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Bush DOE Granted Enron Waiver of Securities and Liability Regulations
Federal Register | May 15, 2001

Posted on 01/12/2002 9:35:48 AM PST by vmatt

[Federal Register: May 15, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 94)] [Notices] [Page 26849] From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] [DOCID:fr15my01-64]

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. ER01-1394-000, et al.]

Enron Energy Services, Inc., et al.; Notice of issuance of Order

May 9, 2001.

Enron Energy Services, Inc., et al. (Enron Energy) submitted for filing a rate schedule under which Enron Energy will engage in wholesale electric power and energy transactions at market-based rates. Enron Energy also requested waiver of various Commission regulations. In particular, Enron Energy requested that the Commission grant blanket approval under 18 CFR Part 34 of all future issuances of securities and assumptions of liability by Enron Energy.

On April 27, 2001, pursuant to delegated authority, the Director, Division of Corporate Applications, Office of Markets, Tariffs and Rates, granted requests for blanket approval under Part 34, subject to the following:

Within thirty days of the date of the order, any person desiring to be heard or to protest the blanket approval of issuances of securities or assumptions of liability by Enron Energy should file a motion to intervene or protest with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214).

Absent a request to be heard in opposition within this period, Enron Energy is authorized to issue securities and assume obligations or liabilities as a guarantor, indorser, surety, or otherwise in respect of any security of another person; provided that such issuance or assumption is for some lawful object within the corporate purposes of the applicant, and compatible with the public interest, and is reasonably necessary or appropriate for such purposes.

The Commission reserves the right to require a further showing that neither public nor private interests will be adversely affected by continued approval of Enron Energy's issuances of securities or assumptions of liability.

Notice is hereby given that the deadline for filing motions to intervene or protests, as set forth above, is May 29, 2001. Copies of the full text of the Order are available from the Commission's Public Reference Branch, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. The Order may also be viewed on the Internet at http://www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm (call 202-208-2222 for assistance). Comments, protests, and interventions may be filed electronically via the internet in lieu of paper. See, 18 CFR 385.200(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's web site at http://www.ferc.fed.us/efi/doorbell.htm.

David P. Boergers, Secretary. [FR Doc. 01-12146 Filed 5-14-01; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-M


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To: doug from upland
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, results of query text for "Director, Division of Corporate Applications, Office of Markets, Tariffs and Rates".

On Feb. 2, 2001 the following blanket approval under 18 CFR Part 34 of all future issuances of securities and assumptions of liability were granted pursuant to delegated authority, the Director, Division of Corporate Applications, Office of Markets, Tariffs and Rates:

Mountain View Power Partners
North Carolina Power Holdings
Cottonwood Energy Company
Xcel Energy Services

That just appears to scratch the suface of these types of issuances.
Actually, it seems it would be more unusual if one wasn't granted.

61 posted on 01/12/2002 11:39:21 AM PST by michigander
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To: rwfromkansas; mrsmith

You have it all wrong regarding mrsmith. I assure you he is no disrupter and is only trying to get to the bottom of the info. He is an excellent researcher and will get the raw data out there if he can find it. In my opinion you've done an injustice to mrsmith and I suggest you follow his post for a while and learn about him.

I can't vouch for vmatt as to his/her motives.

62 posted on 01/12/2002 11:39:43 AM PST by deport
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To: marajade
So now after your post #38 its not about Enron but about the government?

There's a difference?

63 posted on 01/12/2002 11:40:52 AM PST by vmatt
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To: vmatt
Are you saying there isn't?
64 posted on 01/12/2002 11:42:07 AM PST by marajade
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To: PhiKapMom
You think you are really smart about this. Better check out which party controls FERC. Very few of Bush appointees have been approved for anything thanks to daschle and if you bothered to do research bet you will find that very few if any have been appointed to this Commission by President Bush. This is another one of these you may not like what you find.

It is very easy to find out this information.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has a five-person board, by law no more than three can be from one party. There is currently one vacancy. Two members were appointed by Clinton, two by Bush. Bush appointed the Chairman, who is the administrative head. No one doubts that Bush appointees are in charge.

On 10/16/01, Bush announced he would nominate someone to fill the vacancy, but the nomination has not been made.

65 posted on 01/12/2002 11:47:50 AM PST by Looking for Diogenes
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To: marajade
Are you saying there isn't?

Yes, we have become an oligarchy.

66 posted on 01/12/2002 11:48:17 AM PST by vmatt
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To: vmatt
If that was case we'd be a third world country.
68 posted on 01/12/2002 11:55:55 AM PST by marajade
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To: rwfromkansas
vmatt member since October 13th, 1998

mrsmith member since June 25th, 1998

Yeah, they look really suspicious... Not!


69 posted on 01/12/2002 11:57:39 AM PST by michigander
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To: one_particular_harbour
Whatever... I don't personally care if Enron has committed murder. But trying to assert just because Enron did doesn't mean Bush did.
70 posted on 01/12/2002 11:59:32 AM PST by marajade
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To: marajade
We're the richest third world country.
71 posted on 01/12/2002 12:01:35 PM PST by vmatt
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To: PhiKapMom
Pat Wood and Nora Mead Brownell were approved and stated serving in June last year.
After this ruling.

I don't think there's any thing "funny" about the ruling, though in fairness to vmatt, it did sound suspicious.

72 posted on 01/12/2002 12:02:11 PM PST by mrsmith
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To: vmatt
Whatever...
73 posted on 01/12/2002 12:02:36 PM PST by marajade
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To: mrsmith
How is it suspicious if its been discovered that granting that sort of waiver is routine?
74 posted on 01/12/2002 12:03:24 PM PST by marajade
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To: doug from upland
The waiver request was of public record and any filing protest was of public record.

Exactly.

76 posted on 01/12/2002 12:10:14 PM PST by Roscoe
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To: marajade
How is it suspicious if its been discovered that granting that sort of waiver is routine?

Had Enron submitted to the regulations they were exempted from they would have been discovered.

78 posted on 01/12/2002 12:13:39 PM PST by vmatt
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To: marajade
By "did" I meant before one knew more about the issue.
Like that the issuance is common, state regulators still examine them (if the exemption is under 34.1c) and that FERC was still controlled by Clinton appointees at the time.

"blanket approval of issuances of securities or assumptions of liability by Enron Energy " kinda jumps out at anyone who has been following the attempts to smear Bush with the issue.

vmatt did independent research and found something intriguing.

(If freepers insist he be punished, perhaps a good penalty would be to have him look for "enron AND waiver" in the Register for Clinton's term.
I looked and there are too many entries to begin to examine them all.)

79 posted on 01/12/2002 12:20:31 PM PST by mrsmith
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To: vmatt
So?
80 posted on 01/12/2002 12:22:43 PM PST by marajade
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