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From:drew.fossum@enron.com
To:mary.miller@enron.com
Subject:Re: ENA Deal
Cc:dari.dornan@enron.com, maria.pavlou@enron.com, shelley.corman@enron.com
Bcc:dari.dornan@enron.com, maria.pavlou@enron.com, shelley.corman@enron.com
Date:Sun, 19 Dec 1999 12:27:00 -0800 (PST)

Your recollection is correct. However, I got the disturbing sense that FERC
would have pounded NGPL for setting the recouse rate a penny higher than the
negotiated rate reserve price. Lets talk MOn. on whether we are still OK on
the ENA deal. Thanks. DF





From: Mary Kay Miller 12/17/99 05:20 PM


To: Drew Fossum/ET&S/Enron@ENRON
cc: Dari Dornan/ET&S/Enron@ENRON, Maria Pavlou/ET&S/Enron@ENRON, Shelley
Corman/ET&S/Enron@ENRON

Subject: Re: ENA Deal

I think the major difference is that in NGPL"s as I recall, they set the
recourse at max while the other negotiated rate was significantly lower. We
did not set the recourse at max-- MK





From: Drew Fossum 12/17/99 03:28 PM


To: Dari Dornan/ET&S/Enron@ENRON, Mary Kay Miller/ET&S/Enron@ENRON, Maria
Pavlou/ET&S/Enron@ENRON, Shelley Corman/ET&S/Enron@ENRON
cc:

Subject: ENA Deal

I read Wednesday's NGPL order (RP00-18-002) as applying only to NGPL due to
their unique restrictions and tariff rules. I do not read it as forcing the
rest of the industry (i.e., us) to use the floor rate as the reserve price
for negotiated index rate bids and ordinary recourse rate bids. I think we
can still determine the reserve price on a prearranged deal like the ENA deal
based on our good faith valuation of the upside provided by the index
mechanism. I.e., on that type of deal, we can determine that the index
mechanism is worth "x cents" to us and require a discounted recourse rate
bidder to bid more than the floor plus x cents to win. Agreed?

Note that NGPL whined that the unique rules they are subject to place them at
a competitve disadvantage to the rest of the industry (i.e., us) on this
issue. The commission didn't say anything about that, implying to me that
the rest of us are still free to do what NGPL cannot do. DF