ML20125B890

Supplementary Response to First Set of Interrogatories. Discusses Areas Where Util & Public Util Board of Brownsville,Tx Compete.Affidavit of JW Wilson,Supporting Documentation & Certificate of Svc Encl

ML20125B890
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Site:	South Texas, Comanche Peak
Issue date:	12/19/1979
From:	Joshua Wilson BROWNSVILLE, TX
To:	HOUSTON LIGHTING & POWER CO.
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BEFORE THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of

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HOUSTON LIGHTING AND POWER COMPANY,

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Docket Nos. 50-498A et al.

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and 50-499A

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(South Texas Project, Unit Nos.

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In the Matter of

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TEXAS UTILITIES GENERATING COMPANY

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Docket Nos. 5 0-4 4 5 A et al.

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and 50-446A

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(Comanche Peak Steam Electric

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Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2)

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FURTHER SUPPLEMENTAL RESPONSE OF THE PUBLIC UTILITIES BOARD OF THE CITY OF BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS TO HOUSTON LIGHTING AND POWER COMPANY'S FIRST SET OF WRITTEN INTERROGATORIES The Public Utilities Board of the City of Brownsville, Texas

(" PUB") hereby responds further to certain of Houston Lighting & Power Company's ("HL&P") First Set of Written Interrogatories which sought information and analysis con-cerning competition and markets in the electric utility industry in Texas.

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Identify separately every area in which PUB competes with HL&P, incitding but not limited to:

(a) every known instance of competition between HL&P and PUB to serve retail electric customers; (b) eve ry kn own instance of competition between HL&P and PUB to serve wholesale customers; (c) each relevant product and geographic market; (d) the nature and extent of competition between PUB and HL&P in each such market; (e) the date upon which competition between PUB and HL&P began and. the length of time that competition has existed in each such market; (f) the identity of every actual competitor in each such market, and a description of such competitor's activities in that market; (g) the identity of each potential competitor in each such market; (h) the market share of every competitor in each such market; (i) eve ry f act that PUB believes tends to establish that HL&P has the power to control prices and/or exclude competition in each such market; and (j) the identity and location of every document referring or relating to or setting forth the matters inquired into in this Interrogatory.

(a)

In its June 26, 1979 Supplemental Response to HL&P's First Set of Written Interrogatories, PUB stated:

" PUB cannot identify any specific instances of competition between HL&P and PUB to serve retail electric customers, since in the normal course of business potential industrial customers do not, in inquiring about PUB's rates and services, discuss the other utilities from which they may be seeking such info rmation.

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,- "The Port o f Brownsville, which is administered by the Brownsville Navigation District, is the area in Brownsville most suited for large industry.

Offi-cials of the Brownsville Navigation District state that th7y receive numerous inquiries from industries which are considering the Port area as a plant site about the availability and price of electricity and other utility services, and that the reliability and cost of electricity are of principal interest to such industries.

The Port of ficials believe that PUB service may not be competitive with service provided by other utilities in this regard and believe they lose and have lost potential industry in the area because of this, as is shown in the documents supplied in response to Interrogatory No. 43.

These officials cannot identify such industries specifically, nor do their records appear to be maintained in such a way as to provide this in fo rma t ion. "

In addition, it should be noted that the potential fo r competition between PUB and HL&P to serve retail electric cus-tomers in the future will be substantial to the extent that anticompetitive constraints which would otherwise hinder PUB's ability to compete are removed.

Although specific competitive instances can obviously not be predicted for the future, and the competitive impact cannot be measured with precision in advance, the potential for competition is real, substantial, and generally predictable.

(b)

If PUB were to obtain suf ficient economic generation capacity, it could compete for future wholesale loads with HL&P and others.

Although anticompetitive constraints impede this potentially competitive aspect of the market at the present t ime, their removal would permit its evolution.

In general, it is of course not possible to specify competitive instances which did not occur because of the existence of anticompetitive con-straints in the marketplace.

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HL&P and PUB to serve wholesale customers is an area which has been stifled in the past but one in which competitive potential should not be further constrained in the future.

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Retail Competition.

Competition, both actual and potential, exists for the sale of electricity at retail in Brownsville.

Actual " door-to-door" competition exists among Magic Valley Electric Cooperative, Central Power & Light Com-pany ("CP&L") a nd PUB a s shown in documents previously provided.

In addition, active " franchise competition" has existed for some time between PUB and CP&L.

HL&P has engaged in activities together with CP&L 1/ which have significantly disadvantaged PUB in this " franchise competition".

Were such competitive dis-advantage serious and continuing, it could be expected that the voters in Brownsville would seek to abolish the PUB in favor of electric retail service from another utility, in this instance CP&L.

The geographic market here is the area within and border-ing PUB's retail service territory.

A related aspect of competition at retail is so-called

" yardstick" competition.

Yardstick competition should be viewed more generally than competition specifically for the Brownsville retail market.

That is, if PUB is able to offer reliable service at low rates, other municipalities in Texas may consider establishing municipally owned electric systems 1/

As a member of the Texas Interconnected System and the South Texas Interconnected System and as a participant in the South Texas Project, as described fully in PUB's Supplemental Response to HL&P's Interrogatories dated June 26, 1979, HL&P participates in the exclusionary and anticompetitive policy and conduct of those groups.

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Conversely, if municipal systems do not compare favorably with the price or quality of servic'e avail-able from the investor-owned sector, there will be competitive pressure to institute improvements in this regard.

Thus, not only is yardstick competition likely to contribute to effi-ciency incentives within PUB, it is also true that if the voters of Houston were to view Brownsville's PUB as a " yard-stick" against which HL&P compared favorably, public power would be a competitive threat from HL&P's perspective.

The relevant geographic market for retail " yardstick" competition is the State of Texas.

The service areas of the other large electric utilities in South Texas, particularly CP&L's general service area, comprise a specific submarket of this larger 1

market.

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Industrial Power Sales.

