Message-ID: <12300634.1075852001386.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 11:00:00 -0700 (PDT) From: karen.denne@enron.com To: kenneth.lay@enron.com, steven.kean@enron.com, mark.palmer@enron.com, richard.shapiro@enron.com, james.steffes@enron.com, jeff.dasovich@enron.com, susan.mara@enron.com, sandra.mccubbin@enron.com, peggy.mahoney@enron.com, syamane@marathon-com.com, jkradin@marathon-com.com, rlichtenstein@marathon-com.com Subject: Re: JDS Uniphase Corporation Strongly Supports Retention of Direct Access and asks for CPUC Support Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: Karen Denne X-To: Kenneth Lay, Steven J Kean, Mark Palmer, Richard Shapiro, James D Steffes, Jeff Dasovich, Susan J Mara, Sandra McCubbin, Peggy Mahoney, syamane@marathon-com.com, jkradin@marathon-com.com, rlichtenstein@marathon-com.com X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \Richard_Shapiro_Nov2001\Notes Folders\Discussion threads X-Origin: SHAPIRO-R X-FileName: rshapiro.nsf FYI, JDS Uniphase Corporation was one of the 150 California companies that received our direct access letter. Please see the attached letter that they sent to the CPUC commissioners. ---------------------- Forwarded by Karen Denne/Corp/Enron on 06/14/2001 01:15 PM --------------------------- From: Janel Guerrero on 06/13/2001 10:59 PM To: Ken_Pietrelli@ocli.com cc: (bcc: Karen Denne/Corp/Enron) Subject: Re: JDS Uniphase Corporation Strongly Supports Retention of Direct Access and asks for CPUC Support Thank you Mr. Pietrelli. Your letter is straightforward, honest, and such an important part of the process. I'll foward your letter to Chairman Lay immediately. Thank you again for your interest in the issue and for taking time to contact the CPUC. Janel Guerrero Director, Government Affairs Ken_Pietrelli@ocli.com 06/13/2001 07:49 PM To: Janel.guerrero@enron.com cc: Subject: JDS Uniphase Corporation Strongly Supports Retention of Direct Access and asks for CPUC Support FYI, the attached e-mail was sent to all 5 CPUC commissioners. ---------------------- Forwarded by Ken Pietrelli/SaRo/US/JDSUniphase on 06/13/2001 05:49 PM --------------------------- Ken Pietrelli 06/13/2001 05:34 PM To: commissionerbrown@cpuc.ca.gov cc: Subject: JDS Uniphase Corporation Strongly Supports Retention of Direct Access and asks for CPUC Support Dear Commissioner Geoffrey F. Brown: My name is Kenneth D. Pietrelli, Vice President of Corporate Services for the Thin Film Products Group(formerly OCLI and Flex Products) of JDS Uniphase in Santa Rosa, California. I am asking for your support to retain Direct Access as an option for industrial energy customers such as JDS Uniphase. Electricity and natural gas are critical infrastructural requirements for our manufacturing processes. Without access to reliable sources, at high quality and competitive prices we cannot satisfy our customers needs and be a viable business in California. We fear loss of direct access will have a material, adverse effect on our business in California where we currently employ approximately 5,000 employees. JDS Uniphase is made up of such diverse groups as the original Uniphase Commercial Lasers Group in San Jose and Manteca, the E-Tek Dynamics Company in San Jose, SDLI in San Jose and Santa Clara and OCLI and Flex Products in Santa Rosa. The corporation has over 20,000 employees in over 20 countries. Of all the sites in California only the Santa Rosa site has direct access, which is due to various historical and operational reasons. We own a 22Mw substation located on our 75 acre plant site and are considered a grid level customer. Up to now we have enjoyed high quality, reliable electrical energy. In the mid 1990's we began contracting directly for natural gas from other than PG& E and are currently sourcing gas from Pan Canadian Energy via a single point gas meter for the site. In 1998 we entered into a 5 year direct access electricity contract with PG& E Energy Services. In 2000 this contract was assigned by PG&E Energy Services to Enron and is valid through June 30, 2003. Because of the importance of energy availability, quality and price to our manufacturing operations we have made business decisions on where capital investments have been made and where redundant operations would be consolidated. We are in the process of a global re-alignment program that is consolidating numerous activities to Santa Rosa, CA for a variety of reasons, to include our direct access to energy. If direct access is eliminated in California, JDS Uniphase management will have to re-assess and re-consider actions currently underway to consolidate manufacturing from Rochester, NY; Ottawa, Canada; Dunfermline Fife, Scotland; and San Jose, Ca to the Santa Rosa, CA site. Other locations on the East Coast of the U.S., China, UK, etc. would have to be re-considered for these consolidation activities. Selfishly, we are asking you to retain direct access to keep jobs in California. Philosophically, we believe the "right to choose" is an American tradition and anyone concerned with the long-term health and viability of the California economy would want to retain the direct access option for California customers. Thanks for your time and support. Kenneth D. Pietrelli Vice President of Corporate Services, TFPG, JDSU 2789 Northpoint Parkway Santa Rosa, CA 95407 Phone 707 525-7520 Fax 707 525-7846