PRESS RELEASE
September 12, 2001
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ERCOT Media Day Moved to September 27 in Austin, Texas

WHO:

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) and the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT).

WHAT:

Media Day! "Deregulation 101: Everything You Need to Know to Report on the Newly Restructured Texas Electric Market."

WHEN:

Thursday, September 27, 2001, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. (Free lunch provided!).

WHERE:

ERCOT Austin
7620 Metro Center Drive
Austin, Texas

From Austin Bergstrom International Airport: Head west on Highway 71 (Ben White Blvd.) for approximately two miles. At the corner of Riverside Drive and Ben White Blvd., turn left. Immediately turn right on Metro Center Drive. The ERCOT Austin facility is located 1/4 of a mile down the road, on the right side of the street, just past the La Quinta Inn and Suites parking lot.
WHY:

To give members of the media an opportunity to meet and interview ERCOT and PUCT staff; to tour the new 45,000 square-foot ERCOT facility; and to provide an educational workshop to help facilitate a better understanding of the newly restructured electric market. An agenda of the day's sessions is attached.

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) manages the flow of electric power to 21 million Texas customers – representing 85 percent of the state’s electric load and 75 percent of the Texas land area. As the independent system operator for the region, ERCOT schedules power on an electric grid that connects 38,000 miles of transmission lines and more than 550 generation units. ERCOT also manages financial settlement for the competitive wholesale bulk-power market and administers customer switching for 6 million Texans in competitive choice areas. ERCOT is a membership-based 501(c)(4) nonprofit corporation, governed by a board of directors and subject to oversight by the Public Utility Commission of Texas and the Texas Legislature. ERCOT's members include consumers, cooperatives, independent generators, independent power marketers, retail electric providers, investor-owned electric utilities (transmission and distribution providers), and municipal-owned electric utilities.

Contact
Dottie Roark 512-225-7024