BUSINESS

CASUAL

ATTIRE

ERCOT TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING

ERCOT Austin Office

7620 Metro Center Drive

Austin, Texas

September 4, 2003; 9:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

1. /

Approval of the August 6, 2003 Meeting Minutes *

/ L. Grimm / 9:30 a.m.
2. / ERCOT Board Update / C. Greer / 9:35 a.m.
3. / Protocol Revisions Subcommittee Report
  • PRRs Recommended for Approval (Vote) *
  • PRRs Recommended to be Placed on Expedited Timeline (Vote) *
  • Prioritized Project List (Vote) *
/ K. Gresham / 9:45 a.m.
4. / ERCOT Project Management Plan / S. Wallace / 11:15 a.m.
Lunch / 12:00 p.m.
5. /

Retail Market Subcommittee Report

Revised Market Testing Timeline for Flight 1003 (Vote) *

  • LPGRR 2003-003 (Vote) *
/ D. Bender / 1:00 p.m.
6. / Reliability and Operations Subcommittee Report
  • OGRRs Recommended for Approval (Vote) *
/ D. Darnell / 1:30 p.m.
7. / Wholesale Market Subcommittee Report
  • Resource Plan Performance Metrics
  • 2004 CSC and Zone Determination Update
/ B. Helton / 1:45 p.m.
8. / Delay of True-Up Settlements for 2003 Trade Days (Possible Vote) * / B. Jones / 2:30 p.m.
9. / Operations Update / S. Jones / 3:00 p.m.
10. / Texas Nodal Team Update / T. Doggett / 3:30 p.m.
11. / Other Business / C. Greer / 4:00 p.m.
12. / Future TAC Meetings
  • October 9, 2003
  • November 6, 2003
/ C. Greer
13. / Adjourn / C. Greer / 4:00 p.m.
* Background material enclosed or will be e-mailed prior to meeting.
** All times shown are approximate. Agenda items may be re-arranged at the discretion of the Chair.
Open Action Items from Previous Meeting(s) / Responsible Party
  • Review & comment on proposed Protocols Section 21 Revisions – (7/2/02)
/ TAC
  • Review Protocols & develop a list of projects/issues that need to be addressed – (8/8/02)
/ PRS – Gresham
  • Develop a recommendation on the amount of advance notice ERCOT must give MPs before boxed items are to be released from the box & implemented – (8/8/02)
/ PRS – Gresham
  • Provide monthly status reports on True-Up Resettlement Completion Criteria to the TAC – (1/15/03)
/ RMS – Bender
  • Provide status update on requests for data to be used in the ERCOT State Estimator – (2/6/03)
/ ERCOT – Jones
  • Review cold weather operations and recommend changes and improvements – (3/6/03)
/ ROS – Darnell
  • Review the EECP to determine if it can be implemented when gas curtailments begin to occur – (4/3/03)
/ ROS – Darnell
  • Discuss process for addressing issues from the PUCT and for subcommittee responses to the PUCT – (4/3/03)
/ ERCOT – Jones/Walker
  • Provide monthly Retail Market statistics – (5/8/03)
/ ERCOT – Jones/Giuliani
  • Develop PRRs to implement revised RCVC “Concept” Document and provide to the TAC by no later than its November meeting – (5/9/038/6/03)
/ WMS – Helton
  • Review the minimum energy requirement issue related to PRR 371 and make recommendations to the TAC – (5/9/03)
/ PRS – Gresham
  • Accumulate proposed point-to-point transaction requirements – (8/6/03)
/ RMS – Bender
  • Provide details of the Resource Plan Performance Metrics – (8/6/03)
/ WMS – Helton