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September 16, 2002
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ERCOT Board of Directors Meeting - September 17 in Austin, Texas

WHO: ERCOT Board of Directors, chaired by Mr. Mike Greene. The Board is comprised of 25 members, including Becky Klein, Chairman of the Public Utility Commission of Texas.
WHAT: ERCOT Board of Directors Meeting
WHEN: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
WHERE: ERCOT Austin
7620 Metro Center Drive
Austin, TX 78744
WHY:

Items for discussion on the Governance Agenda include:

  1. Operations Report (Tom Noel)- 10:10 a.m.*
    • PRS Prioritized Project List (Vote)
  2. Operations/ Systems Update (Sam Jones) - 11:20 a.m.*
    • RMR Contracts (Vote)
    • Black Start Contracts (Vote)
  3. TAC Report (Les Barrow) - 1 p.m.*
    • Protocol Revisions(Vote)
    • 2003 CSCs and Congestion Zones (Vote)
  4. Board Governance Update (Mike Greene)- 2:15 p.m.*
  5. Finance Committee Report (Milton Lee and Maxine Buckles)-3:10 p.m.*
* All times shown on Agenda are approximate and may vary greatly depending upon length of discussion.

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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