Message-ID: <2666747.1075852780123.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2001 14:37:05 -0700 (PDT) From: ecenter@williams.com To: enl-members-html@estutenws11.energy.williams.com Subject: Williams Energy News Live -- today's video newscast Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-From: Jay Rickerts @ENRON X-To: Daily Wrap (HTML Registered Users) X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \JSTEPENO (Non-Privileged)\Deleted Items X-Origin: Stepenovitch-J X-FileName: JSTEPENO (Non-Privileged).pst =09 =09 Dear Joe, I'm Washington Bureau Chief Peter Cook filling in fo= r Jay Rickerts. On Monday, International Correspondent Wolfgang Vale will= be live from the 18th World Energy Congress in Buenos Aires, Argentina. T= he focal theme this year is "Energy markets: The challenges of the new mill= ennium." Catch live reports from the first day of the 18th World Energy Co= ngress on Monday. Congress returns to Washington Monday amid continuing c= oncern over the anthrax threat on Capitol Hill. Both the House and Senate = are expected to resume their normal schedule, which includes some action on= energy. There are hearings scheduled on the Price Anderson Act, reducing = vehicle fuel consumption and MTBE. The main action, however, will be behin= d the scenes in the Senate where Republicans and Democrats still differ on = whether there's time to consider a comprehensive energy bill this year. We= 'll bring you more details next week. A summit on energy efficiency is a= lso taking place next week from Washington. Energy Secretary Spencer Abrah= am, Senate Energy Chairman Jeff Bingaman (D)-New Mexico and Representative = Ed Markey (D)-Massachusetts will be among the speakers at the event. We'll= have all the details from the summit next week. Houston Correspondent Ki= m Benestante will bring us a report Monday on Texas wind power projects. K= im says federal and state laws helped get the idea off the ground, and now = demand for wind power is allowing the market to do very well. Kim will hav= e all the details of wind generation success in Texas on Monday. The H= ouston bureau will also have a report on how refiners will keep gasoline in= ventories well supplied once MTBE is phased out. Right now, MTBE makes up 1= 0 percent of the U.S. gasoline pool. Once the blending component is banned= , refiners will look to isooctane to help supplement gasoline supplies. Ja= cobs Consultancy's Dan Foley will talk about the role of isooctane on Monda= y. Former U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz tells West Coast Correspo= ndent Kym McNicholas, California's energy supply crisis is understandable, = but the financial crisis is not. Kym also talks one-on-one with former Cal= ifornia Governor Pete Wilson. He gives a reflective look into what went wr= ong with the state's deregulation plan and what the state needs to do to re= cover. With earnings expected out October 31st, Calpine Corporation CEO P= eter Cartwright will talk about his company's growth this quarter compared = to this time last year. He also reacts to word the state may attempt to re= negotiate long-term power contracts. We'll bring you details from the West= Coast bureau on Monday. Get the streamers and balloons ready - Energy Ne= ws Live is turning one. You'll want to be sure to log on Tuesday, October = 23rd, because in celebration of ENL's one-year anniversary we've scheduled = a star-studded cast of energy industry guests. Here's a little preview: = Former FERC Chairman James J. Hoecker, Ph.D. Energy Daily Publisher Llewe= llyn King FirstCall Director of Research Chuck Hill Platts Global Directo= r of Oil John Kingston Petroleum Argus, Inc. President Dan Massey America= n Association of Petroleum Geologists Director Rick Fritz Keep in mind th= ings are subject to change at a moment's notice. Occasionally guests cancel= or change time slots. We'll continue to do our best to keep you updated o= n future interviews and events. Be sure to watch our newscasts every bu= siness day - 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET, at the top of each hour. =09 =09=09=09= =09 =09=09=09=09=09=09 =09 =09 =09Peter Cook, EnergyNewsLive.com Washington Bureau Chief View today's= Energy Wrap video (Requires Windows Media Player or Real Player ) Expe= rience all that Williams Energy News Live has to offer! If you are receiv= ing this letter for the first time and wish to continue, subscribe now T= o stop receiving this letter, unsubscribe now If you are having trouble = receiving this e-mail, please let us know or call (800) WILLIAMS (800-945= -5426) weekdays, 7am-7pm CST. Comments? Suggestions? Let us know or c= all (800) WILLIAMS (800-945-5426) weekdays, 7am-7pm CST. Copyright 2001 = Williams Energy News Live, LLC. All Rights Reserved. =09=09=09=09=09