EPSA Draft Comments on FERC Order Removing Obstacles

MEMORANDUM

TO: Regulatory Affairs Committee
Power Marketers Working Group

FROM: Joe Hartsoe, Regulatory Affairs Committee Chair
Bob Reilley, Power Marketers Working Group Chair
Julie Simon, Vice President of Policy
Mark Bennett, Senior Manager of Policy

DATE: March 26, 2001

RE: EPSA Draft Comments on FERC Order Removing
Obstacles
? Conference Call on Wed., March 28th at 2:00 p.m. (EST)
? Filing Due on Friday, March 30th

On March 14, 2001, FERC issued an "Order Removing Obstacles To Increased
Electric Generation And Natural Gas Supply In the Western United States And
Requesting Comments On Further Actions To Increase Energy Supply And Decrease
Energy Consumption" (Order). The Order announced certain actions the
Commission is taking to promote electric generation supply and delivery in
the United States' portion of the Western Interconnection, requesting
comments on those and other, related proposals by March 30th.

Attached are EPSA's draft comments in response to the Commission's Order. As
discussed on the last conference call, we endorse many of the Commission's
proposals, although stressing that infrastructure investment and seamless
regional markets are the ultimate solutions to California's problems. We
also encourage the Commission to take additional steps to allow QF sales into
the market.

Please review the attached draft and forward any comments or suggestions to
Julie Simon at EPSA at 202-628-8200 or jsimon@epsa.org as soon as possible.
We will discuss the draft comments on our conference call this Wednesday ,
March 28th, at 2:00 p.m. (EST). To access the call, dial 1-800-937-6563. Ask
for the Julie Simon/EPSA Call.

Attachment

- FERCOrderWestSupplyComments3-22.doc