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From:richard.sanders@enron.com
To:christian.yoder@enron.com
Subject:Re: Puget Sound requests NW price caps
Cc:elizabeth.sager@enron.com, mark.haedicke@enron.com, mark.taylor@enron.com
Bcc:elizabeth.sager@enron.com, mark.haedicke@enron.com, mark.taylor@enron.com
Date:Sun, 29 Oct 2000 01:01:00 -0800 (PST)

I have set up a conference call at 11:30 on Monday to discuss.



Christian Yoder
10/27/2000 12:15 PM

To: Elizabeth Sager/HOU/ECT@ECT, Mark Taylor/HOU/ECT@ECT, Richard B
Sanders/HOU/ECT@ECT, Mark E Haedicke/HOU/ECT@ECT
cc:
Subject: Puget Sound requests NW price caps

In the days immediately before the application for a price cap, Puget came to
us and asked us to enter into several put options. We did so. I am advised
by the traders that if this price cap were to actually be in effect, our put
option transactions would not make sense for us economically and we would
never have entered into them had we known of their intention to make this
filing. I am under some pressure to explain two things: (i) whether the
fact that they knew they were going to file for the cap when they did the
options is some kind of fraud, and (ii) whether the WSPP Agreement or our
ISDA swap agreements have any clauses in them to address this kind of
thing,ie. is this some kind of "illegality" issue? I am working on the
second issue and have discussed it with Mark Taylor, but on the first issue,
I need advice from Richard and anyone else who can help.----cgy
---------------------- Forwarded by Christian Yoder/HOU/ECT on 10/27/2000
09:59 AM ---------------------------


Mary Hain
10/27/2000 09:50 AM
To: James D Steffes/NA/Enron@Enron, Marcie Milner, Joe Hartsoe@Enron, Sarah
Novosel/Corp/Enron@ENRON, Richard Sanders, Christian Yoder/HOU/ECT@ECT,
Portland West Desk
cc:
Subject: Puget Sound requests NW price caps

Puget Sound has filed a complaint against all jurisdictional sellers of
wholesale energy and/or capacity in the Pacific Northwest, including parties
to WSPP agreement. Puget Sound requests FERC to impose price cap on
wholesale sales of energy and capacity in the Pacific Northwest equal to the
lowest price cap "established, ordered, or permitted by the Commission for
wholesale purchases by the Cal ISO or Cal PX . . . ." Puget requests an
effective date of December 25,2000.