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Government Affairs’ Strategy for Enron North America as of September 1, 2000

Government Affairs’ Strategy for Enron North America as of September 1, 2000. Goals. Major Goals. Support deep, liquid electricity markets through quick and meaningful Regional Transmission Organization implementation

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Government Affairs’ Strategy for Enron North America as of September 1, 2000

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  1. Government Affairs’ StrategyforEnron North Americaas of September 1, 2000

  2. Goals

  3. Major Goals • Support deep, liquid electricity markets through quick and meaningful Regional Transmission Organization implementation • Reform power plant siting, interconnection, and permitting regulations at state and federal levels for rapid “plug and play” development • Develop opportunities for Industrial direct access including power and load “options” • Expand commercial relationships between evolving environmental regulations and energy markets

  4. Tactics&Actions

  5. Advance Key Commercial Issues • Advocate in regulatory and political forums those issues that are commercially significant • Support the Origination and Mid-market groups with on-going and new transactions • transmission • fuel supply arrangements • natural gas and/or power outsourcing • structured products • Support power plant projects including control area risk management and distributed generation • Develop Industrial direct access markets

  6. Provide Market Intelligence to Trading • Continue to staff full time desk support with tariff and legal experts - Christi Nicolay and Mary Hain • Hire expert to optimize EPMI trading against “power pools” • Establish process for weekly EGA and Mid-market information meetings to discuss regulatory issues and market opportunities

  7. Expand Communication with External Groups • Re-establish high level dialogue between Enron and Investor Owned Utilities seeking common interests • Coordinate Enron discussions with Industrial customer advocates to foster markets • Develop stronger political messaging to use throughout country (Luntz Research) • Seek to secure NARUC and local PUC agreement on RTO formation issues

  8. Federal Regulatory Actions • Facilitate FERC Investigation into Bulk Energy Markets to “win” market reforms • Prosecute key Power Marketer Certificate proceedings for abusive Utilities • AEP, Southern, others • Prosecute Merger proceedings for abusive Utilities • GPU/FE, FP&L/Entergy • Reform of NERC to ensure non-discrimination • Other (e.g., TLR re-dispatch reform, finalize FERC Annual Charge process)

  9. Support Development of RTOs • Define details around EPMI vision of liquid and separate energy and transmission markets • Focus Government Affairs on key wholesale market regions • California ISO, MISO, Alliance RTO, Florida Transco, Grid South, SPP, ERCOT ISO, NW RTO, Northeast Pool integration • Continue developing Project e-trans to establish “workable” Flow Gate solution • Aggressive stance against non-complying Transmission Providers • Leverage OH & WV Native Load provisions

  10. Federal Legislative Actions • Continue to push for Wholesale Market Electricity Reform • End residual preferences on Transmission network • Establish FERC authority over NERC • Sell Federal Power Marketing Agencies to private investors • Ensure that CFTC Reauthorization does not harm trading (work w/ Global Markets) • Other topics • Section 29 Tax Credits (Coal Synfuels) • CAAA • Energy Policy Reform

  11. Regulatory Risk Management Activities • FERC Section 206 Proceeding • New England ICAP • Sales from Enron QFs • Alberta PPA issues • California market investigations (ISO, EOB, AG) • Peaker Power Plant regulatory issues • others (e.g., Project Tex-Mex)

  12. Manage Wholesale Energy Price Caps • Seek to have FERC remove all wholesale energy price caps and bid caps by Summer 2001 • California ISO Bid cap • California PX Bid cap • NE-ISO energy cap • NY ISO energy cap • PJM energy cap • At a minimum, have FERC establish all caps at no lower than $1,000/Mwh or $1,000/MW • Identify “problems” in markets and develop structural solutions to issues (e.g., A/S markets)

  13. Promote State-by-State Deregulation • Manage “considerations” of retail market re-regulation • Leverage retail deregulation activities to foster additional improvements in wholesale market • Focus efforts on merchant power plant development issues • interconnection rules • power plant siting rules • environmental permitting rules • end Certificate of Need requirements • Pursue direct access to additional 25,000 MW of industrial load (work w/ Energy Services)

  14. Expand EGA Origination • Develop multiple “business” transactions employing Enron’s unique regulatory position • RTO Service Company (Project e-trans) • Environmental Set-Asides (e.g., CT Fuel Cell Farm) • Power Plant development (e.g., Coyote Springs) • Natural Gas & Power Asset Outsouring (e.g, UI) • Provider of Last Resort Take-Out (e.g., SDG&E) • Goal = $25 MM per year in Origination

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