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The States of Alabama, Florida, and Georgia respectfully request that this Court issue an
Order declaring that ongoing settlement negotiations among the three States, including related
negotiations with any other party to this litigation, as well as any documents, data or other
materials prepared in anticipation of or exchanged in the course of such negotiations, and all
statements made during the negotiations, are and shall be kept confidential. In support of this
1. On December 15, 2009, the Governors of the States of Alabama, Florida and
Georgia met to discuss possible resolution of issues involved in this litigation. The three
Governors have directed their staffs to engage in expedited discussions designed to determine
whether a negotiated solution is possible at this time. The three States intend to pursue those
negotiations in the coming months, and at least five meetings are currently scheduled.
2. Although the three States already have commenced confidential negotiations, they
believe a court order declaring the confidential nature of their discussions may encourage the
open exchange of information and proposals necessary to address the issues at bar, and
3. The three States anticipate that, from time to time, they might need to include in
their discussions other parties to this litigation, as well as non-parties, if necessary. If the Court
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enters an Order requiring all negotiations to remain confidential, then the three States each shall
ensure that non-parties participating in the discussions enter a confidentiality agreement. The
three States also will deem the Order to be in effect and binding on them despite the presence of
4. The three States do not request a stay of Phase Two at this time, nor do they
request any modification to the current schedule for Phase Two at this time.
5. Counsel for parties have been contacted regarding their positions on this motion.
To date, none of the parties has indicated it will oppose this motion. Gwinnett County does not
oppose, but reserves the opportunity at the appropriate time to address any agreement which may
be reached in the absence of its participation. Southeast Federal Power Customers does not
oppose this motion, but intends to file a separate response to the motion.
Wherefore, the three States respectfully request this Court enter an Order declaring that
the States’ negotiations, including all documents, data or other materials prepared in anticipation
of or exchanged in the course of such negotiations, and all statements made during the
negotiations, are and shall be kept confidential, and further that all parties to this litigation
Bill McCollum
ATTORNEY GENERAL
Jonathon A. Glogau
Florida Bar No. 371823
Chief, Complex Litigation
The Capitol, Suite PL-01
Tallahassee, FL 32399
(850) 414-3300
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jon.glogau@myflorida.com
Christopher M. Kise
FOLEY & LARDNER LLP
106 East College Ave
Tallahassee, FL 32301
(850) 513-3367
ckise@foley.com
James T. Banks
HOGAN & HARTSON, LLP
555 13th St. NW
Washington, D.C. 20004
(202) 637-5802
(202) 637-5910 (fax)
jtbanks@hhlaw.com
Parker D. Thomson
Florida Bar No. 081225
HOGAN & HARTSON, LLP
1111 Brickell Ave, Suite 1900
Miami, FL 33131
(305) 459-6678
(305) 459-6550 (fax)
pdthomson@hhlaw.com
s/ Thomas R. Wilmoth
Thomas R. Wilmoth
Nebraska Bar No. 22518
Donald G. Blankenau
Nebraska Bar No. 18528
BLANKENAU WILMOTH LLP
206 S. 13th Street, Suite 1425
Lincoln, NE 68508-2002
Tel. (402) 475-7080
Fax (402) 475-7085
