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=09"Julee Malinowski-Ball" <jmball@ns.net< =0901/11/2001 07:22 PM =09Please respond to "Julee Malinowski-Ball" =09=09=20 =09=09 To: "William Hall" <wfhall2@duke-energy.com<, "Tony Wetzel"=20 <twetzel@thermoecotek.com<, "Sue Mara" <smara@enron.com<, "Steven Kelley"= =20 <steven@iepa.com<, "Steve Ponder" <steve_ponder@fpl.com<, "Stephanie Newell= "=20 <stephanie-newell@reliantenergy.com<, "Roger Pelote"=20 <roger.pelote@williams.com<, "Robert Lamkin" <rllamkin@seiworldwide.com<,= =20 "Richard Hyde" <rwhyde@duke-energy.com<, "Paula Soos"=20 <paula_soos@ogden-energy.com<, "Nam Nguyen" <nam.nguyen@powersrc.com<, "Mar= ty=20 McFadden" <marty_mcfadden@ogden-energy.com<, "Lynn Lednicky"=20 <lale@dynegy.com<, "kent Palmerton" <kent.palmerton@williams.com<, "Ken=20 Hoffman" <khoffman@caithnessenergy.com<, "Kassandra Gough"=20 <kgough@calpine.com<, "Jonathan Weisgall" <jweisgall@aol.com<, "John Stout"= =20 <john_h_stout@reliantenergy.com<, "Joe Ronan" <joer@calpine.com<, "Joe Grec= o"=20 <joe.greco@uaecorp.com<, "Jim Willey" <elliottsa@earthlink.net<, "Jeff=20 Dasovich" <Jeff.Dasovich@enron.com<, "Jack Pigott" <jackp@calpine.com<, "Ha= p=20 Boyd" <rboyd@enron.com<, "Greg Blue" <gtbl@dynegy.com<, "Frank DeRosa"=20 <fderosa@sanfrancisco.usgen.com<, "Ed Tomeo" <ed.tomeo@uaecorp.com<, "Duane= =20 Nelson" <dnelsen@msn.com<, "David Parquet" <dparque@ect.enron.com<, "Curtis= =20 Kebler" <curtis_l_kebler@reliantenergy.com<, "Carolyn Baker"=20 <cabaker@duke-energy.com<, "Bob Escalante" <rescalante@riobravo-gm.com<, "B= ob=20 Ellery" <bellery@spi-ind.com<, "Bill Woods" <billw@calpine.com<, "Bill=20 Carlson" <william_carlson@wastemanagement.com<, "Craig Chancellor"=20 <craigc@calpine.com<, "Eric Eisenman" <eric.eisenman@gen.pge.com<, "Kate=20 Castillo" <ccastillo@riobravo-gm.com<, "Jan Smutny Jones" <smutny@iepa.com<= ,=20 "Katie Kaplan" <kaplan@iepa.com< =09=09 cc: "Susan McCabe" <smccabe@mccabeandcompany.net<, "Scott Govenar"= =20 <sgovenar@govadv.com<, "Ron Tom" <thackbarth@govadv.com<, "Robert Ross"=20 <robbiz@cwo.com<, "Phil Isenberg" <Isenberg@HMOT.com<, "Mike Monagan"=20 <mrmonagan@aol.com<, "Maureen OHaren" <Oharen@HMOT.com<, "Marie Moretti"=20 <mmoretti@mccabeandcompany.net<, "Kassandra Gough" <kgough@calpine.com<,=20 "Jamie Parker" <jparker@hmot.com<, "Hedy Govenar" <hgovenar@acom2.com<, "DJ= =20 Smith" <djsmith@smithandkempton.com<, "Delany Hunter"=20 <dhunter@smithandkempton.com<, "Cary Rudman" <cjrudman@softcom.net<, "Bev= =20 Hansen" <bhansen@lhom.com<, "Anne Kelly" <kelly@hnks.com<, "Chuck Cole"=20 <ccole@advocation-inc.com< =09=09 Subject: ECA Hearing Summary The new Assembly Committee on Energy Costs and Availability.(ECA) met today and heard two bills: ABX 5 (Keeley), relating to the ISO and PX governing boards, and ABX 6 (Dutra/Pescetti), relating to utility retention of assets= . Both measures passed with only one dissenting vote on ABX 6 (Asm. John Campbell). Although ABX 5 passed in its current form, possible amendments to be taken in the Senate would include: increasing the number of governing board members, increasing the length of the terms, and addressing the issue of Governor appointees on the EOB confirming Governor appointees on the ISO an= d PX. Testifying in support of the measure were the Consumers Union, EOB, CalPIRG, TURN, ORA and the California Utilities Employees. The ISO testified in opposition based on a past FERC letter which opposes an appointed Board. The ABX 6 debate was over the conflict in the Public Utilities Code regarding utility asset retention (Sections 851 and 377). The debate, however, was not limited to this one point. Asm. Leonard started the ball rolling when he noted a problem when some generation in the state is regulated (the utility generation) and some isn=01,t (the new generators). This issue was picked up by Asms. Steinberg, Jackson, Oropeza, and Diaz, wh= o suggested that there may need to be legislation to regulate all the generation in the state. Asm. Wright did a good job pointing out that in doing so, the state would have to offer generator owners something in retur= n the state isn=01,t able to afford. When Loretta Lynch spoke in support of the bill she began with the Stage 3 alert, noting there was 15,000 megawatts off-line today and generators were refusing to allow state inspectors into their plants. Although the only company she named was AES, she made every committee member believe it was everyone. In response to a question about long-term contracts, she said that since August this CPUC has allowed it and the utilities are the ones who refuse to enter into contracts. Pete Conaty from labor repeated his statement that when the new generators purchased these plants, they significantly reduced the labor force, ran the plants harder than when the utilities ran them and that is why the plants are breaking down. Both measures will be debated on the Assembly floor next when they go into session tomorrow morning. Julee Malinowski-Ball Senior Associate Edson + Modsette 916-552-7070 FAX-552-7075 jmball@ns.net
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