Thanks Jim!

I will talk with EWS.  Last time I did they were indifferent between Cinergy and ComEd and because of the uncertainty, I thought it better not to commit to something until we get closer to the date and we have a better idea of what we want - also because what we want may change.  It's more important at this point just to get the concept in front of the ICC.

You are right on the parking, but in the event that when customers are off PPO and there is no monthly public index, I wanted to make absolutely sure we had an out.

Good question.  Harvill said that if we wait for a good functioning wholesale market it will take 25 years and they were not going to do that.  I n the meeting I stated that the ICC should put more pressure on COmEd to fix the problems with the RTO, but I emphasized the imbalance issue.  I agree that I could clarify the letter to say fix the imbalance problems and that would be perhaps an acceptable compromise to fixing the whole RTO.  That would let us physically deliver.

Janine  

 -----Original Message-----
From: 	Steffes, James D.  
Sent:	Monday, October 29, 2001 3:50 PM
To:	Migden, Janine
Cc:	Kingerski, Harry
Subject:	RE: ICC Meeting

Janine --

Good job.

On the hourly market price index, until we have LMP dispatch, the best we can do is a public index.  Let's not ask for too much.  Just something we can hedge against.  Can you talk with the EWS folks for the best index option???

Also, if the default is a monthly public index, why do the customer's need any "parking"?  They can move directly to the new option.

What is your definition of "functioning wholesale market"?  Are we stating that unless an RTO is running, we can't get rid of the PPO?  Maybe just resolve the Imbalance issue.  More specifics would be helpful.

Thanks,

Jim

 -----Original Message-----
From: 	Migden, Janine  
Sent:	Monday, October 29, 2001 3:42 PM
To:	Ader, Jeff; Allegretti, Daniel; Baughman, Edward D.; Bernstein, Mark; Boston, Roy; Burrows, John; Clynes, Terri; Courtney, Mark; Decker, Charles; Detina, Ken; Frazier, J Ryan; Gahn, Scott; Hueter, Barbara A.; Kingerski, Harry; Letke, Eric; Lewis, James; Mastrangelo, Lino; Merola, Jeff; Migden, Janine; Nicolay, Christi L.; Persson, Roger; Roan, Michael; Sewell, Doug; Shapiro, Richard; Sharfman, Guy; Sharp, Greg; Snyder, Brad; Steffes, James D.; Stoness, Scott; Landwehr, Susan M.; Ulrich, Marc; Whalan, Jubran; Wood, James; Young, Ress
Subject:	ICC Meeting

The ICC Energy Committee held a meeting to discuss ComEd's proposal to drop the PPO.  We argued that this should not be allowed until the wholesale market/delivery issues are dealt with because otherwise customers will have no choice but to return to ComEd at the higher bundled rate.  The good news is that a rather lengthy discussion on this issue ensued as a result.  The industrial customer group and Mid American Energy supported our views; however AES New Energy said that this was not a problem for them.

We also commented that once the PPO goes away it should not be resurrected due to the uncertainty it would create in the market.  ComEd responded that under the statute they can not offer to waive the PPO but could negotiate an arrangement on the CTC if approached by the customer.  This would mean that we could negotiate on behalf of all our customers regarding the CTC.  

We have the opportunity to file comments to the Commissioners before the actual filing.  A draft is attached. 

 << File: Commissioner Terry Harvill.doc >> 

If you have any comments, please respond by the end of the week.