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PRESS RELEASE
November 16, 2001
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 Print Version
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ERCOT Board of Directors Meeting - November 19 in Austin, Texas
| WHO: | ERCOT Board of Directors, chaired by Mr. David McClanahan. The Board is comprised of 21 members, including Ex Officio Rep. Max Yzaguirre, Chairman of the Public Utility Commission of Texas. |
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| WHAT: | ERCOT monthly Board of Directors Meeting. |
| WHEN: | Monday, November 19, 2001 10 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. |
| WHERE: |
ERCOT Austin 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. |
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Items for discussion on the Agenda include:
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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.
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| Dottie Roark | 512-225-7024 |