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Lee: I'm not certain that it will be possible to get Skilling, but I'll get
back to you soon. Also, I want to manage expectations a bit about the possibility of having Enron stream the conference. Just don't want us to get ahead of ourselves. I'd prefer that it not go out in any announcement at this juncture. Thanks a bunch. Best, Jeff "Lee S. Friedman" <lfried@uclink4.berkeley.edu< 10/04/2000 05:52 PM To: "Tim Belden" <tim.belden@enron.com<, "Jeff Dasovich" <jdasovic@enron.com< cc: Subject: Nov. 13 UC summit conference on electricity Jeff and Tim, Tim, I know Jeff knows all about the conference we are organizing and I hope you do as well. Rob, I and the rest of the conference organizers are wondering if you could help us find out if Jeff Skilling from Enron would be willing to be one of our panelists? He has been an articulate critic of the current state of our electricity markets, and we definitely would like the genco perspective represented. Naturally we are hoping to get a quick answer because our publicity about the conference will be going out shortly. A brief description of the conference is appended below. Please let me know if you need any additional information. Thanks very much for your help and advice. Lee The summer of San Diego has prompted the School, in collaboration with UC's Energy Institute and Competition Policy Center, to sponsor a high-level summit conference on electricity deregulation. The focus, and the audience, will be national, but heavily informed and influenced by the California crisis. The conference will evaluate (1) the wisdom of deregulation and (2) how the pitfalls encountered so far can be avoided and remedied. The University will facilitate an open, honest and reasoned exchange between executive-level players from various perspectives: industry, regulators, consumers, legislators, academics, and market and system operators. The format entails two roundtable discussions with six speakers and a moderator. During the panel sessions, the speakers will engage in a debate/dialogue on the current situation in electricity deregulation, where we have come from, what the future holds, and what solutions lie on the horizon. Each speaker will have uninterrupted time to speak, followed by Q&A and discussion. We expect a live audience of about 200, including a large press presence. One sponsor has tentatively offered to provide internet streaming video services. We hope to have a balanced group of sponsors ranging from the American Public Power Association to energy companies. The speakers are being arranged at this time. We have commitments from: Loretta Lynch (Chair, CPUC), and PJM CEO Phil Harris. We have a preliminary acceptance from Steven Littlechild (England's former primary electricity regulator) and Laura Tyson (former Chair, President's Council of Economic Advisors and National Economic Council, currently Dean, Haas School of Business). We have invited FERC Commissioner Curt Hebert, and U.S. Representative Edward Markey, executive-level managers from several energy companies and state legislators. Former DOJ chief economist Carl Shapiro will be on one of the panels, as will economist Severin Borenstein, Director of UCEI and Professor of Business and Public Policy. Michael Florio from The Utility Reform Network (TURN) will be a consumer advocate on one of the panels. Lee Friedman, economist and Professor of Public Policy, will briefly provide an introduction to the panel discussions with his talk "Lighting the Stage: The Electricity of Deregulation." A dinner for the panelists and organizers will be hosted at UC's Goldman School of Public Policy following the conference proceedings. We have reserved rooms for our speakers at Berkeley's landmark Claremont Hotel. We can reimburse those speakers who request it for coach airfare expenses and other ordinary local expenses. Forfurther information, please contact: Lee S. Friedman Professor of Public Policy Goldman School of Public Policy University of California 2607 Hearst Avenue Berkeley, CA 94720-7320 Ph: (510) 642-7513 Fax: (510) 643-9657 email: lfried@uclink4.berkeley.edu
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