I just talked to our accounting dept and told them about your proposal to fix the mistake. They are ok with it. Just make sure you document it as described in this e-mail.

P.S. There is no bigger matter to deal with than your bill. This  must be the kind of half--truths that made you the most hated man in Sacramento.

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From: 	"Michael Kirby" <mlk@pkns.com>@ENRON [mailto:IMCEANOTES-+22Michael+20Kirby+22+20+3Cmlk+40pkns+2Ecom+3E+40ENRON@ENRON.com] 
Sent:	Wednesday, September 19, 2001 4:14 PM
To:	Sanders, Richard B.
Cc:	Annmarie Robertson
Subject:	Billings

My accounting department advises me that back on April 27,2001,  Enron apparently sent us a check for $54,585.11, which we received and deposited on May 7. The check  included the payment of $28,087.71 for this firm (the exact amount of our February billing) and mistakenly included payment of $26,497.40 for one of Ed Kee's (PA Consulting Group) bills. That check was received after we sent our March billing and is thus not reflected on that bill. The full amount of that check showed up as a May 7 payment to us from Enron on our April billing, and reduced the outstanding balance by that amount. Whereas the total balance due shown on the April statement sent to Enron was $44,772.92, if the overpayment had not been made , the true balance due would have been $26,497.40 higher. Given the delay in sending our bills, and the accumulation of additional time, there was never a credit balance on a billing to Enron, but the total balances due always included credit for the prior overpayment. We are about to send out our July billing today and our accounting department(Annmarie Robertson) got a call from Martha at Enron(345-4088) who realized what happened and asked for a refund check. We can and will obviously do that , but then we have to immediately ask Enron for that same amount-$26,497.40- because our prior bills would have been underpaid by that same amount. I am told that we cannot easily(if at all) go back and have the computer generate previous months' bills now with an unpaid balance when they were previously paid. My accounting department says it would be easier to just send out  the July billing with a cover letter confirming that the $26,497.40 erroneously paid to us on May 7 has been credited in full  to Enron, and is fully reflected in the total balance due. Hopefully this makes sense and I know we both have bigger matters to deal with.  Can you approve us doing this or send us an email if Enron needs to get a check and revised billings. Thanks. .

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