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Board of Directors Meeting

September 20, 2011
08:30 AM - 03:00 PM
ERCOT Austin
8000 Metropolis (Building E), Suite 100
Austin, TX 78744
Room 206

Agenda

Item

Topic

Topic Type

Presenter

Time

Allocation in Minutes

1.

Call Open Session to Order and Announce Proxies

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L. Doll

2

2.

Minutes

--

L. Doll

3

 

a.  August 16, 2011 Meeting*

Vote

--

--

 

b.  2011 Strategic Planning Event*

Vote

--

--

3.

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Update*

Discussion

T. Doggett

25

4.

North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) Update

Discussion

G. Cauley

25

5.

Operating Reports/Updates

--

--

25

 

a. Financial Summary Report*

Discussion

M. Petterson

--

 

b. External Affairs Update*

Discussion

T. Gage

--

 

c. Wholesale Market Operations Update*

Discussion

J. Dumas

--

 

d. Commercial Market Operations Report*

Discussion

D. Goodman

--

 

e. Grid Operations and Planning Report*

Discussion

K. Saathoff

--

 

f. Information Technology (IT) and Facilities Report*

Discussion

J. Dreyer

--

 

g. Business Integration Update including Data Center Update*

Discussion

B. Day

--

6.

Independent Market Monitor (IMM) Report*

Discussion

D. Jones

15

7.

Advanced Metering Implementation*

Discussion

B. Day/

P. Wattles

15

8.

Resource Adequacy Assessment Methodology Improvements*

Discussion

D. Woodfin

25

9.

Proposed Revisions to Modify Previously-Approved Price Correction*

Vote

J. Dumas

10

10.

Recommendation on Board-Approved Point-to-Point (PTP) Obligations for Annual Congestion Revenue Rights (CRR) Auction*

Vote

M. Ruane

10

11.

Endorsement of Laredo to Lower Rio Grande Valley (LRGV) Regional Planning Group (RPG) Project*

Vote

J. Billo

15

12.

Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) Update*

Discussion

B. Jones

60

 

a. Unanimous Revision Requests: Nodal Protocol Revision Requests (NPRRs)*

·         NPRR321 Allow Change to Energy Offer Curve Megawatt (MW) Amounts in the Adjustment Period (formerly Allow Change to Energy Offer Curve MW Amounts in the Adjustment Period for Qualifying Facilities)

·         NPRR348 Generation Resource Start-Up and Shut-Down Process

·         NPRR354 Revisions to Non-Spin Performance Criteria Language and Provision for Inter-Control Center Communication Protocol (ICCP) Telemetry of Non-Spin Deployment

·         NPRR358 Clarification of Responsible Entity for Binding Obligations

·         NPRR360 Summary Report of High Dispatch Limit (HDL) and Low Dispatch Limit (LDL)

·         NPRR374 Modification of System Change Request (SCR) Process and Urgency Requirements

·         NPRR375 Extend the Reporting Horizon for Current Day Report (CDR) Inputs

·         NPRR380 Minor Changes to Default Uplift Invoice

·         NPRR382 Verbal Reliability Unit Commitment (RUC) Committed or Decommitted Resources Report

·         NPRR383 Unconfirmed Trades Reports

·         NPRR384 Revisions to Support SCR766, Load Zone and Hub Location Marginal Prices (LMPs) Distributed by ICCP (formerly Load Zone Price Distributed by ICCP)

Vote

--

--

 

b. Nonunanimous Revision Requests: NPRRs and Impact Assessments for Parking Deck NPRRs*

·         NPRR365 Change in Resource Outage Approvals from Eight to 45 Days (formerly Change in Resource Outage Approvals from Eight to 90 Days) Urgent

·         NPRR379 Emergency Interruptible Load Service (EILS) Dispatch Sequence and Performance Criteria Upgrades

·         NPRR396 Reduce Standard Operations and Maintenance (O&M) Costs Urgent

·         NPRR207 Unit Deselection (formerly Hour Start Unit Deselection and Half Hour Start Unit RUC Clawback) (Impact Assessment)

·         NPRR210 Wind Forecasting Change to P50, Synchronization with PRR841 (Impact Assessment)

·         NPRR222 Half-Hour Start Unit RUC Clawback (Companion to NPRR207) (Impact Assessment)

·         NPRR240 Proxy Energy Offer Curve (Impact Assessment)

·         NPRR241 Aggregate Incremental Liability (AIL) Calculation and Credit Reports Publish Corrections (Impact Assessment)

·         NPRR244 Clarification of Other Binding Documents (Impact Assessment)

·         NPRR256 Synchronize Nodal Protocols with PRR787, Add Non-Compliance Language to Qualified Scheduling Entity (QSE) Performance Standards (formerly Add Violation Language to QSE Performance Standards) (Impact Assessment)

·         NPRR272 Definition and Participation of Quick Start Generation Resources (Impact Assessment)

Vote

--

--

 

c. Holistic Approach to Congestion Irresolvable by Security Constrained Economic Dispatch (SCED)*

Vote

--

--

 

d. Q2 2011 Quarterly Emerging Technologies Integration Plan*

Discussion

--

--

13.

Lunch

--

--

60

14.

Finance & Audit (F&A) Committee Report

Discussion

J. Bermudez

10

15.

H. R. & Governance Committee Report

Discussion

A. Dalton

10

 

a. Ratification of Officer*

Vote

--

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16.

2012 ERCOT Board Meeting Schedule*

Vote

L. Doll

10

17.

2011 Annual Meeting Planning*

Discussion

B. Magness

5

18.

Other Business

Discussion

L. Doll

1

19.

Future Agenda Items*

Discussion

L. Doll

2

 

Convene to Executive Session

--

--

60

20.

August 16, 2011 Executive Session Meeting Minutes*

Vote

L. Doll

--

21.

Personnel

Discussion

Staff

--

22.

Compliance and Security Matters

Discussion

C. Manning

--

23.

Risk Management Matters*

Discussion

M. Ruane

--

24.

Litigation and Regulatory Matters*

Discussion

B. Magness

--

25.

Contract Matters

Discussion

Staff

--

 

Reconvene to Open Session

--

--

--

26.

Vote on Matters from Executive Session

Vote

L. Doll

2

 

Recess for Nominating Committee Meeting (scheduled for 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. on September 20, 2011)

--

--

60

27.

Call for Special Meeting of ERCOT Corporate Members for Election of Unaffiliated Director(s)*

Vote

L. Doll

5

28.

Adjourn

--

L. Doll

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Scheduled BOARD Meetings

Key Documents

Sep 13, 2011 - doc - 137 KB
Sep 13, 2011 - pdf - 716.5 KB
Sep 20, 2011 - pdf - 643 KB
Sep 13, 2011 - pdf - 60.2 KB
Sep 13, 2011 - pdf - 590.5 KB
Sep 13, 2011 - pdf - 423.4 KB
Sep 13, 2011 - pdf - 797.2 KB
Sep 13, 2011 - pdf - 1 MB
Sep 13, 2011 - pdf - 209.8 KB
Sep 13, 2011 - zip - 251.3 KB
Sep 13, 2011 - zip - 759.4 KB
Item 12a - Unanimous Revision Requests - Updated
Updated with ERCOT Comments on NPRR375
Sep 16, 2011 - zip - 773.9 KB
Sep 13, 2011 - zip - 906.2 KB
Sep 13, 2011 - pdf - 114.2 KB
Sep 13, 2011 - pdf - 40.3 KB
Sep 13, 2011 - pdf - 20.2 KB
Sep 13, 2011 - pdf - 13.3 KB
Feb 6, 2012 - pdf - 605.3 KB

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