Free Status Report - District Court of Federal Claims - federal

Case 1:07-cv-00184-LAS

Document 59-2

Filed 08/22/2008

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PLAINTIFFS' PROPOSAL FOR A TUTORIAL PRESENTATION Purpose · To provide Court with background information regarding the restructuring of the California wholesale energy markets, including AB 1890; nature of the PX and ISO markets, including operation of the markets; the roles of market participants in market transactions; the economics of market transactions; the 2000-2001 Western Energy Crisis, and a glossary of terms.

Procedures · An educational and informational presentation, not a fact-finding proceeding; Presentations would not be admitted into evidence in the case, and the Court would not enter findings of fact or conclusions of law based on the presentations. Each side allotted total of 6 hours for its witness or witnesses to give a presentation (including the use of PowerPoints or other demonstratives), with Q&A by the Court. Each side may also present a rebuttal so long as it does not exceed the total time allotted to that side. Witness presentations given under oath. Proceedings to be transcribed; transcript to be designated as confidential and available only to parties and counsel in this case. Non-adversarial proceeding with no formal direct examination, cross examination or objections, and not subject to rules of evidence. Testimony may be presented through leading questions or narrative statements. Each side limited to no more than 3 witnesses, whom it will identify to Court and the other side two weeks prior to the proceeding, together with a brief description of the subject matter that each participant will address.

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Scheduling · · Dates: Week of December 8, 2008 Proposed location: San Francisco