Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee
Senator Debra Bowen, Chairwoman

1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m.—California Room 4203
February 9, 1999

Energy Issues for 1999

Opening Remarks / Adoption of Committee Rules (1:30 – 1:45)

• Senator Debra Bowen, Chairwoman

Divestiture of Hydroelectric Facilities (1:45 – 2:30)

• Overview
  Public Utilities Commission – Douglas M. Long, Manager, Electric Restructuring Proceedings
   
• Discussion
  California Farm Bureau – Ron Liebert
  California Hydropower Reform Coalition – Richard Roos-Collins
  Pacific Gas & Electric – Tom Bottorff
  Regional Council of Rural Counties – Brent Hastey
  The Utility Reform Network (TURN) – Bob Finkelstein

Electricity Rates and Reliability (2:30 – 3:15)

• Overview
  PUC – Douglas M. Long
   
• Discussion
  Cal-ISO – Terry Winter
  California Electric Users Cooperative – Bill Julian
  California Manufacturers Association – Tim Treichelt
  Center for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Technologies – V. John White
  Coalition of California Utility Employees – Marc Joseph
  I.B.E.W., Local 47 – Rae Sanborn
  Los Angeles Department of Water and Power – David Freeman
  Office of Ratepayer Advocates – David Morse
  Sempra Energy – Wayne Sakarias

Post-Transition Market Structure (3:15 – 4:00)

• Overview
  PUC – Douglas M. Long
   
• Discussion
  California Large Energy Consumers Association – D.J. Smith
  ENRON – Lee Jestings
  Green Mountain Energy Resources – Rick Counihan
  Independent Energy Producers – Karen Edson
  Power Exchange (PX) – George Sladoje
  Sierra Club California – Rich Ferguson
  Southern California Edison – Gary Schoonyan
  Utility Consumers’ Action Network (UCAN) – Michael Shames

Natural Gas and Competition (4:00 – 4:30)

• Overview
  PUC – Bill Meyer, Director, Division of Strategic Planning
   
• Discussion
  ARCO – Alan Lippincott
  El Paso Energy – Representative
  Sempra Energy – Carolyn McIntyre
  Southern California Gas Workers Council – Pete Conaty
  TURN – Lenny Goldberg