Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT)

ERCOT Board of Directors Meeting

September 19, 2006
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
ERCOT Austin 206
7620 Metro Center Dr.
Austin, TX 78744
Agenda
1. Call to Order M. Armentrout 10:00 a.m.
2. Consent Agenda (Item 3) M. Armentrout 10:05 a.m.
3. Approval of August 15, 2006 Minutes* (Vote) M. Armentrout 10:10 a.m.
4. CEO Report*
  1. RMR Exit Strategy - Atkins*
 S. Jones 10:15 a.m.
5. Operating Reports (Information Only) 11:15 a.m.
  1. Financial Summary Report*
 S. Byone
  1. Market Operations Report*
 R. Giuliani
  1. IT Report*
R. Hinsley
  1. Compliance Report*
 L. Grimm
6. Nodal Status Report*
  1. Texas Nodal Implementation Options* (Vote)
 R. Hinsley 11:25 a.m.
7. Ten Year Award Presentation* N. Capezzuti 12:10 p.m.
8. Lunch 12:30 p.m.
9. TAC Report
  1. Protocol Revision Requests (PRR658, PRR663, PRR664, PRR665, PRR668, PRR676, PRR682, PRR687, PRR688, PRR690)* (Vote)
  2. Nodal Protocol Revision Requests (NPRR003, NPRR011, NPRR012, NPRR013, NPRR014, NPRR015, NPRR016)* (Vote)
  3. 2007 Commercially Significant Constraints and Congestion Zones* (Vote)
  4. Nodal Co-Optimization Options* (Vote)
 R. Comstock 1:30 p.m.
10. PRR674 Appeal* V. Priestley 2:15 p.m.
11. ERCOT Action Plans Following 4/17/06 Rotating Outages* 2:20 p.m.
  1. Technical Presentation
 Kent Saathoff
  1. Communication Action Plan
 Paul Wattles
12. Security Project-Identity & Access Management J. Brenton 2:35 p.m.
13. Finance & Audit Committee Report C. Karnei 2:50 p.m.
14. H.R. & Governance Committee Report
  1. Discussion of Employee Educational Assistance Program
 B. Kahn 3:05 p.m.
15. Other Business
  1. Terms for Board of Directors*
 M. Armentrout 3:35 p.m.
16. Future Agenda Items* M. Armentrout 3:50 p.m.
17. Executive Session
  1. Approval of August 15, 2006 Minutes* (Vote)**
  2. Contracts* (Vote)**
  3. Personnel
  4. Litigation
 M. Armentrout 4:00 p.m.
18. Adjourn M. Armentrout 4:45 p.m.
Additional Information

* Background material enclosed or will be distributed prior to meeting.

** No votes will be taken in Executive Session. Board will reconvene in public session for vote.

Key Documents


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