Re: SW501D5A - Montana Power

I accused Carlos of being a deal killer.

ckm

From: Ben F Jacoby @ ECT 05/03/2001 07:55 PM

Sent by: Ben Jacoby@ECT
To: Carlos Sole, Kay Mann, Chris Booth, Christopher Calger, W David Duran
cc:

Subject: SW501D5A - Montana Power

I spoke to Tom Loberg of Montana Power today regarding the status of our
discussions on the D5A. He advised me that part of their merger deal with
Northwestern Corp required that projects such as the one contemplated for the
D5A required the approval of Northwestern's board. Montana presented the
project to Northwestern's board today, but the board declined to grant such
approval. Tom declined to provide me any further insight.

We will of course immediately begin to pursue other sales opportunities for
this turbine. FYI, our exclusivity agreement with Northwestern expires
tomorrow.

Regards,

Ben