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From:jeff.dasovich@enron.com
To:karen.denne@enron.com
Subject:Re: PG&E Issues Statement After State And Southern California
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Date:Tue, 10 Apr 2001 03:31:00 -0700 (PDT)

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Here's how I think this thing has played (is playing) out:

PG&E was very tactical.
They knew that the Edison deal was imminent.
They see the Edison deal as extremely adverse to their interests.
They feared that the pressure on them to do the same deal would be enormous
once the Governor announced the Edison deal.
Thus, in an incredibly dramatic attempt to pre-empt the possibility that
they'd have to accept the Edison deal, PG&E threw itself into bankruptcy.
(Preemption seems to have been very successful, at least at this point.)
So I think that they wanted everyone to know, including Wall Street and the
Governor, that the decision's been made---they're going the way of Ch. 11,
not the way of J. Bryson and Edison.

This make sense?

Best,
Jeff



Karen Denne
04/10/2001 10:22 AM

To: Jeff Dasovich/NA/Enron@Enron
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Subject: Re: PG&E Issues Statement After State And Southern California
Edison Reach An Agreement

What was the point of that statement? It sure seemed like a non-statement...