TO:         Interested Industry Participants
FROM:   Rae McQuade, Executive Director
RE:     Meeting Agenda for Industry Meeting to be held April 17, 2000
DATE:       April 7, 2000

To follow up on the meeting held on February 14 regarding the industry
support for an organization whose role would be to develop wholesale and
retail energy standards, two additional public meetings will be held.  These
meetings are public and any interested industry participant is invited to
attend.  This meeting agenda is attached in .pdf format.  You may already
have received the meeting announcement from our office.

Scope is the topic of this meeting.  Once again, the Department of Energy has
graciously offered its facilities for the meeting site.  The meeting
specifics are below:

WHERE:  Department of Energy
            Forrestal Building
            1000 Independence Avenue, SW
            Washington, DC 20585

WHEN:       Monday, April 17
            1:00 p.m.  to  6:00 p.m.

Work papers for this meeting can be forwarded to the GISB office by April 12
in electronic format (gisb@aol.com).  The work papers should address items
that should or should not be included within the scope of an organization
whose role would be to develop wholesale and retail energy standards.  The
work papers will be posted on the home page (www.gisb.org) and emailed to all
participants on April 13.

The Department of Energy has security procedures for visitors, so those
intending to attend the meeting should notify the GISB office (gisb@aol.com)
by Wednesday, April 12 and provide the following information:
? Name of Attendee
? Company Represented
? Phone Number
? Email Address
? Fax Number
? Country of Citizenship
An attendance list will be provided to the Department of Energy to facilitate
the sign in procedures.

Governance including industry segments and voting is the topic of a
subsequent meeting, scheduled for April 26 from 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Building, 888 1st Street NE,
Washington, D.C.  The meeting announcement and agenda for April 26 will be
made available shortly.

Please feel free to call the GISB office should you have any questions or
comments.  We look forward to seeing you at this industry meeting.

Best Regards,
Rae McQuade

 - agenda.pdf