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Our efforts with the Governors have been productive from a GA standpoint an=
d=20 may be prove fruitful from a business develop standpoint as well. Given=20 FERC's issuance of their price cap order, Sue, Scott and I have been=20 reviewing various options for staying relevant to the Governors. =20 We submit that we can stay relevant to the Governors and continue to provid= e=20 positive value to our national efforts by moving our message from "neither= =20 price caps nor balkanization shall you support," to=20 ? we need RTO West and Desert Star now--i.e., set some deadlines FERC ? long-term portfolio management is a good thing ? core/noncore is a reasonable risk management tool ? there are certain provisions of the "Democratic" energy plan and the Bush= =20 plan that we can all support--see below. We've scheduled meetings with Gov. Leavitt's office in mid-July and will=20 begin our outreach to Gov. Kitzhapper and Gov. Locke after we discuss the= =20 above. If interested, I'll ask Lysa to set up a conference call to discu= ss. -----Original Message----- From: Bolton, Scott =20 Sent: Friday, June 22, 2001 1:43 PM To: Paul Kaufman/PDX/ECT@ENRON; Landwehr, Susan Subject: WGA Messages Per our conversation this morning, here are a program and messages for our= =20 western democratic governor friends: Open Access to transmission in the West / creation of Western RTO Double the Administration's LIHEAP and weatherization program budgets=20 Streamline FERC's permitting process for approval of new pipeline siting an= d=20 construction. =01&EXCEED=018 Tax Credit: 10% investment tax credit for the cost of clean = air=20 control technology for utilities that lead a power plant to exceed mandator= y=20 emissions reduction levels for pollutants regulated under Title I of the=20 Clean Air Act, or for significant early compliance with clean air emissions= =20 reduction target dates. This credit would be applied on a sliding scale an= d=20 public utilities and coops would be permitted to trade the credits or use= =20 them as offsets against debt or obligation in lieu of tax credits CARE Fund: =01&Conservation And Renewable Energy=018 Public Benefits Fund. = To=20 provide grants and flexible financing for rapid development of renewable=20 energy generation and to maximize energy conservation and efficiency. =20 These are a few programs that I think we could find agreement on. Let me= =20 know if I'm on the right track or not. Thanks.
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