This is competition to serve i

industries which are either choosing.a location for a new plant or are considering the expansion of an existing plant.

The georgraphic market in which such competition occurs depends upon the type of industry involved.

For example, with respect to industries requiring deep water port facilities, the Gulf Coast is the relevant geographic market involved.

On the other hand, for industries with local product resource or labor market requireme n ts, the relevant geographic market may be all of l

South Texas, even as f ar west as El Paso.

For other indus-trial firms without controlling local market requirements --

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. for example, a chemical producer desiring general proximity to the petroleum industry -- the relevant geographic market may be a multi-state region including parts of Arkansas, Oklahoma and Louisiana, as well as the State of Texas.

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Bulk Power Transactions.

PUB is in competition with HL& P for bulk power supply.

For instance, in early 1976, PUB and HL&P were both considering and discussing with Lower Colorado River Authority ("LCRA") of ficials the possibility of obtaining bulk power from LCRA c s is shown in Attachment A hereto, which includes an HL&P of fice memorandum dated April 9, 1976 from G. W. Oprea to T. A.

Standish and D.

E. Simmons con-cerning " Purchase Power from Lower Colorado River Authority";

a PUB memo to the file dated March 1, 1976 by H.

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Hastings concerning a February 27, 19 76 mee ting be tween PUB a nd LC RA of ficials concerning bulk power sales to PUB; and a letter dated March 1, 1976 from H.

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Hastings to Elof H.

Soderberg concerning the purchase of power from LCRA.

As shown in the August 3, 1977 letter from Russell L.

Sutphen of O'Brien & Gere to the Brownsville Public Utilities Board, included in Attachment B hereto, during 19 77 P UB wa s engaged in a study to identify and evaluate its bulk power supply options altenative to continued wholesale power pur-chases from Central Power and Light Company.

Among the alternatives considered by PUB was the purchase j

of power from the San Antonio City Public Service Board (CPSB")

which, according to the July 25, 1977 letter from Donald S.

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Hastings in Attachment B, anticipated having excess capacity when its coal-fired genrating units went into commercial operation.

However, CPSB did no't want to intrude in CP&L's " operating territory":

From discussions with you, it appears that City Public Service would have no problem providing as much of your current requirements as desired.

However, City Public Service Board does not wish to infringe on any other utility's operating territory, and, therefore, will request that you make the nec ssary arrangements with any of your current suppliers 'nd the appropriate regu-latory bodies before entering into any ag reement. "

July 25, 1977 letter, supra.

Moreover, on July 20, 1977, prior to its July 25, 1977 response to PUB, J. B.

Poston of CPSB wrote to Aaron E.

Autry, then president of CP&L, concerning its discussions with PUB, stating:

. Brownsville's staff and consultants made the request for a power and energy proposal from CPS, and we in no way solicited this customer or any other cus-tomer not [ sic] planning o.n locating in our service area.

. we by no means paa to take the initiative to market this by feeding into other's service area."

July 20, 1977 letter.

Thus, it appears that competition among members of STIS for wholesale and other bulk power sales has been restricted through agreements or understandings not to deal with utilities in each other's " operating territory" or " service area". 1/

As a member of STIS and TIS, HL&P has been advantaged in 1/

Judge Porter, in his January 30, 1979 Memorandum opinion in West Texas Utilities Co. et al. v. Texas Electric Service Co. et al, 470 F.

Supp. 798 (N.D. Texas, Da)'as Div. 1979),

found based on the evidence before him that tere was no meaningf ul competition among members of TIS.

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1 obtaining bulk power supply.

It has participated in restric-tive ag reements, such as the South Texas Plant Participation Agreement, and, together with the other members of STIS and TIS, has benefitted from its access to a bulk power supply market to which PUB and others are allowed only restricted a'nd unequal access.

In addition to such competition for bulk power supplies, there is potential competition between PUB and HL&P for vari-ous types of bulk power sales (including, for example, reserve sharing, maintenance power, short term ;;ower, seasonal power, i

economy energy, dump energy, diversity power, o f f-peak power and firm power) -- particularly if PUB is allowed nondiscrimina-tory participation in economic bulk power projects such as the South Texas Project and access to the transmission grid.

The geographic market for these various bulk power products is presently limited to the geographic area served by ERCOT mem-bers by the restrictive " intrastate-only" policy in force in ERCOT.

As an economic matter, this market is limited only by transmission expense.

This geographic market potentially encompasses the State of Texas and adjacent areas of Louisiana, l

Arkansas and Oklahoma.

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Transmission Services.

Although PUB and HL&P do not presently compete in the sale of transmission services, PUB's ability to compete in the sale of electric power in retail and wholesale marekts as well as its ability to compete effectively in terms of franchise and yardstick considerations is greatly 90002291

, affected by tne availability of adequate and nondiscriminatory access to transmission facilities.

PUB has been and is depen-dent upon fair and nondiscriminatory access to the transmission market in South Texas in order to competitively function in the bulk power, industrial power sales and retail power markets described above.

This transmission services market has to date been collectively controlled by HL&P, CP&L and the other members of STIS, which have until very recently excluded PUB from such fair and nondiscriminatory access to the transmission market. 1/

PUB is surrounded by CP&L.

With the exception of the Comision Federal de Electricidad ("CFE") in Mexico, 2/ the closest utilities with which PUB might deal for bulk power se,rvices as an alternative to dealing with CP&L ata more than 200 miles away.

As described in detail in previous responses to HL&P's interrogatories, on numerous occasions PUB raised the matter of wheeling services with CP&L and CP&L fl atly refused to sell such services to PUB, or to discuss planning for the sale of wheeling in the future.

In a letter dated August 8, 1977, Mr. Aaron Autry told Mr.

Hastings:

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Indeed, PUB has been excluded from access to the trans-(

mission market on any te rms whatsoever.

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CP&L has also in the past agreed with CFE that CFE would refuse to interconnect or interchange power with PUB, thus assuring CP&L's control over transmission to PUB.

