Attached please find a copy of the memo from F. Mitchell Dutton regarding
Into Product Definition and Formation of Regional Transmission Organization
for the 5:00 p.m. (EST) Conference call today.  Please contact Mitch Dutton
at (614) 223-1605 or myself at (614) 324-6843 if you have any questions or
comments.

(See attached file: 87712.DOC)

Thank you,

DJ Stephens


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