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Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: Steven J Kean X-To: Elizabeth Linnell X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \Steven_Kean_Nov2001_4\Notes Folders\Discussion threads X-Origin: KEAN-S X-FileName: skean.nsf ---------------------- Forwarded by Steven J Kean/NA/Enron on 07/19/2001 12:59 PM --------------------------- "RED Index Team" <distribution@caem.org< on 07/18/2001 01:01:03 PM Please respond to <netkin@caem.org< To: <Steven_J_Kean@enron.com< cc: Subject: RED Index shows Texas, NY, and Maine advance on retreating Pennsylvania Note to Steven Kean The July Update to the Retail Energy Deregulation Index (RED Index), published twice a year by the Center for the Advancement of Energy Markets (CAEM) shows Texas, Maine, and New York are making the most measurable strides in promoting sustainable competition among electricity providers, as customers throughout Pennsylvania retreat to their default providers due to increasing wholesale prices. The RED Index, which is the only known tool that objectively ranks states by 22 attributes on how they are restructuring their power markets, today released the U.S. rankings for all 50 states and the District of Columbia, in a 187 page report. Key results included: 1. Pennsylvania 66 2. Texas 65 3. New York 64 4. Maine 62 17. California 34 "These numbers underscore the importance of building a healthy foundation on which electric competition can grow," said Ken Malloy, CEO of the Center. "While California's crisis has brought a lot of positive attention to Pennsylvania's model, many customers in the Keystone State are returning to their original utility suppliers. It underscores how important it is to put the right fundamentals in place if consumers and suppliers are to benefit over the long haul," Malloy said. In rankings that included all of North America, the province of Alberta actually would rank above all the states with a score of 68. The mid-year RED Index also found that 62% of states expressing an opinion indicated that their commission is not "less likely to take action on energy restructuring as a result of the California crisis." CAEM is an independent, nonprofit, think tank based in Washington, DC whose mission is to promote an effective transition from the monopoly to the competitive model of regulation. For information about obtaining a copy of the RED Index, go to www.caem.org. For more information, please contact: Nancy Etkin at 703-532-6887 or netkin@caem.org If you do not wish to receive announcements from CAEM, please put "remove" in the subject line in a reply to this email. 477
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