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Expert Witness Prospect
by Jonathan Rosenbaum 25 Jun '07

25 Jun '07

Hi, Did anyone contact Robert L. McConnell? He had a guest commentary in yesterday's June 24th Dominion Post. He has the right characteristics; he's a retired associate professor emeritus of electrical engineering from WVU. He explained, "I have not worked with the load-flow analysis programs, however, I have done a lot of modeling and simulation." He prefers small independent systems over large inter-dependent systems, and he also opposes the construction of the transmission lines on the basis of global warming. If nobody has contacted him, I'll try to locate him and find out if he'd be interested. He's in Independence, WV. Also, this Saturday I talked to Edie Jett, she sent us a NIETC Update back on May 22. She'd be very interested in working with us. Jonathan

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FW: Subcommittee on TrAIL
by Grubb, Karen 21 Jun '07

21 Jun '07

Jim says this is ready to send to national. Let me know if anything else is needed. ________________________________ From: Grubb, Karen Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2007 12:54 PM To: 'Paul Wilson' Subject: RE: Subcommittee on TrAIL This is very helpful. Thank you. I am preparing the new matter form and will be sending it to you by tomorrow. Will you take care of getting our legal chair's signature, if needed? Karen ________________________________ From: Barbara Fallon [mailto:brbr_fallon@yahoo.com] Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2007 9:48 AM To: Grubb, Karen; James Kotcon; William V. DePaulo, Esq.; wjreilly99(a)yahoo.com; Jonathan Rosenbaum Subject: Re: Subcommittee on TrAIL For the budget write up the language that Paul provided. The Chapter is providing $2500 toward the TrAIL campaign. The SES recently awarded a $5000 grant (pending CGC approval.) The cost for expert witnesses should be minimized because the intention of the energy committee is to share this cost with neighboring environmental groups. The fundraising committee will appeal to donors for contributions through out the campaign. Grant writing will be pursued. Budget Legal Fees.... $5000 Expert Witnesses.... 5000 Publicity expenses.... 1000 Travel, phone and copying costs to committee members.... 1000 Total: $12,000 -----Original Message----- From: ec-bounces(a)osenergy.org [mailto:ec-bounces@osenergy.org] On Behalf Of James Kotcon Sent: Monday, June 18, 2007 8:16 PM To: ec(a)osenergy.org; Barbara Fallon Subject: [EC] Energy Committee Motion and notes Attached are the notes I wrote down of the call tonight. On the call were Barbara Fallon, Jim Kotcon, Duane Nichols , Jonathon Rosenbaum, Will Reilly, Pat Reilly, and Karen Grubb 1. Jim Kotcon moved, Duane Nichols seconded, that the Energy Committee recommend the following to the Chapter ExCom: A. That the Chapter seek approval to intervene in the Allegheny Transmission line case (PSC Case No 07-0508-E-CN) in order to preserve rights for additional participation in the case to the extent funds are available. B. That the Energy Committee allocate $2500 from the 2007 budget for expenses on the case, with additional fundraising to be conducted including grant-writing (Barb Fallon) and direct appeals to donors (Jim Kotcon). C. That the Chapter ExCom authorize use of the Chapter Foundation account, or establish a new Foundation account for purposes of receiving donations for this campaign and related Energy Committee activities. Motion carried. 2. Bill DePaulo will contact Aaron Isherwood, Will Burns in PA (Energy Conservation Coalition of PA), and Rob Marmet in Virginia (Piedmont Environmental Council) to explore opportunities to share expert witnesses. 3. Jim Kotcon will contact additional potential experts to solicit bids for evaluation by the Energy Committee. 4. Karen Grubb will head a subcommittee to draft a more detailed campaign plan. Jim Kotcon, Will Reilly and Jonathon Rosenbaum indicated they would serve, and Barbara will circulate a call for additional volunteers via e-mail. (A date for this subcommittee to meet should be set soon.) 5. Bill says other groups that intervene can decide later to file a joint brief and sponsor testimony with SC. Also, Bill DePaulo will be out of the country from July 1 until after the deadline, so intervention needs to be submitted very soon. JBK P.S. If anyone has any suggestions for names of potential expert witnesses, please send them to me. It is useful for a limited number of people on the Energy Committee (not more than two) to make these initial calls so we do not end up with different experts negotiating with different members of the same committee. _______________________________________________ EC mailing list EC(a)osenergy.org http://osenergy.org/mailman/listinfo/ec

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Gone for a week
by Barbara Fallon 21 Jun '07

21 Jun '07

I am leaving for Seattle and won't be back until July 2. Keep up the very good work Barbara ____________________________________________________________________________________ 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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Re: [EC] Fw: WV grant - SES meeting outcome
by Barbara Fallon 21 Jun '07

