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Elizabeth,
Per your request, I have prepared the following summary. Western RTO Development: RTO West. Area to be included -- WA, OR, ID, MT, Western WY, UT, NV-North & South and hopefully Canada (BC Hydro and possibly Alberta) Filed with FERC "Stage 1" documents in October 2000 -- Governance, Bylaws, Draft of Operating Agreement, etc. Stage 2 development begun January 2001 with of complete proposal in July 2001 Earliest practical operation Fall 2002 (optimistic based on quick on approval time) Plan Quality -- Good overall Attractive Features -- independent board, single control area and real time voluntary energy market, all parties on same tariff, a tradeable transmission right with "use or lose" anti-hoarding provisions. Unattractive Features -- Majority of transmission rights allocated to existing users for a ten year period ("use or lose" will mitigate for short term rights but long term rights on existing system will be tough to get). Desert STAR. Area to be included -- AZ, NM, CO, Eastern WY Governance established and Board has been organized. Have not yet filed a complete plan Earliest practical operation Winter 2002 or beyond, depending on when they actually file their proposal Plan quality -- Potentially promising Attractive Features -- similar transmission right regime as RTO West Unknown -- whether they will have a single control area, whether Unattractive Features -- Majority of transmission rights allocated to existing users, board selection committee was manipulated by publics (however in practice the independent board selected seems to have been little affected by the search firm nomination process) CA-ISO. Area included -- CA IOU's only Fully operational but with CA/FERC jurisdictional struggle over Board appointment and independence. Modifications to meet Order 2000 have been filed which appear to move transmission rights close to the proposals under discussion in RTO West and Desert STAR Cooperative Regional Organization Activity: Seams. A joint task force of parties involved in RTO West, Desert STAR and CA-ISO began meeting in November 2000 Three major seams issues identified and work begun Scheduling time lines -- aligning processes between three RTOs so that business across seams boundaries is not hampered for administrative reasons. Nature of transmission rights and effect on loop flow -- making the congestion management systems work between the three RTOs. Export fees -- goal is to eliminate pancaking of fixed cost charges between RTOs, perhaps by annual transfer payments between RTOs or some other reciprocity agreement. RTG Consolidation. WRTA. SWRTA and WSCC voted to merge in to a single organization, the WIO (Western Interconnection Organization) WIO will have three committee: Planning, Operations, Market Interface. The Northwest organization (NRTA) has decided to stay independent for now, but if RTO West forms it may just disappear as a separate organization. If you need more detail, please let me know. Steve Elizabeth Linnell@ENRON 01/26/2001 12:24 PM To: Mary Schoen/NA/Enron@Enron, David Parquet/SF/ECT@ECT, Richard B Sanders/HOU/ECT@ECT, John Neslage/ENRON_DEVELOPMENT@ENRON_DEVELOPMENT, Margaret Carson/Corp/Enron@ENRON, seabron.adamson@frontier-economics.com, Susan J Mara/NA/Enron@ENRON, Jeff Dasovich/NA/Enron@Enron, Sandra McCubbin/SFO/EES@EES, Steve Walton/HOU/ECT@ECT, Alan Comnes/PDX/ECT@ECT, mday@gmssr.com cc: Steven J Kean/NA/Enron@Enron, James D Steffes/NA/Enron@Enron Subject: Urgent - Steve Kean to testify at Senate hearing, need info Steve Kean will be testifying at the Senate Energy Committee's hearing on Wednesday regarding California. Steve and Jim Steffes asked me to contact you for the following information. I've listed specific requests for several people, but am copying many more of you for your input as well. Anything you can provide by sometime on Monday will be appreciated! Dave Parquet - Siting of new power plants in California. Any insight you can provide regarding the rules, the current climate, what would fix the current situation, etc. Richard Sanders - Steve thinks he might be asked about whether the market was manipulated. Please provide information on whether this was the case and who the participants likely were. What's the current climate regarding sanctions, etc.? Mary Schoen - Any information you can provide relating to air emission issues in California, and specific details for our recommendations regarding air emissions. Steve Walton - The status on RTO West, Desert Star, Cal ISO and general information on RO development. Sue Mara - Specific ordering language requiring the utilities to buy only from the PX. Was it required through legislation or the CPUC, and what exactly does it mean. Who was involved in formulating the language? Information on block forward markets. Alan Comnes - A copy of the CDWR response and anything they might have available regarding long term proposals from the government. Dan Allegretti - We have the e-mail Jim sent regarding the UI deal. Please provide more specifics on the deal, and information regarding portfolio management approach. Thanks for your help!
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