Energy Committee Members:
Please find information for tonight's public hearing on the Russell City
Energy Center below.  We need representation at this hearing to express our
continued support of this energy project.  Please confirm your attendance at
tonight's hearing by responding to this e-mail or calling 408-501-7870.
Thank you!


				I. INFORMATIONAL HEARING AND SITE VISIT

	    PLEASE TAKE NOTICE The Committee designated to conduct proceedings on
the Application for Certification for the RUSSELL CITY ENERGY CENTER will
hold an INFORMATIONAL HEARING and SITE VISIT as follows:

                                    TUESDAY, AUGUST 7, 2001
                                    Beginning at 5:30 pm
                                    City of Hayward, City Hall
                                    777 "B" Street
                                    Hayward, California 94541
                                    [Wheelchair accessible]

     	    The Informational Hearing will convene at 5:30 p.m. and then
recess to allow for a Site Visit during daylight hours. Bus transportation
to the site will leave from the hearing location at 6:00 p.m.  Reservations
for bus transportation must be made through the Public Adviser's Office;
please call 916-654-4489 or toll-free 800-822-6228 no later than Thursday,
August 2, 2001. Following the Site Visit, the buses will return to the
hearing location and the Informational Hearing will reconvene at
approximately 7:15 p.m.  Comments probably will not be heard until 8:00pm.

     	    Landowners, members of the general public, and interested agencies
are invited to attend this event or any portion of this event, and question
the Applicant and Energy Commission staff concerning the project. The Energy
Commission's Public Adviser, Roberta Mendonca, will be present to assist
interested individuals and organizations and to provide information on
participating in the Energy Commission's certification process. Ms. Mendonca
may be reached at 916-654-4489 or, 800-822-6228 or email:
PAO@energy.state.ca.us

          Background:

     	    On May 22, 2001, Calpine Corporation and Bechtel Enterprises
Holdings, Inc., known as the Calpine/Bechtel Joint Development filed an
Application for Certification (AFC) with the Energy Commission seeking
approval to construct and operate a 600-megawatt (MW), natural gas-fired,
combined-cycle electric generating facility in the City of Hayward.

          On July 11, 2001, the Energy Commission began its 6-month review
of the AFC to determine whether the project will comply with all applicable
laws. The Informational Hearing scheduled in this Notice is sponsored by the
Energy Commission to inform the public about the project and to invite
public participation in this review.

          Project Description:

          The Russell City Energy Center (RCEC) project site is located in
the Industrial Corridor of the City of Hayward, Alameda County, California.
The proposed 14.7-acre project site is located at the southwest corner of
the intersection of Enterprise Avenue and Whitesell Street, directly south
of the City of Hayward's Water Pollution Control Facility.

          The proposed project consists of: two "F-Class" combustion
turbine-generators; two multi-pressure, supplementary-fired heat recovery
steam generators; a single, 3-pressure, reheat, condensing steam
turbine-generator; and a hybrid, wet/dry plume-abated, mechanical draft
cooling tower.

          Related facilities include: a 230-kilovolt (kV) on-site
switchyard; approximately 1.1 mile 230-kV, double-circuit, overhead
transmission line (this line would connect the RCEC switchyard; to the
existing Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) Eastshore substation via PG&E's
existing Eastshore-to-Grant 115-kV transmission corridor); approximately 0.9
miles of underground natural gas pipeline that would extend from PG&E's gas
distribution line 153 to the RCEC site; approximately 100 feet of new
domestic water/firewater pipeline from the existing City water main under
Whitesell Street; and approximately 2,000 feet of new industrial wastewater
discharge pipeline.

          Purpose of the Informational Hearing:

          Licensing of the proposed RCEC and related facilities is under the
Energy Commission's jurisdiction.  The power plant certification process,
which contains requirements equivalent to those under the California
Environmental Quality Act, will examine all relevant engineering and
environmental aspects of the proposed project. This process provides a
public forum allowing:

                    - Applicant,
                    - Energy Commission Staff,
                    - interested parties,
                    - governmental agencies,
                    - landowners, and
                    - members of the general public

to consider the relative advantages and disadvantages of the project, and to
propose changes or alternatives to the project as necessary.

          At the Informational Hearing, any of the foregoing participants
will have an opportunity to obtain information and to offer comments on the
AFC. (Copies of the AFC can be obtained at your local library). Applicant
will explain plans for developing the proposed site and related facilities.
Energy Commission Staff will explain the administrative licensing process
and their role in reviewing the application. Applicant and Energy Commission
Staff will also discuss proposed schedules and possible issues that may be
significant during this proceeding.


                       II. PROPOSED SCHEDULES AND ISSUE STATEMENTS

          In order to assist participants in understanding the project,
Staff is directed to prepare and serve upon those listed on the Proof of
Service List, an Issue Identification Report (IIR), which summarizes the
potential major issues in this case no later than 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, July
31, 2001. Copies of the IIR written statement may be obtained by calling Luz
Manriquez-Uresti, the Project Secretary, at 916-654-3928. The IIR will also
be available on the Energy Commission's Internet home page at:
http://www.energy.ca.gov/sitingcases/russellcity/index.html

                                       III. INFORMATION

          Members of the public may participate in all phases of the
licensing process in a variety of ways. If you need information concerning
public participation, please contact Roberta Mendonca, the Energy
Commission's Public Adviser, at 916-654-4489 or, toll free in California, at
800-822-6228 or email: PAO@energy.state.ca.us  Please contact Robert
Sifuentes at 916-654-5004 if you require special accommodation to
participate at this meeting.

Technical questions concerning the project should be addressed to Kae Lewis,
the Energy Commission's Project Manager, at 916-654-4176 or email at:
klewis@energy.state.ca.us

Questions of a legal or procedural nature should be directed to Gary Fay,
the Hearing Officer, at 916-654-3965 or email at: gfay@energy.state.ca.us.

Media inquiries should be directed to Claudia Chandler, Assistant Executive
Director for Media and Public Communications at 916- 654-4989 or email at:
energia@energy.ca.gov

Information concerning the status of the project, as well as notices and
other relevant documents, is also available on the Energy Commission's
Internet home page at:
http://www.energy.ca.gov/sitingcases/russellcity/index.html



          Dated July 19, 2001, at Sacramento, California


                  WILLIAM J. KEESE
                  Chairman
                  Russell City AFC Committee

                  ROBERT PERNELL
                  Commissioner and Associate Member
                  Russell City AFC Committee