Vogtle Loan Guarantee Documents
Tracking # |
HQ-2019-00171-F |
Submitted | Oct. 29, 2018 |
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From: Daniel Tait
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:
All electronic records in the possession of the following individuals located in the DOE Loan Programs Office:
- John Sneed
- Dong Kwun Kim
- Herbert Glaser
- Robert Marcum
- Douglas Schultz
received from or sent to individuals associated with the following organizations:
- Southern Company (southernco.com)
- Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia (meagpower.com)
- JEA (jea.com)
- Oglethorpe Power Company (opc.com)
- PowerSouth (powersouth.com)
and containing the following keyword:
- Vogtle
As used above, the term “electronic records” includes, without limitation, emails (both sent and received), email attachments, text messages, encrypted messages, and any other electronic records.
The timeframe of this public records request is between January 1, 2018 and the date of this filing.
You may exclude news articles, press clippings, and duplicate emails.
The organization I work for, the Energy and Policy Institute (EPI), is a clearinghouse of information and can qualify as a representative of the news media. There are several examples of public record requests provided to EPI that were published on our website to inform journalists publishing articles. Additionally, federal agencies have previously categorized FOIAs from the Energy and Policy Institute under Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations, Section 1004.9(b)(3) as a "news media" requester and have determined that we satisfy the criteria considered for a waiver of fees.
If you deny any or all of this request, please cite each specific exemption you feel justifies the refusal to release the information and notify me of the appeal procedures available to me under the law.
The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.
In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 20 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Daniel Tait
From:
Good morning Mr. Tait
Please find attached the acknowledgement letter for the above reference FOIA request. Please let me know if you have any questions.
Best regards,
Renee M. Harris, Esq.
FOIA Analyst
Central Research, Inc. Contractor
U.S. Department of Energy
1000 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20585
(202) 287-6733
From:
Dear Mr. Tait,
Please find attached the Interim response for FOIA request HQ-2019-00171-F.
Thank you,
Renee M. Harris, Esq.
FOIA Analyst
Central Research, Inc. Contractor
U.S. Department of Energy
1000 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20585
(202) 287-6733
From:
Good afternoon Mr. Tait:
I am the Analyst assigned to your DOE FOIA request HQ-2019-00171-F. Can you please call me to discuss your request.
Thank you,
Renee M. Harris, Esq.
FOIA Analyst
Central Research, Inc. Contractor
U.S. Department of Energy
1000 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20585
(202) 287-6733
From: Daniel Tait
Hello Renee!
I will call you on Monday to discuss.
Regards,
Daniel
From:
Good afternoon Mr. Tait:
I am following up on the email which I sent to you on Tuesday, January 15, 2019. In order to move forward with your request, I need more information from you. If I do not hear from you by Friday, February 8, 2019, I will assume you are no longer interested in your request and close it.
Thank you,
Renee M. Harris, Esq.
FOIA Analyst
Central Research, Inc. Contractor
U.S. Department of Energy
1000 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20585
(202) 287-6733
From:
Good morning Mr. Tait,
Thank you for taking the time to speak to me yesterday. As per our phone conversation regarding the above-captioned request, you agreed to accept previously released documents from HQ-2018-01115-F and HQ-2017-01559-F in order to determine keywords that could help you narrow the scope of your request.
If you have any questions regarding your request, please feel free to contact me.
Best regards,
Renee M. Harris, Esq.
FOIA Analyst
Central Research, Inc. Contractor
U.S. Department of Energy
1000 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20585
(202) 287-6733
From: Daniel Tait
Hello Renee,
Thank you for your help with this. Yes, I would like to receive previously released documents under HQ-2018-0111-F and HQ-2017-01559-F. I anticipate these requests will help me narrow the scope of my request.
Regards,
Daniel
From: Daniel Tait
Hello Renee,
Do you have an estimated timeframe to expect these documents?
Thanks!
Daniel
From:
Good morning Mr. Tait,
Thank you for your patience. As discussed in our phone conversation last week, the previously released documents are being processed for release to you which includes my review, and after that, the concurrence of several other parties at DOE prior to release. The amount of time to process varies per request, however as I receive updates on the status I can make sure to keep you informed.
At any time during the processing of this request, you should feel free to contact me if you have any questions regarding your request or processing.
Best regards,
Renee M. Harris, Esq.
FOIA Analyst
Central Research, Inc. Contractor
U.S. Department of Energy
1000 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20585
(202) 287-6733
From: Daniel Tait
Thank you!
From:
Good afternoon Mr. Tait,
Please find attached the previously released documents you agreed to accept in partial response to the above-captioned request. As per our prior discussions, you will follow up with me to discuss if there are any modifications or amendments to your request. Please follow-up with me by Tuesday, February 12, 2019, so that we can proceed with your request.
