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Subject:ATTORNEY GENERAL DEMANDS RELIANTAND MIRANT ENERGY RECORDS FOR PROBE
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Date:Fri, 20 Apr 2001 01:51:00 -0700 (PDT)

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Subject: Fwd: [PRESSLIST] ATTORNEY GENERAL DEMANDS RELIANT ENERGY RECORDS
FORPROBE OF POSSIBLE PRICE-GOUGING, ANTI-COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR
AFFECTINGELECTRICITY PRICES

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----- Message from "Cathy.Mar@DOJ.CA.GOV" <presslist@hdcdojnet.state.ca.us<
on Thu, 19 Apr 2001 14:59:41 -0400 -----
To: <Cathy.Mar@DOJ.CA.GOV<,<PRESSLIST@JUSTICE.hdcdojnet.state.ca.us<
Subject: [PRESSLIST] ATTORNEY GENERAL DEMANDS RELIANT ENERGY RECORDS FORPROBE
OF POSSIBLE PRICE-GOUGING, ANTI-COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR AFFECTINGELECTRICITY
PRICES
ATTORNEY GENERAL DEMANDS RELIANT ENERGY RECORDS FOR PROBE OF POSSIBLE
PRICE-GOUGING, ANTI-COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR AFFECTING ELECTRICITY PRICES
Also Demands Energy Records From the Mirant Corporation

(SAN FRANCISCO) - Attorney General Bill Lockyer today demanded that Reliant
Energy and the Mirant Corporation produce documents subpoenaed in the
California Department of Justice investigation of possibly unlawful or
anti-competitive behavior affecting soaring electricity prices in the state.

"There must be a short-circuit here because Reliant is claiming cooperation
with our investigation while refusing to turn over documents," Lockyer said.

The Attorney General asked the San Francisco Superior Court to order Reliant
and Mirant to produce subpoenaed documents that were due March 19. The
Attorney General told the court that both power companies have failed to
furnish documents despite being given assurances on the confidentiality of
their sensitive and proprietary information.

"Reliant's sole basis for refusing to produce confidential information is its
claim that the Attorney General may not share such information with other
governmental agencies that the Attorney General may enlist to aid him in his
investigation," the Attorney General stated in the complaint. "The argument
simply lacks merit."

"Reliant has sufficient guarantees regarding the confidentiality of its
information," the complaint said. "The Attorney General has stated that he
will not share confidential data with governmental agencies which have acted
as Reliant's competitors in the market or agencies with whom Reliant is
negotiating energy contracts. Disclosure of confidential information by any
subordinate officer is a misdemeanor and punishable by that officer being
disqualified from acting in any official capacity in the department. Any
government agency receiving information from the Attorney General to aid him
in his investigation would be bound by the same requirement."

Similar arguments were made in seeking subpoenaed documents from power
company Mirant.


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