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COMMENTS OF THE ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLY ASSOCIATION ON THE MEDIATION REPORT FOR THE SOUTHEAST RTO

Conclusion

EPSA supports the great strides that have been made during the recently completed Southeast RTO mediation process and believes that the Mediation Report serves as a testament to that progress. To maintain this momentum EPSA applauds the Judge’s endorsement of the Collaborative Governance Model, while recognizing that the additional details of the eventual success of the Model will rely significantly on how the collaborative process will go forward. Advancing the collaborative process in the future will require Commission involvement, otherwise the Commission risks losing the progress made in the last 45 days to inertia and backsliding by the market-participants. The Commission can make the first step of being actively involved by presenting a schedule for stakeholders to follow as they begin the post-mediation collaborative process. EPSA has great confidence that if the FERC remains engaged in the Southeast RTO process it will lead to a single, competitive wholesale market for power in the Southeast in an efficient and expeditious manner.
October 9, 2001

Respectfully submitted,

______________________________
For Julie Simon, Vice President of Policy
For Jack Cashin, Senior Manager of Policy
ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLY ASSOCIATION
1101 14th Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20005
202-628-8200
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that I have served a copy of the foregoing Comments by first class United States mail, postage prepaid, upon each person designated on the official service list compiled by the Secretary in this proceeding.
Dated at Washington, D.C. this 9th day of October 2001.

Mark Bennett