Message-ID: <28600593.1075859084571.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2001 08:40:51 -0800 (PST) From: eric.gadd@enron.com To: danny.mccarty@enron.com Subject: Fw: Talking Points Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-From: Gadd, Eric X-To: McCarty, Danny X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \Danny_McCarty_Jan2002\McCarty, Danny\Inbox X-Origin: McCarty-D X-FileName: dmccarty (Non-Privileged).pst Here's the talking points for ANNGTC. -------------------------- Sent from my BlackBerry Wireless Handheld (www.BlackBerry.net) -----Original Message----- From: Coughlin, Michelle To: 'Brad D. Reese' CC: 'andrew.ilnycky@foothillspipe.com' ; = Bob Bissett ; Reinecke, Bryan ;= 'Bruce Scott' ; 'byron.wright@elpaso.com' ; Carlton, Cavan C ; 'dave.vandriel@= neg.pge.com' ; 'donna_friesen@transcanada.com' <= donna_friesen@transcanada.com>; 'dpentzien@nisource.com' ; Gadd, Eric ; 'jay.holm@elpaso.com' ; Moore, Jim C ; 'john.ellwood@foothill= spipe.com' ; John Taylor ;= 'lauri.newton@neg.pge.com' ; Moench, Mark C ; 'marty.heeg@foothillspipe.com' ; Murray Birch ; Thomas, Peter C ; 'peter.lund@neg.pge.com' ; Hill, R= obert ; 'rob.cohen@foothillspipe.com' ; 'skschroeder@duke-energy.com' ; 'spatrick@sempra.com' ; 'tony_palmer@transcanada.co= m' ; 'vincent_lee@transcanada.com' ; 'wpurcell@sempra-intl.com' ; = 'rocco.ciancio@foothillspipe.com' Sent: Fri Dec 21 10:09:53 2001 Subject: Talking Points Brad - I could not agree with you more. We do not want to negotiate this i= n the public arena. I felt the stories in the Calgary Herald, National Post= were unfortunate in timing and substance.=20 As per your suggestion I have eliminated the last 2 bullets and attached t= he talking points here. The last bullet in the revised talking points was = devised to take media pressure off of both us and the Producers. There has= been an incredible amount of political hay being made with this project an= d it has realized an inordinate amount of media attention. We need to give= the media (only if asked or questioned - not to be released) some reasonab= le expectations for time frames. In any discussions we have with governmen= t bodies or if questioned by media representatives we need to make it very = clear we cannot discuss the terms of the proposal at this time and help the= m understand that the Producers will have only received an executive summar= y and the meeting in January will be the first glance at a large complex pr= oposal and is intended to be the beginning of a process. Outlining this ti= meframe clearly stating there will be no immediate results from either rece= iving the proposal or the early January meeting will hopefully set the medi= a and government minds at rest that there is no story here for a while so n= o need to dig further. Normally a timeframe and a process is a better answ= er than no comment. Please let me know if you have any other concerns or would like to see addi= tional revisions. =20 -----Original Message-----=20 From: Brad D. Reese [mailto:bdreese@duke-energy.com]=20 Sent: Friday, December 21, 2001 5:27 AM=20 To: Coughlin, Michelle=20 Cc: 'andrew.ilnycky@foothillspipe.com'; Bob Bissett;=20 'bryan.reinecke@enron.com'; 'Bruce Scott'; 'byron.wright@elpaso.com';=20 Carlton, Cavan C; 'dave.vandriel@neg.pge.com';=20 'donna_friesen@transcanada.com'; 'dpentzien@nisource.com';=20 'eric.gadd@enron.com'; 'jay.holm@elpaso.com'; Moore, Jim C;=20 'john.ellwood@foothillspipe.com'; John Taylor;=20 'lauri.newton@neg.pge.com'; Moench, Mark C;=20 'marty.heeg@foothillspipe.com'; Murray Birch; Coughlin, Michelle;=20 Thomas, Peter C; 'peter.lund@neg.pge.com'; 'robert.hill@enron.com';=20 'rob.cohen@foothillspipe.com'; 'skschroeder@duke-energy.com';=20 'spatrick@sempra.com'; 'tony_palmer@transcanada.com';=20 'vincent_lee@transcanada.com'; 'wpurcell@sempra-intl.com'=20 Subject: RE: ANGTS Commercial Proposal - Executive Summary - Dec. 20=20 Versi on=20 Michelle - - my comments are very much based on the impact of comments as= =20 seen recently in TCPL's Calgary Herald article followed by the "scaled down= =20 pipeline" article published by the Petroleum News Alaska:=20 I firmly believe the less said in public before jan 8 discussions with= =20 producers the better off we are - we do not want to negotiate this deal= =20 in public.