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Subject: Question about CA permitting process

Jeff,  My colleague Joel Schwartz and I are looking for a concise summary of the typical siting/permitting process for a plant in California, including steps in the process, number of agencies, and average length.
Any ideas?
Thanks again for your great remarks last Friday; I really appreciated them.
Regards, Lynne
Subject: using the eveningmba alias

Hi Evening MBA students,  Just a reminder to please use the alias: evmba_social@haas.berkeley.edu for social events, etc.
The eveningmba alias should only be used for academic matters.
Please be  very careful when replying (especially reply all).
The entire group  sometimes receives replies accidently.
Thanks!
Subject: Operational Audit of CAISO by FERC

Here are some bullets briefly describing the FERC audit high points.
I think the scope is "right on the money" and the timing is reasonably good also.
The text of the audit solicitation follows the bullets.
I've made contact with Andy Sakallaris, head of FERC procurement, to attend the pre-bid conference next Tuesday (assuming it is held, since expressions of interest thus far have been from CA based firms unwilling to make the trip to DC).
Ray  Audit description-  FERC seeks to take all appropriate steps for prospective improvements in California markets; accordingly, an independent operational audit of the CAISO will be performed to determine any areas in which the CAISO could enhance its effectiveness in fulfilling its responsibilities in operating the transmission system under its control and administering real-time energy markets.
Scope- Provide a comparison of the CAISO's actual operations and its FERC tariff and determine whether the CAISO's operations are adequately transparent to market participants.
Audit period- 10/1/00-10/1/01  Deliverables timing- Draft report due on January 9, 2002; final report due January 16, 2002.
Audit schedule-  Begins on November 1, 2001, and ends no later than January 4, 2002.
Pre-proposal conference- A conference is scheduled for prospective offerors at FERC next Tuesday; FERC will give a brief explanation of the requirements and clarify any questions asked.
PART: U.S. GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENTS SUBPART: SERVICES CLASSCOD: R--Professional, Administrative and Management Support
Subject: Squaw Valley Discount Tickets

Backed by popular demand.....
I am collecting money for Squaw Valley discount ski tickets.
If you are interested in purchasing these tickets, you MUST give me your  money by Tuesday, October 23rd.
We need to purchase at least 50 tickets to  get the deal (last year this was not a problem).
The tickets are $47 a piece.
(full price is $56) (If you have extra vouchers from last year you can give me those + $2 each,  and I can get you tickets for this year).
Please make your checks out to me and put them in my box by Tuesday,  October 23rd..  See you on the slopes!
Subject: sailing Bagheera on Saturday, October 27

SAILING BAGHEERA Saturday, OCTOBER 27, 2001 Noon to 4 pm   <<...OLE_Obj...>>   The boat:  Built in 1924, Bagheera is one of the oldest registered sailboat in the Bay and easily the prettiest.
We need about 30 - 35 people to charter the whole boat for an afternoon.
Captain Jon and his crew are very experienced and friendly.
Trip includes: 1)  a four-hour sail in the San Francisco Bay 2)  complimentary hors d'oeuvres (coffee, tea, and soft drinks available for $1.).
You can bring your own drinks and snacks too.
Cost: Approximately $23-27 per person, depending on the number of passengers.
Subject: Suggestions on life/work/school balance

Subject: Please read if you have suggestions on how to maintain life/work  balance while attending the EveMBA program.
Have you ever said "I wish I knew what I know now when I started the  Evening MBA program"?
If you have ever had a great mentor or coach in your life you can  appreciate the value of a little information at the right time.
Or maybe  you did not have a mentor/coach, but wished you had.
Well...now is the time to give back to your fellow MBA colleagues and  strengthen our collective community by sharing your experience with them.
Specifically we are interested in gathering any: Lessons learned Advice Strategies Tricks Great ideas anecdotes Any nuggets of wisdom that have helped you to deal with the life/family,  work, school-balancing act!
These can be ones you came up with, an article  or book you read or suggestions given to you by a mentor or coach.
Some possible topic areas are: Managing visibility at work, Dealing with competing demands Friday night date/night--how to make sure your loved ones recognize you
Subject: How to Get Tickets

