I got a call from Jason Williams on this file.  As it turns out, in his review of the annual report of Welch he noted that it stated that Welch is a cooperative.  The original draft of the ISDA was not drafted with this knowledge as there was no indication from any source that Welch was a cooperative.  This fact needs to be confirmed, and if Welch is a cooperative, you will need to research the issue.  I attach for you a letter of issues  sent to outside counsel last year when we were investigating another proposed cooperative counterparty.  Hope this will help.

 


Cordially,
Mary Cook
Enron North America Corp.
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