i'm the king

 -----Original Message-----
From: 	Erin Richardson <erichardson@sarofim.com>@ENRON
Sent:	Tuesday, October 16, 2001 8:48 AM
To:	Lenhart, Matthew
Subject:	RE:

whatever, i do what i want.  i am a princess.

-----Original Message-----
From: Matthew.Lenhart@enron.com [mailto:Matthew.Lenhart@enron.com]
Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2001 10:30 AM
To: erichardson@sarofim.com
Subject: RE:

i would have to regulate

    -----Original Message-----
   From:   Erin Richardson <erichardson@sarofim.com>@ENRON
   Sent:   Tuesday, October 16, 2001 8:23 AM
   To:     Lenhart, Matthew
   Subject:  RE:

   yes you would.

   -----Original Message-----
   From: Matthew.Lenhart@enron.com [mailto:Matthew.Lenhart@enron.com]
   Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2001 10:17 AM
   To: erichardson@sarofim.com
   Subject: RE:

   you can't be cheap if you take me out.  i won't stand for it.

       -----Original Message-----
      From:   Erin Richardson <erichardson@sarofim.com>@ENRON
      Sent:   Tuesday, October 16, 2001 8:07 AM
      To:     Lenhart, Matthew
      Subject:  RE:

      not a problem.  i am not cheap.

      -----Original Message-----
      From: Matthew.Lenhart@enron.com [mailto:Matthew.Lenhart@enron.com]
      Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2001 10:04 AM
      To: erichardson@sarofim.com
      Subject: RE:

      i was thinking somewhere that requires a jacket, like tony's.
   someplace
      that is like $30 an entree.

          -----Original Message-----
         From:   Erin Richardson <erichardson@sarofim.com>@ENRON
         Sent:   Tuesday, October 16, 2001 7:55 AM
         To:     Lenhart, Matthew
         Subject:  RE:

         yeah, i was thinking somewhere like mcdonald's.  that may be too
   nice
         though.  what do you think?

         -----Original Message-----
         From: Matthew.Lenhart@enron.com [mailto:Matthew.Lenhart@enron.com]
         Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2001 9:47 AM
         To: erichardson@sarofim.com
         Subject: RE:

         we can go somewhere nice.  real nice.

             -----Original Message-----
            From:   Erin Richardson <erichardson@sarofim.com>@ENRON
            Sent:   Tuesday, October 16, 2001 7:42 AM
            To:     Lenhart, Matthew
            Subject:  RE:

            fine, i'll take you to dinner but only b/c i am sweet like
   that.
      i
            still
            don't remember anything about a bet.

            -----Original Message-----
            From: Matthew.Lenhart@enron.com
   [mailto:Matthew.Lenhart@enron.com]
            Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2001 9:31 AM
            To: erichardson@sarofim.com
            Subject: RE:

            i am not letting you out of this

                -----Original Message-----
               From:   Erin Richardson <erichardson@sarofim.com>@ENRON
               Sent:   Tuesday, October 16, 2001 7:24 AM
               To:     Lenhart, Matthew
               Subject:  RE:

               oh really?  and who would that be?

               -----Original Message-----
               From: Matthew.Lenhart@enron.com
      [mailto:Matthew.Lenhart@enron.com]
               Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2001 9:21 AM
               To: erichardson@sarofim.com
               Subject: RE:

               oh.  my bad.  i must have had you messed up with some other
      girl i
            made
               the
               bet with.

                   -----Original Message-----
                  From:   Erin Richardson <erichardson@sarofim.com>@ENRON
                  Sent:   Tuesday, October 16, 2001 7:16 AM
                  To:     Lenhart, Matthew
                  Subject:  RE:

                  bet?  really, i have no idea what you're talking about.
   you
         must
            be
                  thinking of someone else.  i don't even like a&m, i
   wouldn't
         bet
            on
                  them.

                  -----Original Message-----
                  From: Matthew.Lenhart@enron.com
         [mailto:Matthew.Lenhart@enron.com]
                  Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2001 8:59 AM
                  To: erichardson@sarofim.com
                  Subject: RE:

                  colorado beat texas a&m.  i know you remember the bet.

                      -----Original Message-----
                     From:   Erin Richardson <erichardson@sarofim.com>
   @ENRON
                     Sent:   Monday, October 15, 2001 1:38 PM
                     To:     Lenhart, Matthew
                     Subject:  RE:

                     i don't know what you're talking about.

                     -----Original Message-----
                     From: Matthew.Lenhart@enron.com
            [mailto:Matthew.Lenhart@enron.com]
                     Sent: Monday, October 15, 2001 3:31 PM
                     To: erichardson@sarofim.com
                     Subject: RE:

                     tamu lost by 10.

                         -----Original Message-----
                        From:   Erin Richardson <erichardson@sarofim.com>
      @ENRON
                        Sent:   Monday, October 15, 2001 11:43 AM
                        To:     Lenhart, Matthew
                        Subject:  RE:

                        \ why do i have to buy you dinner when you get
   back?

                        -----Original Message-----
                        From: Matthew.Lenhart@enron.com
               [mailto:Matthew.Lenhart@enron.com]
                        Sent: Monday, October 15, 2001 1:36 PM
                        To: erichardson@sarofim.com
                        Subject: RE:

                        no i am not lying.  i flew here last night.

                            -----Original Message-----
                           From:   Erin Richardson
   <erichardson@sarofim.com>
         @ENRON
                           Sent:   Monday, October 15, 2001 11:32 AM
                           To:     Lenhart, Matthew
                           Subject:  RE:

                           are you lying?

                           -----Original Message-----
                           From: Matthew.Lenhart@enron.com
                  [mailto:Matthew.Lenhart@enron.com]
                           Sent: Monday, October 15, 2001 12:39 PM
                           To: erichardson@sarofim.com
                           Subject: RE:

                           i am out of town.  i am in portland.  you can
   buy
      me
            dinner
                  when
                     we
                        get
                           back.

                               -----Original Message-----
                              From:   Erin Richardson
      <erichardson@sarofim.com>
            @ENRON
                              Sent:   Monday, October 15, 2001 10:21 AM
                              To:     Lenhart, Matthew
                              Subject:  RE:

                              did lsu win?  aren't you supposed to be out
   of
      town
         or
                     something?

                              -----Original Message-----
                              From: Matthew.Lenhart@enron.com
                     [mailto:Matthew.Lenhart@enron.com]
                              Sent: Monday, October 15, 2001 11:59 AM
                              To: erichardson@sarofim.com
                              Subject: RE:

                              watched lsu and then went to r&r.  we got
   pretty
            drunk.
               you
                     guys
                              sounded
                              like you were partying also.  did you have
   fun?