tom@aqualawyers.com
don@aqualawyers.com
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Thurbert E. Baker
Georgia Bar No. 033887
ATTORNEY GENERAL
Isaac Byrd
Georgia Bar No. 101150
Deputy Attorney General
Robert S. Bomar
Georgia Bar No. 066400
Georgia State Attorney General's Office
40 Capitol Sq SW
Atlanta, GA 30334
(404) 656-3300
(404) 656-0667
bbomar@law.ga.gov
s/ R. Todd Silliman
R. Todd Silliman
Georgia Bar No. 646005
Bruce P Brown
Georgia Bar No. 064460
John C. Allen
Georgia Bar No. 159073
MCKENNA LONG & ALDRIDGE, LLP
303 Peachtree St., NE, Suite 5300
Atlanta, GA 30308
(404) 527-4000
(404) 527-4198 (fax)
bbrown@mckennalong.com
jallen@mckennalong.com
tsilliman@mckennalong.com
Of Counsel:
Steven P. Quarles
Thomas R. Lundquist
CROWELL & MORING LLP
1001 Pennsylvania Ave, NW
Washington, D.C. 20004-2595
(202) 624-2500
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s/ Matthew H. Lembke
Matthew H. Lembke
Joel M. Kuehnert
BRADLEY ARANT BOULT CUMMINGS, LLP
One Federal Place
1819 5th Ave. North
Birmingham, AL 35203-2119
(205) 521-8560
(205) 521-8800 (fax)
mlembke@babc.com
jkuehnert@babc.com
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that on January 4, 2010, I caused to be filed electronically with the Clerk
of the Court through the CM/ECF system the foregoing JOINT MOTION FOR ORDER
REGARDING CONFIDENTIALITY OF SETTLEMENT NEGOTIATIONS; and that CM/ECF
system will send an e-notice of the electronic filing to the following:
Edward S. Allen
eallen@balch.com
John C. Allen
jallen@mckennalong.com
Haley A. Andrews
handrews@lightfootlaw.com
Thurbert E. Baker
pwitte@law.ga.gov;ibyrd@law.ga.gov
James T. Banks
jtbanks@hhlaw.com;nnbarefoot@hhlaw.com;gecata@hhlaw.com;jrotondi@hhlaw.com
Natalie Barefoot
nnbarefoot@hhlaw.com;masantana@hhlaw.com
Patricia T. Barmeyer
pbarmeyer@kslaw.com
Donald G. Blankenau
don@aqualawyers.com;sharon@aqualawyers.com
Robert S. Bomar
bbomar@law.ga.gov;bbrbomar@comcast.net
Bruce P. Brown
bbrown@mckennalong.com
James A. Byram , Jr
jbyram@balch.com
Isaac Byrd
IByrd@law.ga.gov;IByrd90211@aol.com
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Teri L. Donaldson
tdonaldson@ssd.com
William M. Droze
william.droze@troutmansanders.com;terri.griffin@troutmansanders.com
J. Patrick Floyd
j.patrickfloyd@jpatrickfloyd.com
Lewis B. Jones
lbjones@kslaw.com;abalderamos@kslaw.com;pbarmeyer@kslaw.com
Joel M. Kuehnert
jkuehnert@babc.com
Matthew H. Lembke
mlembke@babc.com
James A. Maysonett
james.a.maysonett@usdoj.gov;EFILE_WMRS.ENRD@usdoj.gov
Clyde Y. Morris , Jr
clydemorris@charter.net
W. Larkin Radney , IV
lradney@lfwlaw.com
Natalie D. Sacha
natalie.sacha@troutmansanders.com;angela.levin@troutmansanders.com
Robert E. Sasser
rsasser@sasserlawfirm.com;kwilson@sasserlawfirm.com;frank.taylor@atchisonlaw.com;
tvickers@sasserlawfirm.com
Karen A. Sealy
ksealy@sonnenschein.com
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Sean W. Shirley
sshirley@balch.com;kepowell@balch.com
R. Todd Silliman
tsilliman@mckennalong.com
Spencer M. Taylor
staylor@balch.com
Parker D. Thomson
pdthomson@hhlaw.com;gecata@hhlaw.com
Orlando E. Vidal
ovidal@sonnenschein.com;ksealy@sonnenschein.com;jaquilina@sonnenschein.com;
nreeber@sonnenschein.com;jwhitley@sonnenschein.com
Clinton A. Vince
cvince@sonnenschein.com;jgratch@sonnenschein.com
Thomas R. Wilmoth
tom@aqualawyers.com;sharon@aqualawyers.com
Charles A. Zdebski
charles.zdebski@troutmansanders.com
s/ Thomas R. Wilmoth
Thomas R. Wilmoth
Nebraska Bar No. 22518
BLANKENAU WILMOTH LLP
206 S. 13th Street, Suite 1425
Lincoln, NE 68508-2002
Tel. (402) 475-7080
Fax (402) 475-7085
tom@aqualawyers.com