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l "In regard to wheeling capacities, we do not have any surplus transmission capacity to the southern part of our system and, therefore, do not presently have any capacity which would be available for wheeliing power for third parties.

Furthe ruore, we do not have'any plans for future transmission construction which would include surplus trnsmission capacity for wheeling powe r. "

CP&L's availability of transmission capacity for third-party wheeling and its willingness to plan future transmission construction to include capacity for wheeling apparently depended upon the identity of the third party seeking wheeling se rvice s.

Minutes of a meeting between CP&L and Comision de Federal Electricidad officials held on October 3,1977 -- less l

than two months following Mr. Autry's August 8, 1977 letter to Mr. Hastings -- state, in part:

3) CP&L noted that to increase its capacity to exchange power would require reinforcing its transmission system between Corpus Christi and the Valley.

This cannot be done until 1980.

" 5) CPL proposed to contract (sic] a common consul-tant with the object of conducting dual studies.

CPL recommended using PTI.

B) We will exchange information on both systems, including annual load forecasts as well as inter-change of power from San Antonio's system.

" c) CPL will start delivering power in 1982 which will be equivalent to that of San Antonio."

A September 11, 1978 CP&L interoffice memorandum to R. W.

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Borchelt indicates that talks concerning a bulk power exchange between CFE and San Antonio -- with the energy to be wheeled over CP&L transmission f acilities -- were 90002293

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To the extent CP&L's nelective refusals to deal in wheeling services reflect STIS and TIS policies --

or to the extent that HL&P has acquiesced in them -

'HL&P has partaicipated in PUB's unfair and discriminatory exclusion from the transmission market in Texas.

In this regard, HL&P and the other members of STIS would have used their monopoly over transmission f acilities to com-petitively injure PUB in the markets where actual and potential competition between PUB and HL&P does exist -- in the retail and industrial power sales and bulk power sales markets as des-cribed above.

PUB is constructing transmission facilities in its service area, which will contribute to the State's transmission grid.

Where transmission botlenecks exist, as they do from time to time, utilities depend upon nondiscriminatory access thereto in order to compete successfully.

PUB should be allowed to par-ticipate in economic bulk power projects and to contribute to existing and planned transmission facilities in Texas so as to enable it to compete.

The geographic market for transmission seryices is the same as that described above or bulk power transactions.

The area encompassed by STIS members forms a submarket of this market.

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Nuclear Generation.

PUB is attempting to enter the market for nuclear generation so as to compete more ef fectively 1/

These documents comprise Attachment C.

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However, as is the case in the market for transmission services described above, PUB needs access to nuclear generation in order to engae in such " franchise",

" yardstick", industrial sales and bulk power sales competition.

HL&P, with its wholly owned Allens Creek nuclear generating plant (113 0 MW), and 385 MW in each of the two South Texas Project nuclear generating units, itself owns somewhat more than half of all nuclear generating capacity presently planned j

in South Texas; Austin, CP&L and San Antonio own the remainder.

PUB has been competitively injured in the markets described above in which actual and potential competition does exist

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between HL&P and PUB by its exclusion from the nuclear genera-tion market.

While the geographic market for nuclear generation is limited by the intrastate policy in force, in terms of eco-noimics, the geographic market is limited only by transmission cost.

(e)

Competition between HL&P and PUB for retail and indus-trial sales as described herein has existed since at least 1960 and continues to date.

A significant bulk power sales market is, in large part, a relatively recent development in Texas, a product of oil and gas shortages stemming from the 1973 OPEC embargo and subse-quent events.

Historically in Texas, gas was cheap and plenti-ful with the result that the Texas utilities installed generation.,

in relatively small units located near load centers.

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Competitors in retail sales markets are those electric utilities such as HL&P, CP&L and Magic Valley Electric Cooperative, which operate there.

In addition, PUE is a potential " yardstick" competitor for any utility in Texas.

Specifically, such investor-owned utilities include HL&P, CP&L, community Public Service Company, Texas Power & Light Company, Dallas Power & Light Company, Texas Electric Service Company, West Texas Utilities Company, Gulf States Utilities Company, Southwestern Electric Power Company, and El Paso Electric Com-pany.

HL&P and CP&L, being in the more proximate South Texas area, have more competitive significance than the Texas utili-ties serving more distant areas.

(ii) The identify of competitors for industrial sales varies with the type of industry involved.

Competitors for industry requiring proximity to deep water port f acil ties include PUB, CP&L, HL&P, and Gulf States Utilities Company.

PUB, CP&L, El Paso Electric Company, San Antonio Public Serv-ice Board, LCRA, HL&P, Community Public Service Company and Austin's City Electric Service are the principal competitors for industries desiring immediate access to product and f actor marke ts in South Texas.

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members of ERCOT and, to a lesser extent, the Mexican Comision Federal de Electricidad, which has received export power from CP&L from time to time since about 1965, and has thus been in competition with PUB and others for the available power supply in TIS.

Were the intrastate only restrictions and resulting trans-mission bottlenecks presently in force in ERCOT removed, Gulf States Utilities, El Paso Electric Company, Southwestern Electric Power Company and possibly utilities serving adjacent areas of Louisiana, Arkansas, and Oklahoma would be additional competitors in these markets, including numerous rural elec-tric cooperatives located in Texas and adjacent areas.

(h)

Applicants in this proceeding collectively dominate bulk power transmission facilities and bulk power generation in their combined service areas.

As of October, 1978, of a total of 19,768 MW, HL&P, CP&L, San Antonio City Public Service Board ("CPSB") and Austin owned 18,301 MW -- or 92% of all generating capacity in South Texas.

LCRA, which as a member of STIS during the early 1970's when the South Texas Project was conceived could have 1/ but chose not to participate, owned 1,271 MW.

In other words, the charter members of STIS own nearly 99% of generating capacity in South Texas.

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LCRA representatives participated in the South Texas Project Study Committee meetings during the Spring of 1972.

