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?	'VentureWire'
	Wednesday, November 29, 2000	?
?	CONTENTS | COMPANIES | INVESTORS	?
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	top stories

	* Weston Presidio Closes $1.3 Billion Fund
	* Report: Crosspoint Forgoes $1 Billion New Fund
	* Crosslink Capital Makes Add-ons but No New Investments in Q3
	* Broadband Access Firm Allegro Gets $24 Million First Round

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	new money

	* Central European Telecom Firm Secures $50 Million
	* Health Industry Software Firm Gets $500,000 in Open Series A
	* Internet Health Firm Verus Raises $1.2 Million First Round
	* Scheduling App Firm ServiceU.com Gets $3.15 Million Series A
	* Wireless Net Marketing Firm Mobliss Gets Seed Funds
	* ASP United Messaging Closes Third Round with $70 Million
	* ID Management Firm Courion Gets $13.2 Million in Round Two
	* Performance Management Firm Wily Has $10 Million Round Two
	* Supply Chain Apps Firm Percite Gets $7.5 Million Series B
	* Web Identity Services Firm dotTV Has $28 Million in Series B
	* E-Manufacturing Software Firm Camstar Secures $22 Million
	* Passport Health Communications Raises $4.9 Series B
	* Web Security Firm Counterpane Lands $24 Million Third Round
	* Animated Virtual Guide Firm Kiwilogic Closes Third Round
	* Business Service Provider Virtual Growth Gets $21.5 Million
	* Mineral and Metal Marketplace Gets Funding from Votorantim
	* Motorola Takes Stake in Corporate Media Portal V-SPAN
	* Softbank Invests in Diamond.com, Online Jewelry Source
	* TL Ventures Funds European Webgroup with $4.4 Million
	* WineryExchange.com Raises $15 Million Series B
	* Business Service Firm DigitalWork Has $14 Million Round Four
	* Web Education Marketplace Embark Gets $5 Million in Debt
	* Wholesale Gift Distributor USgift Raises $8.5 Million
	* CRM Service Firm Gets Funds, Changes Name to Cerida

	new products

	* Komag, Storm Ventures and Summit in Joint Venture
	* Recruitment Firm MorganWorks.com Changes Focus and Name

	new deals

	* Andersen Consulting Takes Stake in Deal with Yantra

	m&a

	* QuantumShift to Buy ICE for $5 Million in Stock
	* Eco Associates Buys Bankrupt Golf Site ChipShot.com
	* Broadband Firm Mindport Acquires Infrastructure Firm Noochee
	* Radiology Software Firm Avreo Acquires Image Medical
	* TeamStaff Merges with Online Business Center Brightlane.com
	* Youth Sports Network Athelete.com Acquires HockeyWeb.com
	* zZounds Sold to Pinebrook Holdings, to Close Two Stores

	new directors

	* Ten Square Names Microsoft WebTV CFO to Board
	* Handheld Device Firm Extenex Taps Ex-Coherent Exec for Board
	* Web-Based ASP Worldo Names Ex-Fina CEO as Board Chairman

	new people

	* Wireless App Firm iConverse Names Ex-Interactive Exec as CEO
	* Telco Services Firm The GTX Names Chairman and CEO
	* App Firm SiteStuff Promotes COO to President
	* Wireless Firm Travelers Telecom Appoints New CEO

	vc fund news

	* Three Arch Partners Raises $200 Million For New Fund
	* Hudson Ventures Closes Second Fund with $130 Million
	* Merck Forms New Investment Arm with $100 Million Purse
	* Info Appliance Software Firm Liberate Raises $50 Million
	* Business Accelerator STARTech Closes Fund with $32 Million
	* Pakistani Incubator KASB TechVentures Launches

	vc personnel

	* Former Verizon Exec Named Managing Director of Carlyle Group
	* Metropolitan Venture Names Directors of European Branch

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	top stories
	?
	Weston Presidio Closes $1.3 Billion Fund
	?	?	SAN FRANCISCO (VENTUREWIRE) -- Weston Presidio Capital Management said it ?closed Weston Presidio Capital IV, a venture capital fund with commitments of ?$1.3 billion. This fund brings Weston Presidio's total capital under ?management to over $2.2 billion. The company said it seeks to back ?exceptional management teams in any sector and has approximately a quarter of ?its investments in mid to late stage technology firms. The fund's investors ?include Golman Sachs, The Common Fund, and Chase Bank among others. ?	http://www.westonpresidio.com?	?	Report: Crosspoint Forgoes $1 Billion New Fund?

	NEW YORK (VENTUREWIRE) -- Crosspoint Venture Partners has commitments for a
new $1 billion fund but has decided not to raise the capital, according to a
report in the Wall Street Journal. The reason for the delay is the difficult
environment for investing in new companies and generating high returns.
Crosspoint will raise the fund as soon as the environment improves, according
to the report. Crosspoint raised an $850 million fund earlier this year.
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	Crosslink Capital Makes Add-ons but No New Investments in Q3
	?	?	SAN FRANCISCO (VENTUREWIRE) -- Crosslink Capital said that it made no new ?investments in the third quarter of 2000. The firm said this was the first ?time this happened since the fourth quarter of 1996. Crosslink did commit ?additional capital to existing portfolio companies in the third quarter. The ?firm invested in Brightmail, a provider of anti-spam software; NonStop ?Solutions, which develops chain automation software; Protocare, a healthcare ?services company; and techies.com, which provides Web-based IT recruiting ?services. The firm said it is evaluating potential investments in software, ?Internet infrastructure, and communications integrated circuits companies. ?Crosslink Capital has more $800 million under management.  ?	http://www.crosslinkcapital.com?	?	Broadband Access Firm Allegro Gets $24 Million First Round?

	SAN JOSE, Calif. (VENTUREWIRE) -- Allegro Networks, which is developing a
wholesale broadband access platform, said it has secured $24 million in its
first round of funding from Bessemer Venture Partners, Columbia Capital, and
Infinity Capital.  The company said it will use the funds to develop its
technology. Allegro Networks said it named P.J. Singh as its chief technical
officer and acting CEO. Mr. Singh co-founded Packet Engines.
	http://www.allegronetworks.com

	new money
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	Central European Telecom Firm Secures $50 Million
	?	?	DUBLIN (VENTUREWIRE) -- eTel Group, a Dublin-based telecommunications service ?provider that focuses on serving the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and ?Slovakia, said it raised $50 million from new investors. Dresdner Kleinwort ?Benson Private Equity led the round, which included Argus Capital Partners, ?Greenhill Capital Partners, and Intel Capital. The company will use the ?funding for construction of fiber optic metropolitan area networks in ?Budapest, Prague, and Warsaw.  ?	http://www.etel-group.com?	?	Health Industry Software Firm Gets $500,000 in Open Series A?

	HOUSTON (VENTUREWIRE) -- Dynamic Health Strategies (DHS), a provider of
software for healthcare audit preparation and report production, said it
raised $500,000 in an ongoing $3 million Series A round of funding. The
financing came from individuals. The company said it expects to raise the
remaining $2.5 million within the next 3 or 4 weeks. The company will use the
funding to develop its software product. The company also plans to use
funding for sales, marketing, and general operating expenses.
	http://www.dhsgroup.com

	Internet Health Firm Verus Raises $1.2 Million First Round
	?	?	BELLEVUE, Wash. (VENTUREWIRE) -- Verus, which develops Web applications and ?Web sites for hospitals, said it raised $1.2 million in its first round of ?financing from Pacific Northwest Partners, Summit Law Group, and Phase II ?this past August. The company said it will use the funds to grow the ?business.    ?	http://www.verus-tech.com?	?	Scheduling App Firm ServiceU.com Gets $3.15 Million Series A?

	MEMPHIS, T.N. (VENTUREWIRE) -- ServiceU.com, which makes a Web-based
scheduling application, said it has closed its Series A round of financing
with a $3.15 million investment from Delta Venture Partners I and undisclosed
individual investors. The company said it will use the funds to increase
marketing.
	http://www.serviceu.com

	Wireless Net Marketing Firm Mobliss Gets Seed Funds
	?	?	SEATTLE, Wash. (VENTUREWIRE) -- Mobliss, a wireless Internet marketing ?technology company, said it has secured $200,000 in seed funding, plus a ?commitment for an additional $1 million, from venture capital firm Inukshuk ?Limited Partnership, which is also based here. The company, which previously ?received funding from individual investors, said it will use the funding to ?develop its technology and enhance marketing efforts. The  Mobliss' ?technology permits marketers to reach users of wireless devices and voice ?portals through branded promotional campaigns. ?	http://www.mobliss.com?	?	ASP United Messaging Closes Third Round with $70 Million?

	WEST CHESTER, Pa. (VENTUREWIRE) -- United Messaging, an enterprise messaging
service provider, said it closed a $70 million third round of financing led
by Broadview Capital Partners. New investors First Union Capital Partners,
Comcast Interactive Capital, and Brinson Partners, and previous investors
Internet Capital Group, Oak Investment Partners, Infinity Capital, and
Labrador Ventures participated in the round as well. United Messaging is a
global application service provider that offers hosted messaging and
professional services. The company said it will use the funding to expand
service platforms in the U.S. and abroad, to support the launch and promotion
of its existing and upcoming messaging technologies and services, and to open
new sales offices in Europe and Asia. Broadview and First Union will each
receive a seat on United Messaging's board of directors.
	http://www.unitedmessaging.com

	ID Management Firm Courion Gets $13.2 Million in Round Two
	?	?	FRAMINGHAM, Mass. (VENTUREWIRE) -- Courion, which develops self-service ?identity management  software, said it secured $13.2 million in its second ?round of funding led by QuestMark Partners. Other investors include Riggs ?Capital and previous investors JMI Equity and Massachusetts Technology ?Development. The company will use the funds to add new products, and to ?expand into Internet commerce and international markets. ?	http://www.courion.com?	?	Performance Management Firm Wily Has $10 Million Round Two?

	BURLINGAME, Calif. (VENTUREWIRE) -- Wily Technology, a provider of
performance management software for Java Web applications, said it raised $10
million in its second round of funding. Previous investors Greylock
Management and BEA Systems participated along with new investor Accel
Partners. The company will use the funds to expand its Web application
management product portfolio, and for sales and marketing.
	http://www.wilytech.com

	Supply Chain Apps Firm Percite Gets $7.5 Million Series B
	?	?	FORT LEE, N.J. (VENTUREWIRE) -- Percite Information Technologies, which ?produces a supply chain management application for the global trade and ?freight industry, said it has raised $7.5 million in a Series B round led by ?BRM Group. Other investors in the round included GreenSpring Ventures and ?previous backers Neuron and Gerard Klauer Mattison & Co. The company said it ?will use the funds to expand operations in the U. S. and the Far East.      ?	http://www.percite.com?	?	Web Identity Services Firm dotTV Has $28 Million in Series B?

