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Here's the talking points for ANNGTC.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Coughlin, Michelle <Michelle.Coughlin@Williams.Com<
To: 'Brad D. Reese' <bdreese@duke-energy.com<
CC: 'andrew.ilnycky@foothillspipe.com' <andrew.ilnycky@foothillspipe.com<; =
Bob Bissett <BBissett@wei.org<; Reinecke, Bryan <Bryan.Reinecke@ENRON.com<;=
'Bruce Scott' <BScott@wei.org<; 'byron.wright@elpaso.com' <byron.wright@el=
paso.com<; Carlton, Cavan C <Cavan.C.Carlton@Williams.com<; 'dave.vandriel@=
neg.pge.com' <dave.vandriel@neg.pge.com<; 'donna_friesen@transcanada.com' <=
donna_friesen@transcanada.com<; 'dpentzien@nisource.com' <dpentzien@nisourc=
e.com<; Gadd, Eric <Eric.Gadd@ENRON.com<; 'jay.holm@elpaso.com' <jay.holm@e=
lpaso.com<; Moore, Jim C <Jim.C.Moore@Williams.com<; 'john.ellwood@foothill=
spipe.com' <john.ellwood@foothillspipe.com<; John Taylor <JTaylor@wei.org<;=
'lauri.newton@neg.pge.com' <lauri.newton@neg.pge.com<; Moench, Mark C <Mar=
k.C.Moench@Williams.com<; 'marty.heeg@foothillspipe.com' <marty.heeg@foothi=
llspipe.com<; Murray Birch <mbirch@wei.org<; Thomas, Peter C <Peter.C.Thoma=
s@Williams.com<; 'peter.lund@neg.pge.com' <peter.lund@neg.pge.com<; Hill, R=
obert <Robert.Hill@ENRON.com<; 'rob.cohen@foothillspipe.com' <rob.cohen@foo=
thillspipe.com<; 'skschroeder@duke-energy.com' <skschroeder@duke-energy.com=
<; 'spatrick@sempra.com' <spatrick@sempra.com<; 'tony_palmer@transcanada.co=
m' <tony_palmer@transcanada.com<; 'vincent_lee@transcanada.com' <vincent_le=
e@transcanada.com<; 'wpurcell@sempra-intl.com' <wpurcell@sempra-intl.com<; =
'rocco.ciancio@foothillspipe.com' <rocco.ciancio@foothillspipe.com<
Sent: Fri Dec 21 10:09:53 2001
Subject: Talking Points

Brad - I could not agree with you more. We do not want to negotiate this i=
n the public arena. I felt the stories in the Calgary Herald, National Post=
were unfortunate in timing and substance.=20

As per your suggestion I have eliminated the last 2 bullets and attached t=
he talking points here. The last bullet in the revised talking points was =
devised to take media pressure off of both us and the Producers. There has=
been an incredible amount of political hay being made with this project an=
d it has realized an inordinate amount of media attention. We need to give=
the media (only if asked or questioned - not to be released) some reasonab=
le expectations for time frames. In any discussions we have with governmen=
t bodies or if questioned by media representatives we need to make it very =
clear we cannot discuss the terms of the proposal at this time and help the=
m understand that the Producers will have only received an executive summar=
y and the meeting in January will be the first glance at a large complex pr=
oposal and is intended to be the beginning of a process. Outlining this ti=
meframe clearly stating there will be no immediate results from either rece=
iving the proposal or the early January meeting will hopefully set the medi=
a and government minds at rest that there is no story here for a while so n=
o need to dig further. Normally a timeframe and a process is a better answ=
er than no comment.

Please let me know if you have any other concerns or would like to see addi=
tional revisions. =20

-----Original Message-----=20
From: Brad D. Reese [mailto:bdreese@duke-energy.com]=20
Sent: Friday, December 21, 2001 5:27 AM=20
To: Coughlin, Michelle=20
Cc: 'andrew.ilnycky@foothillspipe.com'; Bob Bissett;=20
'bryan.reinecke@enron.com'; 'Bruce Scott'; 'byron.wright@elpaso.com';=20
Carlton, Cavan C; 'dave.vandriel@neg.pge.com';=20
'donna_friesen@transcanada.com'; 'dpentzien@nisource.com';=20
'eric.gadd@enron.com'; 'jay.holm@elpaso.com'; Moore, Jim C;=20
'john.ellwood@foothillspipe.com'; John Taylor;=20
'lauri.newton@neg.pge.com'; Moench, Mark C;=20
'marty.heeg@foothillspipe.com'; Murray Birch; Coughlin, Michelle;=20
Thomas, Peter C; 'peter.lund@neg.pge.com'; 'robert.hill@enron.com';=20
'rob.cohen@foothillspipe.com'; 'skschroeder@duke-energy.com';=20
'spatrick@sempra.com'; 'tony_palmer@transcanada.com';=20
'vincent_lee@transcanada.com'; 'wpurcell@sempra-intl.com'=20
Subject: RE: ANGTS Commercial Proposal - Executive Summary - Dec. 20=20
Versi on=20

