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August 16, 2004
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ERCOT Board of Directors Meeting - August 17 in Austin, Texas

WHO: ERCOT board of directors, chaired by Mike Greene. The board is comprised of 14 members, including Paul Hudson, Chairman of the Public Utility Commission of Texas.
WHAT: ERCOT board of directors meeting
WHEN: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.*
WHERE: ERCOT Austin, 7620 Metro Center Dr, Austin, TX 78744
WHY:

Items for discussion on the Agenda include:

  1. Operations Update (Sam Jones) 10:10 a.m.*
  2. Market Operations Update (Ray Giuliani) 10:30 a.m.*
  3. TAC Report (Read Comstock) 1:00 p.m.*
    • Protocol Revisions (Vote)
  4. TNT Update (Trip Doggett) 3:00 p.m.
  5. Special Committee Update (Mike Espinosa) 3:30 p.m.*
*All times shown on agenda are approximate and may vary greatly depending upon length of discussion.

If you have an interest in attending this meeting, please contact ERCOT director of communications, Heather Tindall at 512-225-7023 or 512-750-5456. You may also e-mail her at htindall@ercot.com.

Most ERCOT meetings, including open session meetings of the board and meetings of TAC and its subcommittees and working groups, are open to the public. The only exceptions to the open meeting rule are executive sessions of the board, at which personnel issues, contracts, or litigation are discussed; and certain meetings at which protected market information is examined by a restricted audience. (RSVPs to the meetings are requested to ensure adequate accommodations, but are not required for attendance.)

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