Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT)

ERCOT Board of Directors Meeting

May 18, 2010
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
ERCOT Austin Room 206
7620 Metro Center Dr.
Austin, TX 78744

Agenda

Item

Topic

Presenter

Time

1.

Call Open Session to Order and Announce Proxies

J. Newton

10:00 a.m.

2.

Consent Agenda Items: 3; 15a Â? Protocol Revision Request (PRR) 844; Item 15b Â? Nodal Protocol Revision Requests (NPRRs) 205 & 214

J. Newton

10:05 a.m.

3.

Approval of April 20, 2010 Board Meeting Minutes* (Vote)

J. Newton

10:10 a.m.

4.

CEO Update*

T. Doggett

10:15 a.m.

5.

Financial Summary Report*

R. Bowman

10:30 a.m.

6.

Market Operations Report*

B. Day

10:32 a.m.

7.

Information Technology (IT) Report*

R. Morgan

10:34 a.m.

8.

Grid Operations and Planning Report, including Alternatives for City of Garland Spencer Unit 5 Reliability Must Run Agreement*

K. Saathoff

10:36 a.m.

9.

Storage Technologies in the ERCOT Market*

J. Dumas

10:40 a.m.

10.

May 2010 Load Forecast and Reserve Margin Update*

D. Woodfin

10:55 a.m.

11.

Transmission Planning Discussion* (Vote)

B. Helton

11:10 a.m.

 

a. Procedure and Process for Pre-Contingency Action Plan (PCAP)

B. Helton

--

 

b. Parameters of Economic Analysis for ERCOT Staff Review of Transmission Decisions

B. Helton

--

12.

Special Nodal Program Committee Report

B. Helton

11:40 a.m.

13.

Nodal Program Update*

M. Cleary

11:50 a.m.

14.

Lunch

--

12:00 p.m.

15.

TAC Update*

B. Jones

1:00 p.m.

 

a. PRR 833; See also Consent Agenda* (Vote)

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b. NPRRs 208 & 211; See also Consent Agenda* (Vote)

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c. First Quarter 2010 Texas Renewables Integration Plan Report to the Public Utility Commission of Texas*

--

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16.

Finance & Audit Committee Report

C. Karnei

1:45 p.m.

 

a. Discussion of ERCOT 2009 IRS Form 990 Filing*

V. Leady/

M. Petterson

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b. Market Credit Risk Standard* (Vote)

C. Yager

--

17.

H. R. & Governance Committee Report

A. Dalton

2:15 p.m.

 

a. 2010 to 2014 ERCOT Strategic Plan*

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18.

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

J. Newton

2:30 p.m.

19.

Other Business

J. Newton

2:45 p.m.

20.

Future Agenda Items*

J. Newton

2:50 p.m.

 

Convene to Executive Session

--

2:55 p.m.

21.

Approval of April 20, 2010 Executive Session Board Meeting Minutes*

J. Newton

--

22.

Personnel

Staff

--

23.

Litigation*

Staff

--

24.

Contract Matters*

Staff

--

25.

IT Data Center Relocation*

R. Morgan

--

26.

Security and Compliance Update

C. Manning

--

 

Reconvene to Open Session

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27.

Vote on Matters from Executive Session (Vote)

J. Newton

3:55 p.m.

28.

Adjourn

J. Newton

4:00 p.m.


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Additional Information
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