Message-ID: <31665767.1075852502850.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2001 06:14:38 -0700 (PDT) From: d..steffes@enron.com To: melinda.pharms@enron.com Subject: RE: Open Access in California Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-From: Steffes, James D. X-To: Pharms, Melinda X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \JSTEFFE (Non-Privileged)\Steffes, James D.\Sent Items X-Origin: Steffes-J X-FileName: JSTEFFE (Non-Privileged).pst Thanks. Pls send out. Jim -----Original Message----- From: =09Pharms, Melinda =20 Sent:=09Friday, September 14, 2001 2:12 PM To:=09Steffes, James D. Subject:=09Open Access in California Hey there Jim. I'm glad you made it back in one piece. I'm sure your wife= was frantic. =20 FYI: This past week-end, Becky and I attended NESA's annual conference. O= ne of the highlights was a panel entitled "Power Deregulation." On the pan= el: Brad Williams, Sr. VP, Entergy Wholesale Operations; Michael Schneide= r, Director, San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E); Steve Gillialand, Sr. VP, Du= ke Energy North America, LLC; and Jerry Winter, VP, Reliant Energy Services= . Note: Loretta Lynch, President, CPUC was scheduled to participate on the= panel as well, but she was a no-show. My guess - she chickened out. It w= as probably for the best because everyone on the panel "slammed" California= , the Governor, and the CPUC. I had the opportunity of questioning Michael Schneider (I asked these via n= ote cards) of SDG&E in regards to Open Access and where did it look like th= e legislature was going with it and what was SDG&E's position. On record, = he said that open access will pass through legislature but that it would be= "segmented." For example, depending on the size of the customer would dep= end on if they can participate in regards to open access. The Large custom= ers can have the opportunity to participate in open access but supposedly b= ecause the smaller customers "aren't really educated" on the issues of open= access, they won't be able to participate. (Sounded rather patronizing to= me, even if he was rather pleasant.) How does SDG&E feel about open acces= s? He said that they're definitely in favor of open access and feel that = it is needed but only for large customers and that the smaller customers ar= en't "quite ready" for open access because again lack of education. Suppos= edly the smaller customers aren't sophisticated enough I guess. Jim, question - is this something everyone on the Ca. calls already know in= cluding you or should I send this out to others as a "FYI" ? Melinda