In the May 1, 1972 " Report of the Study Committee for the South Texas Nuclear Project" LCRA was listed among the proposed participants, and was to receive an allocation of 125 MW from each of the two proposed units.

It was not until March 1973 that LCRA, for reasons of its own, formally withdrew from participation in the project.

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With respect to Issue V of PUB 's Preliminary Statement of Issues, state whether PUB contends that

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" generation fueln" constitutes a relevant market, and if so separately state:

(a) the relevant product and geographic market, including the identity of every generation fuel in such market; (b) the nature, extent and duration of competition in such market; (c) the identity of every competitor in such market; (d) the market share of every competitor in such market; (e) the identity of the actual and/or potential customers in such market:

(f) the nature of any evidence in PUB's possession that HL&P has the power to control prices and/or exclude compe tition in such marke t; and (g) the identity and location of every document referring or relating to or setting forth the matters inquired into in this Interrogatory.

PUB contends that " generation fuels", more specifically here nuclear fuels, constitutes a relevant market in the sense that nuclear fueled generation is a relevant market, as de-scribed above in response to Interrogatory No. 24, and that --

to state the obvious -- it is the nuclear fuel which makes nuclear generation a unique product.

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Competition for nuclear' generation is potential in that PUB will not have any actual nuclear-generated electricity until the first of the South Texas Project generating units goes into commercial operation.

However, a utility's ownership (or lack of ownership) of capacity in nuclear plants planned and under construction has a large impact on its power supply planning long before the nuclear plant actually goes into commercial operation, thus affecting its competitive position among the utilities with which it competes for retail and large industrial customers.

(c)

Competitors in this market presently include the members of STIS, and the municipally-owned utilities and rural electric cooperatives in their service areas who are potential purchasers of capacity in the South Texas Project.

Without the intrastate only restrictions enforced within.ERCOT, capa-city in nuclear generating f acilities located outside of the present ERCOT boundaries but within feasible transmission distance 1/

Whetner the area limited by ec6n6mic~ feasibility is in Tact the same area limited by agree ant and/or contract among members of ERCOT, has been a qtastion under heated debate since 1976 and considerable money and expertise have gone into supporting both sides of the issue.

While PUD has contended that, as a legal matter, such an intrastate only policy should not be permitted, it has not had the necessary

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resources to make a full-scale independent determination as to the engineering feasibility of interstate as opposed to intrastate only operation.

It is noted, however, that if the area limited by economic feasibility is the same as the area limited by agreement, then it is strange indeed that contract-ual arrangements or other enforcements are essential.

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HL&P, CP&L, CPSB and Austin in combination own 100%

of the nuclear generation planned and under construction in South Texas.

Of these, HL&P owns over 50% of planned nuclear t

capacity.

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Customers and competitors in this market are essen-tially the same.

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State separately every action or cou;;se of conduct by HL&P that PUB believes has injured its competitive position in any relevant market, and with respect to each such action separately state:

(a) the relevant product and geographic market; (b) the identity of every cactual and/or potential competitor in that market; (c) the nature, extent and duration of competition in the market; (d) the market share of every actual and/or poten-tial competitor in the market; (e) the identity of every actual and/or potential customer in the market with respect to whom PUB's com-petitive position has been injured; (f) the nature of any evidence in PUB's possession that HL&P has the power to control prices and/or exclude competition in such market; and (g) the identity and location of every document referring or relating to or setting forth the matters inquired into in this Interrogatory.

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Separately state every action or course of conduct by HL&P that PUB believes has restricted PUB's access to any ralevant market, and with respect to each such activ-ity or course of conduct separately state:

(a) the relevant product and geographic market; (b) the nature, extent and duration of the com-petition in the market; (c) the identity of every actual and/or potential customer in the market; (d) the market share of every actual and/or potential competitor in the market; (e) the identity of every actual and/or potential customer in the market to whom PUB's access has been restricted; and (f) the identity and location of every document referring or relating to or setting forth the matters inquited into in this Interrogatory.

PUB believes Interrogatory Nos. 33 and 34 have been largely answered in its June 26, 1979 Supplemental Response to HL&P's First Set of Written Interrogatories 1,/ and in responses above concerning relevant product and geographic markets.

(a)

The relevant geographic and product markets in which HL&P's exclusionary conduct in collusion with other members of STIS has damaged PUB competitively are those described in detail in response to Interrogatory No. 24, specifically (i) retail sales market, (ii) industrial power sales, (iii) bulk power transactions, (iv) transmission services, and (v) nuclear generation, with the geographic boundaries of these markets varying as described therein.

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For convenience, copies of PUB's June 26 Response to Interrogatory Nos. 33 and 34 are attached hereto as Attachment D.

- (d) All of these markets are thoroughly domina ted by STIS, whose members in combination control close to 100%

of the market in the case of the transmission services, bulk power services and nuclear generation markets.

Moreover, their absolute domination of essential bulk power and transmission services permits them, my withholding access to such services, to seriously damage the acility of non-ad]acent systems to compete for retail and indus trial loads.

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BEFORE THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY AUTHORITY BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of

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HOUSTON LIGHTING & POWER COMPANY,

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Docket Nos. 50-498A et al.

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In the Matter of

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TEXAS UTILITIES GENERATING COMPANY,

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AFFIDAVIT I, John W. Wilson, being first duly sworn, depose and state that I am an economic consultant employed by the law firm of Spiegel & McDia rmid for the Public Utilities Board of the City of Brownsville, Texas, that the information and analysis contained in the foregoing Further Supplemental Response of the Public Utilities Board of the City of Brownsville, Texas, to Houston Lighting & Powe r Company's First Set of Interrogatories, was prepared under my direction, that I have reviewed such Further Supplemental Response, and that the information and matters set forth therein are true and correct to the best of my information, knowledge and belief.

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AT*ACHMENT A HL&P and PUB memoranda and correspondence during February, March and April, 1976, concerning bulk power purchases frem Lower Colorado River Authority.