Thanks for reserving tickets to the October 17 Presidential speech at the Sacramento Memorial Auditorium.
We are now in possession of the tickets and must ask you to pick them up as soon as possible, either Monday or Tuesday at our offices, 980 Ninth Street, Suite 2200 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
In the event you wish to have the tickets delivered to you overnight by Federal Express or other major carrier, please call Geri Royer and give her an account number to which they may be charged, no later than 3 p.m. Monday, for delivery Tuesday.
As a last resort, we have reserved a room at the Sacramento Convention Center for October 17, 2001 where the last remaining unclaimed tickets will be held from 7:30 a.m. until 9 a.m., however it is recommended that you claim your tickets as quickly as possible to ensure your seating.
We are also attaching a sheet of instructions, which you should read carefully and retain for the day of the event.
Also there is a map of downtown Sacramento with parking garages marked, if you should need it.
Thanks for your interest and we look forward to seeing you all at this
Subject: PennFuture's E-Cubed - The $45 Million Rip Off

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Subject: November Direct Report Meeting Changes

There are several changes to the Direct Report meeting in November.
First, the meeting will now conclude by 12:00 (noon) on Friday, November 9.
Second, the activities portion of the trip will not be sponsored by Enron....each individual will be responsible (personally) for payment of activity of choice.
Most individuals either chose golf or horseback riding.....below is an estimate as to how much these activities will cost.
Golf: Green Fees	(East/West Course)	$155.00/18 holes (Includes golf cart, use of practice balls, club care & storage)	 		(East/West Course)	$85.00/9 holes	(includes - same as above)	  		(Mountain Course)	$95.00/18 holes  (includes - same as above) 		(Mountain Course)	$50.00/9 holes	 (includes - same as above)		 Rentals: Golf clubs with sleeve of balls	$55.00 Golf Shoes			$20.00  Horseback riding:		1hour		$25.00/person 				1hour pkg	$35.00/person (pkg includes shuttle ride to stables) 				2hour		$40.00/person 				2hour pkg	$50.00/person (pkg includes shuttle ride to stables)  				mini ride	(group only) $15.00/approximately 20 minutes 				  If you have an interest in the spa services that are available, please let me know and I will fax the spa list to you.
Please let me know ASAP which activity you choose so I can make the necessary arrangements.
Thanks and please call me if you have any questions.
Subject: GIR Conf. Call

A Conference call to discuss any comments we may want to make on the CPUC's Proposed Decision in the GIR Proceeding has been scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2001 at 11:00 AM Houston/Omaha time and 9:00 AM California time.
The dial-in # is 1-877-795-3687 code: 350955.
In Houston, Conf.
Rm.
1336 has been reserved for the call.
Subject: guitar

Hey Jeff - Just wanted to shoot you a note while I'm thinking of it.
One of my other students has one of those Martins you were asking me about and has some good info regarding picking one out.
Ask me about it next time I see you.
Later -Avram
Subject: John Campbell

We are not giving any more money in California.
To that end we just sent a letter to the D's saying, essentially, "we're giving the money we thought we were going to give you to the N.Y.
Disaster Relief fund."
Prior to the "no more money" decision, we also concluded that it made no sense to give individual donations.
So ... the following should a letter similar to the following should work:      "Thank you for your kind invitation to participate in your October 24 reception.
Earlier this year, we made a corporate decision to direct our campaign dollars in California to the California Republican Party and not participate in individual races."
Jeff: your thoughts?
?
Subject: CA Energy Issues

