Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT)

Board of Directors Meeting

November 16, 2010
8:30 AM
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

M. Gent

8:30 a.m.

2.

Consent Agenda Items: 3, 6a Â? Nodal Protocol Revision Requests (NPRRs) 209, 256, 257, 258, 265, 266, 267, 268, 270, 271, 272, 276, 277, 281, 285 and 288* (Vote)

M. Gent

--

3.

Approval of October 19, 2010 Board of Directors Meeting Minutes* (Vote)

M. Gent

--

4.

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Update*

T. Doggett

--

5.

Operating Reports

--

--

 

a. Financial Summary Report*

M. Petterson

--

 

b. External Affairs Update*

T. Gage

--

 

c. Market Operations Report*

B. Day

--

 

d. Grid Operations and Planning Report*

K. Saathoff

--

 

e. Information Technology (IT) and Facilities Report*

R. Morgan

--

 

f. Nodal Program Update*

M. Cleary

--

6.

Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) Report*

B. Jones

--

 

a. NPRRs 269, 278 and 286; See also Consent Agenda* (Vote)

--

--

 

b. Revised Day-Ahead Market (DAM) Collateral Parameters Process* (Vote)

--

--

 

c. Shadow Price Caps and Power Balance Penalties in Security Constrained Economic Dispatch* (Vote)

--

--

 

d. TAC and TAC Subcommittee Structure Review*

--

--

 

e. Emerging Technologies Integration Plan (ETIP)*

--

--

 

f. Third Quarter 2010 Texas Renewables Integration Plan (TRIP) Report to the Public Utility Commission of Texas*

--

--

7.

2010 Loss of Load Events (LOLEV) Study* (Vote)

D. Woodfin/

B. Jones

--

8.

Lunch

--

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9.

Finance & Audit Committee Report

C. Karnei

--

 

a. 2011 Base Operating Budget and Project Priority List* (Vote)

M. Petterson

--

 

b. Approval of Investment Corporate Standard* (Vote)

C. Karnei

--

 

c. Approval of Financial Corporate Standard* (Vote)

C. Karnei

--

 

d. Addition of Revision Process to ERCOT Creditworthiness Standards* (Vote)

C. Karnei

--

10.

H. R. & Governance Committee Report

A. Dalton

--

 

a. Revision of Board Policies and Procedures* (Vote)

A. Dalton

--

 

b. External Affairs Planning

A. Dalton

--

11.

Other Business

M. Gent

--

12.

Future Agenda Items*

M. Gent

--

 

Convene to Executive Session

--

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13.

Approval of October 19, 2010 Executive Session Meeting Minutes* (Vote)

--

--

14.

Personnel

T. Doggett

--

15.

Security and Compliance Matters

C. Manning

--

16.

Litigation*

B. Magness

--

17.

Financial Auditor Selection*

C. Karnei

--

18.

Contract Matters*

Staff

--

19.

IT Asset Replacement Strategy*

D. Forfia

--

 

Reconvene to Open Session

--

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20.

Vote on Matters from Executive Session (Vote)

M. Gent

--

21.

Discussion regarding Board Communications Plan for Year-End 2010*

B. Magness

--

22.

Adjourn

M. Gent

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Additional Information
*Background material enclosed or will be distributed prior to meeting.
Watch the webcast of this meeting at:  http://www.texasadmin.com/ercot.shtml.

Key Documents


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