                                  -----Original Message-----
                                 From:   Erin Richardson
         <erichardson@sarofim.com>
               @ENRON
                                 Sent:   Monday, October 15, 2001 9:39 AM
                                 To:     Lenhart, Matthew
                                 Subject:  RE:

                                 well, then i guess i must have called.
   what
      did
            you
               do
                  sat
                        night

                                 -----Original Message-----
                                 From: Matthew.Lenhart@enron.com
                        [mailto:Matthew.Lenhart@enron.com]
                                 Sent: Monday, October 15, 2001 11:29 AM
                                 To: erichardson@sarofim.com
                                 Subject: RE:

                                 i saw it on the caller id the next day.

                                     -----Original Message-----
                                    From:   Erin Richardson
            <erichardson@sarofim.com>
                  @ENRON
                                    Sent:   Monday, October 15, 2001 8:47
   AM
                                    To:     Lenhart, Matthew
                                    Subject:  RE:

                                    i don't know, i don't remember calling
   you
      at
         4.

                                    -----Original Message-----
                                    From: Matthew.Lenhart@enron.com
                           [mailto:Matthew.Lenhart@enron.com]
                                    Sent: Monday, October 15, 2001 10:40 AM
                                    To: erichardson@sarofim.com
                                    Subject: RE:

                                    i saw that you guys called around 4am.
         partying
               huh?
                     what
                           were
                              you
                                    guys
                                    doing until 4?

                                        -----Original Message-----
                                       From:   Erin Richardson
               <erichardson@sarofim.com>
                     @ENRON
                                       Sent:   Monday, October 15, 2001
   8:35
      AM
                                       To:     Lenhart, Matthew
                                       Subject:  RE:

                                       i never thought you were coming
   over,
      we
         were
               just
                        messing
                           with
                                 you.

                                       -----Original Message-----
                                       From: Matthew.Lenhart@enron.com
                              [mailto:Matthew.Lenhart@enron.com]
                                       Sent: Monday, October 15, 2001 10:06
   AM
                                       To: erichardson@sarofim.com
                                       Subject: RE:

                                       sorry i didn't make it over sat, i
      passed
            out.
               how
                     was
                        sat?

                                           -----Original Message-----
                                          From:   Erin Richardson
                  <erichardson@sarofim.com>
                        @ENRON
                                          Sent:   Friday, October 12, 2001
      1:12
         PM
                                          To:     Lenhart, Matthew
                                          Subject:  RE:

                                          nice, i'm sure you will.  i'll be
      sure
         not
            to
                     answer
                        my
                              phone.

                                          -----Original Message-----
                                          From: Matthew.Lenhart@enron.com
                                 [mailto:Matthew.Lenhart@enron.com]
                                          Sent: Friday, October 12, 2001
   3:08
      PM
                                          To: erichardson@sarofim.com
                                          Subject: RE:

                                          yeah.  i am going to a dinner at
      pappas
                  steakhouse
                     and
                           then
                                 going
                                    to
                                          party.
                                          i will call you at 2am.

                                              -----Original Message-----
                                             From:   Erin Richardson
                     <erichardson@sarofim.com>
                           @ENRON
                                             Sent:   Friday, October 12,
   2001
         3:01
            PM
                                             To:     Lenhart, Matthew
                                             Subject:  RE:

                                             i know, i am out of control.
   are
      you
            going
                  out?

                                             -----Original Message-----
                                             From:
   Matthew.Lenhart@enron.com
                                    [mailto:Matthew.Lenhart@enron.com]
                                             Sent: Friday, October 12, 2001
      2:55
         PM
                                             To: erichardson@sarofim.com
                                             Subject: RE:

                                             party girl

                                                 -----Original Message-----
                                                From:   Erin Richardson
                        <erichardson@sarofim.com>
                              @ENRON
                                                Sent:   Friday, October 12,
      2001
            2:41
               PM
                                                To:     Lenhart, Matthew
                                                Subject:  RE:

                                                sleeping.

                                                -----Original Message-----
                                                From:
      Matthew.Lenhart@enron.com
                                       [mailto:Matthew.Lenhart@enron.com]
                                                Sent: Friday, October 12,
   2001
         2:36
            PM
                                                To: erichardson@sarofim.com
                                                Subject: RE:

                                                what are you doing tonight?

                                                    -----Original
   Message-----
                                                   From:   Erin Richardson
                           <erichardson@sarofim.com>
                                 @ENRON
                                                   Sent:   Friday, October
   12,
         2001
               12:01
                  PM
                                                   To:     Lenhart, Matthew
                                                   Subject:  RE:
                                                   that shouldn't be a
      problem.

                                                   -----Original
   Message-----
                                                   From:
         Matthew.Lenhart@enron.com

   [mailto:Matthew.Lenhart@enron.com]
                                                   Sent: Friday, October
   12,
      2001
            11:54
               AM
                                                   To:
   erichardson@sarofim.com
                                                   Subject: RE:

                                                   don't worry.  you and
   jen
      just
            need
               to
                  be
                        ready
                           to
                                 party.

                                                       -----Original
      Message-----
                                                      From:   Erin
   Richardson
                              <erichardson@sarofim.com>
                                    @ENRON
                                                      Sent:   Friday,
   October
      12,
            2001
                  11:28
                     AM
                                                      To:     Lenhart,
   Matthew
                                                      Subject:  RE:

                                                      good, glad you're
      excited.
            don't
                     forget
                        to
                              bring
                                 some
                                       fun
                                             stuff
                                                for
                                                   us.

                                                      -----Original
      Message-----
                                                      From:
            Matthew.Lenhart@enron.com

      [mailto:Matthew.Lenhart@enron.com]
                                                      Sent: Friday, October
      12,
         2001
               11:23
                  AM
                                                      To:
      erichardson@sarofim.com
                                                      Subject: RE:

                                                      i will.  i will sleep
   in
         the
               middle.
                     sat
                        is
                              going
                                 to
                                    be
                                       the
                                             best
                                                day
                                                   of
                                                      my
                                                      life.