Judge says Enron has to give up documents  By Emily Bazar Bee Capitol Bureau (Published Sept. 7, 2001)  Enron Corp. must turn over sensitive internal documents to state legislators, a Sacramento judge ruled Thursday, but only after the two sides agree to a court-approved confidentiality agreement.
For months, a special Senate committee investigating electricity price manipulation has been issuing subpoenas and gathering documents from power generators and marketers.
During the process, the committee has found three companies in contempt for resisting the subpoenas, including Enron, which fought back with a lawsuit asking the court to intervene on its behalf.
In his ruling stemming from the suit, Sacramento Superior Court Judge Charles Kobayashi said he wasn't convinced that "the Senate committee will be able to maintain the petitioner's right to confidentiality."
As a result, he ruled, those documents handed over by Enron that contain legitimate trade secrets must be protected by a confidentiality agreement.
In his ruling on another Enron motion, however, he denied the company's request to quash the committee's subpoena.
Still, Enron officials considered the judge's findings on the whole a victory.
"We had no certainty that anything we handed over to the Senate would remain confidential," said Enron spokeswoman Karen Denne.
"We were not receiving due process from Senator (Joe) Dunn's committee.
They were acting as judge and jury on this issue."
Dunn, D-Santa Ana, who is the committee chairman, said he "respectfully disagrees" with the judge's decision on the confidentiality agreement, which he said will be reviewed in the next few days by the Legislature's lawyers to determine whether an appeal should be pursued.
Another Enron motion seeking an injunction against the committee will be heard in court next week.
Enron is one of three companies that have been found in contempt by the committee.
However, the committee purged its contempt finding against Mirant in July after the company complied with the committee's requests.
The committee was poised to expunge its contempt finding against Reliant Energy Inc. on Thursday as well but couldn't draw enough senators for a vote.
Dunn delayed the action until the next meeting.
As for the contempt charge facing Enron, the Senate Rules Committee is scheduled to review the findings Monday and possibly make a recommendation to the full Senate.
Should the full Senate also find Enron in contempt, it would determine what punishments, if any, would be levied.
Dunn said he believes fines would be the most appropriate punishment.
Subject: your deck

Jeff,  Following is the approximate cost of materials for the deck.
Included in the price is approx.
$1200.00 for 2x6 redwood decking.
materials cost  $ 3190.00  I firgured to use 4x4 redwood posts to support the eventual trellace, as they look better than 'direct burial, DB' pressure treated.
The redwood decking runs $ 1.20/ lin.
ft., which is a good price, if you want me to order this at the same time let me know, I can have it all delivered, as discussed.
Will you be installing the deck as discussed?
Subject: SCE Negative CTC Claim

Mike Day believes that SCE might agree to a new Stipulation in which they commit to pay our claim if their new deal and their pending Advice Letter are approved by the CPUC.
I have scheduled a call for tomorrow at 12:30 CST to discuss the terms we would like to see in the Stipulation (e.g., drop approval of the Advice Letter as a condition, payment within 10 days after CPUC approval, agreement on the number set forth in our response to their Data Request, agreement to apply accrued negative CTC credits to current T&D charges, to name a few).
On the other hand a delay in this proceeding is probably in our interest, in view of the SCE Counterclaim.
Going this route would probably be in lieu of some of the other alternatives we discussed, so I believe we will need to get senior management't approval to any agreement.
Subject: Introducing Redesigned Schwab eConfirms(TM)

You asked... we listened.
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For example, all "XYZ Company" purchases  	will be displayed together (see sample below).
*	A quick snapshot of your day's trading activity is  	provided through the use of a "Totals" line when  	there are multiple trades for the same security.
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Additional Features   *	The last three digits of your account number have  	been added to help you better identify your account(s)  	(In order to protect your privacy, the preceding digits  	of your account number are not displayed).
*	If your eConfirm spans more than one email (due to  	email size limitations), we have numbered your emails  	for easy record keeping.
*	As always, you can receive eConfirms bundled (multiple  	securities per email) or unbundled (separate emails for  	each security traded)*.
Available in a couple of weeks, improved Schwab eConfirms -- one
Subject: RTO Calendar for Week of Sept 10

