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3−way Results
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Conversation about FERC and Regional
Transmission Organizations (RTOs)
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Subconversation between J. Steffes and
3 other VPs on the same topic
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FIGURE 5.5
: Long running discussion on FERC's various rulings of RTOs.
ities to submit plans for joining or forming an RTO by Oct. 15,
2000, with actual membership established by December of this
year. FERC is now sorting through the applications that it has
received, and its approvals or rejections illuminate certain prefer-
ences that some members of the commission hold. Over the last
year or two, FERC has engaged in an ongoing debate between its
preference for transco (for-profit) models for RTOs, as opposed to
independent system operators (non-profit). Chairman Curt Hea-
cutebert has been the most vocal supporter of the transco model,
while other commissioners such as William Massey have supported
ISOs. However, moving forward, it is becoming increasingly clear
that FERC also seems to have other set agendas for how it wants
the network of RTOs to operate, including the limit of one entity
per region.”
S. Novosel sent email with subjects like “Subject: FERC Orders on CA and
RTO West.” A lot of the discussion in this group is reactions and opinions to
FERC rulings. The four-way analysis identified this large conversation with
many of the same terms, such as RTO, FERC, market, as well as many of
the same names. What distinguishes the four-way analysis from the three-
way analysis group is that it is a thread of the larger conversation involving
primarily the VP's of government affairs, regulatory affairs, chief of staff and
Enron wholesale services. As such the time profile of this subconversation
nests within the larger conversation identified in the three-way analysis. What
is gained from this four-way analysis is the direction of discussion and the
recipients in this social network.
The third example in
Figure 5.6
is a group identified in the four-way anal-
ysis that was not previously identified in any three-way analysis. This email
exchange involves the forwarding of the Texas A&M school fight song wav file
from E. Bass to four others in the list of 197 recipients. It is reasonable to
suggest that perhaps these folks were A&M alumni. Alternatively, the sender
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