If you have any other questions, feel free to contact me.
Thank you,
Renee M. Harris, Esq.
FOIA Analyst
Central Research, Inc. Contractor
U.S. Department of Energy
1000 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20585
(202) 287-6733
From: Daniel Tait
Hey Renee!
Thanks for sending these over. Unfortunately I think I want to proceed with my original request. This was only 8 pages and did not seem to help me narrow down my request.
It was worth the shot!
Regards,
Daniel
From: Daniel Tait
Hey Renee!
Thanks for sending these over. Unfortunately I think I want to proceed with my original request. This was only 8 pages and did not seem to help me narrow down my request.
It was worth the shot!
Regards,
Daniel
From:
Mr. Tait,
Thank you for this response. As per our conversation today, I am proceeding with your request as drafted. If you have any questions during the processing of this request, please feel free to contact me.
Thank you,
Renee M. Harris, Esq.
FOIA Analyst
Central Research, Inc. Contractor
U.S. Department of Energy
1000 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20585
(202) 287-6733
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Oct. 29, 2018. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #HQ-2019-00171-F.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From:
Good morning Mr. Tait,
DOE is continuing to process your request. A search request has been submitted to LPO for review and search for responsive documents. Upon completion of the search for responsive documents, the documents will continue to be reviewed for Exemptions.
Thank you.
Best regards,
Ms. Renee M. Harris, Esq.
FOIA Analyst
Central Research, Inc. Contractor
U.S. Department of Energy
1000 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20585
(202) 287-6733
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Oct. 29, 2018. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #HQ-2019-00171-F.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Department of Energy
Good morning Mr. Tait,
DOE is continuing to process your request. We are diligently working to search for responsive documents. Thank you for your patience as we continue to process your request.
Best,
Renee M. Harris, Esq.
FOIA Analyst
Central Research, Inc. Contractor
U.S. Department of Energy
1000 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20585
(202) 287-6733
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Oct. 29, 2018. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #HQ-2019-00171-F.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Department of Energy
Good afternoon Mr. Tait,
DOE is continuing to process your request. We have received documents from our search office and are reviewing this information. If this information contains equities identified as belonging to entities external to DOE, those entities may have an opportunity to review their equities during our review process and prior to release to you. Since your request involves a request for information sent to or from DOE employees related to entities outside of DOE, it is possible that the information received will contain such equities and this will extend the time for processing your request to completion.
To expedite processing of your request, would you be willing to waive production of attachments to emails? Upon receipt of your responsive document set, if you have waived attachments, the email will still list the title of any attachments in the email “Attachment” line. At that time, you can review which attachments you want our office to produce. Sometimes attachments can be quite voluminous and significantly increase the amount of time it takes to process a response to you.
If you have any further questions, please contact me via email or phone at the contacts below.
Thank you for the opportunity to assist you in this matter.
Best regards,
Renee M. Harris, Esq.
FOIA Analyst
Central Research, Inc. Contractor
U.S. Department of Energy
1000 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20585
(202) 287-6733
From: Daniel Tait
Hello Renee,
Please do proceed with the full documents and the attachments.
Daniel
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Oct. 29, 2018. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #HQ-2019-00171-F.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Department of Energy
Good afternoon Mr. Tait,
Please pardon my delay in responding to you. We are continuing to diligently process your request and review documents responsive to this request. Since your receipt of previously released documents in February 2019, we have searched for documents responsive to your request. Because this request has resulted in voluminous amount of documents with attachments, processing can take a longer amount of time. We will try to have a partial to you within the next few weeks. Thank you for your patience as the process continues.
If you have any other questions regarding this request, please feel free to contact me or the FOIA office.
Thank you for allowing me to assist you in this matter.
Best regards,
Renee M. Harris, Esq.
FOIA Analyst
Central Research, Inc. Contractor
U.S. Department of Energy
1000 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20585
(202) 287-6733
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Oct. 29, 2018. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #HQ-2019-00171-F.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Department of Energy
Good afternoon,
We are continuing to process your request. We are working to complete a response to you in September. If that suggested completion period is not possible, we will reach out to you.
Thank you,
Renee M. Harris, Esq.
FOIA Analyst
Central Research, Inc. Contractor
U.S. Department of Energy
1000 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20585
(202) 287-6733
From: Department of Energy
Good afternoon Mr. Tait,
Could you please contact me to discuss your request? I am generally in the office between 8:30 am and 4:00 pm to discuss requests?
Thank you,
Renee M. Harris, Esq.