	LOS ANGELES (VENTUREWIRE) -- dotTV, which provides Web identity services
including Web addresses ending in .tv, said it has raised approximately $28
million in its Series B round of funding. VeriSign, through its investment
arm, NSI Capital Management, led this round,which also included
UnitedGlobalCom, Munder Capital Management, Mark Asset Management and Compass
Asset Management. The company said it will use the funds to expand its
international sales and marketing efforts.
	http://www.tv

	E-Manufacturing Software Firm Camstar Secures $22 Million
	?	?	CAMPBELL, Calif. (VENTUREWIRE) -- Camstar Systems, a provider of electronic ?manufacturing software technology for Fortune 100 companies, said it has ?secured $22 million in a venture capital round led by HarbourVest Partners. ?The round also included Glenmount International and Dominion Ventures. The ?company said it will use the funds to expand into the supply chain network ?market.   ?	http://www.camstar.com?	?	Passport Health Communications Raises $4.9 Series B?

	FRANKLIN, Tenn. (VENTUREWIRE) -- Passport Health Communications, a provider
of Web-based administrative and financial process services for the health
care industry, said it raised $4.9 million as part of its Series B round of
funding. Previous investors Greenfield Investments, CB Health
Ventures,Coleman, Swenson, Hoffman & Booth, Anvers L.P., SSM Ventures,
Dauphin Capital Partners, and Evergreen Investments participated in the
round. Passport said it will use the capital to further expand its sales
force in targeted markets and to develop additional payer connectivity and
content. The company has raised approximately $17.5 million to date.
	http://www.passporthealth.com

	Web Security Firm Counterpane Lands $24 Million Third Round
	?	?	SAN JOSE, Calif. (VENTUREWIRE) -- Counterpane Internet Security, which ?provides monitoring as well as penetration prevention and detection for ?computer networks, said it raised $24 million in its third round of funding. ?The funds came from new investors Amerindo Investment Advisors, ClearLight ?Partners, Dell, and a Deutsche Bank venture capital fund, as well as previous ?investors Accel Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners, The Goldman Sachs Group, ?and Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Private Equity. The company will use the funds ?to expand its business development, sales operations, research and ?development, and to expand into the Western Europe and Asia Pacific markets.?	http://www.counterpane.com?	?	Animated Virtual Guide Firm Kiwilogic Closes Third Round?

	Hamburg, Germany (VENTUREWIRE) -- Kiwilogic, a company that creates animated
virtual guides, said it closed its third round of funding with an undisclosed
amount from 3i. The company did say the round was larger than the company's
second $5.2 million round, which was led by Earlybird Venture Capital in
September. Kiwilogic has developed Lingubot, an animated virtual sales
assistant that can be installed on Web sites. A representative from 3i will
join Kiwilogic's board of directors.
	http://www.kiwilogic.com

	Business Service Provider Virtual Growth Gets $21.5 Million
	?	?	NEW YORK (VENTUREWIRE) -- Virtual Growth, which offers Internet-based ?accounting and business services to small and medium-sized businesses, said ?it closed a $21.5 million Series C round of financing. ETF Group, a global ?venture capital group, led the round. Other participants include previous ?investors Citigroup Investments, a subsidiary of Citigroup; Bessemer Venture ?Partners; StarVest Partners; Chelsea Capital Partners; and strategic partner, ?Administaff. The company said it will use the funds for further product ?development, to expand its new regional headquarters in Columbia, South ?Carolina, and for marketing. ?	http://www.virtualgrowth.com?	?	Mineral and Metal Marketplace Gets Funding from Votorantim?

	LOS ANGELES (VENTUREWIRE) -- Quadrem, an online marketplace for mining,
minerals, and metals, said that Votorantim Venture Capital, the venture arm
of industrial giant Votorantim Group of Brazil, has become a founding
shareholder of Quadrem. Other founding shareholders of include Alcan
Aluminium Limited, Alcoa, Anglo American, Barrick Gold, BHP, Corporacion
Nacional del Cobre de Chile (CODELCO), Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD), De
Beers Consolidated Mines, Imerys, Inco Limited, Newmont Mining, Noranda.
Normandy Mining, Pechiney, Phelps Dodge , Rio Tinto, WMC Limited, and Morgan
Stanley Dean Witter.
	http://www.quadrem.com

	Motorola Takes Stake in Corporate Media Portal V-SPAN
	?	?	King of Prussia, Pa. (VENTUREWIRE) -- V-SPAN, a portal which provides ?corporations and other institutions with Web-based multimedia collaboration ?services over broadband networks, said it entered into a strategic ?relationship with Motorola, which includes an investment by Motorola in its ?Series B preferred stock.  V-SPAN and Motorola's Broadband Communications ?Sector will enter into two strategic initiatives. The companies will focus on ?video communications services using digital set-top terminals, as well as on ?broadband VPN solutions for mobile professionals and remote workers. ?Motorola's investment brings total raised in Series B funding to $38 million. ?Previous investors in the round include Goldman Sachs & Co., Comcast ?Interactive Capital, and Enron Broadband. VSPAN is also backed by MF Private ?Capital, J & W Seligman, Boston Millennia Partners, Harron Capital, B-ETC, ?and Edison Ventures! . ?	http://www.vspan.com?	?	Softbank Invests in Diamond.com, Online Jewelry Source ?

	FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla. (VENTUREWIRE) -- Diamond.com, an online retailer of
certified diamonds, jewelry, and watches, said it has closed a new round of
financing with Softbank Capital Partners. The actual amount of funds raised
was not disclosed. The Steinmetz Group also participated in the round, along
with STI Ventures, Data Investments, and the Lipton Group. The company said
it will use the funds to solidify its market position in the U.S. and abroad.
Odimo, majority owned by Softbank Capital Partners and The Steinmetz Diamond
Group, purchased Diamond.com in May. In March, Softbank committed $125
million to fund joint ventures aimed at establishing Odimo.com operations
worldwide.
	http://www.diamond.com

	TL Ventures Funds European Webgroup with $4.4 Million
	?	?	WAYNE, Pa. (VENTUREWIRE) -- TL Ventures said it funded European Webgroup ?(EWG) of Zug, Switzerland, with an investment of $4.4 million. TL Ventures ?said it was making the investment to strengthen its ties to Europe and ?provide a network for its portfolio companies. EWG focuses on early stage ?investment in European and U.S companies in the business-to-business, ?business-to-consumer, enterprise applications and tools, enabling technology, ?and IT infrastructure sectors. EWG's portfolio companies include i-drive.com, ?Offroad Capital, Pefa.com, and SubmitOrder.com  ?	http://www.europeanwebgroup.com?	http://www.tlventures.com?	?	WineryExchange.com Raises $15 Million Series B?

	NOVATO, Calif. (VENTUREWIRE) --  WineryExchange.com, an online marketplace
for the wine industry, said it received $15 million in its Series B round of
funding from new investors Charter Venture Capital and Cahill, Warnock & Co.
Previous investors Venrock Associates and 3i Technology Partners also
participated in the round. The funds will be used for international
expansion, product roll-out, and customer service. The company has raised $24
million to date. WineryExchange is also backed by vTraction, the Internet
initiative of Netherlands-based Rabobank; Draper Richards, and individual
investor Fred Warren, founder of Brentwood Associates.
	http://www.wineryexchange.com

	Business Service Firm DigitalWork Has $14 Million Round Four
	?	?	CHICAGO (VENTUREWIRE) -- DigitalWork.com, which provides Web-based business ?services to small businesses, said it received $14.3 million in its fourth ?round of funding. Wells Fargo & Co. and VerticalNet participated in this ?round, along with previous investors Draper Fisher Jurvetson, TL Ventures, ?Information Technology Ventures, and PurchasePro.com. The company will use ?the funds for working capital. ?	http://www.digitalwork.com?	?	Web Education Marketplace Embark Gets $5 Million in Debt?

	SAN FRANCISCO  (VENTUREWIRE) -- Embark, which provides services related to
higher education aimed at helping individuals manage transactions such as
recruitment or admissions processes, said it received $5 million in debt
financing from Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Venture Partners, Norwest Venture
Partners, and Doll Capital Management. The company will use the funds for
general operating expenses.
	http://www.embark.com

	Wholesale Gift Distributor USgift Raises $8.5 Million
	?	?	ATLANTA (VENTUREWIRE) -- USgift, which provides services for the wholesale ?exchange of gift, garden and home products, said it raised $8.5 million in a ?funding round led by Internet Capital Group. USgift said it will receive $4 ?million immediately, and the remaining $4.5 million on February 1, 2000. The ?company said it will use the funds to continue with its strategy of ?partnering with sales agencies. This additional investment brings the total ?amount of venture capital raised by the company to $40 million. USgift has ?secured funds from Gilbert Global Equity Partners, Ingram Industries and ?other undisclosed investors.    ?	http://www.usgift.com?	?	CRM Service Firm Gets Funds, Changes Name to Cerida?

	PITTSFIELD, Mass.  (VENTUREWIRE) -- TeleSales, which provides customer
relationship management services, said it changed its name to Cerida and
closed a round of funding, the amount of which was not disclosed. Investors
were the Berkshires Capital Investors, Fleet Development Ventures, Marathon
Investment Partners, North Atlantic Capital, and Boston Community Venture
Fund. The company will use the funds to expand its customer interaction
centers, and for hiring and marketing.
	http://www.cerida.com

	new products
	?
	Komag, Storm Ventures and Summit in Joint Venture
	?	?	SAN JOSE, Calif. (VENTUREWIRE) -- Publicly traded Komag, which produces media ?for disk drives, said it formed a new company with Storm Ventures Fund II and ?Summit Partners, with investments totaling $24 million. Storm Ventures and ?Summit Partners co-led the financing. The new company, Chahaya, will provide ?manufacturing services focused on the optical components and subsystems ?sectors. Komag said it provided 50% of the new company's initial ?capitalization. Storm Ventures co-founder Sanjay Subhedar, Summit Partners ?managing partner Walker G. Kortschak, Komag chairman Chris Eyre and CEO T.H. ?Tan will sit on Chahaya's board of directors.  ?	http://www.komag.com?	http://www.stormventures.com?	http://www.summitpartners.com?	?	Recruitment Firm MorganWorks.com Changes Focus and Name?

	CHICAGO (VENTUREWIRE) -- MorganWorks.com, a Web-based employment recruiting
company that outsources its software to other Web sites, said it is changing
its name to Morgan International. Company president and COO Lloyd R. Singer
said the company will step back from new technology development and focus on
its primary business of staffing services. The company laid off employees in
August, but said the layoffs were minor and mostly by attrition. The
company's president and CEO Rick Salvadore and chairman Bernie Layton left
the company in early October. William A. Lederer of Minotaur Partners is now
serving as chairman of the company. The company said it will put a splash
page in place of its Web site by this Friday. Morgan International is backed
by Minotaur Partners.
	http://www.morganworks.com

	new deals
	?
	Andersen Consulting Takes Stake in Deal with Yantra
	?	?	NEW YORK (VENTUREWIRE) -- Andersen Consulting announced a strategic alliance ?with Yantra, a provider of management technology for the manufacturing and ?retail industries. Yantra will provide its PureEcommerce software, which ?manages, tracks and executes customer transactions across a company supply ?chain, to Andersen Consulting Supply Chain Solution centers and Business ?Launch centers. AC Ventures, the venture capital arm of Andersen Consulting, ?has taken an undisclosed equity stake in Yantra. Yantra is backed by Morgan ?Stanley Dean Witter, Broadvision, VerticalNet, Amerindo, Eastman Chemical, ?Charles River Ventures, Hambrecht & Quist, One Liberty Ventures, RHO ?Management, Draper International, and Boston Millennia Partners.?	http://www.ac.com?	http://www.yantra.com?	?	m&a?	??	QuantumShift to Buy ICE for $5 Million in Stock ?

