Message-ID: <4817308.1075860957132.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 07:15:58 -0800 (PST) From: kimberly.watson@enron.com To: steven.harris@enron.com, lorraine.lindberg@enron.com, tk.lohman@enron.com, michelle.lokay@enron.com, mark.mcconnell@enron.com, paul.y'barbo@enron.com, lindy.donoho@enron.com Subject: FW: Hot off the wire... Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ANSI_X3.4-1968 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-From: Watson, Kimberly X-To: Harris, Steven , Lindberg, Lorraine , Lohman, TK , Lokay, Michelle , McConnell, Mark , Y'barbo, Paul , Donoho, Lindy X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \Michelle_Lokay_Mar2002\Lokay, Michelle\Deleted Items X-Origin: Lokay-M X-FileName: mlokay (Non-Privileged).pst FYI, Kevin Hyatt left me a voicemail last night when he found out about t= his open season for a new storage facility. Let's discuss after everyone h= as a chance to review.=20 Thanks, Kim. -----Original Message----- From: =09Scott, Donna =20 Sent:=09Thursday, January 10, 2002 8:33 AM To:=09Watson, Kimberly Subject:=09FW: Hot off the wire... Thought you might find this interesting. Donna -----Original Message----- From: =09"Greg Lander" @ENRON =20 Sent:=09Thursday, January 10, 2002 7:50 AM To:=09Home \(E-mail\) Subject:=09FW: Hot off the wire... To my personal friends and professional associates: =20 The announcement below explains what I have been so busy working on these = past months. Wish us luck and if you desire any information do not hesita= te to contact me. Much of the strength I drew on to bring this about, I g= ained from working with you on our mutual endeavors over the years. This = is a very exciting project, which you or your company may also be interest= ed in. I trust your holidays were safe and pleasant and that the new year= brings you success and satisfaction. =20 Yours, Greg Lander =20 -----Original Message----- From: Moore, Erica [mailto:emoore@skippingstone.com] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 7:26 AM To: Lander, Greg; Ray, Verna Cc: Weigand, Peter Subject: Hot off the wire... Today's News=09 Allegheny Energy Supply Company, Salt River Project and Sempra Energy Res= ources Announce Open Season for Proposed Desert Crossing Gas Storage and T= ransportation System [IMAGE] [IMAGE] [IMAGE] [IMAGE] PHOENIX, Jan. = 10 /PRNewswire/ -- The Desert Crossing Gas Storage and Transportation Syste= m (Desert Crossing) is holding an Open Season for customers interested in c= apacity, beginning today and extending through Feb. 8, 2002. Open Seaso= n is a process in which customers interested in acquiring natural gas stora= ge capacity in a storage facility, and/or transmission capacity on a pipeli= ne, submit bids setting out the terms under which they will agree to purcha= se the capacity. Upon completion of the project, the Desert Crossing sy= stem will include a 10 billion cubic foot, high-deliverability natural gas = storage complex and associated pipeline, located in the Hualapai Valley, no= rth of Kingman, Arizona. The associated pipeline, spanning roughly 300 mil= es from outside of Las Vegas to Southwestern Arizona, is projected to be an= 800 million cubic feet per day system that will connect the storage comple= x with all of the major interstate natural gas pipelines in Arizona and sou= thern Nevada (see map of proposed system at http://www.desert-crossing.com = ). Project sponsors Allegheny Energy Supply Company, the generation and= trading subsidiary of Allegheny Energy, Inc. (NYSE: AYE ); Salt River Proj= ect (SRP); and Sempra Energy Resources, a unit of Sempra Energy (NYSE: SRE = ), said that Desert Crossing will provide a consumer-driven, market-respons= ive storage and pipeline system to serve the growing needs of the southwest= ern United States for power and peak period gas supplies. Limitations on na= tural gas transportation and storage in Arizona and southern Nevada, along = with past and projected increases in gas demand by consumers in the region,= have resulted in market conditions that make this storage and pipeline pro= ject attractive. "As proposed, this project with its north-south pipeli= ne configuration will be uniquely situated to increase shippers' and consum= ers' options for sourcing natural gas and to provide new transportation cap= acity to the Arizona and southern Nevada markets," commented Michael Morrel= l, president, Allegheny Energy Supply Company. "The increased storage and t= ransportation capacity will enhance energy reliability at cost-effective pr= ices, which is good news for consumers and shippers of natural gas." S= RP's associate general manager of power, construction & engineering, David = Areghini, concurred. "As we continue to diversify our fuel sources by addi= ng new gas-fired power plants, it is important that we increase our ability= to obtain the necessary amount of natural gas supplies. The Desert Crossi= ng project will help ensure an economical and clean energy source for consu= mers and others in the Southwest for many years." "The additional natur= al gas supplies will help balance the region's escalating energy demands, e= specially those of electric generators, as well as provide the potential to= help reduce future price spikes in the Southwest," said Dwain Boettcher, v= ice president of planning and analysis for Sempra Energy Resources. "The ho= urly scheduling flexibility built into the proposed tariff was designed to = transform the way storage service is offered in the future." Customers = participating in the Open Season and awarded capacity will have unprecedent= ed flexibility with respect to gaining access to the markets and diverse ga= s supplies in the Southwest. These customers will be able to optimize thei= r portfolios, because Desert Crossing will be situated at the Southwest's e= nergy crossroads. The project is subject to obtaining all necessary reg= ulatory approvals and sufficient commitments from third parties during the = Open Season. Project scope and costs will be announced at the conclusion of= the Open Season. To participate in the Open Season and for more informatio= n about Desert Crossing, visit http://www.desert-crossing.com . Alleghe= ny Energy, Inc. is a diversified energy company headquartered in Hagerstown= , Md. It has been named to the Fortune 500 list, the Standard and Poor's 50= 0 index, and the Forbes "Platinum 400" list. The Allegheny Energy family in= cludes Allegheny Power, which delivers electric energy and natural gas to a= bout three million people in parts of Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virgini= a, and West Virginia; Allegheny Energy Supply Company, LLC, which develops,= owns, and operates electric generating facilities and supplies and trades = energy and energy-related commodities in selected domestic retail and whole= sale markets; and Allegheny Ventures, which invests in and develops telecom= munications and energy-related projects. For more information, visit our we= b site at http://www.alleghenyenergy.com . SRP is the third-largest pub= lic power utility in the nation, serving more than 750,000 electric custome= rs in the greater Phoenix metropolitan area. More information on SRP is ava= ilable at http://www.srpnet.com . Sempra Energy Resources -- a subsidia= ry of Sempra Energy Global Enterprises, the umbrella for Sempra Energy's gr= owth businesses -- acquires and develops power plants and energy infrastruc= ture for the competitive market. Sempra Energy (NYSE: SRE ), based in S= an Diego, is a Fortune 500 energy services holding company with annualized = 2001 revenues of about $9.4 billion. The Sempra Energy companies' 12,000 em= ployees serve more than 9 million customers in the United States, Europe, C= anada, Mexico, South America and Asia. For more information, visit Sempra = Energy Resources' Web site athttp://www.sempraenergyresources.com . Fo= r more information contact: Verna Ray Director, Communications = Skipping Stone, Inc. (281) 987-8166 vray@skippingstone.com [I= MAGE] Click here SOURCE Skipping Stone, Inc. 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