Message-ID: <30481265.1075852827113.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2001 14:09:44 -0700 (PDT) From: l..nicolay@enron.com To: d..steffes@enron.com, janine.migden@enron.com, michael.roan@enron.com Subject: FW: SPP Retail Market Opening Testimony Cc: m..presto@enron.com, narsimha.misra@enron.com, rogers.herndon@enron.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Bcc: m..presto@enron.com, narsimha.misra@enron.com, rogers.herndon@enron.com X-From: Nicolay, Christi L. X-To: Steffes, James D. , Migden, Janine , Roan, Michael X-cc: Presto, Kevin M. , Misra, Narsimha , Herndon, Rogers X-bcc: X-Folder: \KPRESTO (Non-Privileged)\Deleted Items X-Origin: Presto-K X-FileName: KPRESTO (Non-Privileged).pst Good idea! Janine--we will get you Ron McNamara's testimony on behalf AEP = (SWEPCO in Texas) and see if it will help in Ohio. -----Original Message----- From: =09Presto, Kevin M. =20 Sent:=09Monday, October 15, 2001 4:00 PM To:=09Nicolay, Christi L. Subject:=09RE: SPP Retail Market Opening Testimony Why can't we use AEP's position against them in their own backyard (Ohio). = AEP's position is that you can't have effective retail markets without re= al-time energy markets (which I agree with), yet there is no real-time ener= gy market with ancillary clearing prices in AEP's service territory in Ohio= . Can we use their own testimony against them? -----Original Message----- From: =09Nicolay, Christi L. =20 Sent:=09Monday, October 15, 2001 3:29 PM To:=09Presto, Kevin M.; SMITH, Douglas Subject:=09FW: SPP Retail Market Opening Testimony AEP asked the Texas PUC to postpone opening the Texas (outside of ERCOT) re= tail market because there is no centralized dispatch (per Ron M's testimony= on behalf on AEP). After talking with our SPP folks (I understand that EP= MI has bid to serve a portion of Entergy's load) , Jim's testimony is that = the outside of ERCOT Texas market should open 1/1/02 and that other states = have implemented retail open access without a centralized dispatch model (f= or example, AEP in Ohio, ComEd in Ilinois and Duquense in ECAR/PA). Jim st= ates that while RTOs and central dispatch will certainly facilitate the mar= ket, it is not absolutely required, and that, if AEP thinks that the retail= market will not be competitive without it, then, perhaps, REPS other than = AEP should be the only ones allowed to serve retail load in this part of Te= xas until central dispatch is in place. In addition, he states that the im= balance provisions should be changed and that network firm capacity should = be available to REPs (without the need for protracted system impact studies= , since the load is already being served.) Apparently, Entergy has also changed its mind and now is opposing the 1/1/0= 2 opening of the Entergy/Texas retail market. -----Original Message----- From: =09Steffes, James D. =20 Sent:=09Friday, October 12, 2001 1:37 PM To:=09Herndon, Rogers; Rorschach, Reagan; Acevedo, Rudy; Kroll, Heather; Ni= colay, Christi L.; Maurer, Luiz; Keene, Patrick; Twiggs, Thane; Ryall, Jean= ; Hamb, Edward Subject:=09SPP Retail Market Opening Testimony Attached is the testimony that I filed today asking thh PUC of Texas to ope= n the retail markets in the SPP territory. Thanks, Jim << File: PUCT on Order 13.doc >>