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Cc: richard.shapiro@enron.com, linda.robertson@enron.com, steven.kean@enron.com,
tom.briggs@enron.com, rob.bradley@enron.com, margaret.carson@enron.com, tabors@tca-us.com, jeff.dasovich@enron.com, sarah.novosel@enron.com, christi.nicolay@enron.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Bcc: richard.shapiro@enron.com, linda.robertson@enron.com, steven.kean@enron.com, tom.briggs@enron.com, rob.bradley@enron.com, margaret.carson@enron.com, tabors@tca-us.com, jeff.dasovich@enron.com, sarah.novosel@enron.com, christi.nicolay@enron.com X-From: James D Steffes X-To: hahnr@erols.com X-cc: Richard Shapiro, Linda Robertson, Steven J Kean, Tom Briggs, Rob Bradley, Margaret Carson, tabors@tca-us.com, Jeff Dasovich, Sarah Novosel, Christi L Nicolay X-bcc: X-Folder: \Jeff_Dasovich_June2001\Notes Folders\All documents X-Origin: DASOVICH-J X-FileName: jdasovic.nsf In discussions with the Administration, it has become clear that there would be great political value in being able to demonstrate (a) the economic value of open access for the US and (b) the impact open access would have on the current energy crisis. Enron has developed historical analysis of the impact of deregulation on natural gas. Margaret Carson is putting together some slides that show (1) throughput improvements, (2) expansion in pipeline capacity, and (3) cost reductions in the industry. While not exactly identical, there are some good reasons to assume that the same would occur in the electricity industry. It would be great if you could develop a general qualitative framework that would outline why open access is preferable in the very short-term and work on a larger quantitative framework over the medium-term. To that end, Richard Tabors of TCA had earlier analyzed the economic loss from AEP's abuse of its transmission network last year. He may have additional insights into developing this concept. Please call me with further questions at 713-853-7673. Jim Steffes
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