Problem: BODY: Lara: I have rather hastily put this list together. For that I apologize. Hope it is helpful. The things on the list are ones that you've likely already considered. Nevertheless, some of the issues we face in California include: 1. POWER PLANTS The utilities' subs are building power plants; competitors (like Enron) are also trying to develop plants to sell power into both wholesale and retail markets. The utilities control the interconnection of plants to the grid. The interconnection rules are currently so vague and ambiguous, that the utility could quite easily favor its generation sub over competitors. This would have an effect on prices at both the wholesale and retail level (i.e., how do we know we've gotten the best generation deal if the utility can favor its subs plants via interconnection?). 2. DISTRIBUTED GENERATION And the same goes for DG: in California many are pointing to DG as a viable solution to the price spikes. If the utility loses sales because a customer has installed DG on her premises as a hedge against price spikes, the utility will have an incentive to thwart interconnection of the DG unit. (Recall that in many places, recovery of distribution costs is derived from kwh sales; and if sales go down, so can recovery of the utilities' distribution-related costs). In addition, if someone attempts to install DG at the grid level (as opposed to on-site DG) and sell the DG power in wholesale and retail markets, the utility has the ability to frustrate the DG project via interconnection. This permits the utility to retain bundled service customers. Utility control of DG Interconnection can also permit the utility to favor its DG subs. 3. INTERCONNECTION/VOLTAGE BUY-UP And the same goes for the retail level---remember how SDG&E used
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A: SUBJECT: Rick's Panel on Wholesale/Retail Market Power Issues

Problem: BODY: Due to problems with a Mirant downstream, I had to change a couple of paths late Monday. The new and improved paths are: LADWP-CISO(T)LDWP/SYL GF-LDWP(T)SYL/MALIN #LDWP00000178F-LA(T)SYL/MALIN LDWPCA0024-LADWP-MORGAN-BPA(T)MALIN/JD #10031F-BPA(T)JD/PGE #10031NF-MORGAN-AEP-EPMI-CAES-PGE. Deal numbers 630912 and 556517. IPCO-IPCO(T)IPCO/LGBP #79606F-IPCO-EPMI-MIRANT-SNOH-BPA(T)LGBP/JD #96092NF-SNOH-MIRANT-BPA(T)JD/MALIN #371697F-CISO(T)MALIN/NP15-MIRANT. Deal numbers 524174 and 626428. Both for 25mw on Light-load for 06/05. I have made a tag, #24026, for the LA to PGE path. It was made as a preschedule tag, but due to the lateness of it, BPA may deny it just because they can. If that happens, EPMI real-time will have to make a real-time tag. You can use my tag as a template. Late breaking news - my tag went undelivered due to communication failure at PGE, so I faxed the tag to all the counterparties. Mirant has made tag #5673 for the IPCO to NP15 path. All counterparties have been called as of 15:30 and are aware that these schedules are going real-time - that is, their real time groups will call the schedules in to BPA. EPMI real-time will have to make sure this gets done with a reminder phone call to our counterparties. I have spoken with PGE/Donna, AEP/Peggy, Mirant/Emily, and IPCO/Perry. CAES (Conagra) had already gone home for the day and has no real-time. Any questions? Please call. Thanks, Donald Robinson.
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A: SUBJECT: MIDC path going real-time

Problem: BODY: Beth Apollo has recently joined the team and Brenda Herod has recently married. February and March were gone before I could get organized enough to try to celebrate both of these occasions. In honor of Beth's arrival and Brenda's marriage, I hope that you can join David and me for drinks and appetizers at our house on Saturday, May 5, followed by dinner at Champions Golf Club. Please include your spouse or a guest, and know that we will also be happy to just have you attend. Let me know if that date will work for you.
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SUBJECT: Hold the Date