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Barbara and I had the opportunity to meet with FERC Commissioner Brownell, =
who was in Columbus today to speak at the Ohio Energy Summit. Her presentation stressed the sea change at FERC and called for aggressive = cooperation of all stakeholders to develop a common market design and inter= connection procedures for all RTOs. Barbara and I were able to meet her af= ter her presentation for a half hour or so, during which time she stated th= at the common tariff she anticipated coming out of the RTO related discussi= ons at FERC would likely prompt many lawsuits filed by the incumbent utilit= ies. She urged, of course, that Enron be represented during the FERC RTO W= eek discussions, which will be sharply focused on technical market structur= e issues rather than governance. We had the opportunity to discuss several Ohio-specific concerns, including= the current complaints before the Ohio Commission regarding the incumbents= ' disregard of their agreements to serve all load under the same terms and = conditions of the OATT. She took note of our points regarding the impact o= f differential imbalance protocols and OASIS information posting, and sugge= sted the upcoming RTO discussions would present the opportunity to discuss = those and other issues generically. She also commended Ohio Chariman Schri= ber for the interest he has expressed to her and to the Ohio congressional = delegation in resolving wholesale electricity market issues. It was announ= ced at the Summit by Governor Taft that Schriber will head a Federal Energy= Policy Group to promote the establishment of wholesale markets that suppo= rt a robust retail choice program for Ohio. Details on the formation of th= e group are not yet public, but we are taking steps to assure that we are r= epresented in the Group.
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