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edgillespie@quinngillespie.com, dlugar@quinngillespie.com, michaellewanco@worldnet.att.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Bcc: tallen@buckham.com, karlgallan@aol.com, bandrews@quinngillespie.com, edgillespie@quinngillespie.com, dlugar@quinngillespie.com, michaellewanco@worldnet.att.net X-From: John Shelk X-To: Steven J Kean, Richard Shapiro, Linda Robertson, James D Steffes, Tim Belden, Alan Comnes, Kevin M Presto, Sarah Novosel, Ray Alvarez, Joe Hartsoe, Tom Briggs, Carin Nersesian, Pat Shortridge, Chris Long X-cc: tallen@buckham.com, karlgallan@aol.com, bandrews@quinngillespie.com, edgillespie@quinngillespie.com, dlugar@quinngillespie.com, michaellewanco@worldnet.att.net X-bcc: X-Folder: \Richard_Shapiro_Nov2001\Notes Folders\All documents X-Origin: SHAPIRO-R X-FileName: rshapiro.nsf Late tonight, the Barton Subcommittee passed an energy policy package (without any electricity provisions other than those related to conservation) on a bipartisan vote of 29-1. The subcommittee approved an amendment by Mrs. Wilson to conduct a national assessment and inventory of possible renewable energy projects. During consideration of the bill, several amendments of interest and concern to Enron were offered and withdrawn; they are likely to be offered when the full Energy and Commerce Committee meets to consider the package next Tuesday and Wednesday. The amendments in this category are: 1. Mr. Waxman has an amendment he called the "blackout and price gouging prevention amendment" that would require FERC to modify its June 19 price mitigation order within 15 days of enactment to impose cost-of-service based rates (with a rate of return of 15 percent) if an entity is found to be withholding power from the grid during an emergency. The cost-of-service rates would thereafter apply to all of the offending entity's sales in the Western U.S. Several of us were rounding up opponents to the amendment when it was clear he was going to offer it and before he decided to withdraw it until full committee. We will continue those efforts before the full committee vote. 2. Mr. Ganske has an amendment on net metering that he said would promote wind in Iowa and other renewables (he may wait until an electricity bill rather than full committee on this bill). 3. Mr. Shadegg has an amendment to exempt natural gas pipelines from the requirements of the National Registry of Historic Places. He said that currently this process holds up much needed pipeline expansions that are FERC approved. 4. Mr. Waxman has an amendment that would require the President to develop and implement a plan to achieve the greenhouse gas reductions called for in a UN agreement that President George Bush ("41") agreed to in 1992 (reducing these emissions to 1990 levels). Chairman Barton indicated that the Subcommittee will take up an electric restructuring bill either later this month or early in September, depending on how long it takes to process this first energy package in the full committee and in the full House.
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