadv.com, jackson_gualco@gualcogroup.com, "jerryl@abag.ca.gov" , .gov@mailman.enron.com, johnlatimer@capitoladvocacy.com, ken_pietrelli@ocli.com, kgough@calpine.com, kmccrea@sablaw.com, kmills@cfbf.com, lhastings@cagrocers.com, "Manuel, Erica" , mday@gmssr.com, mmoretti@calhealth.org, nplotkin@tfglobby.com, randy_britt@robinsonsmay.com, richard.seguin@kp.org, RochmanM@spurr.org, rrichter@calhealth.org, sgovenar@govadv.com, smccubbi@enron.com, spahnn@hnks.com, sschleimer@calpine.com, theo@ppallc.com, vincent.stewart@ucop.edu, vjw@ceert.org, "Warner, Jami" , wbooth@booth-law.com, wbrown@lhom.com, wlarson@calstate.edu, "Aaron Thomas (E-mail) (E-mail)" , "Andrea Weller (E-mail) (E-mail)" , "andrew Chau (E-mail) (E-mail)" , "Bill Chen (E-mail) (E-mail)" , "Douglas Oglesby (E-mail) (E-mail)" , "Jeffrey Hanson (E-mail) (E-mail)" , "jennifer Chamberlin (E-mail) (E-mail)" , "john Barthrop (E-mail) (E-mail)" , "John Leslie (E-mail) (E-mail)" , "Joseph Alamo (E-mail) (E-mail)" , "'Michael Nelson' (E-mail)" , "Peter Bray (E-mail) (E-mail)" , "Rebecca Schlanert (E-mail) (E-mail)" , "Richard Counihan (E-mail) (E-mail)" , "'Robert Morgan' (E-mail)" , "Sue Mara (E-mail) (E-mail)" cc: Subject: Energy Crisis Press Conferences at the Capitol: CAUSE and Assem. Republicans file suit against Gov. Davis et al > Assembly Republicans, led by Assemblymember Tony Strickland, held a press > conference this morning to announce the filing of a lawsuit against > Governor Davis, State Controller Kathleen Connell, the Department of Water > Resources (DWR), and DWR Director Thomas Hannigan. > > This event was heavily attended by local media: mainly television and > radio, with some print reporters. > > Assembly Republicans present were: > Assem. Phil Wyman > Assem. Dennis Mountjoy > Assem. Dave Cogdill > Assem. Keith Richman > Assem. John Campbell. > > Also present was: > Chuck Bell, attorney at law, representing Assembly Republicans in the suit > to obtain the state's energy purchase information. > > Strickland distributed copies of letters sent to the Department of General > Services, DWR, State Controller Kathleen Connell and the Department of > Finance in the last month. These letters were signed by several Assembly > Republicans, including the newly chosen minority leader Dave Cox, and > requested the immediate release of all invoices and purchase records on > energy purchases made by DWR. These letters also requested full > disclosure of details of the long-term energy contracts signed by the > Governor. Also included in this packet were documents filed on behalf of > Assembly Republicans in the Superior Court of San Diego in their suit. > > Strickland began his press conference by saying there was a "new band: > Governor Davis and the merchant generators." He added, "on February 16, > the Governor said he could solve this problem in 20 minutes by raising > rates; rates have risen and the problem is not solved." > > Referring to a similar suit by members of the media also filed in San > Diego Superior Court, Strickland said, "the Republicans and the press are > demanding this information to protect them from the merchant generators." > He added, "we had no choice but to legally compel [the Governor] to > release this vital information." > > Assem. Phil Wyman said, "it is not a happy occasion when members of the > Legislature have to join with the Association of Broadcasters to get basic > information." Wyman added that he doesn't have enough information to > support certain bills because he doesn't know if there is money available. > > On the subject of Tuesday's decision by the PUC to allow a rate increase, > Assem. Mountjoy said he believes the Governor and the PUC are completely > connected adding, "this is the Governor's PUC; he pulls the strings > there." > > "This rate increase will impact all Californians," said Assem. Keith > Richman. "We will all have to pay for the Governor and the Governor's > PUC's lack of action last fall," when, Richman said, the Republicans > requested a special session to deal with the energy issue. > > Assem. John Campbell said he was concerned about "making votes in a > vacuum," adding that it was like "asking [members of the Legislature] to > drive down a dark tunnel with the lights off--you're gonna crash." > > When asked who is paying for this lawsuit, Assem. Strickland said, > "constituents in [his] district" were paying the legal bills. > > Attorney Chuck Bell said members of the media filed their suit last week > and were given a May 18 hearing date. Bell said, "we feel that is too far > away," and that they were seeking a hearing early next week > > When asked if the plaintiffs would be satisfied with a redacted version of > the information being requested, Bell responded that "AB 1X states...that > full disclosure is required within 7 days." However, Bell added that they > were "waiting for the judge's decision as to what the appropriate amount > of redaction would be." Bell said that the group was confident that case > law was in their favor. > > Bell said that Connell was named in the suit because "she is in possession > of the records we are requesting." He also added that the reason for > filing the suit in San Diego Superior Court was because he believed it > would be "expeditious and useful to file in the same court" as the lawsuit > filed by members of the media. > > ******************************************** > The CAUSE (Campaign Against Utility Service Exploitation) rally was not > well attended by local media or the public. However, the Associated Press > did send both a reporter and photographer. > > CAUSE is being coordinated by Burt Wilson, a veteran of several consumer > activist coalitions. Wilson was the only CAUSE member to attended the > rally. CAUSE is encouraging customers of the three investor-owned > utilities to dispute the accuracy of their electricity bills by sending > the bills to the PUC with a request for a hearing. Wilson said the > utilities cannot disconnect service if the correct procedure is followed > for filing this request. > > CAUSE's campaign is internet based. Wilson said "we had 150 members when > I checked at 8 a.m. today." The website, www.utilityratefighters.com, > contains forms people can use to request a hearing to dispute the accuracy > of their bills from PG&E, Southern California Edison, and San Diego Gas > and Electric. > > Megan Beiser > Assistant Account Executive > Edelman Public Relations Worldwide, Sacramento > Phone: (916) 442-2331 > Fax: (916) 447-8509 >