
Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 08:13:00 -0700 (PDT)
From: howard.fromer@enron.com
To: richard.shapiro@enron.com, james.steffes@enron.com, janel.guerrero@enron.com,
steve.montovano@enron.com, kathleen.sullivan@enron.com,
mark.palmer@enron.com
Subject: Summary of IPPNY Spring Conference

Attached is a summary of the recently held IPPNY Spring Conference, at whic=
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Governor Pataki's newly appointed Senior Policy Advisor, Kevin Cahill, was=
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the keynote speaker. Cahill, who previously served in the Pataki=20
administration as the Commissioner of Environmental Conservation, emphasize=
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the Governor's committment to speeding up the State's siting process. He al=
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noted that the Pataki administration wants renewed emphasis on increased=20
transmission capacity, and will push demand reduction. As noted in IPPNY's=
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summary, Cahill emphasized that these measures are necessary to make sure t=
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market works and stave off cries from politicians who want to reregulate th=
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energy system. I wonder whether those politicians include his own Public=20
Service Commission!