FOIA Analyst
Central Research, Inc. Contractor
U.S. Department of Energy
1000 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20585
(202) 287-6733
From: Daniel Tait
Renee,
I've been out of the office all week. I'm looking forward to reviewing records in September.
Daniel
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Oct. 29, 2018. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #HQ-2019-00171-F.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Department of Energy
Good afternoon Mr. Tait,
Sorry for the delay in providing a response to this email. We have been working toward a deadline of September. However, many of the documents and attachments determined to be responsive to the request contain equities belonging to entities outside of the DOE, and this has increased the amount of time it is taking to process a final response to you. We are continuing to diligently process your request to provide you with a response as soon as possible.
Thank you for your patience.
Best regards,
Renee M. Harris, Esq.
FOIA Analyst
Central Research, Inc. Contractor
U.S. Department of Energy
1000 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20585
(202) 287-6733
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Oct. 29, 2018. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #HQ-2019-00171-F.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Oct. 29, 2018. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #HQ-2019-00171-F.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Oct. 29, 2018. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #HQ-2019-00171-F.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Oct. 29, 2018. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #HQ-2019-00171-F.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Oct. 29, 2018. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #HQ-2019-00171-F.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Department of Energy
Dear Mr. Tate,
I am the new analyst who has been assigned to your request. I am getting up to speed with things and processing your request. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me. Thank you.
Antigona Kukaj, Esq.
FOIA Analyst
Central Research, Inc. Contractor
U.S. Department of Energy
1000 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20585
(202) 586-9804
From: Daniel Tait
Hi Antigona,
Can you help me finally get this request closed out? As you can see this request has been pending for quite some time and per previous communications, should have already been closed.
Daniel
From: Department of Energy
Hi Daniel,
I understand. I am doing my best to diligently process your request to provide you with a response as soon as possible.
Thank you,
Antigona
Antigona Kukaj, Esq.
FOIA Analyst
Central Research, Inc. Contractor
U.S. Department of Energy
1000 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20585
(202) 586-9804
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Oct. 29, 2018. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #HQ-2019-00171-F.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Oct. 29, 2018. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #HQ-2019-00171-F.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Oct. 29, 2018. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #HQ-2019-00171-F.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Oct. 29, 2018. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #HQ-2019-00171-F.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Oct. 29, 2018. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #HQ-2019-00171-F.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Oct. 29, 2018. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #HQ-2019-00171-F.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Department of Energy
Dear Mr. Tait,
I wanted to introduce myself as the new analyst working on your FOIA request HQ-2019-00171-F. We are currently diligently working on processing the request. I will be your point of contact for the request and will update you on any progress moving forward.
Thank you,
Tiffani Sloan, Esq.
FOIA Analyst
Pathfinder Consultants, LLC Contractor
US Department of Energy
1000 Independence Ave., SW
Washington, D.C. 20585
From: Daniel Tait
Thanks Tiffany. That would be great considering this request was filed more than two years ago.
Daniel
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Oct. 29, 2018. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #HQ-2019-00171-F.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Department of Energy
Good morning,
We are diligently working on processing documents to respond to your request HQ-2019-00171-F. We anticipate being able to send you any responsive documents and close this request by the end of this month. Thank you for your patience.
Thanks,
Tiffani
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Oct. 29, 2018. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #HQ-2019-00171-F.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Daniel Tait
Hi Tiffani,
The end of December 2020 came and went but we still haven't received any responsive records. Do you have an update on this?
Thanks!
Daniel
From: Department of Energy
Good afternoon Daniel,
Thank you for your patience while we continue to process your request. We have a very layered review process that has to be completed before we can release documents, and sometimes it takes longer than expected to complete this process. We anticipated being able to release documents to you to fulfill your request in December, however, the process is taking longer than expected. Please know that we are diligently working on processing your request and will send any documents to you as quickly as we possibly can.
Thank you again for your patience.
Sincerely,
Tiffani Sloan
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From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Oct. 29, 2018. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #HQ-2019-00171-F.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Oct. 29, 2018. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #HQ-2019-00171-F.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Oct. 29, 2018. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #HQ-2019-00171-F.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Oct. 29, 2018. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #HQ-2019-00171-F.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Oct. 29, 2018. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #HQ-2019-00171-F.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Oct. 29, 2018. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #HQ-2019-00171-F.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Oct. 29, 2018. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #HQ-2019-00171-F.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Oct. 29, 2018. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #HQ-2019-00171-F.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Department of Energy
Good Afternoon Mr. Tait,
Please find attached DOE's final response to your request.
All the Best,
Chidinma Nwosu, Esq.
FOIA Analyst
Wits Solutions, Inc., Contractor
U.S. Department of Energy
1000 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20585
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