Message-ID: <23250039.1075852659384.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 05:52:05 -0700 (PDT) From: kevinscott@onlinemailbox.net To: jeff.skilling@enron.com Subject: Lockyer Fires Earthy Attack at Energy Exec Cc: sherri.sera@enron.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Bcc: sherri.sera@enron.com X-From: Kevin Scott @ENRON X-To: Skilling, Jeff X-cc: Sera, Sherri X-bcc: X-Folder: \JSKILLIN (Non-Privileged)\Deleted Items X-Origin: Skilling-J X-FileName: JSKILLIN (Non-Privileged).pst Jeff =20 FYI - Strong and colorful words from a powerful man. =20 Given Lockyer's abilities, position and and ambition, I would advise build= ing bridges and mending fences while this is still at the taunting stage. = He wants your attention. 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Chairman Kenneth] Lay to an 8-by-10 cell that he could share wit= h a tattooed dude who says, 'Hi my name is Spike, honey,' " Lockyer said. = Enron spokesman Mark Palmer called the comment "counterproductive rh= etoric" that "does not merit a response." But other industry repres= entatives denounced the remark as "outrageous," especially because neither= Lockyer's office nor any investigative panel has filed charges against En= ron or other companies. "You'd expect that the state's chief legal c= ounsel would file charges first and make public statements second," said G= ary Ackerman of the Western Power Trading Forum, an association of energy = producers and traders. "We're very disappointed with his choice of words, = which don't exactly fit the profile of his office." In an interview = Tuesday, Lockyer said he decided to "ratchet up" the commentary to "put [e= nergy companies] on notice" that "we are not afraid of them and have the w= ill to prosecute." "What I'm trying to do is let these economic buc= caneers understand that if we catch them, they're going to be prosecuted,"= Lockyer said. "Just because they're multimillionaires and run big corpora= tions, it doesn't provide them with immunity." The attorney general = is investigating whether power company officials tried to maximize profits= through illegal manipulation of prices on the wholesale energy market. S= everal panels, including a state Senate committee and the California Publi= c Utilities Commission, are conducting similar probes. On Tuesday, L= ockyer announced that three power companies have agreed to turn over docum= ents subpoenaed months ago by his investigators. The attorney general went= to court to obtain the documents after the companies failed to meet a Mar= ch 19 deadline to hand them over. Lockyer said the forthcoming docu= ments would help his office as it sifts through mountains of evidence in s= earch of possible violations of antitrust or unfair business practice laws= . "Evidence is accumulating that certainly infers illegal activity,"= Lockyer said. "But we need to make sure it's compelling and clear enough = that you can convince a jury." Lockyer said he singled out Enron's = chairman because the Houston company is the world's largest energy trader. = At least one observer found Lockyer's comments refreshingly candid.= Harry Snyder, a senior advocate of Consumers Union, said, "Let Lockyer be= Lockyer." * * * Times staff writer Dan Morain contributed to this s= tory. Search the archives of the Los Angeles Times for similar stories = about: Bill Lockyer , Enron Corp , Kenneth L Lay , Utilitiy Rates , En= ergy - California , Utilities - California , Electricity . 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