1979 correspondence between LCRA and PU3 concerning bulk power purchases.

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Subyn ?urchase ?cwer irem Lcwer Colorade River Authcrir; If ycu will recall, I have discussed with the Lower Celcrade River Authcrity the possibility of Ecuston Lighting & Fewer Company purchasing power during the period 1980 to 1984. This power wculd be available from deir Fayette ?cwer Plant censisting of two coal fired units scheduled for operatien in 1979 and 1930 raspectively. The fellowing infermation ha s been received indicating the amcunt of pcwer that can be purchased:

1980 250 MW 1981 250 MW 1982 200 MW 1983 150 MW 1984 150 MW The above schedule indicates $at with the commencement of the purchase of 250 MW, there will be a declining amcunt in subsequent years,

finally terminating by 19 85 to no purchase pcwer. Mr. Sederberg frem LORA indicated the cese of power en take er pay would be at 33.00 per kilowatt.

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I am to get mere detailed inicrmatien from Mr. Sederberg by efficial ccrrespendence widin the next few days spelling cut the aferesaid in more d ep th. When this is cbtained, it will be forwarded to you.

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Wnen the infonnatien has been evaluated and you have obtained scme viewpcint as to the werth cf the program, please Ocntact me so we may schedule a meeting to discuss its importance to the company.

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.n Meeting with $e Lcwer Celerade River Authority February 27, 1975 Presen: were Mr. Elef H. Sederman and Mr. Tinstman from ie Lcwer Cciccade River Auberity Mr. H. E. Hastings, Mr. Mark Stensen and Mr. Ichn Davidsen LCRA has t.vc 600 MW plants under construct!ca, one will be on line and in serv!ce in 1979 and. Se second 500 MW planr win be en line and in service in 13 30. The City of Austin owns half of the first plant and will have first j

call en half cf the second plant. This plant is lccated in a Grange. The r

capital cost cf this coal fired plan: complete is $325 per Kw. They presently have firm ccmmitments, includ!ng pr!ce, frem Cembustica Engineers en ie bellers and assectated equipment, also en the air handling equipment and generaters. This means dat the $325 per Kw capital cc:: w!11.be a very close firm figure. LCRA presently has a ccal ccatrac, which is referred to as de Decker centract, which provides for delivered ccal at $1.30 per m!Hica STU.

LCRA has just recently nesctiated an addttional ccal centrac* for the second S

_J 500 MW unit and this was negettated at $1.00 per minien STU. This indicates dat $e ccal market is beginning to reac-tc $e ecmpetitive situatica cf energy and &at ccal companies acw are actually making an attempt te be ccmpeti:ive with each other and enter into ccal centrac s.

Central ?cwer and L!ght has appecached LCRA en the.cessibilltf of purchasing shcr: :erm power. No ccmmitment has been made. Again $!s is an indicatien

$at Cen:ral ?cwer and Light wtH have a deficiency in $eir reseries in de immediate 5 year pericd.- LCRA dces not have shcrt term power available but w!H have icng term ;cwer available. LCF.A is very open te supplying power :c

$e Cirf cf Brownsv!Ue and feel t.*.at $e transmissica pr blems can be rescived even $cugh it involves intercennection and wheehng arrangements with Central Pcwer and Light.. LCRA stated Sey wculd be w!!Hng te enter in:c centrac: negctia-tiens wi$ Brownsv!He either te let Brownsvine purchase a per ice cf their plant capact:7 cc else LCRA would act as financing agent and view a icng term cen:rac:

just as viable as pechasing a pcetice cf the plan:. This would rencve de neces-sitf of raising large cap!tal here in Brcwnsv!He. 'CFA seemed = cst an.xious :

en:er inte cent act Segettations for supplying pcwer :c 3ccwnsv!He and appeared to be me st cecpera tive. They did not seem everly ecccerned abcut any pechlems da: might evcive because :f Central Pcwer and Light but t.ndicated Sey fel: Sat Se pecblems :culd be resc1ved and dat they wculd be helpful in dcing dis.

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March 1,1976 Mr. Elef E. Sederberg Chief Engineer Lower Colorado River Authcrity P. C. Sex-2 20 Austin, Texas 78757

Dear Mr. Soderberg:

Thank you very =uch for ycur courtesy and encouragement in our meeting last week concerning the posstbtlities cf the Public Utilities Scard of the City cf 5ccwnsv111e acqutring f!r= pcwer ficm de Lcwer Celerade River Authority. Please express our appreciation also to Mr. Tinstman.

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. s It is enceurag!nq to Erew=sville when we discuss such =atters with knowledgeable people as'ycurself and you can appreciate the position that 3rewnsvt11e is in.

We are ccntinuing to exert every effort to !avestigate the alternatives open to Brewnsville and will be back in teuch with ycu in a reascnable length of ti=e when we have additicnalinfer=ntion.

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w urs veertruly, 90002210 E. E. Eastings General Manager EIE/ck

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T. WHIREAS, :he ?ublic Utili:ies 3 card has 113 =egawar:s a..d.

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WHEREAS, the ?ublic U:ilities 3 card's present cen:rac:

to purchase power frec Central ?cwer and Light Cocpany guarantees wholesale power availability through December 31, 1981; and WHERIAS, Central ?cwer and Light Cccpany and -he Public

..tlas: es 2 card have reached an agreement in principle uncer which the Public Utilities Board will have trans=ission en-u

itlecents to_ obtain addirienal pcwer supply frec all scurces

cr suen transmissien services will be =ade anc cav=en through additional purchase of the wholesala pcwer frec Central ?cwer and Light Cecpany; and WHERIAS, Central ?cwer and Licht Comc. anv. has a5 reed in e

o. rinciple :o sell :o the Public Utilities Beard wholesale cwer sur::cient Oc meet its ruture o. cwer suc. a. ly needs ; anc WHERIAS, the purchase by the Public Utilities 3 card of nuclear and fossil fueled base load units is presentiv =cre

. ;l econc=ic than sole re,ss.ance on tna purenase or wholesa, e cuer; and

m. UEERIAS, the ecsc c: such joint participation by the

.s Public Utilities 3 card in such other units could be less subiec: to flue:uacion than wholesale pcwer purchases; and WHERIAS, the ?ublic Utilities Board'has the duty and

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of 3rewnsville che most econcaical overall ocwer sucoly consistent with re..le service and; trac tw..e,uolic..till :e.s Board,nas been advisec cy

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c interest in the South Texas Proj ect; NCW,...:n-:0RI, 3E IT RISOLVID by the ?ublic Utilities Board of the Ci:y of 3rewnsville:

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The General Manager is au:horized and instructed :o discuss with any such syste=s, so willing, possible purchases of units of generation and/or wholesale power at econc=ic prices censisten: with the above-sta:ed precises; and 3.