	SAN FRANCISCO (VENTUREWIRE) -- QuantumShift, a provider of telecommunications
management services, said it has agreed to acquire ICE Communications, a
business-to- business application service provider for wireless
telecommunications, in a transaction valued at $5 million in stock. Matt
Fuller, chief executive officer of ICE Communications, will be the company's
vice president of product marketing. QuantumShift plans to integrate ICE's
technology into its communications offerings. QuantumShift recently received
$68 million in Series C funding from Bowman Capital Partners, Thomas Weisel
Partners, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, Mayfield Fund, Texas Pacific Group,
Presidio Ventures, Wilson Sonsini, and Comdisco.
	http://www.icewireless.com
	http://www.quantumshift.com

	Eco Associates Buys Bankrupt Golf Site ChipShot.com
	?	?	AUSTIN, Texas (VENTUREWIRE) -- Interfase Capital-affiliate Eco Associates, ?which invests in struggling e-commerce companies, said it acquired all the ?assets of Chipshot.com, a Sunnyvale, Calif.-based online retailer of golf ?merchandise. Terms of the deal were undisclosed. The company filed for ?Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Sept. 28, 2000. Eco Associates plans to ?restructure the company and will feature Chipshot.com on Mall.com, an ?Interfase affiliate. Chipshot was originally backed by Comdisco Ventures, ?Damac Investors, Glynn Ventures, the New Economy Fund, Oracle Venture Fund, ?Sequoia Capital, and Sumitomo.?	http://www.chipshot.com?	?	Broadband Firm Mindport Acquires Infrastructure Firm Noochee?

	SAN DIEGO, Calif.  (VENTUREWIRE) -- Mindport, a broadband content delivery
applications subsidiary of MIH, an interactive media and technology firm,
said it has taken a 70% stake in Noochee, a Colorodo Springs-based Internet
infrastructure and software firm. The Noochee location will become Mindport's
Colorado office. In February of this year, Cisco took a 10% stake in Noochee
for less than $10 million. Other backers in Noochee include Crimson Capital,
Vantage Point Venture Partners, and Dixon Doll, co-founder of Noochee and
head of Doll Capital.
	http://www.mindport.com

	Radiology Software Firm Avreo Acquires Image Medical
	?	?	CHICAGO (VENTUREWIRE) -- Avreo, an Internet software developer for the ?radiology industry, said it acquired Image Medical, a provider of image ?management systems for radiology. Terms of the deal were undisclosed. Sam ?Willcoxon, chief executive officer of Image Medical, will remain with the ?company as president and chief operating officer. Avreo will market and ?integrate Image Medical's PracticeBuilder product, an Internet-based image ?viewing technology, into its own product offerings. Avreo is funded by ?individual investors.?	http://www.avreo.com?	http://www.imagemedical.com?	?	TeamStaff Merges with Online Business Center Brightlane.com?

	SOMERSET, N.J. (VENTUREWIRE) -- TeamStaff, a national professional employer
organization, said it has merged with Brightlane.com, a privately-held online
business center, to form a new business process outsourcing services
organization. The merged company will provide small and middle market
business with a full service co-employment relationship or the opportunity to
select specific products such as banking, payroll, benefits and other
services. T.Stephen Johnson, the chairman of Brightlane, will become chairman
of the board of the combined entity. Brightlane was funded in part by First
Union e-Ventures. The company also received funding from Nationwide
Financial.
	http://www.brightlane.com
	http://www.teamstaff.com

	Youth Sports Network Athelete.com Acquires HockeyWeb.com
	?	?	NEW YORK (VENTUREWIRE) -- Athlete.com, a multimedia youth sports network, ?said it is acquiring HockeyWeb.com, a Web-based management tool for hockey ?teams and leagues. The financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. ?Athelete.com said it will integrate HockeyWeb into its newly launched site, ?www.athlete.com, by the end of the year. Athlete.com has received funding ?from Millenium Three Capital Partners and ING Barings. ?	http://www.athlete.com?	http://www.hockeyweb.com?	?	zZounds Sold to Pinebrook Holdings, to Close Two Stores ?

	CHICAGO (VENTUREWIRE) -- zZounds.com, a retail subsidiary of the
music-focused Web site HarmonyCentral.com, said it is being sold to Pinebrook
Holdings. Terms of the deal were undisclosed. zZounds will continue to
operate its Web site, which sells musical instruments and recording gear, but
will close two Chicago area retail stores. HarmonyCentral decided to sell the
site when it decided to forego retailer revenues in favor of a
retailer-neutral strategy. Ray Worthy Campbell, zZound founder and former
CEO, will remain with Harmony Central as CEO and chairman. zZound is backed
by Vulcan Ventures, Zilkha Venture Partners, and several individual investors.
	http://www.zzounds.com

	new directors
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	Ten Square Names Microsoft WebTV CFO to Board
	?	?	SAN JOSE, Calif. (VENTUREWIRE) -- Ten Square, an interactive point-of-sale ?broadcasting and publishing company, said it appointed Albert A. (Rocky) ?Pimentel to its board of directors. Mr. Pimentel currently serves as CFO and ?senior vice president at Microsoft WebTV Networks, which provides enhanced TV ?services using Internet and digital technologies. Mr. Pimentel has served on ?the board of several companies including Livingston Enterprises, SoftCom ?Microsystems, CrossWorlds Software, ConXion, and NetCell. Ten Square's ?investors include Marconi, BP Amoco, Chevron, BEA Systems, Blackboard ?Ventures,  Bay Partners, and APV Technology Partners.  ?	http://www.tensquare.com?	?	Handheld Device Firm Extenex Taps Ex-Coherent Exec for Board?

	SOQUEL, Calif. (VENTUREWIRE) -- Extenex, a handheld device firm, said it has
appointed Hank Gauthier to its board. Mr. Gauthier is chairman and a former
executive of Coherent, a laser technology firm. Extenex raised a $2.1 million
Series A round in August led by Vanguard Atlantic.
	http://www.extenex.com

	Web-Based ASP Worldo Names Ex-Fina CEO as Board Chairman
	?	?	NEW YORK (VENTUREWIRE) -- Worldo, a Web-based application service provider, ?said it has appointed Ron Haddock, the former president and chief executive ?officer of Fina Petroleum, as chairman of its board of directors. Prior to ?Fina, Mr. Haddock was vice president and director of Exxon. Worldo is backed ?by Continuation Investments N.V. Group, Easton Hunt Capital Partners of New ?York, and the New York Community Investment Company.    ?	http://www.worldo.com?	?	new people?	??	Wireless App Firm iConverse Names Ex-Interactive Exec as CEO?

	WALTHAM, Mass. (VENTUREWIRE) -- iConverse, a wireless applications firm, said
it has appointed Ron Matros, a former executive at Web publishing company
FutureTense, as president and CEO, replacing cofounder Andy Fox, who is now
chairman of the board. iConverse is funded by Advanced Technology Ventures
and Prism Venture Partners.
	http://www.iconverse.com

	Telco Services Firm The GTX Names Chairman and CEO
	?	?	WASHINGTON (VENTUREWIRE) -- The GTX, a service provider for ?telecommunications carriers, said it appointed  Charles Menatti as chairman, ?president, and CEO, replacing Phil Anderson as CEO, who will now serve as a ?consultant and remain on the board of directors. Previously Mr. Menatti ?served as president of The GTX's European operations. Prior to joining the ?company, he served as president of European development for CompleTel. The ?company is backed by Washington Investment Partners and Lucent. ?	http://www.thegtx.com?	?	App Firm SiteStuff Promotes COO to President?

	AUSTIN, Texas (VENTUREWIRE) -- SiteStuff, which develops applications for
maintenance and other services related to the commercial real estate
industry, said it has appointed COO Eugene W. Long as president. SiteStuff
said Mr. Long will use his international experience as global director of
supply chain operations at Ernst & Young, president of global logistics at
Burlington Air Express, and director of worldwide logistics at Dell to assist
in SiteStuff's international expansion. The company raised $40 million in its
Series B round of funding this past August, with $30 million from commercial
real estate firms CB Richard Ellis, Jones Lang LaSalle, and Tramell Crow and
the rest from previous investors.
	http://www.sitestuff.com

	Wireless Firm Travelers Telecom Appoints New CEO
	?	?	LOS ANGELES (VENTUREWIRE) -- Travelers Telecom, a wireless communications ?technology and applications firm, said it has appointed Robert L. Corey, ?former CEO of Novatel Wireless, as the company's first CEO. Travelers Telecom ?said it is backed by several undisclosed venture firms.    ?	http://www.travtel.com?	?	vc fund news?	??	Three Arch Partners Raises $200 Million For New Fund?

	MENLO PARK, Calif. (VENTUREWIRE) -- Three Arch Partners said it has completed
the first closing of its new fund, Three Arch Capital, raising $200 million.
The company expects to raise a total of $290 million and will target
developmental stage companies in the biotechnology, healthcare information
technology and services, and medical devices sectors. The average investment
size will be $10-$15 million. The partners in the fund are Tom Fogarty, Wilf
Jaeger, Mark Wan, Barclay Nicholson, Richard Lin, Bill Harrington, Jeff Bird,
and Mark Wan.
	http://www.threearchpartners.com

	Hudson Ventures Closes Second Fund with $130 Million
	?	?	NEW YORK (VENTUREWIRE) -- Hudson Ventures said it closed its second venture ?capital fund, Hudson Venture Partners II, with $130 million. The fund will ?focus on technology firms in New York. The firm's first fund was a $42 ?million fund that focused on Series A investments between $500,000 and $2 ?million. This second fund will branch out to more Series B round investments ?with investments between $2 million and $5 million. The new fund, which was ?raised mostly from individuals, including $20 million from the firm's own ?partners, has invested in three start-ups so far. The new portfolio companies ?in the current fund are Centor Software, an XML-based service provider for ?financial transactions; E-Tran Solutions, a software provider for web ?application deployment; and ZapSpot, a person-to-person ASP. ?	http://www.hudsonventures.com?	?	Merck Forms New Investment Arm with $100 Million Purse?

	WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J. (VENTUREWIRE) -- Merck announced it has formed a new
subsidiary, Merck Capital Ventures, that will invest up to $100 million in
private Internet companies and businesses focused in areas related to the
commercialization, distribution and delivery of pharmaceuticals and related
health care services. Per G. H. Lofberg stepped down as the chairman of
Merck-Medco, to head the new venture as president. Merck Capital Ventures,
which will be based in Montvale, N.J., said it will immediately begin
searching for investment opportunities. The company added the fund will not
be used to invest in research-based pharmaceutical, vaccine, or biotechnology
companies.
	http://www.merck.com

	Info Appliance Software Firm Liberate Raises $50 Million
	?	?	SAN CARLOS, Calif. (VENTUREWIRE) -- Liberate Technologies, which provides a ?software platform for delivering Internet-enhanced content and applications ?to information appliances, said it has launched Liberate Corporate Venture ?Fund, a $50 million fund. The fund will focus on the interactive television ?industry. The fund will make its first investment of $7 million in Two Way ?TV, a company providing interactive gaming and enhanced television ?applications. Liberate has also invested in iTV companies, ICE Interactive, ?Diva Systems and Everypath.    ?	http://www.liberate.com?	?	Business Accelerator STARTech Closes Fund with $32 Million?

