tiger team hi vince , re : my voice mail sent earlier today , i think this is the group requesting the telephone conference . they prefer a call tuesday , 16 jan , after 2 pm . let me know ! thanks ! - - christie . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - forwarded by christie patrick / hou / ect on 01 / 12 / 2001 09 : 26 am - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - " vittal , maheshram " on 12 / 26 / 2000 10 : 59 : 38 am to : " ' vince . j . kaminski @ enron . com ' " cc : " ' christie . patrick @ enron . com ' " subject : re : houston trip dear vince / christie , thanks for coming to philadelphia to present an overview of the projects . we enjoyed meeting you and your colleagues and look forward to working with enron . i would also like to pass on my team ' s appreciation for the dinner as well . we wanted to give you an update on our project and get some feedback and additional information prior to our upcoming visit to houston on january 19 th . our project is going to be geared to the 3 rd option you mentioned . we plan on addressing some part of the retail energy services business . we are considering two options regarding this topic and would like to pursue either ( i ) how customers are acquired and recommending new processes and ways to serve retail customers , or ( ii ) studying the supply chain and coming up with recommendations for areas for further investments . however , we would like to get some more information on the retail energy services before truly scoping the project . we are also very open to suggestions , especially if you had a much broader or different scope in mind ; so please let us know . we have not yet reviewed the introductory information received last week , but here are the questions we have specific to the retail energy services unit : can we look at its overall business plan or a more detailed summary than is in the annual report ? what is the pricing philosophy / overall structure ? who are the customers and how are they acquired ? what would the customers be doing if they did not work with enron ? what are the international expansion plans and capabilities ? is there any important regulatory summary information we can have ? if this information is not already covered in the review material you sent , will you be able recommend other sources where we may find such information ? after we have reviewed the material sent to us recently , we may want to schedule a phone call with you and / or one of your colleagues directly involved in the retail energy services business . i would like to call you in the new year to discuss this further . in the meantime , please feel free to call me at ( 215 ) 546 - 9416 if you need any information . regards , retail energy services tiger team ram dennis jason omar steve clay