Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT)

ERCOT Board of Directors Meeting

January 20, 2009
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
ERCOT Austin Room 206
7620 Metro Center Dr.
Austin, TX 78744
Agenda

Item

Topic

Presenter

Time

1.

Call Open Session to Order

J. Newton

10:00 a.m.

2.

Consent Agenda Items: 3; 14a (PRR753, PRR778, PRR780, PRR781, PRR783, PRR792); 14b (NPRR140, NPRR142, NPRR152, NPRR155, NPRR159, NPRR160, NPRR162); 14c* (Vote)

J. Newton

10:02 a.m.

3.

Approval of December 9, 2008 Board Meeting Minutes* (Vote)

J. Newton

10:04 a.m.

4.

Election of CEO and Ratification of Officers * (Vote)

J. Newton

10:08 a.m.

5.

Confirmation of TAC Chair and Vice Chair* (Vote)

B. Kahn

10:09 a.m.

6.

CEO Report

B. Kahn

10:10 a.m.

7.

Operating Reports

--

10:15 a.m.

 

a. Financial Summary and Quarterly Investment Report*

S. Byone

--

 

b. Market Operations Report*

B. Day

--

 

c. IT Report*

D. Forfia

--

 

d. Grid Operations and Planning Report*

K. Saathoff

--

8.

Nodal Update*

R. Hinsley

10:25 a.m.

9.

Special Nodal Program Committee Report

B. Helton

10:45 a.m.

 

a.  Utilicast Nodal Program Review*

M. Cleary

--

10.

Approval of Revisions to ERCOT Regional Planning Group Charter and Procedures* (Vote)

D. Woodfin

11:15 a.m.

11.

Wind Primer on Technical and Operational Issues (including CPS1 Sensitivity Analysis)*

K. Saathoff

11:45 a.m.

12.

Lunch

--

12:00 p.m.

13.

Discussion of Ancillary Service and Transmission Cost Allocation*

M. Grable

1:00 p.m.

14.

TAC Report

TAC Chair

1:15 p.m.

 

a. Protocol Revision Requests (PRR779, PRR788)* (Vote)

 

 

 

b. Nodal Protocol Revision Request (NPRR154)* (Vote)

 

 

 

c. System Change Request (See Consent Agenda)* (Vote)

 

 

15.

Finance & Audit Committee Report

F&A Chair

2:15 p.m.

 

a. Review and Approval of Updated 2009 Operating Budget* (Vote)

M. Petterson

 

16.

H. R. & Governance Committee Report

HR&G Chair

2:45 p.m.

 

a.   H.R. & Governance Committee Charter Revision* (Vote)

 

 

17.

Future Agenda Items*

J. Newton

2:55 p.m.

18.

Other Business

J. Newton

3:00 p.m.

Convene to Executive Session

19.

Executive Session

J. Newton

3:05 p.m.

 

a. Approval of December 9, 2008 Minutes*

J. Newton

 

 

b. Contract Matters*

Staff

 

 

c. Personnel*

N. Capezzuti

 

 

d. Litigation*

M. Grable

 

 

e. Security

J. Brenton

 

 

f. Met Center Disposition Project Update*

S. Grendel

 

Reconvene to Open Session

20.

Vote on Matters from Executive Session (Vote)

J. Newton

3:55 p.m.

21.

Adjourn

J. Newton

4:00 p.m.

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

Key Documents


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