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From:barbara.gray@enron.com
To:dan.hyvl@enron.com
Subject:Re: Coogler's Response
Cc:steve.hooser@enron.com
Bcc:steve.hooser@enron.com
Date:Thu, 28 Sep 2000 03:03:00 -0700 (PDT)

Dan, please let us talk about the facts as you know them;I spoke briefly with
Brenda Harrod a couple of nights ago;she wasn't really sure what was going
on, but promised to find out and call me................unfortunately I
haven't heard from her yet...as soon as I can garner the facts or at least
a few more than I currently have , I intend to speak with
Brian.......................your thoughts please bng
----- Forwarded by Barbara N Gray/HOU/ECT on 09/28/2000 09:58 AM -----

Steve Van Hooser
09/27/2000 06:06 PM

To: Barbara N Gray/HOU/ECT@ECT
cc:
Subject: Re: Coogler's Response

Barbara,

Its pretty clear from Brian's message to Brenda Herod of 9/26 that he has had
meetings with Entex's Bruce Coogler (or at least "discussions") and that he
intends to have more meetings (perhaps this week).

I would like to know if there is anything you want me to do about this matter
or if I should pass your advice on to Dan Hyvl. I haven't been involved in
any Entex or regulatory advisory matters with Brian to this point, I simply
received an e:mail from Dan asking for a second opinion.

Please let me know.

Steve





Barbara N Gray
09/27/2000 05:57 PM

To: Steve Van Hooser/HOU/ECT@ECT
cc:
Subject: Re: Coogler's Response

I don't think Brian, the President of HPL should be having any meetings with
Entex................if someone is to meet with Entex, it needs to be an ENA
person; similarly, we should not be asking for a meeting with Entex. If
ENTEX wants to schedule a joint meeting,it might be okay to
attend............depending on the subject matter...........ANYTHING HAVING
TO DO WITH PRICING SHOULD NOT BE DISCUSSED...........i BELIEVE MORE FACTS
NEED TO BE MARSHALLED.



Steve Van Hooser
09/27/2000 05:06 PM

To: Barbara Gray
cc:
Subject: Re: Coogler's Response

Barbara,
I had a chance to look at this again and I have left a note for Dan (he
wasn't in his office) indicating that if by "I think we should involve MidCon
in the discussions" Brian intends a joint meeting among ENA, MidCon and Entex
to discuss the correction fo nomination irregularities, I think that's an
acceptable proposal. If, however, Brian intends a private meeting between
MidCon and ENA to discuss our respective contractual obligations to Entex,
then I think Dan needs fo advise Brian of the risks attendant to such a
meeting.

Do you agree?

Steve
----- Forwarded by Steve Van Hooser/HOU/ECT on 09/27/2000 05:00 PM -----

Dan J Hyvl
09/26/2000 03:18 PM

To: Steve Van Hooser/HOU/ECT@ECT
cc:
Subject: Re: Coogler's Response

Steve,
Please see Brian Redmond note to Brenda below regarding meeting with MidCon
to talk about their imbalances with Reliant Energy. This could possible open
both parties up to a torturous interference argument with Reliant Energy. Do
you agree? If so, we need to nix meeting idea.
----- Forwarded by Dan J Hyvl/HOU/ECT on 09/26/2000 03:14 PM -----

Brian Redmond
09/26/2000 10:03 AM

To: Brenda F Herod/HOU/ECT@ECT
cc: James I Ducote/HOU/ECT@ECT, Dan J Hyvl/HOU/ECT@ECT, Thomas A
Martin/HOU/ECT@ECT, Janet H Wallis/HOU/ECT@ECT, Edward D Gottlob/HOU/ECT@ECT,
Steve HPL Schneider/HOU/ECT@ECT, Yvette G Connevey/Corp/Enron@ENRON
Subject: Re: Coogler's Response

Brenda,

Can you send me a copy of Bruce's response. Also, we need to meet on Entex
this week as you suggest. In my discussions with Bruce, he feels that Entex
can account for all of their gas nominations/takes - and that these
nominations are not related to intra-month price volatility.

