RE: Southwest Gas filing in Nevada

Leslie --

What would it cost for outside counsel to do the hearing? Maybe running an RCR through with the biggest $$ allows Shapiro, etal to discuss next Tuesday?

Jim

-----Original Message-----
From: Lawner, Leslie
Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 1:23 PM
To: Steffes, James D.
Subject: FW: Southwest Gas filing in Nevada

-----Original Message-----
From: Black, Don
Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 11:37 AM
To: Lawner, Leslie
Subject: RE: Southwest Gas filing in Nevada

I think we should be represented. Nevada is a big market, so if it gets screwed up, it should be with our participation.

-----Original Message-----
From: Lawner, Leslie
Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 12:31 PM
To: Ponce, Roger; Hewitt, Jess P.; Courtney, Mark; Kaufman, Paul; Kingerski, Harry; Black, Don; Steffes, James D.
Subject: Southwest Gas filing in Nevada

You may remember that Southwest Gas filed a tariff revision in Nevada that would keep a transportation customer who returns to sales on sales for a term of 5 years. They modified that request to grandfather customers who returned as a result of this past winter's fiasco. We filed an opposition to this tariff change back in April (I think it was). Anyway, the PUC of Nevada has scheduled a hearing on the SW filing for Sept. 24 and I need to know if this is an issue you want to pursue. I can attend, or I can have outside counsel attend, or we can skip it and rely on our written comments. IF we want to file testimony, it would be due 9/17. Please let me know what you would like me to do on this. Thanks.