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Jeff and Jim:
Here is a potential book on the California crisis and lessons learned. The Independent Institute has a good track record with publishing and promoting books and would like Enron to be on the sponsors list to review and support. If you are interested in this project, you can make contact with David and handle from here. If you want me to handle with a potential contribution in the works, I can do that. - Rob ----- Forwarded by Rob Bradley/Corp/Enron on 01/26/2001 02:33 PM ----- David Theroux <DTheroux@independent.org< 01/17/2001 02:16 AM To: Rob.Bradley@enron.com cc: Subject: Electric power deregulation Dear Rob, Thank you for your note. We do indeed have a number of excellent economists to do a piece along the lines that you are suggesting, as well as a separate, longer, more comprehensive book. We also do have a number of contributors who believe that a full book project would be very timely because this issue is not going to be resolved with then immediate future.? In fact, with Gray Davis proposal and the Democrat stranglehold on the legislature in California, the chances are very likely that if anything, the policies that will be adopted will only make things a lot worse, especially for the prospects for real deregulation. Hence, if you would be interested in reviewing such a project, please let me know.? As we have done in the past, a project of this timely nature could be streamlined for publication under our own imprint, with our own national distributor involved. Best regards, David ----------------------- David: We gave Reason a general contribution due to their work on privatization given our water subsidiary that was interested in this area.? Their great electricity work was entirely their own w/o much Enron input.? We are now following it closely and having conference calls on the issues. Books are too late usually but maybe you have a streamlined process.? If you sign up a Robert Michaels to write a whole book on the crisis, we should contribute something to the effort (how much I do not know).? Do you have a pool of potential contributors who think a book would be timely enough? - Rob Robert L. Bradley Jr. Director, Public Policy Analysis Enron Corp. P.O Box 1188, Room 4724a [1400 Smith Street 77002] Houston, Texas 77251-1188 (P) 713-853-3062 (F) 713-646-4702 Assistant: Joan Stransky 713-853-7431 jstrans@enron.com ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ?????????????? ??????????????????? David Theroux??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ??????????????????? <DTheroux@indepe??????? To:???? Rob.Bradley@enron.com (Rob Bradley)????? ??????????????????? ndent.org<????????????? cc:????????????????????????????????????????????? ??????????????????????????????????????????? Subject:???? Electric power deregulation???????? ??????????????????? 01/15/2001 12:30???????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ??????????????????? PM?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ??????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ?????????????? Dear Rob, A couple years ago, you may recall my indicating our interest in pursuing a major book project on electric power regulation and deregulation.? (I had organized and directed a similar project back in the early 1980s that had produced the book, ELECTRIC POWER, edited by John Morehouse.) Since we speaking with you, we tried to pursue a new, in-depth project with various funding sources who all claimed that the issue was not an important or priority one to them.? As a result, little if any solid work has been produced on this subject, and the momentum has all been on the side of the re-regulators. I am delighted that you recently funded the new Reason study on this subject (and perhaps the forthcoming Cato study as well?).? However, we believe that a comprehensive analysis is well overdue and in fact is a must if we are to achieve the high ground on this vital issue. As a result, would you be interested in discussing such a project with us? Best regards, David -- David J. Theroux Founder and President The Independent Institute 100 Swan Way Oakland, CA 94621-1428 510-632-1366 Phone 510-568-6040 Fax DTheroux@independent.org http://www.independent.org
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