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FYI regarding the Commission meeting to be held this afternoon. Ray
---------------------- Forwarded by Ray Alvarez/NA/Enron on 06/18/2001 09:4= 3 AM --------------------------- John Shelk 06/18/2001 08:15 AM To:=09Steven J Kean/NA/Enron@Enron, Richard Shapiro/NA/Enron@Enron, James D= Steffes/NA/Enron@Enron, Linda Robertson/NA/Enron@ENRON, Tim Belden/Enron@E= nronXGate, Alan Comnes/Enron@EnronXGate, Kevin M Presto/Enron@EnronXGate, R= obert G Johnston/Enron@EnronXGate, Tom Briggs/NA/Enron@Enron, Pat Shortridg= e/Corp/Enron@Enron, Carin Nersesian/NA/Enron@Enron, Sarah Novosel/Corp/Enro= n@ENRON, Ray Alvarez/NA/Enron@ENRON cc:=09=20 Subject:=09White House To Support FERC Action Today According to this morning's Washington Post, the Bush Administration will s= upport the expected FERC action today of extending the existing California = price mitigation regime to 10 other Western states and to all days/all hour= s, not just during California emergencies (stages 1, 2 and 3). This action= comes only a day before FERC and other witnesses will testify on the Fein= stein/Smith price cap legislation before the Senate Energy Committee, Gov. = Davis and FERC will testify before the Senate Governmental Affairs Committ= ee on Wednesday, and the House Financial Services Committee joins the fray = with a hearing on the California energy situation on Wednesday. The latter= committee will probably base its jurisdiction over some aspect of energy p= olicy on a number of factors, including its jurisdiction over presidential = economic emergency powers. The committee staff has in the past expressed i= nterest in derivatives and other financial aspects of energy trading and ma= rkets. We are checking now to quietly determine whether these issues will = be on Wednesday's agenda.
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