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Here's the latest on the Iowa customer choice bill--HF #2530. As some of you
may have noticed in the trade press, there has started to be alot press releases from the opponents and proponents of the bill. The opponents are bringing out AARP and the Office of the Consumer Advocate, the proponents (that includes us) have been putting out positive quotes from the School boards, the low income community action groups and the retail community. Radio ads have started running in both the Des Moines area as well in outstate. It appears that floor debate will start next Monday, March 27th in the House. It is widely anticipated that debate will go on for many days, with the hope that the bill can get passed over to the Senate by April 3, so that they can spend at least a week on the debate. The Governor issued a statement that basically said that his office believed that moving forward is a good thing, but that he was going to leave it up to the legislators to either vote it up or down. We believe that if the bill comes out in substantially the same manner as it now sits, the Governor will sign it. There are still raging disagreements on the environmental pieces....Enron has tried to remain as neutral as possible on the renewables section due to our business interests in Iowa with Enron Wind. As I have stated in earlier updates, this bill most likely will not pass until the last few days of the session, sometime in Mid April.
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