EC September 2007

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Proposed press release for Oct 12th
by Duane330＠aol.com 29 Sep '07

29 Sep '07

To: WV Sierra Energy Committee From: Duane Nichols, MonValley Clean Air Coalition, etc. RE: Possible press release, to be scheduled for October 12th. 1. We need to get the various diverse groups working on the TrAIL line together in print, as in a press release that we all approve. Each group can then add two paragraphs with their own contact information. 2. This can be released in Charleston and Morgantown simultaneously on Friday, October 12th, in time to be included in the Saturday newspapers. 3. On Saturday, President Bill Clinton will speak in Charleston before the annual state Democratic Party dinner, a huge event. [Clinton is now on record as working with Al Gore on global climate change.] 4. We could picket this event, just for publicity, as one option. {My wife and I have tickets to attend} 5. The connection between the proposed new power line and global warming is this: If TrAIL line is built it will give long-life to old power plants that are a primary source of carbon dioxide, the most important greenhouse gas. 6. Possible groups to be included: Sierra Club, Ohio Valley Environmental Council, WV Environmental Council, MonValley Clean Air Coalition, Triune-Halleck Community Association, Ft. Martin Community Association, Laurel Run Community Association, WV Highlands Conservancy, Interfaith Global Climate Change Coalition, .............etc. 7. Please forward this message to all possible groups that might wish to join in so we can make a decision within the next two days......... as to whether to prepare drafts, with a final decision to be made on Tuesday, October 9th, as to which groups are included and which not................ ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com

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TRAIL DISCOVERY REQUEST TO SIERRA CLUB INC
by William V. DePaulo, Esq. 28 Sep '07

28 Sep '07

I'VE ATTACHED THE CORRECT DISCOVERY REQUEST TO THIS EMAIL. THE SAME BASIC DISCOVERY REQUEST WENT OUT TO ALL INTERVENORS. KINDLY DELETE THE PRIOR REQUEST WHICH RELATED TO A TOTALLY UNRELATED MATTER FROM YOUR COMPUTER -- William V. DePaulo, Esq. 179 Summers Street, Suite 232 Charleston, WV 25301-2163 Tel: 304-342-5588 Fax: 304-342-5505 william.depaulo(a)gmail.com www.passeggiata.com

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TRAIL DISCOVERY REQUEST TO SIERRA CLUB INC
by William V. DePaulo, Esq. 28 Sep '07

28 Sep '07

BARBARA AND JIM - PLEASE CALL ME ABOUT THIS - BILL -- William V. DePaulo, Esq. 179 Summers Street, Suite 232 Charleston, WV 25301-2163 Tel: 304-342-5588 Fax: 304-342-5505 william.depaulo(a)gmail.com www.passeggiata.com

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bumper stickers Good News
by Barbara Fallon 28 Sep '07

28 Sep '07

Nate Parr is doing the bumper stickers for us. I sent him the ideas that were sent to me. He is already working on the design and cost for printing. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Fussy? Opinionated? Impossible to please? Perfect. Join Yahoo!'s user panel and lay it on us. http://surveylink.yahoo.com/gmrs/yahoo_panel_invite.asp?a=7

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fundraising letter that went out last week
by Barbara Fallon 27 Sep '07

27 Sep '07

Here is a copy of the fundraising letter that went out.... FYI. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for a deal? Find great prices on flights and hotels with Yahoo! FareChase. http://farechase.yahoo.com/

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Education campaign
by Barbara Fallon 27 Sep '07

27 Sep '07

Dear Committee, The energy committee recently had a meeting regarding the Allegheny intervention case. While there are many stages that can be considered "next," one stage that needs leadership is the education campaign. This work has come to the foreground because soon the PSC will be announcing the dates for public hearings. We, of course, want to see as many Sierran members at these county meetings as possible. An education campaign will entail a bulk mailing of bulleted information to Sierra Club members. As we all know, citizens do not have to be living along the power line to have a voice against it. The mailing will also include the dates for the hearings. Is someone willing to take this responsibility on? I and others will assist, of course. As for me I need to stay focused on fundraising!!!! ____________________________________________________________________________________ Boardwalk for $500? In 2007? Ha! Play Monopoly Here and Now (it's updated for today's economy) at Yahoo! Games. http://get.games.yahoo.com/proddesc?gamekey=monopolyherenow

