January 30, 2001

Dear Civic Association President:

I have enclosed, for you to share with your members, information on two topics which are much in the news lately and which I think may be of interest to you.

One is a report prepared by the staff of the Senate Finance Committee. This report presents in some detail a summation of the fiscal realities we will be working with this year. It shows that although we are not in a recession, we are not enjoying the same surpluses we have had in the past. If you read this report, I think you will be able to better understand the realities of the fiscal situation that will be under discussion and which you will read about in the newspapers.

The other item I thought would be of interest to you and your members is some information on the subject of electric utility deregulation. This information was provided to us by Dominion Power and it details the differences between the deregulation process here in Virginia and that in California.

If you have further questions about these matters, or on any other topic, please feel free to contact my office. Until the end of the session, on February 24th, I can be reached in Richmond. My office phone number is 804 698-7536 and my address is Post Office Box 396, Richmond, Virginia 23218. While I am in Richmond, my email address is: district36@sov.state.va.us. After the session adjourns in February, I will be back in my northern Virginia office where the phone number is 703 765-1150 and the address is Post Office Box 73, Mount Vernon, Virginia 22121. My email address for use during the remainder of the year is tpuller@aol.com.

I hope this will be helpful to you.

Sincerely,

s/ L T Puller

Linda T. Puller