Summary of RTO-Related Events for the Week of September 10, 2001 ***************************************************************************************   Monday, September 10  FERC Administrative Law Judge for the Southeast releases her report on the SERTO mediation process  Tuesday, September 11  Steve Kean to speak with select reporters regarding Enron interpretation of SERTO report House Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality holds hearing on Electric Transmission Policy: Siting, Incentive Rates, and Reliability - Jim Steffes to testify on behalf of Electric Power Supply Association (EPSA)  Wednesday, September 12  Newly-appointed FERC Chairman, Pat Wood, to preside over his first meeting at FERC.
Intends to state his FERC business policy  Thursday, September 13  Enron hosts breakfast for Republican Governors Association in Houston - Ken Lay to speak on RTOs Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources to markup Senator Bingaman's draft energy legislation  Friday, September 14  House Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality holds hearing on Electric Transmission Policy: Regional Transmission Organizations, Open Access, and Federal Jurisdiction Enron to file protests/comments in the ARTO and MISO compliance filings made to FERC on 8/31/01 requesting further proceedings (mediation, settlement conference or staff technical conference) to establish a single Midwest RTO.
(Numerous Midwest PUCs, consumer groups, and industrial groups filed similar requests at FERC this week).
Enron to file a Show Cause Order asking FERC to require utilities and public power to make affirmative statements to join FERC-approved RTOs or face repurcussions (i.e.
loss of market-based rates, new rate cases, reduced rate-of-return, etc._
Subject: honduras

I asked PP if she was interested in going to Honduras between xmas and new years this year.
I really need to get certified for diving and the diving there is extremely cheap, but reliable (its an American outfit and all PADI).
PP thought she might be interested in going and doing it with me.
So, first I wanted to know what you thought of the whole thing.
Then, if you are into it at all I will look into flight opportunities (staying down there and the scuba course and single dives are all very cheap, but the flight would be the most expensive).
And, last, do you have miles on continental and are they miles that PP can take advantage of also?
I think Continental goes to San Salvador which is a common connecting city.
So, you might luck out on flight costs and the whole trip would not be too bad.
What do you think?
Subject: California Update 9-07-2001

For questions or comments regarding this report please contact G. Britt Whitman at ex:5-4014 or Kristin Walsh at ex:3-9510.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ?
MOU Passes Assembly, Faces Fight in Senate ?
CPUC Direct Access Delayed by Senator  SoCal Developments As reported in the press this morning, the bailout passed the Assembly late last night by a 41-32 vote.
It will now head to the Senate, where very significant opposition is expected.
Along with his opposition to the changes made in the Assembly regarding the size of businesses that pay the dedicated rate component for the bailout, Senator Burton also has expressed privately that he is against paying twice book value for SoCal's transmission assets.
Senator Places Hold on CPUC Direct Access Vote Regarding the CPUC's decision to delay its hearings on the rate order and various other bond implementation measures (which led Treasurer Angelides to announce that the bond issue will have to be re-timed), this delay is due to a bill by Senator Burton that passed the Assembly Appropriations Committee yesterday.
Burton's bill would take the place of the current proposed rate agreement (from Governor Davis) and would require greater disclosure and transparency in DWR ratemaking, as well as separate the payment streams for the bonds from payment streams for power.
In doing so, Burton's bill preserves more PUC authority than would be preserved under the rate order currently before the PUC - thus the delay in action.
PG&E also supports Burton's bill, which is very likely to pass the Assembly and which the governor will likely have to sign.
If this bill is signed, PG&E's legal challenges to the DWR and PUC may be canceled.
The popularity of Burton's bill (as opposed to the rate agreement from the Governor) is leading many observers to conclude that Burton has replaced Davis as the most powerful, influential politician in California.
Burton's goal is to ensure that any direct access that is offered to large users in 2003 (when there will be a dip in power procurement by DWR, resulting in a net short) is only temporary and does not turn into a "jail break."
DWR's power procurement will rise again in 2004; Burton wants to ensure that businesses will have to return to purchasing power from DWR at that time.
The CTMA is opposed to Burton's bill and to the bailout if no direct access is offered.
The CTMA wants its members to be able to escape from buying power from the DWR (and therefore paying off the bonds) permanently in 2003.
Subject: State Department FACT SHEET - CHEMICAL - BIOLOGICAL AGENTS

