TO:         Interested Industry Participants
FROM:   Rae McQuade, Executive Director
RE:     Meeting Announcement - April 17, 2000
DATE:       March 31, 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  announcement is attached in .pdf format.

Scope is the topic of the first meeting.  Governance including industry
segments and voting is the topic of the second meeting.  The first of these
meetings is scheduled for April 17.  On again, the Department of Energy has
graciously offered its facilities for the meeting site.  The meeting
specifics are below, and an agenda should be finalized shortly and
distributed.

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.  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

 - meeting.PDF