ML19305C777

Affidavit of Re Roundtree,General Manager of Brownsville Public Utils Board Re Agreement Among Tx Ious for Const of Two Dc Interstate Ties of 500 MW & 250 Mw. Brownsville Prepared to Enter Settlement Negotiations

ML19305C777
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Site:	South Texas, Comanche Peak
Issue date:	03/27/1980
From:	Roundtree R BROWNSVILLE, TX
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O 5 = o' = I COUNTY OF CAMERON I AFFLDAVII RMR.a c, R. E Eat Br. FORE ME the undersigned official. on this day personally ,,

appeared Robert E. Rotmatree, who is personally known to me, and .

first being duly sworn according to law upon his oath deposed and '"

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My name le Bobart E. Roundtree: I an over 18 years of age, and I reside at 205 Calle Amistosa #138, Brownsv111a Texas.

I have never been convicted of a crime, and I am fully competent to .

make this affidavit. I have personal knowledge of the facts stated . "

herein, and they are all true and correct. .

on mech !24. 1980 Mr. Merle Borchelt of CP6L called to set up .'

an appointment with me on mrch 25, 1980 at 9:00 mm.  :

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. a I was forced to esucel the 9:00 am appointment ua hrch 24. 1980. -

Mr. Borchelt called again on March 25, 1980 and I agreed to pick -

Itiaupat the Brownsville Airport that day at.11:00 am for a conference. -

Mr. Larry Cawlik, my Associste Manager for Engineering, and I met Mr. Borchelt at the Bravrtsv111e Airport at 11:00 sm, hech 25. 1980 and picked up Mr. Borchelt and Mr. Buddy Teague of CP&L. The four of .

us then met Mr. Tyler Russell of CF5L at the Beacon h rbor Restaurant for a luncheon conference. .

Mr. Borchelt stated that he had been asked by Mr. Durwood ,Chalker ..

of C5W to meet with me and bring me up to date on ongoing discussions l

l hetween the Texas 10U's relative toi a settle:nent of the interstate -

versus intrastate problems between CSV and Texas Utilities and Houston -

Light and Power. '

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Mr. Borchelt stated that agreeseent had been reached among the 100's t for the countruction of ttvo direct current interstate ties of 500 NET and .

250 capacities and that by virtue of the direct current transmission across state lines that Texas Utilities and Houston Light and Power unuld ,

not be sub. ject to federal regulation. ..,'.

Mr. Borchelt also st.ated 'that complete settinnent was anticipated i:

during the first two weeks of April 1980, 9 I then asked if any party had been innived in the settlement nego- ,

tiations other than' the 10U's and Mr. Borchelt stated that none had but -

that all were now being Inf'ormed as I was. ,

" I then asked Mr. Borchelt it, the federal and state regulatory bodies _ a .

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had been a party to the settlement. talks and he said that meetings had.

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been held with the Cossaissions of Teus, Oklabotsa and Arkansas. andlwith : ,

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• offices of those states and that all comments were favor--

able ra the direct current transfer inode as a basis of' settlement. . ' .-,

I then asked,1f the ' federal reguistory ataffe had been contacted and Mr. Borchelt stated that they had an.d th.at without connairment the '.

res'ctions expressed'were favorable. . ,.

I asked Mr. Borchelt if his conversation with me was to ha con- '

sidered confidential. in nature and he said no but that he hoped it would' not be given to the news media prematurely. ,

I told Mr. Borchelt that I appreciated the informatlun and that '

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Brownsville wais pr'epared to enter settlement negotistions in line with <

our consistent position that benefits accruing to the electric industry --

should flow to the benefit of all'seg:nents of the industry. -

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I also took occasion to caution Mr. Borchcit that my legal counsel was very likely to be upser. when I informed the:n of the status of settle-ment talks of which they had.no knowledge and urged him to have his at-torneys contact my attorneys and inform them of the status of settlement and why they had been exclud=1 from settlement discuzzion.s.

Robert E. Roundtree SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO BEFORE IfE on the 27th day of March,1980 to certihy which witness my hand and official seal. '

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sarbara Nicol .

. Notary Public in and for ',} -

Casernn County, Texas ,

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.My commission expires the 20th day of December.1980.

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