[EC] TRAIL PETITION TO INTERVENE

ALL

BECAUSE I WAS OUT OF TOWN FOR THREE WEEKS, AND WANTED TO BE SURE I HADN'T MISSED A FILING, I EARLIER TODAY CALLED PHIL MELICK, THE LEAD ATTY AT JACKSON KELLY IN THE TRAIL CASE AT THE PSC, TO ASK IF THEY EITHER HAD FILED, OR INTENDED TO FILE, AN OPPOSITION TO THE SIERRA CLUB'S PETITION TO INTERVENE.

PHIL CALLED BACK A MOMENT AGO TO SAY THAT THEY DID NOT PLAN TO OPPOSE THE SIERRA CLUB'S INTERVENTION, BASED IN LARGE PART ON THEIR RESPECT FOR THE CLUB AS AN ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATION.

GIVEN THE FACT THAT THEY'VE OPPOSED VIRTUALLY ALL PETITIONS, INCLUDING (I THINK) THE PETITION TO INTERVENE OF THE CONSUMER ADVOCATE, I GUESS I AM SURPRISED.

IN ANY EVENT, IT'S A PLUS.

SEE YOU ON AUG 11

BILL