Dear Haas Community,  Please find below a State Department Fact Sheet on Chemical and Biological  agents.
In light of yesterday's event at Haas I thought it might be useful  for you to have this information.
Please note the intended audience is  Americans living overseas.
Sebastian
Subject: EBS GA Conference Call

We will have our usual conference call this coming Monday @11:00AM (CST).
For those of you in Houston, we will be in room 4793.
The dial-in details are listed below:  Dial-in number:  888/422-7141 Host/Participant Code:  203099 Internatioanl Dial-in number:  334/832-4208  Mona Petrochko Director Government Affairs - The Americas
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To make more space available, delete any items that are no longer needed such as Sent Items and Journal entries.
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Subject: RTO Week- Session on Cost Recovery Issues

Please see the attached summary of the captioned session.
The positions of the speakers, as well as those of the Commissioners, are summarized.
Should you require additional information on a specific topic, please don't hesitate to contact me.
Subject: California Treasurers Calls on Lynch to Immediately Set DA  Suspension Date Back to July 1

The state treasurer sent a letter this afternoon to Loretta Lynch.
The treasurer claims in the letter that, by extending DA  through Sept. 20th, the PUC could have shifted more than $8 billion to small customers.
He urges Lynch to immediately roll back the date to July 1.
We have started working with large customers to refute the letter.
If you would like a copy of the letter, please send your fax number to Joseph Alamo.
Best,
Subject: SDG&E Advice Letters

Atached are summaries of nine SDG&E advice letters.
The most important is 1369-E, which  is the filing made jointly with PG&E (see PG&E summary dated 10/19/01 for AL 2167-E) to advise the Commission of the implementation steps the UDCs are taking to effectuate D.01-09-060, the Decision in which the Commission suspended the right of customers to acquire direct access service.
A copy is attached for your information.
Dan
Subject: Weekly picks and Last Person Standing

Here are the picks for this week.
The rug was pulled out from under the Jacksonville Five!
Sitting down are: Cindy, JAM, Ken, Narvo and WAM.
The rest of the LPS picks are on:  Green Bay, New Orleans, Indianapolis and Colin Powell
Subject: BA/E296.1 Questionnaire-due Oct. 25

******************************************* University of California - Berkeley Haas School of Business Fall 2001 BA/E 296.1 - Nonprofit Boards of Directors ******************************************* 						*PLEASE RETURN TO lynnelh@pacbell.net BY THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25th, 12 NOON!
*  STUDENT QUESTIONNAIRE  To assist us in determining your knowledge of, and experience in, the nonprofit sector we ask that you fill out this short questionnaire prior to the first class on October 27th and return it by e-mail to lynnelh@pacbell.net as soon as possible (please by no later than October 25th, 12 noon, so results can be collated!).
It should only take a minute.
In addition, you should have received a previous email from me with information about the reader, syllabus and class attendance.
If you did not receive this email, please notify me immediately and I will forward it to you.
Thank you and I look forward to meeting you on Saturday!
NAME:   1.
Have you served as a member of a nonprofit board before?
If no, skip to question 3 and 5, if yes, please answer question 2, 3, 4 and 5.
2.
Name of organization(s) and approximate dollar amount of operating budget?
3.
In a few short phrases, summarize what you feel is the most important role of a board member in a nonprofit organization.
4.
In a few short phrases, what have been the most exciting and challenging aspects of your board role?
5.
From your perspective, what do you believe are the two or three largest challenges facing the nonprofit sector today?
Thank you!