                                                          -----Original
         Message-----
                                                         From:   Erin
      Richardson
                                 <erichardson@sarofim.com>
                                       @ENRON
                                                         Sent:   Friday,
      October
         12,
               2001
                     11:14
                        AM
                                                         To:     Lenhart,
      Matthew
                                                         Subject:  RE:

                                                         i did not.  i got
   up
      and
            when
               i
                  came
                        back
                           you
                                 were
                                          sleeping
                                                   happily
                                                      in
                                                         the
                                                         middle of the bed.
   i
            almost
               had
                  to
                     go
                           sleep
                              on
                                 the
                                          couch.
                                             you
                                                   are
                                                         going to
                                                         have to be more
         considerate
               sat.
                     when 3
                              people
                                 are
                                    in
                                       the
                                             bed.

                                                         -----Original
         Message-----
                                                         From:
               Matthew.Lenhart@enron.com

         [mailto:Matthew.Lenhart@enron.com]
                                                         Sent: Friday,
   October
         12,
            2001
                  11:03
                     AM
                                                         To:
         erichardson@sarofim.com
                                                         Subject: RE:

                                                         i slept on the
   edge.
         you
            kept
                     tugging
                        on
                           the
                                    covers
                                       and
                                             tried
                                                to
                                                      spoon
                                                         with me.  its cool
         though.

                                                             -----Original
            Message-----
                                                            From:   Erin
         Richardson
                                    <erichardson@sarofim.com>
                                          @ENRON
                                                            Sent:   Friday,
         October
            12,
                  2001
                        10:55
                           AM
                                                            To:
   Lenhart,
         Matthew
                                                            Subject:  RE:

                                                            whatever, you
   were
            taking
               up
                  the
                        whole
                              entire
                                    bed
                                       last
                                             night
                                                      making
                                                         it
                                                            impossible for
   me
      to
            fall
                  asleep.

                                                            -----Original
            Message-----
                                                            From:
                  Matthew.Lenhart@enron.com

            [mailto:Matthew.Lenhart@enron.com]
                                                            Sent: Friday,
      October
            12,
               2001
                     10:47
                        AM
                                                            To:
            erichardson@sarofim.com
                                                            Subject: RE:

                                                            stay at your
   place
         even
               though
                     you
                        are
                           a
                              bed
                                 hog

   -----Original
               Message-----
                                                               From:   Erin
            Richardson
                                       <erichardson@sarofim.com>
                                             @ENRON
                                                               Sent:
   Friday,
            October
               12,
                     2001
                           10:34
                              AM
                                                               To:
      Lenhart,
            Matthew
                                                               Subject:
   RE:

                                                               what's that?

   -----Original
               Message-----
                                                               From:
                     Matthew.Lenhart@enron.com

               [mailto:Matthew.Lenhart@enron.com]
                                                               Sent:
   Friday,
         October
               12,
                  2001
                        10:24
                           AM
                                                               To:
               erichardson@sarofim.com
                                                               Subject: RE:

                                                               yep.  looks
      like i
            found
                  the
                           formula.

      -----Original
                  Message-----
                                                                  From:
   Erin
               Richardson
                                          <erichardson@sarofim.com>
                                                @ENRON
                                                                  Sent:
      Friday,
               October
                  12,
                        2001
                              10:18
                                 AM
                                                                  To:
         Lenhart,
               Matthew
                                                                  Subject:
      RE:

                                                                  are you
      having
         a
               better
                  day
                           today?

      -----Original
                  Message-----
                                                                  From:
                        Matthew.Lenhart@enron.com

                  [mailto:Matthew.Lenhart@enron.com]
                                                                  Sent:
      Thursday,
               October
                  11,
                        2001
                              5:15
                                 PM
                                                                  To:
                  erichardson@sarofim.com
                                                                  Subject:
   RE:

                                                                  you are
   so
         mean.
            why
                  can't
                        you
                           be
                                 sweet
                                    like
                                          me?

         -----Original
                     Message-----
                                                                     From:
      Erin
                  Richardson
                                             <erichardson@sarofim.com>
                                                   @ENRON
                                                                     Sent:
            Thursday,
                     October
                        11,
                              2001
                                 4:58
                                    PM
                                                                     To:
            Lenhart,
                  Matthew

   Subject:
         RE:

   whatever,
      i
            know
               you
                     were
                              kidding,
                                 so
                                    was
                                       i.

         -----Original
                     Message-----
                                                                     From:
                           Matthew.Lenhart@enron.com

                     [mailto:Matthew.Lenhart@enron.com]
                                                                     Sent:
         Thursday,
                  October
                     11,
                           2001
                                 4:58
                                    PM
                                                                     To:
                     erichardson@sarofim.com

   Subject:
      RE:

                                                                     just
         kidding.
            you
                  need
                     to
                           relax
                              a
                                    little.

            -----Original
                        Message-----

   From:
         Erin
                     Richardson
                                                <erichardson@sarofim.com>
                                                      @ENRON

   Sent:
               Thursday,
                        October
                           11,
                                 2001
                                    4:50
                                       PM
                                                                        To:
               Lenhart,
                     Matthew

      Subject:
            RE:

                                                                        you
      are a
            jerk

            -----Original
                        Message-----

   From:
                              Matthew.Lenhart@enron.com

                        [mailto:Matthew.Lenhart@enron.com]

   Sent:
            Thursday,
                     October
                        11,
                              2001
                                    4:51
                                       PM
                                                                        To:
                        erichardson@sarofim.com

      Subject:
         RE:

                                                                        i
   am
         going
            to
               the
                     strip
                           club.
                              do
                                    you
                                       want
                                          to
                                                meet
                                                   me
                                                         there?
                                                            i
                                                                  will
                                                                     get
                                                                        you
   a
      lap
               dance.

               -----Original
                           Message-----

      From:
            Erin
                        Richardson

   <erichardson@sarofim.com>
                                                         @ENRON

      Sent:
                  Thursday,
                           October
                              11,
                                    2001
                                       3:38
                                          PM

   To:
                  Lenhart,
                        Matthew

         Subject:
               RE:

         you'll
            be
               fine

               -----Original
                           Message-----

      From:
                                 Matthew.Lenhart@enron.com

                           [mailto:Matthew.Lenhart@enron.com]

      Sent:
               Thursday,
                        October
                           11,
                                 2001
                                       3:34
                                          PM

   To:
                           erichardson@sarofim.com

         Subject:
            RE:

   i
         resent
               that
                  too

                  -----Original
                              Message-----

         From:
               Erin
                           Richardson

      <erichardson@sarofim.com>
                                                            @ENRON

         Sent:
                     Thursday,
                              October
                                 11,
                                       2001
                                          3:30
                                             PM

      To:
                     Lenhart,
                           Matthew

            Subject:
                  RE:

         why?
            it's
                  true.
                     i
                              resent
                                 the
                                       fact
                                          that
                                                you
                                                      can't
                                                         be
                                                               honest
                                                                     with
                                                                        me

                  -----Original
                              Message-----

         From:
                                    Matthew.Lenhart@enron.com

                              [mailto:Matthew.Lenhart@enron.com]

         Sent:
                  Thursday,
                           October
                              11,
                                    2001
                                          3:29
                                             PM

      To:
                              erichardson@sarofim.com

            Subject:
               RE:

      i
            resent
                  that
                     last
                              comment

                     -----Original
                                 Message-----

            From:
                  Erin
                              Richardson

         <erichardson@sarofim.com>
                                                               @ENRON

            Sent:
                        Thursday,
                                 October
                                    11,
                                          2001
                                             3:25
                                                PM

         To:
                        Lenhart,
                              Matthew

               Subject:
                     RE:

               exactly,
                     see,
                              worthless.