To the ex:en: that potential joint participants or others =ay be willing to purchase short-ce:n pcwer from such. uni s, the General Manager is authorized cc take such arrangenents into account.

?ASSED this 19 day of March, 1979.

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This is to acknowledge receipt.of your letter of May 21, 1979 in which you inquired as to the possibil.::7 e purchasing wholesale electric power

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I apciogize for -he delay in replying, but we have been researching the possibility of selling power to your utility and have ccce tc the conclusion a

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I am quering-below these portions of the Act relating ec this conclusien and the cc.inien cf cur Lec.,al De. car ment:

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Section 2(b) of the Lower Colorado ?.iver Authority Act, Article 3230-107, V.A.T.S.

(hereinaf ter referred c as " Act") sets for-h -he general authcrization := produce and sell electric pcwer, except as expressly limited by this Act, ":0 cevelcp anc generate water power anc electrir energy wi-b i- -"e boundaries cf the district and to distribute and sell water power and electric energy, within er without the bou.daries of the c

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Tha Purchased ?:wer Agreecent between de City of 3rownsv!!1e 1,

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!ndicates that C?&L re:uires a mintmum of four years to :ake arrangements to construc: facil!!ies to meet future demand and furSer previ.ies dat the par:!ss of the contract w!!1 enter in:

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begin l= mediately to censider Se renewal and extension of We existing u'rchased 70wer Agreement.

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also request that you provide us with a copy of your ??C Form 1 We for the year 197E and 00ples of your latest bond prospec:us.

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Dear Mr. Eas:

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I.: response :o your letter of June 23, 1977 and oral eccversacica in the eeting of Tuesday, June 28, 1977, as to availabilig and price of p cVer frem C?S, the folleving specifics are acted.

City Public Serrica vd.11 have capaci:7 available fr = cur gas /cil fired plants cace :he new coal fired plants bec-=

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~'his cap ed:7 vill resu'- da * :a1 availabili:7 in excess of City S'

?ublic Service Saari's d-adiate require =ents.

F::= discussiens vi:h you, 1: a: pears :ha: Cig Public Service would have no proble= providing as much of ycur curren requira-a" s as desired.

EcVever, Ciq Public Serrice 3 card does not wish :o infringe cc any other utili:7's operating teri:or7, and, :herefera, vill request that you =ake :he necessar7 anangeren:s with acy of your cu rent suppliers and the appr:pria:e regula:Ory bedies beiera en: erd g 12:0 ary agree-aa:

"'he rate that' Ciq Public Service is proposing to charge for gas /cil capaci:7 veuld be:

$1.50 per F"4 of centracted capacip 50.001 per K'JE of energy censumed plus appropriate ecsts fi of fuel including allevance for ::ansmission losses

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Scund a:1es, and any ::her ceses 0: anangements for ::ansci::ing :he ece gy veuld have :o be borne by the Public Utili:ies 3 card.

The costs of fuel vould be equal :o :he average cos:s e=e-ienced at the C?S gas /cil generating fac'i'-d as ca Line during :he peri:d ei genera:icn.

Eevever, during those perieds when all of C?S 's exis:in; customers ' require-cen:s es: he ze vith coal generation, :he cust:=ers en :he abcve ra:e schedule vill be all:ved a pre-ra:a sha-a

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Mr. 3. I. Has:ings July 2f, 1977 In regard to your request t o ent er in as a firm cus t =e r o f C?S,

4 arrangenen:s ::uld be nade :o nee: :his desire.

Tne races : hat veuld apply in that eventuali v veuld be the 3 card's standard rates which pro-vide f or the fully allocated s: sharing of the planned generation and other ces:s ci doing business.

As in the prevision of excess capaci:y, necessary arrangements with other affected parties culd have to be made prior to becet:ing a fi=n cus:cmer.

I hope tha:. :he above general guidelines will provide the data neces-sary for ycu :o preperly evalua:e the availability and price of power and energ7 from C?S.

Should you have any other questions cence.-%g this natter, please feel free to concacr ne a: your convenience and, as we discussed, Ciry Public Service is agreeable and an:icipates :hac the Public Utilities 3 card vill notify other affected utilities and regula-tory bodies of :his request and response.

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1701.001.110 Gentlemen:

-1 In accordance with cur proposal of Cecember 31, 1976, we have ec=pleced the firse phase of the subject Study, an s

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identification of the nere viable optiens for bulk pcwer supply, and we wish c convey herewi h the results of cur activities alcns with cur reccmmendations for further acciens by the Public Utilities 3 card.

We have identified the following pcssible options cpen te 3rewnsville:

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Centinued purchases frem the Central ?cwer a Light Ccapany (CFLL) 1 j

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feasibility study fcr developing a jointly cwned new generating facility wich the Magic 7 alley Electric Cceperetive e_nd pessibly with tr c'

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August asi Page Two DISCUSSIONS WITH OTHER UTILITIES In evaluating these options we made the fc110 wing centacts:

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CPS - CPS has expressed a willingness to supply power beginning later-this y=e- '~am existing capacit7 nade surplus by the installation of a new coal-fired unit. ?cwer would be from gas-cil fired units.

