Message-ID: <32720024.1075845368290.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Thu, 24 May 2001 15:30:50 -0700 (PDT) From: ecenter@williams.com To: enl-dailyupdate-txt@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: Energy News Live Daily Update X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \Williams, Jason (Trading)\Williams, Jason (Trading)\Deleted Items X-Origin: WILLIAMS-J X-FileName: Williams, Jason (Trading).pst [IMAGE] =09 =09 Dear Jason, It's official: Sen. Jim Jeffords is leaving the Re= publican Party and declares himself an Independent. This move is going to = have repercussions touching aspects in every area of legislation, and will = undoubtedly affect the national energy policy. We'll continue to update yo= u on this situation from our Washington bureau. Republicans and Democra= ts are nearing an agreement on the Electricity Emergency Relief Act. Compr= omise language is being discussed behind closed doors, and members hope to = resolve their differences when the markup continues Friday morning. In a = continuing effort to promote the Bush administration's energy plan, the Dep= artment of Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham is scheduled to travel to a nuc= lear power plant in Maryland on Friday. Correspondent Peter Cook is schedu= led to be along for the ride. Tuesday, Peter brings us details of his trip= to Maryland. Also on Friday, I'm scheduled to speak with U.S. Chamber o= f Commerce Vice President of Energy Policy William Kovacs. He'll join us fr= om Washington, D.C. to preview an energy meeting at the U.S. Chamber of Com= merce where Vice President Dick Cheney will talk about the White House ener= gy plan. Catch my interview with Kovacs in the 11:00 a.m. ET newscast. = ENL's Gale Smith reports the Houston bureau is scheduled to give us an upd= ate from the ongoing story of 70,000 royalty owners who are filing a class = action lawsuit against ExxonMobil. The royalty owners allege Exxon unfairl= y determined the royalties they should receive from natural gas and natural= gas liquids sales. On Wednesday, a San Antonio U.S. District Judge certif= ied the lawsuit filed by a Houston law firm. Gale says the Houston bureau = will bring you reactions from Exxon officials on Friday. Dorothea El Ma= llakh, the Executive Director of the International Research Center for Ener= gy and Economic Development is also scheduled to join us from our Houston b= ureau. She says conservation is not synonymous with deprivation, and the c= urrent energy issue is not a problem with a quick solution. We'll bring yo= u more from Mallakh in the 10:00 a.m. ET newscast on Friday. Keep in mind= things are subject to change at a moment's notice. Occasionally guests ca= ncel or change time slots. We'll continue to do our best to keep you updat= ed on future interviews and events. Keep it on energynewslive.com for = all your energy news. =09 =09=09=09=09 =09=09=09[IMAGE]=09=09=09 =09 =09 =09Jay Rickerts, EnergyNewsLive.com Anchor View today's Energy Wrap v= ideo: (Windows Media Player required) Broadband (100k) | Dial-up (56k)= Get Windows Media Player Experience all that Williams Energy News Liv= e has to offer! If you are receiving this letter for the first time and w= ish to continue, subscribe now To stop receiving this letter, unsubsc= ribe 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. Com= ments? Suggestions? Let us know or call (800) WILLIAMS (800-945-5426) we= ekdays, 7am-7pm CST. Copyright 2001 Williams Energy News Live, LLC. All = Rights Reserved. =09=09=09=09=09