1.

Antitrust Admonition

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10:00 AM

2.

Introductions

3.

Last Month Meeting Notes—updates if any

4.

RMS update

• RMS agreed to leave NPRR796, Extended Character Set Clean Up tabled.

5.

Flight Update

• IBANK01 & IBANK02 –Final language review and approval

6.

RMS Assignments

• NPRR796, Extended Character Set Clean Up—Revisit Last Month's discussion and make recommendation to RMS and consider possible Change Control / SCR for Issue I143 above.
• New Entrant Documentation—Procedures and Documentation
  • Continue New Entrant Document Discussion
• Master Customer List (MCL) Guide—Alternative location / Other than Texas SET Implementation Guide
• RMG Safety NET Timelines—Review and Continue Discussions
  • Note: PUCT to Review Final Draft Prior to Texas SET Submitting Changes to RMS
  • Discuss any updates offered from CRs

7.

Issues

• 2016-I143, Validation processes when a character is included in the customer name on a switch or MVI transaction – Review ERCOT Options; provide feedback
  • Option 1: Continue With Existing Manual Workaround—Short Term
  • Option 2: Update ERCOT’s Systems to Reject Any Transaction Containing Special Language Characters—Long Term
  • Option 3: Update ERCOT’s Systems to Translate Special Language Characters into Normal Characters
  • Option 4: Implement Option 3 in the Short Term, Followed by Option 2 During the Next TX SET Release

8.

ERCOT Market Continuity Workshop- Retail

• Continue Analysis

9.

Discussion Items

• 2016 Accomplishments
• Draft RMGRR, Elimination of TDSP Requirement to Maintain a Secure List, by REP DUNS, of All ESI IDs with Switch Holds

10.

Parking Lot

• Texas SET Release Discussion
• REP Certification Matrix – Long Term

11.

Next Meeting ERCOT MET Center

• Requested January 24^th RM168

Adjourn

4:00 PM