The scencaic advantages of this power can only be determined once and if negoti-ations are ccepleted with C?1L for wheeling.

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.C?tL - In a preliminary discussien, CF&L indicated its willingness to provide Brownsville with pcwer folicwing expiratien of the enisting centract in 1982..

The General Manager has made a formal written request to C?lt c begin nege;1atiens fer a new centract as well as requesting wheeling rates for C?S power.

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proposed rates were cbtained wnich C?LL has pre-sented to another utiliry generacing a pertion cf its cwn requirements.-

3 Lcwer Colcrado River Authorit7 (LCRA) - Curins a brief meeting, LCRA indicated tha surplus pcwer would be available for sale fcilowing ccmpletien of a new lignite-fueled unit in 1979 LCRA was not in a position hcwever to provide preliminary ecst esti=ates fcr this power and further in-dicated that it would be difficult or impcssible 4e LCRA became to wheel pcwer to 3rewnsvda separated from C?&L which would happen if C?LL beccces cennected tc utilities cutside of Texas.

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Tenas. Municipal ?cwer Authority (TMPA) - A pre-lininary meeting was held with TM?A in which TMPA indicated that it wculd censider assisting 3rewns-ville in the fc11 wing nanner:

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?urchase by Brewnsv111e of biccks of capacity b.

frem TMP A generating units TMPA financing of generating facilities cwned c.

solely by Brownsville or in conjunction with other utilities.

Under this a--omgemenr,

=ade pcssible by recently inacted legislation, Brownsville, ;cssibly in association with others, would maintain cwnership under some type of leasing arrangemen: for generation financed by TMPA and would be responsible for payment frem revenue for amortization of the facilities.

CCNTI.%.D FU". CHASES ?ECM CPLL It is impessibla to establish at this time wnich of the

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,.3 of i=clementation, centinued curchases frem C?&L under a new centract would be the best option.

C?&L would previde any required strengthening of transmission facilities required in the future and there would ba no need te negotiate addi-tienal wheeling centracts.

Assu=ing a centinuatien of 3rewnsv111e's requirement to maintain a 15% generation reserve, the 60 Mw cf enisting cecbustien turbine capacity wculd be mere than adequate past 1990.

Fcr ccmparative purpcses an estimate was =ade using a tentative rate a'-a$dy proposed to ancther utility by C?iL to determine the ecst of providing full pcwer requirements to 3rewnsville for the year 1982.

In the calculation the lead predicted by the Electric Depart =ent staff was utill:ed resulting in an esti=ated ecst per Iwh of 29 9 =113.

FURCEASES TRCM CPS Purchases frem C?S. ight. be desirable if satisf actcry wheeling arrangements can be established with C?iL.

This may nc be The Texas Publicy'equire wheeling _ce pcssible withcut litigation.

Cc=missien (T?@C) has indicated that it would r previded such an arrangement wculd net adversely affect the i

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Augus 3, 1977 Page Four wculd be scre ecenemical than any other source cf pcwer and that wheeling facilities are adequate.

It was further l

indicated that the burden of proof for the last two recuire-menes in any proceedings before the T?SC would rest wi b 3rewnsv111e.

Furthermere, 3rewnsv111e might be obligated te provide additional transmission facilities in the future for continuing lead grcwth.

?cr comparative purposes an estimate was made for CPS to supply all of 3rownsville's pcwer re-quirements based upcn preliminary cos: estimates frem CPS.

Using an assumed transmission loss of 5%, this results in an average cost of 23 3 mils /Kwh, excluding wheeling charges.

'ihen ec= pared to the esti= ate of 29 9 mils /Kwh stated fer C?&L, abovs, this a11cws a margin of 5 3 mils /Kwh for wheel-ing, a more than ample amount.

Ancther oppertunity, subject to successful wheeling nescti-

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C?&L purchases until the expiration of the existing centrac:.

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Such an arrangement would overccme present financial restraints cppcsing insta11atien of majer generating facilities by 3rownsville.

Furthermere it night provide a scre secure scu ce of pcwer frem the region which presently must rely en ratner tenucus transmissien facill:1es which shculd seen be l

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best, abcut five years would be required before major gener-ation could be in Occmercial Opera:1cn.

Shculd the in-stallation of such a plant prove feasible, it =ay be nec-essary to arrange for interim purchases frca CF&L or CPS and the between the expiration of the existing C?&L centract operaticn of the new plant.

The following procedures are recccmended for evaluating the feasibility cf such a plant.

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A legal and financial review of Texas Senate Sills Nes.10u6 and 1143, referring to TMPA pcwer deveicp-cents and financing, as they might apply to 3rewns-ville.

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If'.1 and 2 above appear f averable to centinuacien, authori atien with c:her interested parties of a joint pre-feasibility study to be conducted cen-currenrly with power purchase negotiatiens wi:n C?S and' C? &L.

To be economical any new plane wculd probably require that total capital and Operating costs be below 30 tils/Kwh.

This of ocurse would depend en many variables such as fuel supply, site development costs, envircnmental censideratiens, etc.

This report ecmpletes cur werk under Phase.010, 5tudy of Bulk

?cwer Cptiens as. set forth in our Prepcsal dated December 31, 19~6.

We sincerely appreciate this cpportunity of having assist-ed in the initial stage of ycur bulk pcwer develcpmen p ro gr am.

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Sub-s eque== :: ::14 ree:ing, a s'::: see:ing was aise held vid.he new Mexica:

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A::::di 3 :: Jess C7I veuld like a solid 6:er::: ee:icn vid San A :::i: :: enable CII := pur dase surplus p=ve and energy u=:11 de CTI

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ECCSTCN LIGETDIG & POWER COMPANT,.

