THE WELCH COMPANY
440 Davis Court #1602
San Francisco, CA 94111-2496
415 781 5700



October 19, 1999

04 00061 61 99101901




Mr. Bill DeHart, PMP
Project Manager
bdehart@home.com
Pacific Gas & Electric Company
Grid Customer Services
77 Beale Street; Room 2359, Mail Code N6D
P.O. Box 770000
San Francisco, CA 94177

Subject:   NSF Support

Dear Bill,

Just confirming our discussion on September 9. You planned to inquire about what department or group at PG&E could review the proposal to the National Science Foundation on using Communication Metircs for Enterprise Management.

The recent letter on medical mistakes explains a common cause and solution to mistakes in all forms of enterprise, which can be reduced significantly by a system of "metrics" for communication. Your experience on CDWR is an example, and provides a headstart on implementing support at PG&E. As you noted in our call, new features using the Internet makes this solution easier to use, as set out in a letter to Intel on October 7.

Sincerely,

THE WELCH COMPANY



Rod Welch
rowelch@attglobal.net