=20 I'd prefer to keep advertisements down to a minimum and keep to the=20 staight and narrow for now; hence,=20 collapse the third and fourth bullets into one very concise bullet=20 indicating a proposal being sent before year end to be followed up by a= =20 meeting in early Jan - I would not say anything further about whats in= =20 the proposal nor the attributes.=20 Again, in the less said the better mode - I'd delete the last two=20 bullets.=20 I appreciate Tony's email on Mr. Kvisle's comments and timing and can=20 understand how these types of things occur. It indicates to me we need to= =20 keep to a very tight script in all discussions (media and politicians=20 alike) until we make meaningful progress with the customer, hence my desire= =20 to keep the talking points as brief as possible so we have the most=20 integrity with producers. I'll defer to the collective wisdom of the group= =20 since I have no real editorial comments on your talking points - my real=20 comment is policy-wise to keep them as brief as possible; i.e. all we=20 really need to say right now is we're going to be meeting with producers in= =20 early jan on a pipeline proposal. Thanks=20 = =20 "Coughlin, Michelle" = =20 , =20 liams.Com> "'spatrick@sempra.com'" <= spatrick@sempra.com>, =20 "'wpurcell@sempra-intl.co= m'" =20 12/20/01 04:56 PM , =20 "'eric.gadd@enron.com'" <= eric.gadd@enron.com>, =20 "'robert.hill@enron.com'"= =20 , = =20 "'skschroeder@duke-energy= .com'" =20 , =20 "'bdreese@duke-energy.com= '" =20 = , =20 "'byron.wright@elpaso.com= '" =20 = , =20 "'jay.holm@elpaso.com'" <= jay.holm@elpaso.com>, =20 "Moore, Jim C" , =20 "Carlton, Cavan C" = =20 , "Thomas, Peter C"=20 , "Moench, Mark C" =20 , =20 "'dave.vandriel@neg.pge.c= om'" =20 , =20 "'peter.lund@neg.pge.com'= " =20 ,= =20 "'lauri.newton@neg.pge.co= m'" =20 , =20 "'bryan.reinecke@enron.co= m'" =20 , =20 "'dpentzien@nisource.com'= " =20 ,= =20 "'marty.heeg@foothillspip= e.com'" =20 , =20 "'andrew.ilnycky@foothill= spipe.com'" =20 , =20 "'rob.cohen@foothillspipe= .com'" =20 , =20 "'john.ellwood@foothillsp= ipe.com'" =20 , =20 "'tony_palmer@transcanada= .com'" =20 , =20 "'donna_friesen@transcana= da.com'" =20 , =20 "'vincent_lee@transcanada= .com'" =20 , Murray Birch =20 , Bob Bis= sett ,=20 John Taylor , "Coughlin, =20 Michelle" =20 cc: = =20 Subject: RE: ANGTS Co= mmercial Proposal - =20 Executive Summary - Dec. = 20 Versi on =20 = =20 Attached are the talking points we discussed - I have not put in any=20 details of the proposal. Please send me back any comments.=20 -----Original Message-----=20 From: Bruce Scott [mailto:BScott@wei.org]=20 Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2001 9:47 AM=20 To: 'spatrick@sempra.com'; 'wpurcell@sempra-intl.com';=20 'eric.gadd@enron.com'; 'robert.hill@enron.com';=20 'skschroeder@duke-energy.com'; 'bdreese@duke-energy.com';=20 'byron.wright@elpaso.com'; 'jay.holm@elpaso.com';=20 'jim.c.moore@williams.com'; 'cavan.c.carlton@williams.com';=20 'peter.c.thomas@williams.com'; 'mark.c.moench@williams.com';=20 'dave.vandriel@neg.pge.com'; 'peter.lund@neg.pge.com';=20 'lauri.newton@neg.pge.com'; 'bryan.reinecke@enron.com';=20 'dpentzien@nisource.com'; 'marty.heeg@foothillspipe.com';=20 'andrew.ilnycky@foothillspipe.com'; 'rob.cohen@foothillspipe.com';=20 'john.ellwood@foothillspipe.com'; 'tony_palmer@transcanada.com';=20 'donna_friesen@transcanada.com'; 'vincent_lee@transcanada.com'; Murray=20 Birch; Bob Bissett; John Taylor; 'michelle.coughlin@williams.com'=20 Subject: ANGTS Commercial Proposal - Executive Summary - Dec. 20 Version=20 Attached is the latest draft of the covering letter and executive summary,= =20 reflecting yesterday's discussion and subsequent edits and changes by=20 Cavan,=20 Dave, Michelle and myself. I have left a few comments/questions imbedded= =20 in=20 this draft (in bold italics) to make sure we don't miss any details in the= =20 last-minute rush. Please provide me with your final comments on both of=20 these documents by 3:00 p.m. Mountain time today. If you need to talk to= =20 me, please call my cell at 403-862-0706. Thanks.=20 <> <>=20 Bruce Scott=20 Office: 403-699-1415=20 Cell: 403-862-0706=20 (See attached file: Talking PointsANGTS .doc)=20