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Re: [EC] creativity needed for bumper sticker
by Barbara Fallon 27 Sep '07

27 Sep '07

Apparantly I did not make myself clear!!!! (oh my gosh!!) I do not need creative ideas, but rather I need a person with creative ideas. Who can take on this bumper sticker project???? ----- Original Message ---- From: Beth Little <blittle(a)citynet.net> To: "William V. DePaulo, Esq." <william.depaulo(a)gmail.com>; Paul Wilson <pjgrunt(a)gmail.com>; ec(a)osenergy.org Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 3:49:54 PM Subject: Re: [EC] creativity needed for bumper sticker In the line of creativity - how about a graphic of a transmission tower with the red circle around and a line through it - the sign for NO. Make it 5 or 6 inches round, and make some of the window decal type that go inside and can be peeled off. -----Original Message----- From: ec-bounces(a)osenergy.org [mailto:ec-bounces@osenergy.org]On Behalf Of William V. DePaulo, Esq. Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 11:31 AM To: Paul Wilson Cc: ec(a)osenergy.org Subject: Re: [EC] creativity needed for bumper sticker I THINK WE MIGHT CONSIDER THE NOTION OF COMING UP WITH A BUMPER STICKER OR SLOGAN THAT IS BROAD ENUF TO CAPTURE NOT ONLY THE ALLEGHENY TRAIL PROJECT OF 114 MILES, BUT ALSO THE AEP PROJECT THAT WILL RUN 500+ MILES FROM WINFIELD TO NEW JERSEY. I THINK WE OUGHT TO ALSO SERIOUSLY CONSIDER INTERVENING AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE IN THE AEP PROCEEDING AND TRY TO RALLY OPPONENTS FROM THE MUCH MORE SOUTHERN ROUTE IT WILL TAKE, TO JOIN OPPONENTS FROM THE NORTHERN ALLEGHENY PATH. BILL DEPAULO 304-541-1984 On 9/19/07, Paul Wilson <pjgrunt(a)gmail.com> wrote: For the bumper sticker could we use the symbol of an electrical transmission tower as opposed to the word "towers"?? That would make it clear we do not mean wind towers. paul On 9/17/07, Barbara Fallon < brbr_fallon(a)yahoo.com> wrote: We need to get bumper stickers....and we need to decide on our slogan. Who is creative and would be thrilled to take on the bumper sticker project. I would like to have bumper stickers ready to go within the next two weeks.... Boardwalk for $500? In 2007? Ha! Play Monopoly Here and Now (it's updated for today's economy) at Yahoo! Games. _______________________________________________ EC mailing list EC(a)osenergy.org http://osenergy.org/mailman/listinfo/ec -- Paul Wilson Sierra Club 504 Jefferson Ave Charles Town, WV 25414-1130 Phone: 304-725-4360 Cell: 304-279-6975 _______________________________________________ EC mailing list EC(a)osenergy.org http://osenergy.org/mailman/listinfo/ec -- William V. DePaulo, Esq. 179 Summers Street, Suite 232 Charleston, WV 25301-2163 Tel: 304-342-5588 Fax: 304-342-5505 william.depaulo(a)gmail.com www.passeggiata.com ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better Globetrotter. Get better travel answers from someone who knows. Yahoo! Answers - Check it out. http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396545469

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Re: [EC] fundraiser letters
by Barbara Fallon 27 Sep '07

27 Sep '07

Rodger and Sandy, Thank you tremendously for getting this bulk mailing out. I was delighted to receive my letter in the mail on Saturday. You packaged it up perfectly, map and all. Thank you for doing such a good job and for following through asap. Barbara ----- Original Message ---- From: Rodger Dotson <bhaddaka(a)gmail.com> To: Karen Grubb <kgrubb(a)fairmontstate.edu>; Barbara Fallon <brbr_fallon(a)yahoo.com> Sent: Friday, September 21, 2007 3:35:58 PM Subject: fundraiser letters The letters are at the post office. Rodger ____________________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! oneSearch: Finally, mobile search that gives answers, not web links. http://mobile.yahoo.com/mobileweb/onesearch?refer=1ONXIC

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Fwd: WVEC Fall Gathering
by James Kotcon 24 Sep '07