                     -----Original
                                 Message-----

            From:
                                       Matthew.Lenhart@enron.com

                                 [mailto:Matthew.Lenhart@enron.com]

            Sent:
                     Thursday,
                              October
                                 11,
                                       2001
                                             3:22
                                                PM

         To:
                                 erichardson@sarofim.com

               Subject:
                  RE:

         i
            am
                  gonna
                     buy
                        you
                           a
                              bmw

                        -----Original
                                    Message-----

               From:
                     Erin
                                 Richardson

            <erichardson@sarofim.com>
                                                                  @ENRON

               Sent:
                           Thursday,
                                    October
                                       11,
                                             2001
                                                3:19
                                                   PM

            To:
                           Lenhart,
                                 Matthew

                  Subject:
                        RE:

                  whatever,
                        from
                           now
                              on
                                 i
                                       just
                                             won't
                                                   listen
                                                      to
                                                               anything
                                                                  you

   say.

   i

            will

                  consider
                              everything
                                 that
                                       comes
                                             out
                                                of
                                                   your
                                                         mouth

      worthless.

                        -----Original
                                    Message-----

               From:
                                          Matthew.Lenhart@enron.com

                                    [mailto:Matthew.Lenhart@enron.com]

               Sent:
                        Thursday,
                                 October
                                    11,
                                          2001
                                                3:07
                                                   PM

            To:
                                    erichardson@sarofim.com

                  Subject:
                     RE:

            it
               is
                  so
                        easy
                           b/c
                              you
                                    get
                                       all
                                             worked
                                                up
                                                      and
                                                         you
                                                            are
                                                                  not
                                                                     sure

            whether

         to

                  believe
                     me
                        or
                           not.

                           -----Original
                                       Message-----

                  From:
                        Erin
                                    Richardson

               <erichardson@sarofim.com>
                                                                     @ENRON

                  Sent:
                              Thursday,
                                       October
                                          11,
                                                2001
                                                   2:55
                                                      PM

               To:
                              Lenhart,
                                    Matthew

                     Subject:
                           RE:

               you
                     love
                           trying
                              to
                                    get
                                       on
                                          my
                                                nerves
                                                      don't
                                                            you?

                           -----Original
                                       Message-----

                  From:
                                             Matthew.Lenhart@enron.com

                                       [mailto:Matthew.Lenhart@enron.com]

                  Sent:
                           Thursday,
                                    October
                                       11,
                                             2001
                                                   2:50
                                                      PM

               To:
                                       erichardson@sarofim.com

                     Subject:
                        RE:

               you
                     have
                           such a
                                    temper.

                              -----Original
                                          Message-----

                     From:
                           Erin
                                       Richardson

                  <erichardson@sarofim.com>

   @ENRON

                     Sent:
                                 Thursday,
                                          October
                                             11,
                                                   2001
                                                      2:46
                                                         PM

                  To:
                                 Lenhart,
                                       Matthew

                        Subject:
                              RE:

                     matt,
                           it's
                                 cool.
                                    i
                                       was
                                             just
                                                      playing!

                              -----Original
                                          Message-----

                     From:
                                                Matthew.Lenhart@enron.com

   [mailto:Matthew.Lenhart@enron.com]

                     Sent:
                              Thursday,
                                       October
                                          11,
                                                2001
                                                      2:40
                                                         PM

                  To:
                                          erichardson@sarofim.com

                        Subject:
                           RE:

                     just
                           chill
                                 girl.

                                 -----Original
                                             Message-----

                        From:
                              Erin
                                          Richardson

                     <erichardson@sarofim.com>

      @ENRON

                        Sent:
                                    Thursday,
                                             October
                                                11,
                                                      2001
                                                         2:34
                                                            PM

                     To:
                                    Lenhart,
                                          Matthew

                           Subject:
                                 RE:

                     i'm
                           not
                                 getting
                                          worked
                                             up,
                                                i
                                                   was
                                                         just
                                                               typing
                                                                  a

         playful,

                        meaningless

                        email.

                        stop
                              trying
                                 to
                                       pick a
                                             fight
                                                   with
                                                      me.

                                 -----Original
                                             Message-----

                        From:

   Matthew.Lenhart@enron.com

      [mailto:Matthew.Lenhart@enron.com]

                        Sent:
                                 Thursday,
                                          October
                                             11,
                                                   2001
                                                         2:29
                                                            PM

                     To:
                                             erichardson@sarofim.com

                           Subject:
                              RE:

                     it
                           isn't
                                 that
                                    big
                                       of
                                          a
                                                deal.
                                                   why
                                                         don't
                                                               you
                                                                  just

   relax

         about

            the

                     whole

                        thing.

                                    -----Original
                                                Message-----

                           From:
                                 Erin
                                             Richardson

                        <erichardson@sarofim.com>

         @ENRON

                           Sent:
                                       Thursday,
                                                October
                                                   11,
                                                         2001
                                                            2:24
                                                               PM

                        To:
                                       Lenhart,
                                             Matthew

                              Subject:
                                    RE:

                        no,
                              i'm
                                 not.
                                       by
                                          the
                                                way, i
                                                      broke
                                                            down
                                                               and
                                                                     told

      jenn

            about

            the

                     whole

                           bonnie

                           thing.
                                 she
                                          doesn't
                                                think i
                                                      look
                                                            like
                                                               her
                                                                     either
                                                                        so

      now
         i

         am

                        feeling

                           much

                           better
                              no
                                       thanks
                                          to
                                             you.

                                    -----Original
                                                Message-----

                           From:

      Matthew.Lenhart@enron.com

         [mailto:Matthew.Lenhart@enron.com]

                           Sent:
                                    Thursday,
                                             October
                                                11,
                                                      2001
                                                            1:56
                                                               PM

                        To:
                                                erichardson@sarofim.com

                              Subject:
                                 RE:

                        no.
                              you
                                 are
                                    so
                                                gullable.

