Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT)

ERCOT Board of Directors Meeting

November 17, 2008
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM		 RSVP: Tisa Weston
ERCOT Austin Room 206
7620 Metro Center Dr.
Austin, TX 78744
Agenda

Item

Topic

Presenter

Time

1.

Call Open Session to Order

M. Armentrout

10:00 a.m.

2.

Consent Agenda: Item 3; Item 11a (PRR769, PRR777); Item 11b (NPRR128, NPRR134, NPRR136, NPRR138, NPRR139, NPRR143, NPRR145, NPRR148); Item 11c (LPGRR031)

M. Armentrout

10:00 a.m.

3.

Approval of October 21, 2008 Minutes* (Vote)

M. Armentrout

10:07 a.m.

4.

CEO Report

B. Kahn

10:10 a.m.

5.

Operating Reports

-

10:15 a.m.

 

a. Financial Summary Report*

S. Byone

-

 

b. Market Operations Report*

B. Day

-

 

c. IT Report*

D. Forfia

-

 

d. Grid Operations Report*

K. Saathoff

-

 

e. System Planning Report*

D. Woodfin

-

 

f. EILS Update*

K. Saathoff

-

6.

Special Nodal Program Committee Report

B. Helton

10:35 a.m.

 

a. Nodal Interim Budget Authority* (Vote)

B. Helton

-

7.

Nodal Update*

R. Hinsley

10:55 a.m.

8.

Finance & Audit Committee Report

C. Karnei

11:15 a.m.

 

a. Update on Investments and Outstanding Debt*

S. Byone

-

 

b. Nodal Interim Rate Relief Request* (Vote)

C. Karnei

-

 

c. Financial Corporate Standard Approval* (Vote)

C. Karnei

-

9.

H. R. & Governance Committee Report

J. Newton

11:45 a.m.

 

a. Proposed Increase in Unaffiliated Directors Compensation Cap for ERCOT Board Chair* (Vote)

M. Grable

-

 

b. PRR753 Proposal to Remand to TAC

M. Grable

-

10.

Lunch

-

12:00 p.m.

11.

TAC Report

M. Dreyfus

1:00 p.m.

 

a. Protocol Revision Requests (See Consent Agenda)*

M. Dreyfus

-

 

b. Nodal Protocol Revision Requests (NPRR150)* (Vote)

M. Dreyfus

-

 

c. Load Profiling Guide Revision Request (See Consent Agenda)*

M. Dreyfus

-

 

d. Appeals of OGRR208* (Vote)

M. Dreyfus

-

12.

Other Business

M. Armentrout

2:00 p.m.

13.

Future Agenda Items*

M. Armentrout

2:05 p.m.

Convene to Executive Session

14.

Executive Session

M. Armentrout

2:10 p.m.

 

a. Approval of October 21, 2008 Minutes*

-

-

 

b. Contracts*

-

-

 

c. Personnel

-

-

 

d. Litigation*

-

-

Reconvene to Open Session

15.

Vote on Matters from Executive Session (Vote)

M. Armentrout

2:30 p.m.

16.

Adjourn

M. Armentrout

2:35 p.m.

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