We discussed having an initial meeting next week. Then, if it makes sense, I
think we should involve MidCon in the discussions as their imbalances seem to
be a key factor in Entex changing their nominations. These meetings would
be to seek to develop a working protocol that we could use to improve
communication and establish more definitive criteria for changing
nominations.

The end game would be a final meeting with Entex senior management to agree a
solution to past sins and a way forward.

Brian




Enron North America Corp.

From: Brenda F Herod 09/25/2000 10:53 PM


To: James I Ducote/HOU/ECT@ECT, Dan J Hyvl/HOU/ECT@ECT, Thomas A
Martin/HOU/ECT@ECT, Janet H Wallis/HOU/ECT@ECT, Brian Redmond/HOU/ECT@ECT,
Edward D Gottlob/HOU/ECT@ECT, Steve HPL Schneider/HOU/ECT@ECT
cc: Yvette G Connevey/Corp/Enron@ENRON
Subject: Re: Coogler's Response

Please read the attached summary of Coogler's response to the audit
findings. I would like to get the group together later this week to
determine next steps.

Jim, Dan and Janet: I would appreciate you all paying special attention to
the claims. Do you all know what Bruce is referring to? If you all can do
some research before the meeting, I think we'll be able to get to our next
steps quicker. Thanks.
---------------------- Forwarded by Brenda F Herod/HOU/ECT on 09/25/2000
10:44 PM ---------------------------


richard.j.feldmann@us.arthurandersen.com on 09/18/2000 08:29:49 PM
To: BHerod@Enron.com
cc: danny.d.rudloff@us.arthurandersen.com,
frederick.g.rhodes@us.arthurandersen.com,
matthew.l.thomas@us.arthurandersen.com
Subject: Re: Coogler's Response




Brenda,

Matthew reviewed Coogler's responses and brings up the following questions.

We can do one-of-two things at this point. We can either add the Reliant
responses to our audit report as "Auditee Responses", or we can have Enron
provide answers and possibly have us do some additional work. The additional
work is dependent on Enron's answers to the questions.

Please advise.

Rick


To: Frederick G. Rhodes, Richard J. Feldmann
cc:
Date: 09/18/2000 04:29 PM
From: Matthew L. Thomas, Houston , (713) 237-2629
Subject: Coogler's Response

Rick and Fred:

I hope things are going well up in Salt Lake City. I have gone through all of
Bruce's numbers today. I have come up with a few questions that Enron needs
to
answer.

1. Reliant claims that in East Texas the cut off for complementary customers
is
30 Mcf/ day, does Enron agree?
2. Reliant claims that the "New Technology Contract" overrides or is an
exception to the Enfolio Master Agreement. Does Enron agree that this is a
legitimate exception?
3. Reliant claims that all off the industrial mis-classified gas in the
Houston
Division is under "special contracts" with special pricing, and even though
they
are using less than 100 Mcf /day they receive a lower price of 2.71 per MMBTU.
Does Enron agree that this is a legitimate exception?
4. In the Houston Division it appears that Louisiana Pacific only uses gas for
heating in the winter, about three months out of the year. Is there total
divided by three to find their average usage, or is it divided by 12? Bruce
divided by three, we divided by twelve. They are a customer all year, and are
not a new customer, or a customer that has left.
5. Does Enron want to give Reliant leeway on the 100 Mcf rule? What will the
actual cut off be? Bruce backs out 137,000 Mcf that was close, but not quite
100 Mcf.

These are the issues that I see. The first three questions are things that
Enron may have to ask Bracewell and Patterson. We were not notified of any of
the special contracts that he mentions. Let me know what I need to do. If
you
guys have questions for me, it might be easier if we all got on the phone and
spoke about it. Thanks,

Matthew








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