21 Jun '07

I will be on the intervention sub-committee. I will be the fundraiser person. ----- Original Message ---- From: "Grubb, Karen" <kgrubb(a)fairmontstate.edu> To: ec(a)osenergy.org Cc: mdavis(a)hsc.wvu.edu Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 2:33:03 PM Subject: Re: [EC] Fw: WV grant - SES meeting outcome That’s wonderful Barbara! Now, who wants to be on the intervention subcommittee and when and where can we meet? Subcommittee members please see http://nyri.info/info.htm for inspiration, sent to me by Jonathan. Paul said he wanted the completed New Matter Form to submit by Friday. I assume he meant June 22. That is two days from now. I am pretty much free this week, but planned to go to DC this weekend. We need a budget, expert witnesses, co-plaintiffs, and what cooperation we can expect from VA and PA attorneys. Am I right in thinking these all need to be accomplished this week? I am attaching my new matter form document with updates from tonight’s call in bold. Thanks, Karen From: ec-bounces(a)osenergy.org [mailto: ec-bounces(a)osenergy.org ] On Behalf Of Barbara Fallon Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 9:26 AM To: ec(a)osenergy.org Cc: mdavis(a)hsc.wvu.edu Subject: [EC] Fw: WV grant - SES meeting outcome Well, well, well..... ----- Forwarded Message ---- From: Jason Marsden <jcmarsden(a)gmail.com> To: Barbara Fallon <brbr_fallon(a)yahoo.com> Cc: Stephen Crowley <scrow(a)sover.net> Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 6:58:28 PM Subject: WV grant - SES meeting outcome Hello Barbara, The Smart Energy Solutions CIC just completed its monthly meeting and we did approve the $5,000 grant to the West Virginia chapter toward expert witnesses as proposed. This grant will also require the CGC's approval, and they may or may not concur with our recommendation, but in either case you should be hearing from them soon, as they are scheduled to meet June 28. I have copied Steve Crowley, SES-CIC chair, on this message since I will be out of the country for the next 29 days and unable to stay abreast of CGC's decision. Best of luck and a pleasure getting acquainted this past week! Best wishes, Jason -- Jason Marsden Executive Director Wyoming Conservation Voters www.wyovoters.org (307) 265-0870 PO Box 2664 Casper , Wyo. 82602-2664 _______________________________________________ EC mailing list EC(a)osenergy.org http://osenergy.org/mailman/listinfo/ec ____________________________________________________________________________________ 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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Energy committee fundraising
by Barbara Fallon 21 Jun '07

21 Jun '07

An estimated budget for the TrAIL Allegheny campaing is $12,000. Depending on how the campaign goes this expense can and will escalate. So far we have $7500. The Chapter budget affords us $2500 and we recently received a $5000 grant from National SES sources (pending CGC approval.) I am the chair of the energy committee, but I am also forming a fundraising sub-committee. Now that we have gotten approval from the Chapter to intervene before the PSC we have to make haste and raise funds to meet the financial challenges ahead. Currently Karen Grubb and Jim Kotcon are completing the New Matters Form. This document will be sent to National for their approval of our intervention. We have a deadline of July 11 to file for intervention, but our councel, Bill DePaulo needs to have the paperwork completed and signed by him by June 29. We cannot begin our fundraising until we have been given approval to intervene by National. The is fothcoming. Now I am looking for a few people to serve on the fundraising committee with me. We will primarily be soliciting funds from doners, writing grants, having bake sales! and anything else the committee agrees to do. National provides fundraising training. I will look into this training. Perhaps a few people can attend. With fundraising there are lots of rules. Right now I need a few volunteers. I am not a fundraiser. I am a grant writer. I know that the campaign needs funds, so this is why I heading the fundraising committee. You do not have to be an experienced fundraiser to be on this committee. You will however, be an experienced fundraiser when we are done. best Regards, Barbara ____________________________________________________________________________________ Pinpoint customers who are looking for what you sell. http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/

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Fw: WV grant - SES meeting outcome
by Barbara Fallon 20 Jun '07

20 Jun '07

Well, well,well..... ----- Forwarded Message ---- From: Jason Marsden <jcmarsden(a)gmail.com> To: Barbara Fallon <brbr_fallon(a)yahoo.com> Cc: Stephen Crowley <scrow(a)sover.net> Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 6:58:28 PM Subject: WV grant - SES meeting outcome Hello Barbara, The Smart Energy Solutions CIC just completed its monthly meeting and we did approve the $5,000 grant to the West Virginia chapter toward expert witnesses as proposed. This grant will also require the CGC's approval, and they may or may not concur with our recommendation, but in either case you should be hearing from them soon, as they are scheduled to meet June 28. I have copied Steve Crowley, SES-CIC chair, on this message since I will be out of the country for the next 29 days and unable to stay abreast of CGC's decision. Best of luck and a pleasure getting acquainted this past week! Best wishes, Jason -- Jason Marsden Executive Director Wyoming Conservation Voters www.wyovoters.org (307) 265-0870 PO Box 2664 Casper, Wyo. 82602-2664 ____________________________________________________________________________________ Pinpoint customers who are looking for what you sell. http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/

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FW: Energy Committee Motion and notes
by Grubb, Karen 19 Jun '07

