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Update: Senator Phil Gramm placed a hold on the S. 2071 late, late last
evening in order to preserve his options to serve on the Conference with a broader House bill version. The Senate should go out for the July 4th recess this evening so consideration of this bill on the Senate floor will be deferred until their return the week of July 10th. Senators Gramm and Schumer also intend to introduce their electricity restructuring bill this evening. Cynthia Sandherr 06/28/2000 06:16 PM To: Steven J Kean/HOU/EES@EES, Richard Shapiro/HOU/EES@EES, Joe Hillings/Corp/Enron@ENRON, Chris Long/Corp/Enron@ENRON, Stephen D Burns/Corp/Enron@ENRON, Allison Navin/Corp/Enron@ENRON, Joe Hartsoe/Corp/Enron@ENRON, Sarah Novosel/Corp/Enron@ENRON, dwatkiss@bracepatt.com, awenner@velaw.com, Ginger Dernehl/HOU/EES@EES, Hap Boyd/EWC/Enron@Enron, Jeffrey Keeler/Corp/Enron@ENRON cc: Subject: S. 2071, Senator Gorton's Reliability bill Late this afternoon, the Senate "hotlined" S. 2071, Senator Gorton's (R-WA) Reliability legislation. Thus, this bill is likely to be passed by the Senate and referred to the House under unanimous consent late this evening or tomorrow at the latest. This provides a Conference vehicle with the House. Senator Gramm intends to hold his PUHCA bill from Senate floor consideration until the House acts. During the week of July 10th, the House plans full Commerce Committee mark-up of H.R. 2944, the Subcommittee passed bill, with the exception of striking the section 101 Transmission language and replacing it with something along the lines of the Chairman Bliley's transmission draft sent to you last Friday. As you recall, Enron opposes the H.R. 2944 Section 101 transmission language but supports the Bliley draft language. Thus, this is a positive development. Drafting continues with Subcommittee Chairman Barton willing to accept the Bliley transmission language provided he gains some flexibility in terms of a state grievance body and some additional means for state rate setting influence. Perhaps a directed rulemaking would address his concerns. We are deeply involved in the lobbying and drafting of this agreement and hope to have late tomorrow a copy of a Bliley/Barton letter sent to all their Committee members confirming the agreement to work together to pass legislation this year. Please feel free to call should you need any additional information.
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