	RICHARDSON, Texas (VENTUREWIRE) -- STARTech, a high-tech business
accelerator, said it closed its Seed Fund II at nearly $32 million. STARTech
said it anticipates that Seed Fund II will support about 50 to 60 future
startups with $100,000 to $900,000 each. All Seed Fund I investors invested
in Seed Fund II, including Austin Ventures, Capital Southwest Corp., and
CenterPoint Ventures. New investors include Access Venture Partners, Arkoma
Venture Partners, and Chisholm Private Capital Partners. STARTech program
companies that have received Seed Fund II investments include E-Tron, an
engineering services provider for in-structure wireless telecommunications;
PowerUp Networks, a services provider that automates the process of deploying
networks; and TeleCentric, an Internet business services provider for the
telecom industry.
	http://www.startech.org

	Pakistani Incubator KASB TechVentures Launches
	?	?	LAHORE, Pakistan (VENTUREWIRE) -- Khadim Ali Shah Bukhari & Co., a ?Pakistan-based investment firm, said it launched KASB TechVentures, an ?incubator for Internet businesses. The new incubator will focus on ?Pakistan-based businesses and invest between $100,000 and $1 million in its ?portfolio companies. The incubator will fund companies in the infrastructure, ?networking, software, hardware, Internet, telecom, and financial services ?sectors.?	http://www.kasbtv.com?	?	vc personnel?	??	Former Verizon Exec Named Managing Director of Carlyle Group?

	WASHINGTON (VENTUREWIRE) -- The Carlyle Group, a private equity firm, said it
appointed James A. Attwood as managing director and head of its global
telecommunications and media investment team. Mr. Attwood was formerly vice
president of strategy, development, and planning at Verizon Communications.
Mr. Attwood will be based out of the company's New York office. Carlyle
focuses on telecommunication and media companies and currently manages more
than $12 billion in private equity funds.
	http://www.thecarlylegroup.com

	Metropolitan Venture Names Directors of European Branch
	?	?	LONDON (VENTUREWIRE) -- Metropolitan Venture Partners (MetVP), an early stage ?technology venture capital fund, said it opened its European business with ?the appointment of Adrian Blumfield as chief executive officer and Nick Wood ?as managing director. Mr. Blumfield previously served as head of strategic ?planning for the Man Group. Nick Wood joins MetVP from The NewMedia Group in ?London, a European early stage technology  and Internet investment company. ?MetVP is backed by the Man Group, a London listed international financial ?services company, and by Lawrence D. Hite, founder and managing director of ?Mint Investment Management Company. MetVP has stakes in ten technology ?businesses in the US covering the software, Internet services and e-commerce ?sectors.  MetVP is actively seeking investments in the US and Europe in early ?stage technology businesses. ?	http://www.metv! p.com?	?	vw corrections?	??	Edmunds.com?

	NEW YORK (VENTUREWIRE) -- An item in yesterday's VentureWire incorrectly
identified Peter Steinlauf as the founder of Edmunds.com. He was not the
founder, but has led the company since he purchased it in 1986. The item also
misstated the titles of Bob Thomas. He was formerly CEO of North American
operations and has been promoted to COO of the overall company.

	company index
	?	?	Allegro Networks, Andersen Consulting, Athlete.com, Avreo, BrightLane.com, ?Camstar Systems, Cerida, chipshot.com, Counterpane Internet Security, Courion?, Crosslink Capital, Crosspoint Venture Partners, Diamond.com, ?DigitalWork.com, dotTV, Dynamic Health Strategies, Embark.com, eTel Group, ?European Webgroup, Extenex, HockeyWeb.com, Hudson Ventures, ICE ?Communications, iConverse, Imagemedica! l.com, KASB TechVentures, Kiwilogic, ?Komag, Liberate Technologies, Merck, Metropolitan Venture Partners, Mindport, ?Mobliss, MorganWorks.com, Passport Health Communications, Percite Information ?Technologies, Quadrem, QuantumShift, ServiceU.com, SiteStuff.com, Startech, ?Storm Ventures, Summit Partners, TeamStaff, Ten Square, The Carlyle Group, ?The Global TeleExchange, Three Arch Partners, TL Ventures, Travelers Telecom, ?United Messaging,! USgift.com, V-SPAN, Verus, Virtual Growth, Weston Presidio ?Capital, Wily Technology, WineryExchange, Worldo, Yantra, zZounds.com?	?	?	?	CONNECTED COFFEE??	?	It's no longer a pipe dream. Lavazza and eDevice have?	unveiled the world's first Internet-enabled espresso maker.?	Further, Web tablets, Internet radios, and other connected?	appliances are popping up everywhere. But business models?	and revenue streams have proven elusive. The consumer?	devices panel at Technology  Outlook 2000, will explore?	some of the difficulties of this emerging market with:?	?	* Safi Qureshy, Chairman, AudioRamp?	* Daniel H. Rimer, Partner, The Barksdale Group?	* Kent Savage, President & CEO, Netpliance?	* Michael Slater, President, PhotoTablet?	?	Technology Outlook 2000: The Future of Pervasive Computing?	December 4 and 5, San Franciscohttp://technologicpartners.com/tp/conf/to2000/?	?	?	investor index?

	3i Group, 3i Group, Accel Partners, Accel Partners, Alcan Aluminium Limited,
Alcoa, Amerindo Investment Advisors, Anglo American Security Fund, Argus
Capital, BEA Systems, Bessemer Venture Partners, Brinson Partners, Broadview
Capital Partners, Cahill, Warnock & Company, Charter Growth Capital,
Clearlight Partners, Comcast Interactive Capital Group, Dell Computer,
Deutsche Bank, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Dresdner Kleinwort Benson, First
Union Capital P! artners, Goldman Sachs Group, Greenhill Capital Partners,
Greylock Management, Infinity Capital, Information Technology Ventures, Intel
Capital, Internet Capital Group, Inukshuk Limited Partnership, Labrador
Ventures, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Private Equity, Oak Investment Partners,
PurchasePro.com, TL Ventures, TL Ventures, Venrock Associates, VerticalNet,
Votorantim Venture Capital, Wells Fargo

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Start Date: 2/2/02; HourAhead hour: 13;  HourAhead schedule download failed. Manual intervention required.


What time on Monday would be convenient for both of you to meet with Brenda
Funk?   How about 9:30 a.m.?   Please advise.

---------------------- Forwarded by Susan Flynn/HOU/ECT on 04/19/2000 01:10
PM ---------------------------

Brenda L Funk
04/19/2000 01:04 PM
To: Susan Flynn/HOU/ECT@ECT
cc:
Subject: Re: Swap Legal Documentation on Various Year End Deals

I thought I had delivered everything.  Give me a list and I will bring all
items to the meeting.  Anytime Monday is fine.


I can be here.

Mary Poorman@ENRON
12/20/2000 08:34 AM
To: Michael Olsen/NA/Enron@Enron, Tom Acton/Corp/Enron@ENRON, Clem
Cernosek/HOU/ECT@ECT, Robert Cotten/HOU/ECT@ECT, Jackie Young/HOU/ECT@ECT,
Sabrae Zajac/HOU/ECT@ECT, Carlos J Rodriguez/HOU/ECT@ECT, Mark
McCoy/Corp/Enron@Enron, Aimee Lannou/HOU/ECT@ECT, Mary
Poorman/NA/Enron@Enron, Eddie Janzen/NA/Enron@Enron
cc: Daren J Farmer/HOU/ECT@ECT, Lauri A Allen/HOU/ECT@ECT
Subject: Tuesday, December 26th

We will need a small staff to handle potential trades for Wed. the 27th.
Most of the pipelines are out of the office, so I would expect the work load
to be minimal.  I plan on coming in, and would like to have a minimum of
three on staff, so I need two volunteers (one offsystem, just in  case).  If
anyone is going to be in town, please forward a number, in case we need to
call any additional people in, or have you work on a laptop from home.  I
will get with you after the new year to make up the holiday you miss, or, you
can schedule your day now, I have the calendars.  Also, I will be out on
vacation Friday, Dec. 22nd and will need someone to send the nominations to
the plants, I don't expect to have full system coverage, just HPL/HPL and
HPL/ENA as needed.  Let me know if you are interested in learning how to do
this.

Thank you,

Mary


Sara,

DLJ informed me we would not be settling Friday, but it would be within the
next couple of days.  We are waiting for DLJ's calc. sheet to make sure
everything looks reasonable.  Paul was not sure if the calculation sent to us
from Deutsche/BT was correct.  I'll keep you posted....


I have put the executed doc in the mail.  Mark


available EXCEPT for the following days:

May 16 -18
May 22
May 23
 May 25-31

June 6
June 13
June 20
June 25-29
July 2-6
July 11

I hope this is helpful.  I will let you know if anything changes.

Thank you,

Scott


John,

Our primary delivery point on the EP capacity is the border so it would have to flow as an alternative delivery location and would be subject to cuts.  I would like to talk to you in more detail about this with the assistance of Stephanie Miller who is the tport expert in our group.  Then you can decide how you would like to persue.  Stephanie will be available in the morning before 11:00 am CDT.

Please give me a call when you can -

Thanks,

Kim

 -----Original Message-----
From: 	CoganJA@aol.com@ENRON [mailto:IMCEANOTES-CoganJA+40aol+2Ecom+40ENRON@ENRON.com]
Sent:	Thursday, July 26, 2001 6:27 AM
To:	Ward, Kim S (Houston)
Subject:	Gas Deliveries - Citizens Valencia Power Plant

Good morning Kim,
You mentioned yesterday that Enron had some EP capacity to sell.  Well,
Citizens is wanting to know if Enron could make firm sales to it for gas to
its electric generating facility, Valencia, located in Nogales, AZ.  As I
recall the gas requirements are in the range of 1 to 2 MMcf per day.
I have the following questions which I would like to discuss with you on this
subject:
1) Is there sufficient available capacity on the pipeline that will allow the
gas to flow?
2) Could you make deliveries for the month of August and possibly September?
3) What would be the delivered price?
4) What is the expectation of this gas showing up everyday?
Give me a call on my cell phone to discuss>
Best regards,
John
The Johnco Group, LLC
3629 Lake Kristin Drive
Gretna, LA 70056
Phone  (504) 392-7557
Cell      (504) 491-2784
Fax      (208) 730-4713


Philippe spotted this too today and has asked Steve Horn to pursue.   We may
want to involve Robert in this from the employment perspective.

Good spot though.

Thomas D Gros@ENRON
11/28/2000 05:12 PM
To: Greg Whalley/HOU/ECT@ECT, Louise Kitchen/HOU/ECT@ECT
cc:

Subject: IT Consulting Firms

I raised the issue of ENW considering the purchase of a tech consulting firm
at a staff meeting several weeks ago.  Attached please find a quick and dirty
analysis of some of the key players.  You may note that Luminant is trading
below $1.  Please let me know if anyone is actively pursuing this
"intellectual capital" opportunity.