24 Sep '07

>>> WVEC - Don Alexander <paradox(a)spectrumz.com> 9/7/2007 2:08 PM >>> If you are reading this text your email program either cannot display html or is configured to display the alternate plain text portion of an html email. You may view the contents of the current WVEC Action Alert online at: http://www.spectrumz.com/wvec/elist/current_aa.htm WVEC's website is at: http://www.wvecouncil.org/ All action alerts are archived at: http://www.wvecouncil.org/take_action/

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Fwd: RE: TRAIL - PSC STATUS HEARING FRIDAY, SEPT 14, 2007
by James Kotcon 24 Sep '07

24 Sep '07

As I feared, Rosen will NOT be able to help us out. JBK >>> "Richard Rosen" <rrosen(a)tellus.org> 9/24/2007 2:55 PM >>> Sorry, later is not much better. I will decline again. -- Rich Rosen -----Original Message----- From: James Kotcon [mailto:jkotcon@wvu.edu] Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2007 5:04 PM To: Richard Rosen Subject: Fwd: [EC] TRAIL - PSC STATUS HEARING FRIDAY, SEPT 14, 2007 Rich: While this schedule is not yet "official", it does appear to be agreed to. We will likely have until Dec. 5 to file our direct testimony, with evidentiary hearings in January. I recognize that your schedule did not permit participation in October/November, and am writing to inquire if this delay would allow you to serve as an expert witness on behalf of the Sierra Club, West Virginia Chapter. I certainly understand if your schedule is already full, but thought it might be worth asking. Thank you for your time. Jim Kotcon >>> "William V. DePaulo, Esq." <william.depaulo(a)gmail.com> 9/18/2007 10:20 AM >>> The parties at the PSC hearing Friday agreed to the following procedural schedule subject to PSC approval, which is expected. Public comment hearings week(s) of October 8 or 15, 2007 Status hearing and Charleston public comment hearing - November 1, 2007 Deadline for Staff and intervenors' testimony, including rebuttal to TrAILCo's testimony - December 5, 2007, 12:00 p.m. Deadline for propounding discovery - December 12, 2007 Deadline for TrAILCo's rebuttal testimony and other parties' cross-rebuttal of each others' testimony - January 7, 2008, 12:00 p.m. Evidentiary hearing, first phase [everyone's case but TrAILCo] - January 9-11, 14-15, 2008* * Evidentiary hearing, second phase [TrAILCo's case, including oral surrebuttal to evidence adduced in first phase; possibly Staff's witnesses unable to attend first phase] - February 12-15, 19-22, 2008. ** Initial briefs and proposed findings/conclusions - March 10, 2008 Reply briefs - March 21, 2008 In general, TrAILCo has agreed to shorten the time for its responses to discovery 1. Requests should be directed via email to each of rpalmer(a)alleghenypower.com, gdeaver(a)alleghenypower.com, hriddle(a)alleghenypower.com, bmill11(a)alleghenypower.com, ccallas(a)jacksonkelly.com, and pmelick(a)jacksonkelly.com, with the requests in an accompanying document published in Microsoft Word. 2. Requests received before 12:00 p.m. on a business day will be deemed served that day. Requests received thereafter will be deemed served on the subsequent business day. 3. TrAILCo will file and serve its objections within seven calendar days, and its responses within 14 calendar days; provided, that if that day is not a business day, then the time is extended to the subsequent business day. TrAILCo has reserved the right to assert that the sheer quantity of requests or other circumstances preclude this accelerated response protocol, as under standard Commission Rule. TrAILCo has already responded to discovery from the Staff and the WVEUG and expect thats TrAILCo, rather than the other parties, will be the principal server of discovery in the week ending December 7, 2007 Obviously, there is a premium on getting discovery out first. In that regard, however, we need to know what, if any, additional information any expert we retain may need. The expert's testimony will need to be filed by December 5. The status hearing set for November 1 is intended, in part, to deal with any pending discovery disputes, again reinforcing the idea of propounding discovery earlier rather than later. I will begin drafting a data request aimed at a range of financial and environmental issues and will forward it for suggestions. Bill William V. DePaulo, Esq. 179 Summers Street, Suite 232 Charleston, WV 25301-2163 Tel: 304-342-5588 Fax: 304-342-5505 william.depaulo(a)gmail.com www.passeggiata.com

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