text_combined: ferc press release southern rto attached ferc press release southern rto ferc right thing approving rto clearly missed golden opportunity mandate gridsouth southern rto joining together another signal pressure required get ferc open transmission markets jim forwarded james steffes na enron 03 17 2001 11 28 christi l nicolay ect 03 15 2001 11 11 ozzie pagan enron com heather kroll enron com david fairley enron com george mccormick enron com wjennin enron com joseph wagner enron com elizabeth johnston enron com bill rust enron com reagan rorschach na enron edith cross hou ect ect berney c aucoin hou ect ect jennifer bagwell na enron billy braddock na enron joe connor na enron enron tom chapman hou ect ect james steffes na enron enron ron mcnamara na enron enron mike roan enron enronxgate thane twiggs enron _ development enron _ development rogers herndon hou ect ect john forney na enron enron mike carson corp enron enron laura podurgiel hou ect ect richard shapiro na enron enron steven j kean na enron enron cc subject ferc press release southern rto federal energy regulatory commission rejected two key elements southern company services inc proposed regional transmission organzation rto encouraged company explore joining neighboring utilities rto southeast commission act issues raised southern southern proposal profit gridco grid company would include new wholesale transmission services benefits certain rate incentives going others rather rto operator inconsistent ferc rto policy commission said southern proposal existing owners transmission facilities related bundled retail service native load would gridco control result vast majority total transmission load would rto tariff operation direction rto rule requires transmission facilities operate transco addition southern could plan design operate regional grid manner maximizes efficiency transco controlled small part rto load commission said rejecting southern proposal alternative filing revised rto proposal commission asked southern consider joining neighboring utilities rto southeast commission directed southern file report july 13 2001 progress forming southeastern rto