Michelle - - my comments are very much based on the impact of comments as=
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seen recently in TCPL's Calgary Herald article followed by the "scaled down=
=20
pipeline" article published by the Petroleum News Alaska:=20
I firmly believe the less said in public before jan 8 discussions with=
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producers the better off we are - we do not want to negotiate this deal=
=20
in public.=20
I'd prefer to keep advertisements down to a minimum and keep to the=20
staight and narrow for now; hence,=20
collapse the third and fourth bullets into one very concise bullet=20
indicating a proposal being sent before year end to be followed up by a=
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meeting in early Jan - I would not say anything further about whats in=
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the proposal nor the attributes.=20
Again, in the less said the better mode - I'd delete the last two=20
bullets.=20

I appreciate Tony's email on Mr. Kvisle's comments and timing and can=20
understand how these types of things occur. It indicates to me we need to=
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keep to a very tight script in all discussions (media and politicians=20
alike) until we make meaningful progress with the customer, hence my desire=
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to keep the talking points as brief as possible so we have the most=20
integrity with producers. I'll defer to the collective wisdom of the group=
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since I have no real editorial comments on your talking points - my real=20
comment is policy-wise to keep them as brief as possible; i.e. all we=20
really need to say right now is we're going to be meeting with producers in=
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early jan on a pipeline proposal. Thanks=20

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Subject: RE: ANGTS Co=
mmercial Proposal - =20
Executive Summary - Dec. =
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Attached are the talking points we discussed - I have not put in any=20
details of the proposal. Please send me back any comments.=20

-----Original Message-----=20
From: Bruce Scott [mailto:BScott@wei.org]=20
Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2001 9:47 AM=20
To: 'spatrick@sempra.com'; 'wpurcell@sempra-intl.com';=20
'eric.gadd@enron.com'; 'robert.hill@enron.com';=20
'skschroeder@duke-energy.com'; 'bdreese@duke-energy.com';=20
'byron.wright@elpaso.com'; 'jay.holm@elpaso.com';=20
'jim.c.moore@williams.com'; 'cavan.c.carlton@williams.com';=20
'peter.c.thomas@williams.com'; 'mark.c.moench@williams.com';=20
'dave.vandriel@neg.pge.com'; 'peter.lund@neg.pge.com';=20
'lauri.newton@neg.pge.com'; 'bryan.reinecke@enron.com';=20
'dpentzien@nisource.com'; 'marty.heeg@foothillspipe.com';=20
'andrew.ilnycky@foothillspipe.com'; 'rob.cohen@foothillspipe.com';=20
'john.ellwood@foothillspipe.com'; 'tony_palmer@transcanada.com';=20
'donna_friesen@transcanada.com'; 'vincent_lee@transcanada.com'; Murray=20
Birch; Bob Bissett; John Taylor; 'michelle.coughlin@williams.com'=20
Subject: ANGTS Commercial Proposal - Executive Summary - Dec. 20 Version=20

Attached is the latest draft of the covering letter and executive summary,=
=20
reflecting yesterday's discussion and subsequent edits and changes by=20
Cavan,=20
Dave, Michelle and myself. I have left a few comments/questions imbedded=
=20
in=20
this draft (in bold italics) to make sure we don't miss any details in the=
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last-minute rush. Please provide me with your final comments on both of=20
these documents by 3:00 p.m. Mountain time today. If you need to talk to=
=20
me, please call my cell at 403-862-0706. Thanks.=20
<<ANGTS_Letter_Dec19.doc<< <<ANGTS_Proposal_Dec19.doc<<=20

Bruce Scott=20
Office: 403-699-1415=20
Cell: 403-862-0706=20

(See attached file: Talking PointsANGTS .doc)=20