hey....at the high point of direct access, how much of the load was off the system?

Dot

"Dasovich, Jeff" wrote:

> I'm sure that by now everyone's seen the letter that Angelides sent to
> Loretta last Friday.  If you haven't, let me know and I'll have it faxed
> to you.  In short, Angelides blames all of the financial woes of the
> State on Loretta and the PUC.  Specifically, he claims that by allowing
> DA sign-ups to extend to September 20th, the PUC may have shifted over
> $8 billion to "homeowners, small businesses, and other enterprises..."
> Angelides ends the lettery by urging the Commission to immediately roll
> back the DA suspension date to July 1.
>
> The concern, of course, is that Angelides' assertions are out there and
> have received alot of press attention, i.e., Direct Access=$8 billion
> tax on homeowners.
>
> To her credit, Loretta refuted Angelides in the press accounts and
> repeated that the best way to get costs down is to renegotiate the DWR
> contracts.  She also said in the press accounts that she intends to deal
> with the July 1/September 20 suspension issue at the next commission
> meeting.
>
> In light of these events (and the increasing attacks on Loretta by
> Angelides and others in the Administration) It might be useful to give
> Loretta an assist by drafting a very brief letter to her stating:
>
> *       Angelides is all wet--DA and "fairness" are not mutually
> exclusive and the PUC has all the regulatory tools necessary to ensure
> fairness is maintained going forward.  Thus, the 8 plus billion dollar
> number is without basis.
> *       Re-stating that the PUC has no legal authority to retroactively
> suspend DA to July 1, etc., etc.
>
> Folks may have other points to make.  Seems that we'd want to keep the
> letter short and to the point, however.
>
> A letter might be useful in order to 1) give Loretta some support and 2)
> get some counter-press in response to the Angelides tantrum.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Best,
> Jeff
>
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