All the best,

Tom


Rob

Give me a call sometime about this trade.


Are you around next Tuesday?
---------------------- Forwarded by John Arnold/HOU/ECT on 03/02/2001 04:22
PM ---------------------------
From: Jennifer Burns/ENRON@enronXgate on 03/02/2001 03:29 PM
To: Phillip K Allen/HOU/ECT@ECT, John Arnold/HOU/ECT@ECT, Michael
Bradley/HOU/EES@EES, Jennifer Fraser/ENRON@enronXgate, Mike
Grigsby/HOU/ECT@ECT, Adam Gross/HOU/ECT@ECT, Rogers Herndon/HOU/ECT@ect,
Kevin McGowan/Corp/Enron@ENRON, Vince J Kaminski/HOU/ECT@ECT, John L
Nowlan/HOU/ECT@ECT, Kevin M Presto/HOU/ECT@ECT, Fletcher J Sturm/HOU/ECT@ECT,
Hunter S Shively/HOU/ECT@ECT, Bill White/NA/Enron@Enron, Gary
Hickerson/HOU/ECT@ECT, Jeffrey A Shankman/ENRON@enronXgate, John J
Lavorato/ENRON@enronXgate
cc: Ina Rangel/HOU/ECT@ECT, Judy Zoch/NA/Enron@ENRON, Gloria
Solis/ENRON@enronXgate, Helen Marie Taylor/HOU/ECT@ECT, Tamara Jae
Black/HOU/ECT@ECT, Angie Collins/HOU/ECT@ECT, Shirley Crenshaw/HOU/ECT@ECT,
Kimberly Hillis/ENRON@enronXgate
Subject: CANCELLED - Trader's Roundtable

The trader's roundtable meeting for Tuesday, March 6 at 4:00PM has been
cancelled.

Thanks!
Jennifer


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Heinrich
> Sent: Monday, March 12, 2001 4:17 PM
> To: Jacqlynn Wu
> Subject: Adjustment Bid Market Update
>
>  <<...>>
>
> 5201 Great America Parkway, Suite 522
> Santa Clara, CA 95054
> 408 517-2100
> 408 517-2985 fax
>
>
> March 12, 2001
>
>
> Dear Colleague,
>
> Thank you for your participation and support in resolving our problems
> this summer regarding congestion management in the California market.  As
> we have indicated, we believe that this problem is costing us millions of
> dollars today and continued pro rata schedule cuts as a method of
> congestion management will continue to reduce energy supply this summer
> and escalate substantially to well over $100,000,000 in replacement energy
> costs.
>
> As you suggested, we presented our solution of operating an adjustment bid
> market to manage congestion to the CAISO Board of Governors on February
> 28, 2001.  Following that meeting we were requested to work with the CAISO
> staff to develop a resolution to be presented at the next Board meeting on
> March 15, 2001.  The CAISO staff will be presenting their solution
> described as "Market Stabilization Plan/Interim Market Redesign" in a
> effort to resolve this and other problems.
>
> While the CAISO plan may have long-term benefits, it has been brought
> forward without the benefit of full stakeholder airing and we believe that
> it will be difficult to complete all software and systems work in time to
> have benefit this summer.  In addition, it will require significant
> participant re-education.  We are also very concerned about the amount of
> time remaining to complete this process along with the risks and costs
> associated with its implementation.  Therefore, APX will finalize its
> offer for the solution that we described to you on February 21 as an
> alternative to the CAISO staff plan during the upcoming CAISO Board of
> Governors meeting.  We know that our solution can be implemented in time,
> that it will improve adequate supply and that it will save millions of
> dollars this summer.
>
> We have heard from many of you that you support this market as a viable
> way of mitigating the high cost of congestion in the coming months. WE ARE
> ASKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF THIS PLAN WITH the CAISO Board of Governors on
> March 15, 2001.
>
>
> Sincerely,
>
>
>
> Michael L. Heinrich   John Stremel
> Vice President    Vice President
> Automated Power Exchange  Automated Power Exchange
>
>
> Mike
> Michael L. Heinrich
> Vice President
> Automated Power Exchange
> 5201 Great America Parkway
> Suite 522
> Santa Clara, CA  95054
> 408-517-2100
> Direct: 408-517-2159
> Mobile: 408-393-1092
> e-mail: mheinrich@apx.com
> www.apx.com
>
>


-----Original Message-----
From: 	Gay, Randall L.
Sent:	Tuesday, November 20, 2001 5:00 PM
To:	Ward, Kim; Grigsby, Mike; Tycholiz, Barry
Subject:	citizens

Kim:  attached are my more detailed remarks on citizens and the cuts.  please let me know if this will be ok.  thanks.


On March 28, FERC provisionally approved the GridFlorida RTO.

Some positive aspects for EPMI:

States that EPMI's proposal for a real time energy market has "theoretical
merit", but practically may not be implemented when operational.  Encourages
consideration of our proposal and how it could be practically implemented.
Grants EPMI's protest that Applicants cannot acquire software and other
systems implementing market design until after the independent Board is
seated and given its approval.


is this the link to the new swaps forms database?

Cheryl Nelson
Senior Counsel
EB3816
(713) 345-4693

	Tana Jones@ECT
	05/01/2001 02:02 PM

		 To: Cheryl Nelson/NA/Enron@Enron
		 cc:
		 Subject:

Link -->


'98 San Diego system averages:
9.4 cents     Total rate
6.1 cents      Power Supply portion, of which 1/4 was purchased power @ 3.0
cents and 3/4 was generation @9.1 cents.

Steven J Kean@ENRON
09/01/2000 08:27 AM

Sent by:  Steven J Kean@ENRON

To:   Susan J Mara/SFO/EES@EES, Jeff Dasovich/SFO/EES@EES, Sandra
      McCubbin/SFO/EES@EES, Mona L Petrochko/SFO/EES@EES
cc:   Gavin Dillingham/ENRON_DEVELOPMENT@ENRON_DEVELOPMENT, Harry
      Kingerski/HOU/EES@EES, Richard Shapiro/HOU/EES@EES, James D
      Steffes/HOU/EES@EES
Subject:  California Lawmakers Vote to Limit Power Costs - WSJ

Look at this.  Baum finally speaks up  -- way too late.
Can somebody tell me what SDG&E's energy rate was pre-dereg?
---------------------- Forwarded by Steven J Kean/NA/Enron on 09/01/2000
08:24 AM ---------------------------

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To:   Karen Denne/Corp/Enron@ENRON, Mark Palmer/Corp/Enron@ENRON, Steven J
      Kean/NA/Enron@Enron, Meredith Philipp/Corp/Enron@ENRON
cc:

Subject:  California Lawmakers Vote to Limit Power Costs - WSJ

F.Y.I.

  California Lawmakers Vote to Limit Power Costs
  By Rebecca Smith

  09/01/2000
  The Wall Street Journal
  Page A4
  (Copyright (c) 2000, Dow Jones & Company, Inc.)

  California lawmakers voted to extend modest relief to San Diego residents
burdened with
  high electricity bills and set the groundwork for faster construction of
badly needed power
  plants. They stopped short, however, of passing legislation that would
roll back retail power
  rates to levels seen prior to deregulation .

  Late Wednesday, lawmakers sent a bill to Gov. Gray Davis that limits to
6.5 cents per
  kilowatt hour the amount that small customers of San Diego Gas & Electric
Co. can be
  charged. The utility is allowed to add power-delivery and other
reasonable costs to that
  commodity price.

  The price, equivalent to a bulk power cost of $65 per megawatt hour, is
far higher than the
  average price of power for 27 of the 31 months in which California's
market has been
  deregulated. But in June and July, the average price of power obtained by
the utility from a
  state-sanctioned energy auction rose to 12 cents and 10.5 cents,
respectively, compared
  with the 2.3 cents and 2.8 cents charged in those months a year earlier.

  Passed directly through to customers,the resulting bills sparked a near
mutiny. The
  rate-cap measure applies to residential and small commercial customers,
as well as to
  schools and hospitals.

  In addition to the rate cap, which can be adjusted upward or downward by
the California
  Public Utilities Commission until December 2002, the legislature
earmarked $150 million of
  general-fund revenue, which can be used to subsidize San Diego power
costs if they greatly
  exceed the 6.5-cents-per-kilowatt-hour rate. For now, the utility would
be expected to make
  up any difference between revenue collected and the actual cost.

  Steve Baum, chairman of Sempra Energy, parent of San Diego Gas & Electric
Co., said the
  rate-cap measure is "deeply flawed" because it limits the amount prices
can rise but sets
  no floor. That means any shortfall could grow -- without a mechanism for
customers to pay
  it down -- until the end of the rate-cap period, which could last until
December 2002 or
  December 2003.

  Mr. Baum said Sempra stands to suffer an undercollection of perhaps $664
million, provided
  future prices approximate the New York Mercantile Exchange forward prices
through
  December 2002. "It's irreparably damaging to Sempra," he said because it
"creates
  tremendous uncertainty" that makes it hard for the San Diego energy
company to finance
  new projects such as a new transmission line.

  The legislature also appeared likely to approve a bill speeding up the
permit process for the
  construction of new power plants, in part by beefing up staffs of
regulatory agencies that
  review the plans.

  Copyright , 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

 - pic19169.pcx


Kelly,

I spoke with my friend and he mentioned that Michael was already talking to 2
firms and he
didn't want to recommend a third at this time.  I told him that if anything
changes, let me know.
It was worth a try anyway.  I'll talk to you soon.

Kevin


Rod and Susan:  The CP's lawyer asked for a new draft so we can redraft on
our new form.  Unless Rod objects, we will use the same credit.  Rod, there
will be  cross default  and transferability issues (check Lotus Notes) but we
can discuss when CP returns comments.  Our Portland trader is Kim Ward and
she would like to be copied on the redraft.  Thanks.  Sara


Please join us for one of the Executive Breakfasts at DePelchin Children,s
Center, our adopted agency for this year and one of the more than 80
community organizations supported by the United Way of the Texas Gulf Coast.
The Executive Breakfasts will focus on our 2000 campaign.  To reach our goal
of  $2,310,000, it will take the active leadership and support of each of
you. We look forward to seeing all of you at one of the breakfasts.

Event:  Executive Breakfast
Date:  Thursday, August 3, 2000 (hosted by Joe Sutton)
   or
  Friday, August 4, 2000 (hosted by Jeff Skilling)
Time:  7:45-9:00 a.m.
Location: DePelchin Children,s Center
  100 Sandman (close to Memorial and Shepherd intersection)

Transportation: Bus will depart from the Enron Building (Andrews Street side)
promptly at 7:30 a.m.

NOTE: Bus transportation is encouraged, due to limited onsite parking.
However, if you should need to drive, a map will be provided.

Please R.S.V.P. no later than Wednesday, July 26 to confirm your attendance
and bus transportation to Jessica Nunez
at 853-1918.