                                       -----Original
                                                   Message-----

                              From:
                                    Erin
                                                Richardson

                           <erichardson@sarofim.com>

            @ENRON

                              Sent:
                                          Thursday,
                                                   October
                                                      11,
                                                            2001
                                                               1:39
                                                                  PM

                           To:
                                          Lenhart,
                                                Matthew

                                 Subject:
                                       RE:

                           so,
                                 are
                                    you
                                          really
                                                   "hitting
                                                         the
                                                               strip
                                                                     clubs"

            tonight?

                                       -----Original
                                                   Message-----

                              From:

         Matthew.Lenhart@enron.com

            [mailto:Matthew.Lenhart@enron.com]

                              Sent:
                                       Thursday,
                                                October
                                                   11,
                                                         2001
                                                               1:38
                                                                  PM

                           To:
                                                   erichardson@sarofim.com

                                 Subject:
                                    RE:

                           ok

                                          -----Original
                                                      Message-----

                                 From:
                                       Erin
                                                   Richardson

                              <erichardson@sarofim.com>

               @ENRON

                                 Sent:
                                             Thursday,
                                                      October
                                                         11,
                                                               2001
                                                                  1:36
                                                                     PM

                              To:
                                             Lenhart,
                                                   Matthew

                                    Subject:
                                          RE:

                              ok,
                                       enough.
                                             this
                                                   isn't
                                                         funny
                                                                  anymore.

                                          -----Original
                                                      Message-----

                                 From:

            Matthew.Lenhart@enron.com

               [mailto:Matthew.Lenhart@enron.com]

                                 Sent:
                                          Thursday,
                                                   October
                                                      11,
                                                            2001
                                                                  1:32
                                                                     PM

                              To:

   erichardson@sarofim.com

                                    Subject:
                                       RE:

                                 yeah.
                                    i
                                          think
                                             we
                                                are
                                                         hitting
                                                            the
                                                                  strip

      clubs.

                                             -----Original
                                                         Message-----

                                    From:
                                          Erin
                                                      Richardson

                                 <erichardson@sarofim.com>

                  @ENRON

                                    Sent:
                                                Thursday,
                                                         October
                                                            11,
                                                                  2001
                                                                     1:23
                                                                        PM

                                 To:
                                                Lenhart,
                                                      Matthew

                                       Subject:
                                             RE:

                                 of
                                       course
                                          i
                                             am.
                                                i
                                                   am
                                                         going
                                                               out

      straight

      from

            work.

                  you?

                                             -----Original
                                                         Message-----

                                    From:

               Matthew.Lenhart@enron.com

                  [mailto:Matthew.Lenhart@enron.com]

                                    Sent:
                                             Thursday,
                                                      October
                                                         11,
                                                               2001
                                                                     12:35
                                                                        PM

                                 To:

      erichardson@sarofim.com

                                       Subject:
                                          RE:

                                 i
                                    am
                                          ready
                                             to
                                                go
                                                         tonight.
                                                            you
                                                                  going

   out?

                                                -----Original
                                                            Message-----

                                       From:
                                             Erin
                                                         Richardson

                                    <erichardson@sarofim.com>

                     @ENRON

                                       Sent:
                                                   Thursday,
                                                            October
                                                               11,
                                                                     2001

      12:30

      PM

                                    To:
                                                   Lenhart,
                                                         Matthew

                                          Subject:
                                                RE:

                                       shut
                                          up,
                                                stop
                                                      lying.
                                                         i
                                                               don't

      believe

   you

      at

               all.

                                                -----Original
                                                            Message-----

                                       From:

                  Matthew.Lenhart@enron.com

                     [mailto:Matthew.Lenhart@enron.com]

                                       Sent:
                                                Thursday,
                                                         October
                                                            11,
                                                                  2001

   12:29

   PM

                                    To:

         erichardson@sarofim.com

                                          Subject:
                                             RE:

                                       where
                                             didn't
                                                i
                                                   go?

                                                   -----Original
                                                               Message-----

                                          From:
                                                Erin
                                                            Richardson

                                       <erichardson@sarofim.com>

                        @ENRON

                                          Sent:
                                                      Thursday,
                                                               October
                                                                  11,

   2001

         12:24

         PM

                                       To:
                                                      Lenhart,
                                                            Matthew

                                             Subject:
                                                   RE:

                                          where
                                             did
                                                   you
                                                      go?

                                                   -----Original
                                                               Message-----

                                          From:

                     Matthew.Lenhart@enron.com

                        [mailto:Matthew.Lenhart@enron.com]

                                          Sent:
                                                   Thursday,
                                                            October
                                                               11,
                                                                     2001

      12:25

      PM

                                       To:

            erichardson@sarofim.com

                                             Subject:
                                                RE:

                                       no
                                                really.
                                                   it
                                                      was
                                                         a
                                                               blast.

   little

         tired

         but

            i

               can

                        rally

                           for

                                          tonight.

                                                      -----Original

   Message-----

                                             From:
                                                   Erin
                                                               Richardson

                                          <erichardson@sarofim.com>

                           @ENRON

                                             Sent:
                                                         Thursday,
                                                                  October
                                                                     11,

      2001

            12:21

            PM

                                          To:
                                                         Lenhart,
                                                               Matthew

                                                Subject:
                                                      RE:

                                             liar

                                                      -----Original

   Message-----

                                             From:

                        Matthew.Lenhart@enron.com

                           [mailto:Matthew.Lenhart@enron.com]

                                             Sent:
                                                      Thursday,
                                                               October
                                                                  11,

   2001

         12:22

         PM

                                          To:

               erichardson@sarofim.com

                                                Subject:
                                                   RE:

                                          i
                                                didn't
                                                      even
                                                         go
                                                            home

                                                         -----Original

      Message-----

                                                From:
                                                      Erin

   Richardson

                                             <erichardson@sarofim.com>

                              @ENRON

                                                Sent:
                                                            Thursday,

   October
                                                                        11,

         2001

               12:19

               PM

                                             To:
                                                            Lenhart,
                                                                  Matthew

                                                   Subject:

                                                         RE:

                                                great,
                                                      you
                                                            don't
                                                                  stand a

         chance.

      i

               didn't

                  get

                        home

                              until

                                    5:30

                                          this

                                                   morning

                                             and
                                                i
                                                      think
                                                         i
                                                            was
                                                                  still

   drunk

         when i

            got

               to

                        work.

