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Robert A. Berman, Principal

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On Sep 30, 2011, at 9:56 AM, Gaytan Cavazos, Carlos (GE Energy, Non-GE) wrote:

Dear Mr. Parker and Colleagues:

We have continued our analysis of the most recently published documents and data, and I wanted to share with

you this updated document that contains the comments I want to make for the consideration of the Committee.

Best Regards

Carlos Gaytan

Manager of Engineering

Prolec GE ‐ Distribution Transformers

From: Richard Parker [mailto:richardparkerdc@gmail.com] 

Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2011 5:06 PM

To: ahoffman@publicpower.org; pkumar@publicpower.org; Aaron Meyers; Andrew Delaski; Art Rosenfeld; Bob Saint;

Brian Coffey; Bruce R Hirsch; Bruce Smith; Caitlin Johnson; Charlie Drexler; Chris Bolduc; Chuck Simmons; Dan

Cohen; Daniel Young; Dave Millure; Eric.Petersen@aksteel.com; Gary Fernstrom; Gaytan Cavazos, Carlos (GE Energy,

Non-GE); Greg Coulter; Greg Rosenquist; James Lass; Jeremiah Freeman (CONTR); Jerry Corkran; Jerry Hodge; Jerry

Schoen; Jim Creevy; Joanna Mauer; John Caskey; John Cymbalsky; jrossetti@mlgw.org; kcoughlin@lbl.gov; Ken

Winder; Mahesh P. Sampat; Meg Waltner; Michael Hyland; Michael Rivest; Paul Ryan; Phil Hopkinson; Raymond

Polinski; Richard Parker; Rick Anderson; Rob Greeson; Robert Berman; Robin Roy; Scott Beck; Steve Nadel; Steve

Rosenstock; Tim Ballo; Tom Eckman; Wes Patterson; Zhimei Luo

Subject: MV Working Group: Follow-up to Sept 15/16 Mtg

Dear Colleagues,

A few items to follow-up for meeting of Sept. 15-16 which I thought was quite productive.

Ground Rules

Attached for your review are the Ground Rules discussed and approved at our Sept. 15-16 meeting. After we

adjourned one member asked for more time to allow in-house counsel to review the document. This is

reasonable so I am re-opening the comment period for the ground rules to allow further comment, with a

request that you do your internal review and send along any comments by close of business on Monday, Sept.

26, so that we can discuss any proposed modifications online and hopefully finalize the rules either before or

at the beginning of the next meeting. Remember that the agreement allows modifications so you are never

barred from seeking changes to the agreement that you deem necessary or helpful. 

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Clarification of the Sept. 23 "deadline" for comments on the Engineering and LCC/NPV Analysis

At the meeting I asked that Members review the revised Engineering and LCC/PBP/NPV Analysis now

posted on the DOE website and submit their comments/questions/critique by Sept. 23 so that

DOE/Navigant/LBL can respond in a timely way with clarifications, answers and/or further analysis. A

question has arisen whether this will act as hard and fast bar to methodological critiques later on. The answer

is no. The deadline is an informal one. It does not mean that additional concerns cannot be raised later. It

means that we hope that you will carefully examine the analysis and get us your comments and concerns by

no later than Sept. 23 (and preferably sooner) so that Navigant/LBL can respond and we can discuss how best

to proceed prior to the next meeting. As a practical matter, the later your concerns are put on the table the

more difficult it will be to accommodate them analytically. 

As you consider your comments, please keep in mind that data are limited and resources are limited. This

proceeding is already far along analytically, and Navigant/LBL cannot at this stage undertake an exhaustive

new investigation that entails gathering and analyzing large amounts of new data. 

CSLs

Concerns were expressed at the meeting about changes in the CSLs and ELs between the April and the

August analyses. My understanding is that absent compelling reason to change, which we don't foresee, the

CSL's that appear in the August analysis will not be altered going forward. 

Miscellaneous

I will send along transcript, minutes, and a firm schedule for future meetings as soon as they are available,

which I hope will be very soon.

All best,

Richard

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