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From:mark.taylor@enron.com
To:peter.keohane@enron.com
Subject:Re: Financial Transactions - Enron Direct Canada
Cc:mark.haedicke@enron.com, mark.powell@enron.com, rob.milnthorp@enron.com,sharon.crawford@enron.com, mary.cook@enron.com
Bcc:mark.haedicke@enron.com, mark.powell@enron.com, rob.milnthorp@enron.com,sharon.crawford@enron.com, mary.cook@enron.com
Date:Thu, 10 May 2001 02:22:00 -0700 (PDT)

Peter:

My only concerns would be:

(1) To the extent of any overlap in customers (which seems unlikely but it's
happened here), we would want all of the transactions to be in the same
entity for netting and setoff purposes.
(2) It's been a while since we've done any due diligence focused on retail
financial transactions in Canada. We are pretty restricted in that area in
the US. As I remember it, the new law and subsequent regulations we
unearthed a couple of years ago may impose similar restrictions in Canada.
(3) If traders in the US might close one of these transactions with a
Canadian counterparty or traders in Canada transacted with a US counterparty,
they would not be covered by the services agreement in place between Enron
Canada and ENA.

Let me know if I can be of any help.

Mark T.



Peter Keohane
05/09/2001 03:28 PM

To: Mark E Haedicke/HOU/ECT@ECT
cc: Rob Milnthorp/CAL/ECT@ECT, Mark Powell/CAL/ECT@ECT, Mark
Taylor/HOU/ECT@ECT, Sharon Crawford/CAL/ECT@ECT
Subject: Financial Transactions - Enron Direct Canada

Mark (and Mark) are there any concerns with Enron Direct Canada (EDC) (the
mass markets retail affiliate, that is soon to be a subsidiary of EES) as
opposed to Enron Canada (as wholesale affiliate of ENA) entering into
financial transactions? To date EDC has been entering into physical
transactions only for gas and power under forms that have been developed
based upon our wholesale physical contracts, Enron Direct UK's form, and
compliance with the local regulatory requirements for retailers. If EDC was
to enter into financial transactions, they would tend to be papered under
omnibus financial GTCs with EDC (as ISDAs would likely not be marketable).
Of course credit would need to be obtained in advance, and the transactions
are not booked until the counterparty executes the paper. Please let me know.

Peter.