                        how

                                 about

                                       you?

                                                         -----Original

      Message-----

                                                From:
                                                         Lenhart,
                                                                  Matthew

                     [mailto:Matthew.Lenhart@ENRON.com]

                                                Sent:
                                                         Thursday,
                                                                  October
                                                                     11,

      2001

            11:58

            AM

                                             To:

                  erichardson@sarofim.com

                                                   Subject:

                                             how
                                                   are
                                                      we
                                                            doing
                                                               on
                                                                  our

         contest?

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Following please find the Daily EnronOnline Executive Summary.

EnronOnline Executive Summary for 12/12/00
Transaction Summary
External Transactions Today	3,853
Average Daily External Transactions (30 day Trailing Avg)	4,363
Total Life to Date Transactions	519,543

EnronOnline Daily % of Entity's Total Transactions for 12/12/00	Trans	Percent
Enron North America	3,139	76%
Enron Europe Limited	186	36%
Global Products	103	24%
Enron Metals	425	14%

EnronOnline Percentage of Total Corporate Transactions
(30 day Trailing Avg)	55%

Gross Notional Value of EnronOnline Transactions	Total
Today	2,907,809,629
MTD	33,542,282,802
LTD	312,712,699,847
Average Daily Notional Value (30 Day Trailing Avg)	3,421,867,459

Notional Revenue from Physical Flows to Date	20,686,492,328

Counterparties, Users, and Products Offered
Counterparties having transacted to date	607
New Counterparties transacting for the first time today	4
Number of Products Offered Today	1,046
Total Number of External Users Logged on Today	3,256
Average # of External Users logged on (30 day Trailing Avg)	2,979


Hi Stinson, Shales' initial in road to EBS was through David Cox (after
Vince's suggest to talk to David, I think).  What Shalesh did at the time was
to put a four page concept on trading storage as a commodity in the new
networked world.  He has keen interest in such an idea and has done some
work. He will be a good fit unless that person has to be in EBS under Jean
etc.... If so, we are not ready to let Shalesh go!  He can support that
effort, but I need him to get the supply & demand work in real-time user
friendly form for Jean's traders before Shalesh ventures onto something
else.  I did promising that I will get him involved in some juicy stuff like
new product/deals etc.... This may be his non-it stuff that he can do.....

What do you think?

Ravi.

	Stinson Gibner@ECT
	02/18/00 10:10 AM

		 To: Ravi Thuraisingham/Enron Communications@Enron Communications
		 cc: Vince J Kaminski/HOU/ECT@ECT
		 Subject: storage book...
Ravi:

Samer and I met this morning with Sara Ledbetter.   She is starting the
groundwork for setting up a storage book and a streaming book for tracking
the e-powered products positions.    They are having a meeting on next
Tuesday to discuss this.  Samer will attend.    This is a good opportunity to
start compiling the data that we will need for some of John Grieblings
questions.

--stinson

p.s.   Sara also asked if we knew anyone who would be interested in managing
the storage book.  Any suggestions?


Attached is PIRA's latest "Electricity Daily Demand Forecast."

If you have any questions regarding the report's content, please contact
Morris Greenberg (email: morris@pira.com) or Victoria Watkins (email:
vwatkins@pira.com), at (212) 686-6808.

Contact John Graziano regarding PIRA report distribution and address changes
at (212) 686-6808, email: support@pira.com.

NOTE: Circulation of the "Electricity Daily Demand Forecast" outside a
Client's licensed distribution area is strictly prohibited. Clients that are
unsure of their licensed distribution or require an extension of their
current license should contact their PIRA sales representative, or email to
sales@pira.com.

PIRA Energy Group

 - ed060401.pdf
 - ed060401.xls


The attached draft has been sent to the customer via e-mail.

Debra Perlingiere
Enron North America Corp.
1400 Smith Street, EB 3885
Houston, Texas 77002
dperlin@enron.com
Phone 713-853-7658
Fax  713-646-3490


Hi Mary.  Barbara tells me there's a better-than-good chance you will be
coming back to join the department.  Hooray!  I was hoping we could chat
about how you would feel about joining the financial trading group this time
around.  I'm leaving for the airport in just a bit to head out of town for
the rest of the week but would be happy to talk when I get back and you
should feel free to talk to Carol and Sara in the meantime.

Mark T.


Sue Mara
Enron Corp.
Tel: (415) 782-7802
Fax:(415) 782-7854
----- Forwarded by Susan J Mara/NA/Enron on 07/25/2001 07:51 AM -----

	"Norman Plotkin" <nplotkin@rcsis.com>
	07/24/2001 06:28 PM

		 To: <arem@electric.com>
		 cc:
		 Subject: legislative activity

All:
The word from the Assembly is that there will be amendments to SB 78, which
will be the vehicle addressing the Edison bailout, on Thursday, a hearing on
Friday and Floor Session to follow to ratify whatever comes out of
committee.  This word comes out of the Assembly energy committee (Joe Lyons)
and although Rick Simpson was with the Speaker all afternoon and didn't get
back to me, numerous other Members' offices confirmed that they have been
told to be in town and available Friday.

There is another working group, but I do not know who is on it, nor were we
invited.  I will continue to advocate for the language we were able to get
into 82, as should your individual lobbyists.

More later ...


Magnus,

My suggestion is that you contact Laurel Adams in our foreign exchange
confirmation group.  Please advise if anything is needed from my end in
Credit Risk Management.

Thanks,
Bill

Magnus.Ward@seb.se on 10/19/2000 10:13:12 AM
To: william.s.bradford@enron.com
cc:
Subject:

Dear Mr. Bradford,

I hope you are the right person but if not could you please direct me in the
right direction?

We have had some foreign exchange trades where we have sent you
confirmations but we have not received those back from you. Would it be
possible for you, or anyone relevant, to look into this?