Jeff --

Our Internal Communications group is continuing to look for ways to
communicate with employees in a timely manner about hot topics that are of
interest to them.  We're also looking to increase your exposure with
employees.  We have a new idea, which Sherri discussed briefly with you a
couple of weeks ago.  It's called "Jeff's Corner" and it will be a regular
video message that will be posted on the intranet -- which can be accessed by
99.9% of our employees.

This is how it will work.  We will tape a 2-3 minute video of you talking
about what's top of mind at that moment.  The tone and style will be like
your floor meetings (one of your best employee venues), casual and
conversational.  We suggest the first topic be "The State of Enron."  There
is a lot of talk among employees about the cheap shots we've taken as a
company and by you and Ken, about the decline in our stock price and about
the widespread re-deployment efforts.   These recent events are  beginning to
affect morale.  Employees are concerned and want to be assured that we're on
the right side, that they will have jobs, that Enron will be here next year.
You've helped reassure them about these things at recent floor meetings;
however, that is only a small part of our global work force.  Having your own
corner on the intranet will have a farther reach, and we have the capability
to do this in-house at very low cost.

We recommend making this a regular communication feature at least monthly,
although since this would only involve a few minutes of your time, you could
even tape a message to employees weekly.  The nice thing about this medium is
we have the ability to respond immediately to current events, and having you
speak to employees gives the message credibility.

Future topics could address new cost saving procedures, update on Dabhol, the
PRC, reasons behind an organizational announcement, The Pulse survey, etc.
We'd like this to be a forum where you can talk about topics you'd like to
discuss.

I've checked with the technical team, and we have the capability do this
now.  I will check your calendar with Sherri.  Let me know if you have any
questions.

Mary


Can you look around for the fax of this NDA signed by the Counterparty.  Mark
Greenberg will need to initial it and then send it down to Daniel Diamond and
he will get an EnronOnline and Enron Net Works officer to sign it.  Once it
is signed we will need to fax it to the counterparty.  I will forward Dan's
email with the fax and phone number of the counterparty to you.

Thanks!
---------------------- Forwarded by Tana Jones/HOU/ECT on 03/16/2001 02:42 PM
---------------------------

EJL <ejl@choiceenergy.com> on 03/16/2001 02:11:05 PM
To: "'Tana.Jones@enron.com'" <Tana.Jones@enron.com>
cc:
Subject: RE: NDA - Choice Energy Ltd.

I have signed and faxed NDA.  PLease call if you have any questions.

E. Javier Loya
President
713-613-0500

Confidential    -     CHOICE! Energy LP Documents     -     Confidential

You are hereby notified that any distribution, copying, use or reliance upon
the information contained in this document by or to anyone other than the
recipient of this document is UNAUTHORIZED AND STRICTLY PROHIBITED.  If you
have received this e-mail in error, please contact my office at
713-613-0555.

-----Original Message-----
From: Tana.Jones@enron.com [mailto:Tana.Jones@enron.com]
Sent: Friday, March 16, 2001 12:47 PM
To: ejl@choiceenergy.com
Cc: Daniel.Diamond@enron.com; Bob.Shults@enron.com;
Mark.Greenberg@enron.com
Subject: NDA - Choice Energy Ltd.

At the request of Daniel Diamond, I am attaching our proposed form of
Non-Disclosure Agreement.   If the enclosed meets with your approval,
please execute the agreement and return it to me via fax no. (713)
646-3490.  I will then have it executed by Enron.  If you have any comments
or questions please call Mark Greenberg, Senior Counsel, at (713) 345-8897.
We look forward to hearing from you.

(See attached file: choice energy.doc)

 - E. Javier Loya (E-mail).vcf


Gentlemen

I just spoke to Jeff who had just finished his phone call with Dorman (ATT).  Jeff said that Dorman was very interested in our proposal and even had some ideas on expanding the scope of our ideas.  He said that Dorman would like to get together on Weds.  June 6 in Washington DC to continue the discussions.  I'm not quite sure what this means except that it appears that Dorman does have a genuine interest in exploring a big deal with EBS.  So I would recommend that we get together early next week with Jeff and maybe with the Adventis guys and prepare for the 6/6 meeting.

Ken


Stinson, Shalesh & Martin will be on loan/attached to my group for the next
few months. This similar to the arrangement that I had originally at EBS.

Ravi.


Lay low.  G.
-----Original Message-----
From: Meyer, William <wxm@cpuc.ca.gov>
To: 'Dasovich, Jeffrey' <jdasovic@enron.com>; 'Coe, Gigi'
<gcoe@firstworld.net>
Date: Thursday, January 04, 2001 9:38 AM
Subject: FW: Strategic Planning Director

>FYI
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Lynch, Loretta
>> Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2001 9:35 AM
>> To: ALL PUC
>> Subject: Strategic Planning Director
>>
>> I am happy to announce that Barbara Hale has agreed to become the
>> Commission's Director of Strategic Planning.  Many of you already know
>> Barbara.  She has held several key positions in the Commission over the
>> past twelve years, as advisor to two Commissioners, analyst in ORA and
>> more recently as an administrative law judge.
>>
>> Barbara has a solid understanding of the organization and of the critical
>> regulatory issues before the Commission.  She brings a lot of ideas and
>> energy to the Commission's management team.
>>
>> Please join me in welcoming Barbara to a new challenge!
>>
>>
>


thanks for checking and publishing this.  I will have another talk with the guys.
PL

-----Original Message-----
From: Fowler, Kulvinder
Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 7:42 PM
To: Ames, Chuck; Brawner, Sandra F.; Clause, Kristen; Brady, Edward; Espey, Darren; Fowler, Kulvinder; Germany, Chris; Goodell, Scott; Hodge, John; Hungerford, James; Johnson, Luchas; Keavey, Peter F.; Love, Phillip M.; Mckay, Brad; Mckay, Jonathan; McKinney, Hal; Mills, Bruce; Neal, Scott; Palmer, B. Scott; Pereira, Susan W.; Pimenov, Vladi; 'crabon@enron.com'; Ring, Andrea; Singla, Kimat; Taylor, Craig; Townsend, Judy; Versen, Victoria; Videtto, Melissa; Worthing, Ashley
Subject: TRV Notification: (East P/L Totals - 11/27/2001)

The report named: East P/L Totals <http://trv.corp.enron.com/linkFromExcel.asp?report_cd=1&report_name=East+P/L+Totals&category_cd=1&category_name=EAST&toc_hide=1&sTV1=1&TV1Exp=Y&current_efct_date=11/27/2001>, published as of 11/27/2001 is now available for viewing on the website.


Your March O&M reports for Energy Operations are now available in the
livelink system.

Please let me know if you have any questions regarding these files.

Thanks so much,

Holly
3-5843


Please find enclosed a sheet that details volume by month at CGT App.

Would you please indicate the bid for Nymex, Basis and Index.

Please call me if you need further information.

Thanks,

Sanjeev x33849

---------------------- Forwarded by Sanjeev Khanna/NA/Enron on 01/23/2001
03:27 PM ---------------------------

Sanjeev Khanna
01/19/2001 03:23 PM
To: John Arnold/HOU/ECT@ECT, Sandra F Brawner/HOU/ECT@ECT, Brad
McKay/HOU/ECT@ECT
cc:

Subject: Volumes for Blake and Belden Deal (Bid)

Please find enclosed the varying volumes by month for the Blake and Belden
deal.

Would you please give me your bid for these volumes at GGT Appalchia.

Please call me, if you need further information.

Thanks,

Sanjeev.


September 2000

September 7
ELECTION WATCH
Karlyn Bowman, Norm Ornstein, Bill Schneider, and Ben Wattenberg  Thursday,
7:45*9:30 a.m. ($60)

SADDAM'S IRAQ AND THE NEXT ADMINISTRATION
Briefing
Richard Butler, Diplomat in Residence, Council on Foreign Relations
Thursday, 5:30*7:00 p.m.

September 11
CHINA AFTER COMMUNISM
Bradley Lecture
Arthur Waldron, American Enterprise Institute
Monday, 5:30*7:00 p.m. ($5)

September 15
DO INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNTS
RAISE TAX REVENUE?
Tax Policy Seminar
Jonathan Skinner, Jane Gravelle, Paul Burnham, and R. Glenn Hubbard Friday,
9:15*11:00 a.m.

September 22
COMPETITION OR LOCAL MONOPOLIES:  HOW SHOULD MEDICARE PURCHASE  PRESCRIPTION
DRUGS?
Health Policy Discussion
Patricia Danzon, Joseph Newhouse and Tony Barrueta
Friday, 9:15*11:30 a.m.
September 25
SHADOW FINANCIAL REGULATORY
COMMITTEE PRESS BRIEFING
Press Briefing
Monday, 11:30*1:30 p.m.

September 28
THE MYSTERY OF CAPITAL
Book Forum
Hernando DeSoto
Thursday, 10:00 a.m.*12:00 p.m.

All events are in the Wohlstetter Conference Center, AEI, twelfth floor.
Contact: Elizabeth Bowen, 202.862.5880


Per Mark's approval, when we entered into the master with CGAS, we found out
they never entered into a resolution approving the swap agreement or trades
thereunder.  So each and everytime we do a trade with them we are going to
have to get a resolution authorizing entering into the trade.

So for the executed master swap agreement list we need to put:  "Need board
resolution prior to trading"


Yes still need it -when are you back?
--------------------------
Sent from my BlackBerry Wireless Handheld


guys, phone numbers:

Home:  713-592-9723
Cell: 713-907-6315

Regards
Delainey


Dutch:

We have Dave Wei (x5-3853) working on the PortCalc change and Margie Nguyen
(x5-3706) working on the Excel to fetch/save the vol. skew matrix.
We should have the Excel ready for testing by Friday, and the PortCalc by
early next week.

Jeremy
x3-0573

 -----Original Message-----
From:  Quigley, Dutch
Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2001 8:15 AM
To: Jeremy Wong/HOU/ECT@ENRON
Cc: Maggi, Mike; Griffith, John
Subject: Skew Project

Jeremy,

Can you give me a status report on the skew project along with the contact
inf. for
the person that is working on the project.

Dutch
3-9257


These are deals for Jeff Richter traded 11-09-00 and the correct name should
be Calpine Energy Services, L.P.   Please change the names and let the
traders know that they should now be choosing this name instead of Calpine
Power Services Company

Thanks!


What up dawg! How are you and Meg doing?
I still have a job. It has been an extremely rocky time. However, I feel optimistic that our trading business will continue in some fashion. I believe that we will be bought out by an investment bank and that we will be able to start trading again. The chances are good that I will have to thin out my group a bit, I am hoping that attrition will take care of some of the members of the group. I think we are going to let traders out of their contract if they want to leave. Hopefully that will cut down on any direct lay-offs I will have to do. It would suck having to lay-off good people. Its worrisome but like I said, I am optimistic. Soccer was going well, but I sprained my knee pretty badly playing indoor last night, so another two-three weeks before I am out there playing again...bollocks! Its ridiculous. How are things with you? I have two tickets to Mark Lanegan on December 19th at Berbatis Pan.  Are you going to be in town at that point? Its gonna be sweet.
Still enjoying the Audi. My address is 1005 SW Park Ave. #706, Portland OR, 97205. Give me a ring and let me know what the word is. 503-887-3449.

