fw energy novice paid 240 000 fyi market crazy original message comnes alan sent thursday july 05 2001 10 47 alonso tom alvarez ray badeer robert belden tim calger christopher f choi paul dasovich jeff driscoll michael fischer mark foster chris h guzman mark hall steve c heizenrader tim kaufman paul krebs holli mainzer elliot mallory chris malowney john mara susan motley matt perrino dave platter phillip richter jeff rosman stewart scholtes diana stokley chris swain steve swerzbin mike symes kate williams iii bill wolfe greg subject energy novice paid 240 000 good work find wednesday july 4 2001 energy novice paid 240 000 power hefty annual salary goes consultant one year experience field state officials say good job jeffrey l rabin daryl kelley times staff writers davis administration paying young business consultant barely year experience energy industry 240 000 annually head team traders secure california daily electricity supply state officials hired susan lee 30 april without competitive bidding emergency declaration gov gray davis lee contract equal 20 000 month davis pays chief energy advisor david freeman top utility executive decades two year contract pay lee 480 000 oversee state day day energy purchases totaling billions dollars year lee contract reflects pressure difficulties state says faces fill key jobs new role one nation largest power buyers role took january california utilities faltered lee contract one dozen released monday among largest reached sacramento office lee would discuss contract said heads 15 person team traders schedulers works long hours keep california power flowing pete garris contracts manager state department water resources recruited lee said met industry meetings impressed savvy said gave pay raise lure state service april ron shimizu boss mieco inc trading firm long beach recommended shimizu refused comment tuesday state according garris must compete employees aggressive energy industry pay good salaries stay game consider situation extraordinary garris said unless get permanent full time positions approved rules follow able hire consultants garris insisted unfair compare lee contract six month 120 000 deal freeman former boss several major utilities struck governor want compare susan lee david freeman garris said david comes los angeles department water power susan came private power marketer susan followed standard formula new job lee direct immensely complicated around clock operation responsible procuring energy scheduling power associated transmission reconciling deviations contracts deliveries according contract lee resume attached contract shows experience energy field march 2000 joined mieco trader power scheduler manager year said dina alvarez administrative manager company 1994 graduate ucla degree economics worked pension benefits manager los angeles new york joining mieco lee contract stands compared others disclosed week size relative inexperience energy field paid 120 hour earn maximum 480 000 including expenses april 2003 another new consultant william l green almost quarter century experience working bonneville power administration pacific gas electric california independent system operator paid 85 hour supervise workers reconcile state accounting energy purchases two year deal worth 340 000 alone cutting lucrative deals richard ferreira former assistant general manager sacramento municipal utilities district 500 000 contract paid 200 hour assist state negotiating power purchase contracts worked department water resources 23 years joining sacramento agency 1987 hardy energy consulting also 150 000 six month contract calls randy harvey paid 300 hour harvey quarter century energy experience particularly bonneville power administration chief executive officer 1991 1997 lee recruiter garris said lack experience concern far done excellent job said skills ability similar job dozens consultants including lee hired since january davis declared energy emergency set special arm government buy power state filled vacuum generators refused sell pg e southern california edison san diego gas electric longer considered credit worthy said oscar hidalgo spokesman department water resources hidalgo said 60 95 people working division consultants rest state employees part process lee unit oversees purchase power day ahead needed hidalgo said lee involved contracts extend three months copyright 2001 los angeles times