
Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2001 07:53:00 -0700 (PDT)
From: paul.kaufman@enron.com
To: richard.shapiro@enron.com, linda.robertson@enron.com,
james.steffes@enron.com, janel.guerrero@enron.com
Subject: FW: WGA Messages
Cc: scott.bolton@enron.com
Bcc: scott.bolton@enron.com

Our efforts with the Governors have been productive from a GA standpoint an=
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may be prove fruitful from a business develop standpoint as well.  Given=20
FERC's issuance of their price cap order, Sue, Scott and I have been=20
reviewing various options for staying relevant to the Governors. =20

We submit that we can stay relevant to the Governors and continue to provid=
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positive value to our national efforts by moving our message from "neither=
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price caps nor balkanization shall you support," to=20

? we need RTO West and Desert Star now--i.e., set some deadlines FERC
? long-term portfolio management is a good thing
? core/noncore is a reasonable risk management tool
? there are certain provisions of the "Democratic" energy plan and the Bush=
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plan that we can all support--see below.

We've scheduled meetings with Gov. Leavitt's office in mid-July and will=20
begin our outreach to Gov. Kitzhapper and Gov. Locke after we discuss the=
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above.    If interested, I'll ask Lysa to set up a conference call to discu=
ss.


