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Tel: (415) 782-7802 Fax:(415) 782-7854 ----- Forwarded by Susan J Mara/NA/Enron on 03/29/2001 03:54 PM ----- "Beiser, Megan" <Megan.Beiser@edelman.com< 03/29/2001 01:49 PM To: "Allen, Stevan" <stevan.allen@edelman.com<, arm@phaser.com, "brbarkovich@earthlink.net" <bbarkovich@earthlink.net'<, cra@calretailers.com, dennis.flatt@kp.org, dhunter@smithandkempton.com, djsmith@smithandkempton.com, Dominic.DiMare@calchamber.com, drothrock@cmta.net, "Fairchild, Tracy" <tracy.fairchild@edelman.com<, gdoar@newpower.com, gharrison@calstate.edu, hgovenar@govadv.com, jackson_gualco@gualcogroup.com, "jerryl@abag.ca.gov" <jerryl@abag.ca<, .gov@mailman.enron.com, johnlatimer@capitoladvocacy.com, ken_pietrelli@ocli.com, kgough@calpine.com, kmccrea@sablaw.com, kmills@cfbf.com, lhastings@cagrocers.com, "Manuel, Erica" <Erica.Manuel@edelman.com<, mday@gmssr.com, mmoretti@calhealth.org, nplotkin@tfglobby.com, randy_britt@robinsonsmay.com, richard.seguin@kp.org, RochmanM@spurr.org, rrichter@calhealth.org, sgovenar@govadv.com, smccubbi@enron.com, spahnn@hnks.com, sschleimer@calpine.com, theo@ppallc.com, vincent.stewart@ucop.edu, vjw@ceert.org, "Warner, Jami" <jami.warner@edelman.com<, wbooth@booth-law.com, wbrown@lhom.com, wlarson@calstate.edu, "Aaron Thomas (E-mail) (E-mail)" <athomas@newenergy.com<, "Andrea Weller (E-mail) (E-mail)" <aweller@sel.com<, "andrew Chau (E-mail) (E-mail)" <anchau@shellus.com<, "Bill Chen (E-mail) (E-mail)" <bchen@newenergy.com<, "Douglas Oglesby (E-mail) (E-mail)" <doao@chevron.com<, "Jeffrey Hanson (E-mail) (E-mail)" <jeff.hanson@phaser.com<, "jennifer Chamberlin (E-mail) (E-mail)" <jnnc@chevron.com<, "john Barthrop (E-mail) (E-mail)" <jbarthrop@electric.com<, "John Leslie (E-mail) (E-mail)" <jleslie@luce.com<, "Joseph Alamo (E-mail) (E-mail)" <jalamo@enron.com<, "'Michael Nelson' (E-mail)" <mnelson@electric.com<, "Peter Bray (E-mail) (E-mail)" <pbray@newpower.com<, "Rebecca Schlanert (E-mail) (E-mail)" <rschlanert@electric.com<, "Richard Counihan (E-mail) (E-mail)" <rick.counihan@greenmountain.com<, "'Robert Morgan' (E-mail)" <rmorgan@newenergy.com<, "Sue Mara (E-mail) (E-mail)" <smara@enron.com< cc: Subject: Energy Crisis Press Conferences at the Capitol: CAUSE and Assem. Republicans file suit against Gov. Davis et al < Assembly Republicans, led by Assemblymember Tony Strickland, held a press < conference this morning to announce the filing of a lawsuit against < Governor Davis, State Controller Kathleen Connell, the Department of Water < Resources (DWR), and DWR Director Thomas Hannigan. < < This event was heavily attended by local media: mainly television and < radio, with some print reporters. < < Assembly Republicans present were: < Assem. Phil Wyman < Assem. Dennis Mountjoy < Assem. Dave Cogdill < Assem. Keith Richman < Assem. John Campbell. < < Also present was: < Chuck Bell, attorney at law, representing Assembly Republicans in the suit < to obtain the state's energy purchase information. < < Strickland distributed copies of letters sent to the Department of General < Services, DWR, State Controller Kathleen Connell and the Department of < Finance in the last month. These letters were signed by several Assembly < Republicans, including the newly chosen minority leader Dave Cox, and < requested the immediate release of all invoices and purchase records on < energy purchases made by DWR. These letters also requested full < disclosure of details of the long-term energy contracts signed by the < Governor. Also included in this packet were documents filed on behalf of < Assembly Republicans in the Superior Court of San Diego in their suit. < < Strickland began his press conference by saying there was a "new band: < Governor Davis and the merchant generators." He added, "on February 16, < the Governor said he could solve this problem in 20 minutes by raising < rates; rates have risen and the problem is not solved." < < Referring to a similar suit by members of the media also filed in San < Diego Superior Court, Strickland said, "the Republicans and the press are < demanding this information to protect them from the merchant generators." < He added, "we had no choice but to legally compel [the Governor] to < release this vital information." < < Assem. Phil Wyman said, "it is not a happy occasion when members of the < Legislature have to join with the Association of Broadcasters to get basic < information." Wyman added that he doesn't have enough information to < support certain bills because he doesn't know if there is money available. < < On the subject of Tuesday's decision by the PUC to allow a rate increase, < Assem. Mountjoy said he believes the Governor and the PUC are completely < connected adding, "this is the Governor's PUC; he pulls the strings < there." < < "This rate increase will impact all Californians," said Assem. Keith < Richman. "We will all have to pay for the Governor and the Governor's < PUC's lack of action last fall," when, Richman said, the Republicans < requested a special session to deal with the energy issue. < < Assem. John Campbell said he was concerned about "making votes in a < vacuum," adding that it was like "asking [members of the Legislature] to < drive down a dark tunnel with the lights off--you're gonna crash." < < When asked who is paying for this lawsuit, Assem. Strickland said, < "constituents in [his] district" were paying the legal bills. < < Attorney Chuck Bell said members of the media filed their suit last week < and were given a May 18 hearing date. Bell said, "we feel that is too far < away," and that they were seeking a hearing early next week < < When asked if the plaintiffs would be satisfied with a redacted version of < the information being requested, Bell responded that "AB 1X states...that < full disclosure is required within 7 days." However, Bell added that they < were "waiting for the judge's decision as to what the appropriate amount < of redaction would be." Bell said that the group was confident that case < law was in their favor. < < Bell said that Connell was named in the suit because "she is in possession < of the records we are requesting." He also added that the reason for < filing the suit in San Diego Superior Court was because he believed it < would be "expeditious and useful to file in the same court" as the lawsuit < filed by members of the media. < < ******************************************** < The CAUSE (Campaign Against Utility Service Exploitation) rally was not < well attended by local media or the public. However, the Associated Press < did send both a reporter and photographer. < < CAUSE is being coordinated by Burt Wilson, a veteran of several consumer < activist coalitions. Wilson was the only CAUSE member to attended the < rally. CAUSE is encouraging customers of the three investor-owned < utilities to dispute the accuracy of their electricity bills by sending < the bills to the PUC with a request for a hearing. Wilson said the < utilities cannot disconnect service if the correct procedure is followed < for filing this request. < < CAUSE's campaign is internet based. Wilson said "we had 150 members when < I checked at 8 a.m. today." The website, www.utilityratefighters.com, < contains forms people can use to request a hearing to dispute the accuracy < of their bills from PG&E, Southern California Edison, and San Diego Gas < and Electric. < < Megan Beiser < Assistant Account Executive < Edelman Public Relations Worldwide, Sacramento < Phone: (916) 442-2331 < Fax: (916) 447-8509 <
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