David Thomas: “There is a letter from the Secretary of Energy: We support your substitute electricity amendment and believe it will…”

“There is a letter from the Secretary of Energy: We support your substitute electricity amendment and believe it will effectively modernize our Nation's antiquated electricity laws. There is also a letter from Senator Fitzgerald of Illinois. There is another letter that talks about the amendment. It is signed by eight Senators who are looking more for the effects of a competitive wholesale electric system, and a standard market design. They are supporting what is done with respect to the standard market design. Another letter is from the American Public Power Association. It says: . . . I want to express our strong support for your substitute amendment . . . They are a very important player, of course, in this. The Large Public Power Council also says: . . . we support the electricity substitute, without modification . . . According to this group, we do not get into trying to make a number of changes now. The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, which, of course, serves more than 36 million electric consumers, particularly for those of us who live in rural States, supports the passage of the carefully drafted Domenici amendment without modification. We also have a letter from the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America.”