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Shelley--You could show Stan this list that is included in our talking poin=
ts=20 for this week's FERC staff meeting: ? Enron is very happy about Scott's investigation: Scott Miller (who repor= ts=20 to Dan Larcamp) was in charge of the recently issued helpful FERC Staff=20 Investigations in the Midwest and Southeast, which concluded generally that= =20 vertically integrated utilities (even in RTOs) will continue to have=20 incentives to benefit their own generation and to keep competitors from usi= ng=20 the grid on a level playing field. Therefore, Staff suggests that the=20 Commission consider eliminating the native load exemption and have all=20 transactions under the same tariff. ? For the power markets to flourish with tighter spreads and more liquidity= ,=20 need Fully Functioning Independent RTO with: 1. Real Time Balancing Market with Hourly Clearing Prices (ISO/RTO has=20 annual auction for bilateral contracts to serve ancillary services) 2. Single Control Areas: all market players have same scheduling rights= =20 into real time (can float entire position against the balancing market =01)= =20 =01&effectively=018 parking and lending) 3. Single Transmission Tariff: load pays all transmission costs 4. No native load or network service 5. Zonal Market for Energy/Balancing: Zones are established at electrical= ly=20 significant constraints =01) allows for creation of hubs 6. Market based congestion management: independently administered by a=20 separate ISO market function 7. Day Ahead Market Function: ISO load forecast creates demand curve;=20 generation offers create supply curve (hourly) 8. Open Information to all Market Participants (outages, supply curve,=20 demand curve, interchange, etc.) Shelley Corman@ENRON 12/05/2000 02:46 PM To: Steven J Kean/NA/Enron@Enron, Richard Shapiro/NA/Enron@Enron, James D= =20 Steffes/NA/Enron@Enron, Christi L Nicolay/HOU/ECT@ECT, Joe=20 Hartsoe/Corp/Enron@ENRON cc: =20 Subject: December 18 FERC Meetings FYI In his role as incoming INGAA chairman, Stan Horton, together with Jerry=20 Halvorsen, is scheduled to meet with Commissioners Massey, Breathitt and=20 Hebert on December 18. I'll forward his talking points a little closer to= =20 the date. Please advise if there are any issues or concerns that Stan shou= ld=20 be aware of prior to his visit. Also FYI, FERC contacted INGAA to ask that pipelines call Dan Larcamp in th= e=20 event that they experience any curtailments, supply shortages or other=20 critical operations situations this winter. FERC wants to hear from the=20 pipelines and have some time to react before they are asked to respond in a= =20 public forum.
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