---------------------- Forwarded by Mary Hain/HOU/ECT on 11/03/2000 12:03 PM 
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To: Mary Hain/HOU/ECT@ECT
cc:  
Subject: Re: West control area  

Can you get a positive upside over the costs for next summer at least?  Also, 
we think that in order to set up a load only control area, you have to have 
firm transmission paths to generation sources (but if you  want to pursue 
this, I need to pull the NERC rules on that issue to be certain of the 
requirements.  We only set up generation only control areas.  Mary, the 6 or 
so requirements are on the NERC web site.)  thanks.



Mary Hain
11/03/2000 11:11 AM
To: Christi L Nicolay/HOU/ECT@ECT
cc: Sean Crandall/PDX/ECT@ECT@ECT, Paul Choi/SF/ECT@ECT 

Subject: Re: West control area  

We wouldn't be a generation only control area.  Our load is Valley Electric.  
My bigger worry is how do we meet our generation requirement if we sell off 
LV Cogen.  Also, when the RTO forms, all control areas will be consolidated, 
at least if their transmission is in RTO West.  


To: Mary Hain/HOU/ECT@ECT
cc:  
Subject: West control area

Can you and Sean Crandall call me about this?  There have been a variety of 
problems with the full use of the sink provision based on FERC's Entergy 
order.  Also, ComEd and TVA have precluded us from sinking at the generation 
only control area and FERC hotline has said this can be done without a FERC 
filing (or at least we would have to pursue it in a complaint--we don't want 
that result in a FERC order.)  In addition, while you were on vacation, 
Nevada Power had the problem with Salt River Project.  I don't know the 
status of that.  I am in a room reviewing etrans tariff, so page me if you 
want to talk about it.  800-778-8365.  Thanks.