Steven  has been asked to fly to Washington today.? Because of the conflict 
in  meetings there, he has requested this conference call be cancelled until 
next  week.? Once we have rescheduled, we will contact you with the 
information  for dialing in.? Thank you for your patience and the changes we 
have had to  make this week.? .? 
-----Original Message-----
From: Steven Kelly  [mailto:steven@iepa.com]
Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 11:21  AM
To: William Hall; Ward Scobee; Tony Wetzel; Tom Heller; Ted  Cortopassi; Sue 
Mara; Steve Ponder; Steve Iliff; Ross Ain; Roger Pelote;  Robert Frees; Rob 
Lamkin; Rich Dyer; Pete Levitt; Paula Soos; Paul Wood; Nam  Nguyen; Milton 
Schultz; Marty McFadden; Lucian Fox; Kent Palmerton; Ken  Hoffman; Jonathan 
Weisgall; Joe Ronan; Joe Greco; Jeff Dasovich; Jack Pigott;  Hap Boyd; Greg 
Blue; Frank Misseldine; Eric Eisenman; Ed Tomeo; Ed Maddox;  Duane Nelsen; 
Doug Levitt; Doug Fernley; Dean Gosselin; Curt Hatton; Cody  Carter; Carolyn 
Baker; Bob Escalante; Bill Woods; Bill Carlson; Mark  Smith
Cc: Jan Smutny-Jones; Katie Kaplan; Carol Hudson; Steven  Kelly; Chris 
Ellison; Julee Malinowski-Ball
Subject: IEP  Restructuring/Transmission Conference Call Scheduled for 11:00 
a.m. on Friday,  Jan. 12. Topic: Generation Siting


IEP has scheduled a conference call with the  Restructuring/Transmission Task 
Force or 11:00 a.m. on Friday, January  12?? The purpose of the call will be 
to discuss generation siting  issues.? 
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The Call-In Number is???  ??? ??? 888/271-0949
The Participant Code  is??????????134916
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Background
As the legislature gears up for its Emergency  Session, legislators are 
requesting input from IEP on legislative language  which would help siting 
issues.? Attached is a background paper from  Julee Malinowski-Ball, 
Edson&Modisette related to this issues.? It  includes another attachment 
which was a document developed by IEP  approximately six months ago related 
to key issues.? On Thursday, IEP  will circulate draft legislative language 
addressing the following issues  raised in the Edson&Modisette memo (Note, we 
are not planning on tackling  all the issues raised in the memo in the 
legislature.? Some require a CEC  administrative "fix"):
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Give Deference To Other State and Regional  Agencies/Eliminate Overlapping 
Jurisdiction  
Consider Positive Environmental and Reliability  Impacts of Projects  
Ease Communication Between Applicants and  Staff  
Permit Local Agencies to Make Zoning Changes or  Other Decisions for Power 
Plants Contingent on CEC CEQA  Compliance

In addition to the above, CEC Commissioner Laurie  (Head of the Siting 
Committee) is convening a workshop on January 25 to begin  an OII on siting 
issues.? An OII is an informational proceeding.?  The Commissioner would like 
to provide the legislature with a Report by April  2001.??? The Report will 
focus on "critical issues affecting  the Commission's ability to license 
powerplants and related  facilities..."? Issues will include availability of 
emission offsets,  water supply, transmission line constraints, natural gas 
supply constraints,  local agency and public opposition, land use 
constraints, and problems with  the timing of federal permits.? The 
Commissioner clearly wants to look at  40,000 foot, multi-jurisdictional 
issues.
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In addition to discussing the importance of the  above mentioned matters, the 
conference call will provide a forum to identify  and discuss additional 
issues that need to be placed before the  Commission.