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AFFIRMATION OF SERVICE I, Susan G. White, being first. duly sworn, affirm that copies of the foregoing FURTHER SUPPLEMENTAL RESPCNSE OF THE PUBLIC UTILI-TIES BOARD OF THE CITY OF BROWNSVILLE, TEXMi TO HOUSTON LIGHTING AND POWER COMPANY'S FIRST SET OF WRITTEN INTERROGATORIES in the above-captioned proceedings have this 20th day of December, 1979, been served upon the folicwing persons by deposit in the U.S. mail, first class postage prepaid:

Marshall. r Miller, 2'5 air =ac Reir 7. Lessye Esquire Atemic Safe ty G ".;icensing Sca'-"

W ^ael.3. 31u=er Esquire Panel Nuclear Reg ulatory Ccr=:liss ica Nuclear Regulator *r Cc=missiert Washing ton D.

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20555 r

Washing ten, D C.

20555 Jerese Sal:: man, Chief SheIden J Wolfe, Esqu. ire Antitrust & Indemnity Group Atemic Saf et r & Licensing Ecar ^-

Nuclear Reg ulate:7 *.Commiss ion Panel Washing :en,

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20535 Nuclear Regulate:7 C mmissien l

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10555 Chase R Stephens, Chief l

CCCNeting' E 5ervice 5ection Michael ". G'.aser, Esquire Office of the Secretary 115 0 17 tir 5 tree t,

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Nuclea Pag ulatory Commission l

Washing ten,

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20026 Washing ten,

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20555 Joseph Ru herg, Esquire Jcseph J.

Saunders, Esquire Antitrust Ccunsel Chieir Puhlic Counsel &

Nuclear Regula: cry C mmissien Leg islative Section Wasning ten,

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~.0555 Anci rus Civis ien repar =ent cf Jus:i:e P. C. Ecx 14141 Washing ton,

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4 Joseph Gallo, Esquire Rof f Hardy, Chairman and

_ Robert E.

Loe f fle r, Esquire Chief Executive Cf ficer David M.

S tahl, _ Esq.

Central Power & Light Ccmpany Isham, Lincoln & Beale P. O. Box 2121 10 50 17 th Stree t, N.

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Corpus Chris ti, Tex as 78403 Suite 701 Washing ton,

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K. Spruce, General Manag er City Puclic Service Board Susan 3. Cyphert, Esquire P. O. Ecx 1771 Antitrust Division San Antonio,. Texas 78203 Cepartment of Justice P.

O. Box 14141 Jon C. Wood, Esquire Washing ton,

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20444 W. Rog er Wilson, Esquire Matthews, Nowlin, Macf arlane Joseph Knotts, Esquire

& Barrett.

Nicholas S. Reynolds, Esquire 1500 Alamo National Building Cebevoise & Liberman.

San Antonio, Texas 78205 1200 17 th Street, N. W Washing ton D. C 20036

. Perry G. Brittain, President e

Texas Ut414 ~4 as-Generating Ca Douglas T. John, Esquire-2001 Bryart Tower l

Akin, Gump,. Eauer & Feld.

Dallas, Texas 7520L 1333 New Eampshire Ave.r NW Suite.400 Joseph I Worshamc Esquire Washing ton, DC 20036 Merly:r D Sampelse Esquire i

Spencer C Relyea, Esquire R

Gordon Gooch, Esquire Worsharr, Eersythe & Sampels Johrt P. Mathis,. Esqu. ire 2001 Bryan Tower' Baker s.Botrs-Suite 2500 170L Pennsylvania. Avenue N~_ W.

Callast Texas 7520' l

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20006-R. L. Eancock, Director Robert-Ocwenstein, Esquire:

City of Austin : a 4 c Ctility J.

A.. Bo uknig h t, Jr., Esquire Cepartmen l

William J. Franklin, Esquire P.

O. Box 1088 Lowens tein, Newman, Reis &

Austin, Texas 78767 Axelrad 1025 Connecticut Avenue,. N.

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Jerry L Earris, Esquire Washing ton,

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20036 Richard C. Balo ug h, Esquire City of Austin 5'tts, Esquire P. O. Ecr 1088 Frederick 2 Law Of fices of Northcutt Ely Aus tin, Tex as 78767 Watergate 600 Building

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Wash ing ton,

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20037 Dan H.

David son City Manager Whea tle y & R311eson City of Austin 1112 Waterg ate of fice Building P.

O. Ecx 1088 2600 Virg inia Avenue, N.

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Aus tin, Texas 78767 Washing ton e D. C.

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Aus tin, Texas 7r, ; 67 5541 5 kelly Drive J

Tulsa, Cklancma 74135 Morg an Suntsr, Esquire McGinnis, Lochridg e t.

Kilqcre Jay M.

Gal t, Esquire 900 Congress Avenue Lceney, Nichcis, Johnson & Eayes Aus tin,. *ex as 7870L 219 Couch. Orive Oklahema. City, Cklancma 73101 Kevin 3. Prate Isqu ire.

r Linda Akere Isquire John E.

Mathews, Jr., Isquire

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Capital Statien Gobelman i Ccbb Austin, "exas.

73767 1500' American 3eritage Life 31dg.

Jacksonv ille, Flo rid a 32202.

E. W. Barnette Isquire Charles G

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Executi.ve '71 e: President:

Ecusect Lig hting Er Power-Cc -

Mar.a.ard. Ec=an e Gene'ra1. Manager 2'

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Western Tar err Electric Oceg.

Ecustone Tex as-7700

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5. Rchsen, General Manager South Texas Electric Ccop.., he James E'. Menahan Reues 6, Build i: g 10 2.

Executive Vice ?residen:

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Scr 6296 Michael *. Miller, Esquire Wace Texas 76706 e

Isham, Cincoln E Seale One Firs: Naticnal Fla:2 Rcbert M. Rad e r, Esquire Chicag o, Illinois 60603 Conner, Mccre s Ccr:er 1747 Pennsylvania Avenue, N, W.

Washing ton,

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N. Woolsey, Esquire l

Gulf States Utilities Co.

Dyer and Redford P.O. Box 2951 1030 Petroleum Tower Beaumont, Texas 77074 Corpus Christi, Texas 78474

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