19 Jun '07

Just this: Bill says other groups that intervene can decide later to file a joint brief and sponsor testimony with SC. Also, Bill DePaulo will be out of the country from July 1 until after the deadline, so intervention needs to be submitted very soon. I attached the latest version of my notes. I didn't know I volunteered to head the subcommittee, but I guess I can. Karen -----Original Message----- From: ec-bounces(a)osenergy.org [mailto:ec-bounces@osenergy.org] On Behalf Of James Kotcon Sent: Monday, June 18, 2007 8:16 PM To: ec(a)osenergy.org; Barbara Fallon Subject: [EC] Energy Committee Motion and notes Attached are the notes I wrote down of the call tonight. On the call were Barbara Fallon, Jim Kotcon, Duane Nichols, Jonathon Rosenbaum, Will Reilly, Pat Reilly, and Karen Grubb 1. Jim Kotcon moved, Duane Nichols seconded, that the Energy Committee recommend the following to the Chapter ExCom: A. That the Chapter seek approval to intervene in the Allegheny Transmission line case (PSC Case No 07-0508-E-CN) in order to preserve rights for additional participation in the case to the extent funds are available. B. That the Energy Committee allocate $2500 from the 2007 budget for expenses on the case, with additional fundraising to be conducted including grant-writing (Barb Fallon) and direct appeals to donors (Jim Kotcon). C. That the Chapter ExCom authorize use of the Chapter Foundation account, or establish a new Foundation account for purposes of receiving donations for this campaign and related Energy Committee activities. Motion carried. 2. Bill DePaulo will contact Aaron Isherwood, Will Burns in PA (Energy Conservation Coalition of PA), and Rob Marmet in Virginia (Piedmont Environmental Council) to explore opportunities to share expert witnesses. 3. Jim Kotcon will contact additional potential experts to solicit bids for evaluation by the Energy Committee. 4. Karen Grubb will head a subcommittee to draft a more detailed campaign plan. Jim Kotcon, Will Reilly and Jonathon Rosenbaum indicated they would serve, and Barbara will circulate a call for additional volunteers via e-mail. (A date for this subcommittee to meet should be set soon.) JBK P.S. If anyone has any suggestions for names of potential expert witnesses, please send them to me. It is useful for a limited number of people on the Energy Committee (not more than two) to make these initial calls so we do not end up with different experts negotiating with different members of the same committee. P.P.S. Please let me know if I missed anything, or if anyone has other recollections of our actions tonight. _______________________________________________ EC mailing list EC(a)osenergy.org http://osenergy.org/mailman/listinfo/ec

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FW: New Matter Form - AP TrAIL
by Grubb, Karen 19 Jun '07

19 Jun '07

The items in 5 were not listed in any order, and won't necessarily all apply. They are some ideas Jim had on the drive back to Fairmont from DOE, and I don't think will be included on the New Matter Form. Here is the list amended based on Jonathan's comments. Did I get the gist of your comments correctly? Karen ________________________________ From: ec-bounces(a)osenergy.org [mailto:ec-bounces@osenergy.org] On Behalf Of Jonathan Rosenbaum Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2007 3:49 AM To: Energy Committee Subject: Re: [EC] New Matter Form - AP TrAIL I realize this was thrown together quickly, but, in 5, I would like some enlightenment about the details of what these minimum conditions imply in a compromise. Would all these conditions have to apply? "H" should be at the top of the list of compromises, though maybe that's why it's at the bottom, however, is "H" really a compromise, or more along the lines of what we should minimally expect from WV power companies (and every power company) regardless of whether we are pursuing the Trail Co case or not? Based on what I heard at the public meeting here in Morgantown, it sounds very unlikely that buried lines would be an option in a compromise. If any power line is going to be built as a result of a compromise using existing routes, conservation is definitely going to have to be part of the package deal, and I would suggest that the recipients of this electricity are either going to have to conserve or pay up for that privilege, i.e. "D" could be amended to reflect that recipients in congested areas get to pay for the "cheap energy" infrastructure we've built for them "by them" here in WV if they choose to use electricity that a carbon tax could be applied to. Just like a toll road, those who use it, get to pay for its creation and upkeep. However, if the recipients choose to receive clean "renewable" energy via these lines, then any extra costs to them would be waived. Jonathan Grubb, Karen wrote: Jim suggested I write these down and send them out as a starting point for what needs to be accomplished before intervention can be approved. Karen _______________________________________________ EC mailing list EC(a)osenergy.org http://osenergy.org/mailman/listinfo/ec

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conference cal tonight
by Barbara Fallon 18 Jun '07

18 Jun '07

Sorry for the short notice. Please call in to a conference call tonight at 7:00. We need to talk about the New Matters Form, Funding, and what our discussion will entail for the ExCom confernece call on Tuesday night. Re: Allegheny Number 866.501.6174 Conference Code: 1005700 Hope you can join us... Barbara ____________________________________________________________________________________ Take the Internet to Go: Yahoo!Go puts the Internet in your pocket: mail, news, photos & more. http://mobile.yahoo.com/go?refer=1GNXIC

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New Matter Form - AP TrAIL
by Grubb, Karen 18 Jun '07

18 Jun '07

Jim suggested I write these down and send them out as a starting point for what needs to be accomplished before intervention can be approved. Karen

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