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California ISO appointed Daniel Yee as chief information officer. Prior to this position, Yee was CIO for the California Power Exchange (CalPX). Previously, Yee was the director of computers and telecommunications at Pacific Gas and Electric.

David Freeman has been appointed by California Gov. Gray Davis to head the California Consumer Power and Conservation Financing Authority. The agency was created this spring by the state legislature to ensure reliable, affordable power for the state and can issue up to $5 billion in bonds to buy, lease, or build power plants. Freeman has also held leadership positions with the Tennessee Valley Authority, the New York Power Authority, the Lower Colorado River Authority, and the Sacramento Municipal Utility District. President Johnson appointed him to be the nation's first coordinator of energy policy in the mid-1960s. Also named to the new agency were Sunne McPeak , John Stevens, and Donald Vial. McPeak is a former Contra County supervisor, Stevens is Davis' former staff director, and Vial is a former member of the California Public Utilities Commission. The fifth member of the authority is Phil Angelides, state treasurer, as required by law.