GSPP on the forefront

< Jeff,
< How are you? Wild prices and politics out there I gather. I have a
< question/proposal for you. A major goal that is shared by the GSPP alumni
< board
< and the school is to host policy forums that attract top academics, policy
< makers, and public attention as not only a good public service, but at good
PR
< for the school and its mission. Since electricity deregulation in CA is on
< the
< front page of all major newspapers this summer, the Dean and I are
interested
< in
< putting together an electricity policy forum. I would need your contacts,
< political sense, and perhaps some financial support from Enron to make this
< work. Do you like the idea and would you be willing to help in some of
these
< ways? I think it is in the interest of Enron to advance reasoned debate
with
< the backing of the independent/objective GSPP against what is already a
major
< emotional/political backlash.
<
< On a totally unrelated issue, I spoke with Tim Belden about a position in
the
< Enron govt affairs group working with the trading desk. I guess the VP for
< the
< West, Kaufman, is supposed to call me. If the job is really to understand
and
< follow RTO developments and their interaction with energy prices it seems a
< perfect fit with what I've been doing. I told Tim I'm happy where I am but
< the
< opportunity sounds interesting.
< Cheers,
< Rob
<
< Rob Gramlich
< PJM Market Monitoring Unit
< (610) 666-4291
< gramlr@pjm.com