Regards

Magnus Ward

_________________________________________________________
Magnus Ward
S|E|B Merchant Banking
Securities Finance
Phone +46 8 506 23310, Mobile +46 70 77 23310, Fax +46 8 611 3690
I am also available on Bloomberg


Sue Mara
Enron Corp.
Tel: (415) 782-7802
Fax:(415) 782-7854
----- Forwarded by Susan J Mara/NA/Enron on 05/23/2001 10:55 AM -----

	"Manuel, Erica" <Erica.Manuel@edelman.com>
	05/23/2001 10:42 AM

		 To: "Allen, Stevan" <stevan.allen@edelman.com>, arm@phaser.com,
"brbarkovich@earthlink.net" <bbarkovich@earthlink.net'>,
cra@calretailers.com, Delaney Hunter <dhunter@s-k-w.com>,
dennis.flatt@kp.org, DJ Smith <djsmith@s-k-w.com>,
Dominic.DiMare@calchamber.com, drothrock@cmta.net, "Fairchild, Tracy"
<tracy.fairchild@edelman.com>, gdoar@newpower.com, gharrison@calstate.edu,
hgovenar@govadv.com, jackson_gualco@gualcogroup.com, "jerryl@abag.ca.gov"
<jerryl@abag.ca>, .gov@mailman.enron.com, johnlatimer@capitoladvocacy.com,
Ken Smith <ken@kdscommunications.com>, ken_pietrelli@ocli.com,
kgough@calpine.com, kmccrea@sablaw.com, kmills@cfbf.com,
lhastings@cagrocers.com, "Manuel, Erica" <Erica.Manuel@edelman.com>,
mday@gmssr.com, Megan Beiser <megan.beiser@edelman.com>,
mmoretti@calhealth.org, nplotkin@tfglobby.com, randy_britt@robinsonsmay.com,
richard.seguin@kp.org, RochmanM@spurr.org, rrichter@calhealth.org,
sgovenar@govadv.com, smccubbi@enron.com, spahnn@hnks.com,
sschleimer@calpine.com, theo@ppallc.com, vincent.stewart@ucop.edu,
vjw@ceert.org, "Warner, Jami" <jami.warner@edelman.com>,
wbooth@booth-law.com, wbrown@lhom.com, wlarson@calstate.edu
		 cc:
		 Subject: Direct Access op-ed in LA Daily News

Hello DA Coalition,

Great News - the Los Angeles Daily News has published the direct access
op-ed we submitted. The piece was authored by Marriott Hotels, a Strategic
Energy DA customer, and is attached below for those of you who haven't yet
seen it. It ran in Tuesday's edition of the paper.

This hit is extremely well placed given that a majority of the publication's
readership is actually in Bob Hertzberg's district.

Edelman is pushing forward with this op-ed and will keep you posted about
our progress with other publications.

Feel free to let me know if you have any questions. EM.

Erica Manuel
Edelman Worldwide / Sacramento
916/442-2331 phone
916/447-8509 fax
erica.manuel@edelman.com
 <<MarriotOp-Ed FINAL.doc>>

 - MarriotOp-Ed FINAL.doc


Greg,

Something that I forgot to ask you.  Do you know if Hugo is planning to
replatt using an administrative process which I understand is quicker than
the full replatting process of 3 weeks?

Also let me know about the parking.  The builder in San Marcos believed the
plan only had 321 parking spots but would require 382 by code.  The townhomes
across the street have a serious parking problem.  They probably planned for
the students to park in the garages but instead they are used as extra rooms.

Phillip


Please find attached a credit worksheet for the above counterparty.  Kindly prepare a draft enfolio master physical contract and forward to the listed contact.

Thanks
Rudwell
53596.


Please forward your email to the RAC group requesting the opening of this account.  Thanks.  Sara

-----Original Message-----
From: Doukas, Tom
Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 10:45 AM
To: Shackleton, Sara
Subject: FW: services agreement

This is the primebroker agreement that we need to fill out for CSFB.  They are holding two trades hostage so this is a priority for us.  Please let me know if you require any further information.

Tom

-----Original Message-----
From: Keneally, Kelly [mailto:kelly.keneally@csfb.com]
Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 10:34 AM
To: Doukas, Tom
Subject: FW: services agreement

>  -----Original Message-----
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> Sent:	Thursday, August 09, 2001 11:13 AM
> To:	Keneally, Kelly
> Subject:	services agreement
>
>  <<primebrokerage.pdf>>

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I'm sending this directly to your mother, Scott.

"When will it end?  Please just let it end!"
 Pauline Kael, response to watching the film, "Ishtar"

	"Scott Laughlin" <scottwl@hotmail.com>
	11/30/2000 05:47 PM

		 To: rory@carmelnet.com, eldon@interx.net, camsell@pacbell.net,
cameron@perfect.com, jdasovic@enron.com, jamkartozian@jps.net,
Nancy.Sellers@mondavi.com, psellers@haas.berkeley.edu, Psellers@pacbell.net,
william.sellers@wright.edu, timmi@carmelnet.com
		 cc:
		 Subject: Re: Hornswoggled & Bamboozled

How 'bout this:

Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2000 1:05 PM
Subject: TO GEORGE W. FROM M.MOORE