Later,
Bill

-----Original Message-----
From: Brendan Adams [mailto:BAdams@geraldmartin.com]
Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 7:38 AM
To: Williams III, Bill
Subject: Hello

So, do you still have a job? What is your address?

Brendan Adams
Project Manager
Gerald Martin, Ltd


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You deleted this without reading it - probably because I hit reply to your message and it kept the same subject ("EIA-910 Form").

-----Original Message-----
From: Cantrell, Rebecca W.
Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2001 6:30 PM
To: Steffes, James D.
Subject: RE: EIA-910 Form - Monthly Natural Gas Marketer Survey

The official word about AGA's Storage Survey:

AGA Storage Survey to Discontinue
Published: 10/12/01
October 12, 2001
Memo to AGA Storage Survey Subscribers and Other Interested Organizations and Individuals
Re: AGA Storage Report
The American Gas Association (AGA) plans to discontinue collecting estimates of working natural gas in storage from the storage operators. Therefore, concurrently, AGA will discontinue publishing regional or national storage estimates. At present, AGA intends to publish the last survey on Wednesday, January 2, 2002. This final survey will estimate working gas in storage for the week ending Friday, December 28, 2001, effectively the end of the year. AGA will continue to follow the Storage Survey Procedures and Methodology as shown at http://www.aga.org/StatsStudies <http://www.aga.org/statsstudies>  [Looks like you have to have a password to access this site]
AGA is discontinuing the survey primarily because it was taking increasingly more staff time and effort to calculate and post the survey estimates; this drained resources committed to other programs more beneficial to its members. AGA is planning to continue a wide range of other programs conducted on behalf of AGA members and their customers. These programs are more fully described on AGA's website (www.aga.org) and reports to members.
AGA will ask the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) to consider publishing the storage estimates EIA currently collects on a more timely basis and to simplify its data collection process. AGA's weekly storage estimates have closely tracked EIA's numbers over the past seven years. AGA estimates are currently issued three working days after the weekly reporting period ends while EIA storage data is often published a month or more after the end of the reporting period. Subscribers to the AGA storage survey may also obtain storage data from commercial providers that either currently provide these services or that might offer storage-related services in the future.
If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to contact Paul Wilkinson, AGA's Vice President for Policy Analysis by e-mail (pwilkinson@aga.org) or fax (202/824-7089) or Roger Cooper, AGA's Executive Vice President, Policy and Planning by e-mail (rcooper@aga.org) or fax (202/824-7089).
Sincerely,
Roger B. Cooper
Executive Vice President, Policy and Planning

-----Original Message-----
From: Steffes, James D.
Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2001 8:34 AM
To: Cantrell, Rebecca W.; Kingerski, Harry
Cc: Lawner, Leslie; Superty, Robert
Subject: RE: EIA-910 Form - Monthly Natural Gas Marketer Survey

Let me know about how you intend to move forward.  Probably the same team as the CA reporting.

Also, what did AGA do with its Storage Figure Report?  I heard that they cancelled the publication.

Jim
-----Original Message-----
From: Cantrell, Rebecca W.
Sent: Monday, October 15, 2001 6:17 PM
To: Kingerski, Harry; Steffes, James D.
Cc: Lawner, Leslie; Superty, Robert
Subject: FW: EIA-910 Form - Monthly Natural Gas Marketer Survey
FYI - It looks like this is something that EES for sure and maybe ENA will have to comply with.  It is an EIA report required for all natural gas marketers with residential and/or commercial customers in the states of GA, MD, NY, OH, and PA; neither Leslie nor I received any notice of the potential requirement.  The OMB notice was published in the Federal Register in March, but since we don't typically monitor that publication, we did not see it, and I couldn't find any press reports on it.  Based on this correspondence, the first we heard about it was when EES got a copy of the form last week.

So that you don't have to plow through the attachment, here are the data elements that are to be reported for sales in each of the above states:

4. To how many end-use customers did you sell natural gas? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5. How much natural gas did you sell to these customers? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
6. What was the revenue received for the natural gas commodity you sold to these
customers? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
7. Were there any receipts for distribution charges or taxes associated with the sale
of natural gas? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
_ Yes - Continue to Question #8
_ No - Skip to Question #9
8. How much were these receipts? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
9. Please use this space for any explanation that may be essential in understanding your reported data.
10. Enter the name, telephone number, fax number, and e-mail address of the person to contact concerning the information on this report.

At this point, we don't think there is anything we can do about this procedurally .  Any other ideas?  I will find out from Donna Greif how much of a problem, if any, they will have compiling the information.

-----Original Message-----
From: Cantrell, Rebecca W.
Sent: Monday, October 15, 2001 5:26 PM
To: Lawner, Leslie; Greif, Donna; Hewitt, Jess P.; Fulton, Donna; Black, Don
Cc: Calcagno, Suzanne; Superty, Robert; Pharms, Melinda; Pittenger, Cathy; Herod, Brenda F.
Subject: RE: EIA-910 Form - Monthly Natural Gas Marketer Survey

I found the attached information on the EIA website.  (I copied the screens and pasted them to the word document, so the format is a little off.)  Note that the report is required for all natural gas marketers with residential and/or commercial customers in the states of GA, MD, NY, OH, and PA.  It appears that EIA received OMB approval for the reporting requirement in late May of this year for a three-year period.  The actual form is available on EIA's website, as explained in paragraph 5, but the data elements are shown on page 4 of the attachment.  Note also the last two pages of the document, where EIA plans for further reporting are discussed.

-----Original Message-----
From: Lawner, Leslie
Sent: Monday, October 15, 2001 10:55 AM
To: Cantrell, Rebecca W.; Greif, Donna; Hewitt, Jess P.; Fulton, Donna; Black, Don
Cc: Calcagno, Suzanne; Superty, Robert; Pharms, Melinda; Pittenger, Cathy; Herod, Brenda F.
Subject: RE: EIA-910 Form - Monthly Natural Gas Marketer Survey

My line will be busy for the the next 10 minutes or so, so try the fax at about 11:10 your time. thanks.
-----Original Message-----
From: Cantrell, Rebecca W.
Sent: Monday, October 15, 2001 9:46 AM
To: Greif, Donna; Lawner, Leslie; Hewitt, Jess P.; Fulton, Donna; Black, Don
Cc: Calcagno, Suzanne; Superty, Robert; Pharms, Melinda; Pittenger, Cathy; Herod, Brenda F.
Subject: RE: EIA-910 Form - Monthly Natural Gas Marketer Survey
Importance: High
Donna - Leslie is in Roswell, NM, so you had better fax it to her!!  Her fax no. is 505-625-2820.  Could you also fax it to me at 713-656-5785?  Also include any other correspondence you got.

Thanks,
Becky

-----Original Message-----
From: Greif, Donna
Sent: Monday, October 15, 2001 10:38 AM
To: Lawner, Leslie; Hewitt, Jess P.; Cantrell, Rebecca W.; Fulton, Donna; Black, Don
Cc: Calcagno, Suzanne; Superty, Robert; Pharms, Melinda; Pittenger, Cathy; Herod, Brenda F.
Subject: RE: EIA-910 Form - Monthly Natural Gas Marketer Survey

I have one at my desk....shall I fax it to you....or do you have someone who can swing down and pick it up...

dg
-----Original Message-----
From: Lawner, Leslie
Sent: Monday, October 15, 2001 9:35 AM
To: Hewitt, Jess P.; Cantrell, Rebecca W.; Fulton, Donna; Black, Don
Cc: Greif, Donna; Calcagno, Suzanne; Superty, Robert; Pharms, Melinda; Pittenger, Cathy; Herod, Brenda F.
Subject: RE: EIA-910 Form - Monthly Natural Gas Marketer Survey
Does anyone have a copy of this 910 form so we can look at it.  There is probably some information on it that will give us a clue as to what it is and who should do it.
-----Original Message-----
From: Hewitt, Jess P.
Sent: Monday, October 15, 2001 6:48 AM
To: Cantrell, Rebecca W.; Fulton, Donna; Lawner, Leslie; Black, Don
Cc: Greif, Donna; Calcagno, Suzanne; Superty, Robert; Pharms, Melinda; Pittenger, Cathy; Herod, Brenda F.
Subject: RE: EIA-910 Form - Monthly Natural Gas Marketer Survey
Was there any resolution on this matter as to whom will take responsibility for filling out the form?

Jess
-----Original Message-----
From: Cantrell, Rebecca W.
Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2001 10:26 PM
To: Fulton, Donna; Lawner, Leslie
Cc: Greif, Donna; Calcagno, Suzanne; Superty, Robert; Pharms, Melinda; Pittenger, Cathy; Herod, Brenda F.; Hewitt, Jess P.
Subject: FW: EIA-910 Form - Monthly Natural Gas Marketer Survey
Donna/Leslie:  Do you have any insight to this EIA-910 Form?  I don't think it's the same as the Report for Natural Gas Sales to California that we're currently dealing with.  It sounds vaguely familiar, but I'm not sure of the context.  Seems like I saw something about it, but on looking into it decided it didn't affect us.  Since I'm on vacation, I don't have access to my usual resources.  If you know anything, please either send me an e-mail, or leave me a voice mail.
Thanks.
-----Original Message-----
From: Greif, Donna
Sent: Wed 10/10/2001 9:42 PM
To: Herod, Brenda F.; Pittenger, Cathy
Cc: Hewitt, Jess P.; Cantrell, Rebecca W.; Calcagno, Suzanne; Superty, Robert
Subject: RE: EIA-910 Form - Monthly Natural Gas Marketer Survey
Brenda,
 I left a message for Becky Cantrell.  She will be able to advise us of filing requirements.
 Becky is on vacation and will return Monday.
 I also checked with Suzanne Calcagno, who supports and is involved with GISB/Regulatory
issues for Logistics.  She felt it would be okay for us to wait for Becky's return.
 Thanks for passing this on!
 dg (3-9517)
 -----Original Message-----
From: Herod, Brenda F.
Sent: Wed 10/10/2001 10:55 AM
To: Pittenger, Cathy; Greif, Donna
Cc: Hewitt, Jess P.
Subject: RE: EIA-910 Form - Monthly Natural Gas Marketer Survey
Cathy - Thanks for your message.  Donna and I discussed it this morning, she has it in hand and will work thorugh the data request from CSC to determine if the form can be completed.  The ball is in Donna's court.
 -----Original Message-----
From:   Pittenger, Cathy
Sent:   Wednesday, October 10, 2001 8:10 AM
To:     Herod, Brenda F.; Greif, Donna
Cc:     Hewitt, Jess P.
Subject:        RE: EIA-910 Form - Monthly Natural Gas Marketer Survey
George was in the power settlements group, so I am not sure why he received that form.  Jess did ask me about that form, but my group has never filled out any reporting or forms like that, nor do we have all of the information.
Sorry I could not be of more help,
Cathy
 -----Original Message-----
From:   Herod, Brenda F.
Sent:   Tuesday, October 09, 2001 8:49 PM
To:     Greif, Donna; Pittenger, Cathy
Cc:     Hewitt, Jess P.
Subject:        EIA-910 Form - Monthly Natural Gas Marketer Survey
The referenced form is a new form o be completed for the month of August, 2001.  It was due on 9/30/01, and I received it this week.
Donna - Is this the form that you were working on that we did the special request from CSC, ie, the FERC filing?  Thought maybe it was the same thing since it is new, effective 8/01 as you said the FERC request was.  Please let me know.
Cathy - This was originally addressed to George Phillips, and I believe he was in your group previously.  Any insight?
I only have a hard copy, so I can't forward it to you.
Brenda
x35778


I guess this means we've really arrived! I doubt if I merit the status of
nabob, but I think it's a little better than being a pundit, but not quite
as desirable as being a muckamuck.  Actually, I think they only said "nabob"
because it went so well with "northwest."

