Re: California PUC Decision Info/Update

please change mike smith's email to be mike d smith. Thanks.

From: Jeff Dasovich@ENRON on 12/21/2000 12:58 PM
Sent by: Jeff Dasovich@ENRON
To: Joseph Alamo/NA/Enron@Enron
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Subject: Re: California PUC Decision Info/Update

From the most recent information we have, the most likely outcome appears to
be the following:

As we've discussed this week, the administration and the utilities continue
to have a very difficult time reaching agreement on 1) how much of the
undercollection the IOUs should absorb and how much consumers should absorb
and 2) how big the rate increase should be to manage the IOUs cash
flow/credit problems (governor wants 10%, IOUs want at least 20%).
It remains likely that the Commission will rule today on relaxing regulations
to make it easier for the IOUs to enter into longer-term contracts w/out
getting 2nd and 3rd guessed by the Commission.
It is likely that the Commission will signal strongly that it will not let
the IOUs go bankrupt but will only go so far as to outline its plan for
considering and implementing a "rate stabilization" plan in Q1 2001.

That said, the stakes are very high and things could change dramatically
between now and 2 PM PST. Just talked to two SVPs with PG&E and Edison and
they said that they don't know what the Commission will do at 2.

Jeff

Joseph Alamo
12/21/2000 12:30 PM

To: George McClellan/HOU/ECT@ECT, Kevin McGowan/Corp/Enron@ENRON, Stuart
Staley/LON/ECT@ECT, Lisa Yoho/NA/Enron@Enron, skean@enron.com, Richard
Shapiro/NA/Enron@Enron, Susan J Mara/NA/Enron@ENRON, Sandra
McCubbin/NA/Enron@Enron, Paul Kaufman/PDX/ECT@ECT, James D
Steffes/NA/Enron@Enron, Harry Kingerski/NA/Enron@Enron, Wanda
Curry/HOU/EES@EES, Dennis Benevides/HOU/EES@EES, Roger Yang/SFO/EES@EES,
Scott Stoness/HOU/EES@EES, Mary Hain/HOU/ECT@ECT, Alan Comnes/PDX/ECT@ECT,
Joe Hartsoe/Corp/Enron@ENRON, Sarah Novosel/Corp/Enron@ENRON, Mona L
Petrochko/NA/Enron@Enron, Jennifer Rudolph/HOU/EES@EES, Eric
Letke/DUB/EES@EES, Vicki Sharp/HOU/EES@EES, Michael Smith/ENRON@enronxgate
cc: Jeff Dasovich/NA/Enron, Lysa Akin/PDX/ECT@ECT
Subject: California PUC Decision Info/Update

On behalf of Jeff Dasovich, please note:

the California PUC decision will be available on
the PUC website @ 1:00 PM PST.

The Commission will continue the meeting @ 2:00 PM PST
to address the issue.

Thanks,

Joseph Alamo
Sr. Admin. Asst.
Government Affairs - The Americas
San Francisco CA