>Dear Governor and President-in-Waiting Bush:  >  > This has to be the first
>time in our history that a candidate  > who is losing BOTH the popular vote
>AND the electoral  > vote insists on being anointed President of the United
>  > States.  >  > I can understand why you expect this title to be yours.
>You  > have spent your entire life having everything handed to you.  > You
>have never had to earn your place. Money and name  > alone have opened
>every door for you. Without effort or  > hard work or intelligence or
>ingenuity, you have been  > bequeathed with a life of privilege.  >  > You
>learned at an early age that, in America, all someone  > like you has to do
>is show up. You found yourself admitted  > to a wealthy New England
>boarding school simply because  > your name was Bush. You did not have to
>EARN your place  > there. It was bought for you.  >  > You then learned you
>could get into Yale with a "C" average.  > Other, more deserving, students
>who had worked hard for  > 12 years to earn their place at Yale were denied
>admittance.  > You got in because your name was Bush.  >  > You got into
>Harvard the same way. After screwing off  > during your four years at Yale
>-- and maintaining your "C"  > average -- you took someone's else's seat at
>Harvard, a seat  > that they had EARNED.  >  > You then pretended to serve
>a full stint in the Texas Air  > National Guard. But one day, according to
>the Boston Globe,  > you just skipped out and didn't report back for a year
>and a  > half to your unit. You didn't have to earn your military record  >
>because your name was Bush.  >  > After a number of "lost years" that don't
>appear in your official  > biography, you were given job after job by your
>daddy and  > other family members -- jobs you didn't have to earn. No
>matter  > how many of your business ventures failed, there was always  >
>another one waiting to be handed to you. Finally, you got to  > be a
>partner in a ball team -- another gift -- even though you  > put up only
>1/100 of the money for the team. And then you  > convinced the taxpayers of
>Arlington, Texas, to give you  > another perk -- a brand-new multimillion
>dollar stadium.  >  > So it is no wonder to me why you think you deserve to
>be  > named President.  You've haven't earned it or won it --  > therefore
>it must be yours!  >  > And you see nothing wrong with this.  >  > Why
>should you? It is the only life you have ever known.  >  > I will never
>forget the footage of you sitting in your governor's  > mansion the night
>of the election when it was first declared  > that Gore had won Florida.
>Surrounded by poppy and mommy,  > and on the phone to your brother the
>governor of Florida, you  > were a picture of calm. You had not a worry in
>the world. You  > told the press that your brother had assured you Florida
>was  > yours. If a Bush said it was so, it was so.  >  > But it ain't so.
>And when it dawned on you that the Presidency  > had to be earned and won
>by a vote of the people -- yes, the  > people! -- you went berserk. You
>sent in hatchet man James  > Baker ("F--- the Jews, they don't vote for us
>anyway" was his  > advice to Poppy in '92) to tell lies to the American
>people and  > stoke the nation's fears. When that didn't work, you went to
> > federal court and sued to stop the votes from being counted  > because
>you knew how the vote would turn out.  >  > What kills me is how you have
>turned to the big, bad, federal  > government for help! Was not your
>mantra, during every  > campaign stop, the following line:  >  > "My
>opponent trusts the federal government. I TRUST YOU,  > THE PEOPLE!"  >  >
>So now we learn the truth. You don't trust the people at all.  > You went
>running to the FEDERAL court to get your handout  > ("Trust the machines,
>not the people," you pleaded). But the  > judge didn't buy it, and for
>perhaps the first time in your life,  > someone said "no" to you.  >  >
>What will you do now? According to the New York Times,  > 90% of your
>campaign funds came from just 775 American  > millionaires. Oh, that they
>could bail you out of this mess! I  > wouldn't count on them -- it's not
>like they have suffered  > financially under Clinton/Gore. They know they
>will do just fine  > with the Kissin' Fool. I think, my friend, you are on
>your own.  >  > Mr. Bush, your only hope is that Gore will wimp out and  >
>throw in the towel. There is ample evidence of how Democrats  > love to
>cave. You and your right-wing friends know the  > Democrats are weak-kneed
>and spineless. You remember how  > Al Gore and all the Democrats voted to
>put that anti-abortion  > zealot Scalia on the Supreme Court -- and how 11
>Democrats  > made the difference in placing Clarence Thomas there, too?  >
> > That's your ticket. Spook Gore and his party into believing a  > focus
>group is mad at them, take a phony poll that backs that  > up, get the
>gasbag pundits to yammer and hammer him and maybe,  > just maybe, you'll
>get the latest plumb prize that is not yours to
have.
>  >  > Yours,  >  > Michael Moore  > mmflint@aol.com  >
>www.michaelmoore.com

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*  from today's LA Times
*  people oppose rate increase plan
*  want costs to be spred fairly, evenly
*  lights were out in the hearing room to save energy

In 1st Hearing, PUC Urged to Lift Rate Hike

Energy: Speakers call on the agency to rescind the increase approved last
month. Officials caution that they are focusing on "who pays and how much."

By NANCY RIVERA BROOKS, Times Staff Writer

The lights were out to save energy in a Santa Monica hearing room, but the
heat was on as consumers and business representatives urged the California
Public Utilities Commission on Monday to spread the pain of rate increases
fairly--but differed substantially on how that could be accomplished.

Many of the more than 30 speakers who appeared at the PUC's first public
hearing on how to design new electricity rates spent their time trying to
persuade the commission to undo the increase of 3 cents a kilowatt-hour,
which was approved March 27 and is expected to begin appearing on bills in
June.

Although Commissioner Henry Duque and Administrative Law Judge Victor Ryerson
listened politely and court reporters took down every word, those fervent
pleas were largely wasted.

Ryerson admonished the audience of about 75 people that the hearing would not
determine whether rate increases are necessary to pay for soaring electricity
costs. That already has been decided by the PUC, he said.

Rather, the series of hearings this week throughout the state, each attended
by one of the five PUC commissioners, will focus on "who pays and how much,"
Ryerson said.

That wasn't what consumer advocate Douglas Heller wanted to hear.

"The PUC is asking the wrong questions," said Heller of the Foundation for
Taxpayer and Consumer Rights in Santa Monica. "The question that the PUC
should be asking is: How do we get our state back?"

"Small consumers never asked for deregulation and never benefited from it,"
Heller said. "The innocent victims of this public policy nightmare should not
bear the burden of the energy industry's greed and the governor's failure to
confront it."

About 20 different rate plans have been submitted to the PUC, which is
expected to adopt a rate design at its meeting next Monday. PUC officials
said that rates will rise by an average of 30% but that some customers will
see no increases while some will see much larger increases.

The commission is under tremendous pressure to devise a new rate structure
that encourages conservation but doesn't damage businesses--and to do it in
six weeks rather than the usual six months or longer.

Some who testified Monday in Santa Monica feared that the new rates will
cause families to subsidize single users and will penalize those that are
already conserving electricity.

David Marshall, chief financial officer of El Monte-based Gregg Industries,
asked that the PUC retain lower rates for the hours when electricity use is
lower.

Gregg, which employs 400 people to make heavy iron parts for industry, has
shifted all its production to between midnight and noon, he said. That is the
only way Gregg can continue to compete, Marshall said.

His company does business in the United States, Mexico, Europe and Asia, "and
in every one of those markets we have direct competitors anxious to take
business away from us," Marshall said. "California is not an island."

Encino resident Donald Tollefson argued that consumers should be spared the
brunt of the rate increases because they will be forced to pay twice: for
their own higher electricity rates and in the form of price increases as
businesses pass along their higher energy costs.

"Whatever you do," he said, "you should be fair and compassionate."

About 200 people attended a similar hearing in a dimly lit high school
auditorium in Rosemead.

Bob Wellemin, an air-conditioner mechanic from Temple City, said the
commission should take the blame for not pushing to build more power plants.

"How on Earth have you been representing the consumers?" he said, evoking
applause. "And what I don't understand is that we have three or four meetings
like this ahead. And we got a May 14 deadline to make a decision. I don't
want to sound skeptical. But how can I not be skeptical when you've got one
representative here and a week to decide."

Wellemin also criticized the commission's proposed rate increases, saying
that it would hurt people who already conserve energy. As a resident with
low-energy appliances and no central air-conditioning, he said he would be
penalized because it would be difficult to reduce his power from one month to
the next.
Others warned the commission to take a methodical approach in deciding the
rate plan.

"If I have to act businesslike, I would expect state representatives to act
the same," said Don Osborn, a small business owner from the San Gabriel
Valley. "I haven't seen that."
---
Times staff writer Joe Mozingo contributed to this story.

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