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FYI. The California AG has announced that he is investigating conflict of interest charges against consultants who were involved with arranging DWR's long term power contracts. May be part of Davis' attempt to "re-negotiate" the contracts. There's been some assertions that, under California law, any contracts negotiated by consultants with financial conflict of interests must be nullified.

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Davis Signals Utility's Grid Could Be Seized Power: Governor says eminent domain is a possible last resort against PG&E, which is balking in state sales negotiations. By DAN MORAIN and NANCY RIVERA BROOKS, Times Staff Writers On the eve of a new round of rescue negotiations with a reluctant Pacific Gas & Electric Co., Gov. Gray Davis suggested Wednesday that as a last resort the state could seize the utility's prized electrical transmission system through eminent domain. That saber-rattling cut against the grain of some rare good news in the state's continuing electricity crisis. The energy supply crunch eased slightly as grid operators pumped up the cushion between supply and demand, and for the first time in more than five weeks the statewide power grid was operating under a relatively mild Stage 1 emergency. Negotiations with the state's two other big utilities--Southern California

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Starting on Thursday, April 19, at 2:00 p.m. there will be a weekly telephone conference for the California litigation team. The objective will be to identify key issues and plan a coordinated strategy for all litigation in California. The call will last not more than one hour. Thus far, the responsibility has been allocated as follows: 1. PG&E Bankruptcy Lisa Mellencamp and Carl Ecklund (LeBoeuf Lamb Greene & McRae) 2. Class Actions Richard Sanders and Robin Gibbs (Gibbs & Bruns) 3. CTC Matters Bob Williams, Mike Day and Gary Fergus (Brobeck) 4. FERC Matters Regulatory and Richard Sanders and Dan Watkiss (Bracewell & Patterson) 5. Government Investigations Regulatory and Richard Sanders Richard Sanders and Robin Gibbs will have overall responsibility for coordination of the litigation.

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