Honorary titles aside, we are working with the ISO to make sure that the
analysis takes into account the circumstances of the bids they have studied.
We believe that the Department of Market Analysis didn't fully understand
the context for bidding, particularly for ancillary services.  We are
looking forward to receiving clarification from the ISO.

Don Wolfe

-----Original Message-----
From: Daniel Douglass [mailto:Douglass@ArterHadden.com]
Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2001 7:09 AM
To: Barbara_Klemstine@apsc.com; Vicki_Sandler@apses.com; berry@apx.com;
dcazalet@apx.com; ed@apx.com; billr@calpine.com; jackp@calpine.com;
gavaughn@duke-energy.com; rjhickok@duke-energy.com; gtbl@dynegy.com;
jmpa@dynegy.com; jdasovic@enron.com; susan_j_mara@enron.com;
Tamara_Johnson@enron.com; curt.Hatton@gen.pge.com; foothill@lmi.net;
camiessn@newwestenergy.com; jcgardin@newwestenergy.com;
jsmollon@newwestenergy.com; rsnichol@newwestenergy.com;
nam.nguyen@powersrc.com; Curtis_L_Kebler@reliantenergy.com;
Roger.Pelote@williams.com
Cc: dvwolfe@bpa.gov
Subject: ISO Strikes Again

Good morning, thought the following from today's Electricity Daily might be
of interest:

Northwest Nabobs Upset With Gouging Charges
Pacific Northwest power nabobs--accustomed to a long, gentlemanly and
mutually beneficial relationship with California utilities--are mighty upset
that some California fingers are pointing at them. A confidential report of
the California Independent System Operator obtained by the Los Angeles Times
claims that the Bonneville Power Administration and two other publicly owned
utilities--B.C. Hydro's marketing arm, Powerex, and the Los Angeles
Department of Water & Power--are among entities that drove up California
energy costs by selling power at unreasonable prices. Cal-ISO contended that
BPA made more than $30 million in excessive profits between May and November
of last year and ranked fifth among all sellers in making extra money.

The Cal-ISO accusation uncorked a furious reaction from Bonneville, which
believes it has gone out of its way to be helpful. "We are very upset about
it," said Steve Oliver, a Bonneville vice president, who last week met with
officials of the Cal-ISO to complain about the report. "We had tried to be
good neighbors." Tacoma Power chief Mark Crisson echoed Oliver's concern.
Crisson called it a "cheap shot" and told the Tacoma News Tribune that it
could hurt relationships between the two regions.

BPA insisted that the California report was flawed and asked the ISO to take
another look at the facts. BPA said it had offered to sell power at
below-market rates and that, at times, Cal-ISO was so desperate for
electricity that it paid much higher prices. In any case, said BPA, any
money it made on the sales was quickly eaten up when it turned to the spot
market to cover its own customers' demand. Bonneville posted a five-page
rebuttal to the Cal-ISO report on its website last week.

BPA noted that it "is suffering severe financial impacts from the California
market breakdown" and would actually benefit from lower prices. "We were
taken off guard by this," said BPA's Oliver. "We had come in with low bids
and then accepted market prices or the rates they actually suggested. We met
with them. We told them to call if there was a problem. No one ever called
us."
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has also raised doubts about the
methodology the ISO used to calculate the alleged overcharges.
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Now personally, I hadn't heard the word "nabob" since Spiro Agnew called the
press, "nattering nabobs of negativism."  Don Wolfe...how do you feel about
being a nabob?

Dan


Just thought you would enjoy this picture...I think I really like the one on
my left.? Look how fir he is!

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Barbara Waldrop
Business Manager
Cox Radio-Houston
1990 Post Oak Blvd, Ste 2300
Houston, TX? 77056
barbara.waldrop@cox.com
713-963-1230
713-622-6708 (fax)

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Pursuant to a Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated November 22, 1999, among
Columbia Energy Services Corporation ("Columbia"), certain affiliates of
Columbia and ENA, Columbia has sold and assigned to ENA certain assets,
including but not limited to:   (i) certain Master Agreements (financial
trading) and the transactions thereunder; and (ii) certain Columbia financial
transactions that are not covered by a Columbia Master Agreement (financial
trading).    We are in the process of transferring the Columbia transactions
to ENA Master Agreements and terminating the Columbia Master Agreements, when
possible.

 Received Today
 We have received the executed Transfer and Termination Agreement between ENA
and Conoco Inc. ("Conoco"), dated effective as of January 1, 2000.   This
agreement terminates the ISDA Master Agreement between Columbia and Conoco,
dated as of January 26, 1998, and transfers the Transactions thereunder to
the ISDA Master Agreement between ENA and Conoco, dated as of  March 28, 1996.

 We have received the executed Transfer and Termination Agreement between ENA
and Morgan Stanley Capital Group Inc. ("Morgan Stanley"), dated effective as
of January 1, 2000.   This agreement terminates the ISDA Master Agreement
between Columbia and Morgan Stanley, dated as of May 1, 1997, and transfers
the Transactions thereunder to the Master Energy Price Swap Agreement between
ENA and Morgan Stanley, dated as of  June 16, 1992.

 Previously Received

 We have received the executed Assignment Agreement between ENA and Bank of
Montreal ("BOM"), dated effective as of January 18, 2000.   This agreement
terminates the ISDA Master Agreement between Columbia and BOM, dated as of
October 24, 1997, and transfers the Transactions thereunder to the ISDA
Master Agreement between ENA and BOM, dated as of November 15, 1996.

 The ISDA Master Agreement between Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
("CIBC") and Columbia Energy Services Corporation, dated as of July 15, 1998,
will remain in place but will be inactive.   No trades can be done under this
Master Agreement.   All trades between ENA and CIBC should be done under the
ISDA Master Agreement between ENA and CIBC, dated as of October 1, 1994.

 We have received the executed Transfer and Termination Agreement between ENA
and Dynegy Marketing and Trade, f/k/a Natural Gas Clearinghouse ("Dynegy"),
dated effective as of January 1, 2000.   This agreement terminates the ISDA
Master Agreement between Columbia and Dynegy, dated as of December 1, 1998,
and transfers the Transactions thereunder to the Master Agreement between ENA
and Dynegy, dated as of January 27, 1992.
 We have received the executed Transfer and Termination Agreement between ENA
and Duke Energy Trading and Marketing, L.L.C. ("Duke"), dated effective as of
January 1, 2000.   This agreement terminates the ISDA Master Agreement
between Columbia and Duke, dated as of January 8, 1998, and transfers the
Transactions thereunder to the ISDA Master Agreement between ENA and Duke,
dated as of October 17, 1997.
 We have received the executed Transfer and Termination Agreement between ENA
and Entergy Power Marketing Corp. ("Entergy"), dated effective as of January
1, 2000.   This agreement terminates the ISDA Master Agreement between
Columbia and Entergy, dated as of December 4, 1997, and transfers the
Transactions thereunder to the Master Agreement between ENA and Entergy,
dated as of December 9, 1996.
 We have received the executed Transfer and Termination Agreement between ENA
and Merchant Enery Group of the Americas, Inc. ("MEGA"), dated effective as
of January 1, 2000.   This agreement terminates the ISDA Master Agreement
between Columbia and MEGA, dated as of July 6, 1998, and transfers the
Transactions thereunder to the ISDA Master Agreement between ENA and MEGA,
dated as of May 14, 1998.

 We have received the executed Transfer and Termination Agreement between ENA
and Paribas, dated effective as of January 1, 2000.   This agreement
terminates the ISDA Master Agreement between Columbia and Paribas, dated as
of July 1, 1997, and transfers the Transactions thereunder to the Amended and
Restated ISDA Master Agreement between ENA and Paribas, dated as of June 28,
1995.

 We have received the executed Transfer and Termination Agreement between ENA
and Reliant Energy Services, Inc.("Reliant"), f/k/a NorAm Energy Services,
Inc., dated effective as of January 1, 2000.   This agreement terminates the
ISDA Master Agreement between Columbia and Reliant, dated as of April 27,
1998, and transfers the Transactions thereunder to the ISDA Master Agreement
between ENA and Reliant, dated as of October 15, 1993.

 We have received the executed Transfer and Termination Agreement between ENA
and Southern Company Energy Marketing, L.P. ("Southern"), dated effective as
of January 1, 2000.   This agreement terminates the ISDA Master Agreement
between Columbia and Southern, dated as of December 1, 1998, and transfers
the Transactions thereunder to the ISDA Master Agreement between ENA and
Southern, dated as of June 1, 1994.

 We have received the executed Transfer and Termination Agreement between ENA
and Tenaska Marketing Ventures ("Tenaska"), dated effective as of January 1,
2000.   This agreement terminates the ISDA Master Agreement between Columbia
and Tenaska, dated as of January 26, 1998, and transfers the Transactions
thereunder to the ISDA Master Agreement between ENA and Tenaska, dated as of
January 19, 1995.

 We have received the executed Transfer and Termination Agreement between ENA
and Tractebel Energy Marketing, Inc. ("Tractebel"), dated effective as of
January 1, 2000.   This agreement terminates the ISDA Master Agreement
between Columbia and Tractebel, dated as of January 26, 1998, and transfers
the Transactions thereunder to the ISDA Master Agreement between ENA and
Tractebel, dated as of December 9, 1997.

 We have received the executed Transfer and Termination Agreement between ENA
and TXU Energy Trading Company ("TXU"), f/k/a Enserch Energy Services, Inc.,
dated effective as of January 1, 2000.   This agreement terminates the ISDA
Master Agreement between Columbia and TXU, dated as of January 26, 1998, and
transfers the Transactions thereunder to the ISDA Master Agreement between
ENA and TXU, dated as of October 19, 1995.

 We have received the executed Transfer and Termination Agreement between ENA
and Western Gas Resources, Inc. ("Western Gas"), dated effective as of
January 1, 2000.   This agreement terminates the ISDA Master Agreement
between Columbia and Western Gas, dated as of March 20, 1998, and transfers
the Transactions thereunder to the Master Agreement between ENA and Western
Gas, dated as of March 1, 1994.

 We have received the executed Transfer and Termination Agreement between ENA
and Williams Energy Marketing & Trading Company ("Williams"), f/k/a Williams
Energy Services Company, f/k/a Williams Energy Derivatives and Trading
Company, dated effective as of January 1, 2000.   This agreement terminates
the ISDA Master Agreement between Columbia and Williams, dated as of February
8, 1998, and transfers the Transactions thereunder to the ISDA Master
Agreement between ENA and Williams, dated as of June 18, 1993.