Retail Market Subcommittee Update to COPS

1. Retail Market Subcommittee Update to COPS Kathy Scott

2. RMS Confirmation of 2015 WG/TF Leaderships • Texas Standard Electronic Transaction (TX SET) Working Group • Chair – Diana Rehfeldt, Texas New Mexico Power • Vice – Chair – Kyle Patrick, NRG • Texas Data Transport Working Group (TDTWG) • Chair - Isabelle Durham, CenterPoint Energy • Vice – Chair(s) - Monica Jones, Reliant Energy and Jim Lee, AEP Service Corporation • Advanced Metering Working Group (AMWG) • Co-Chair(s) – Esther Kent, CenterPoint Energy and John Schatz, TXU Energy • MarkeTrak Task Force (MTTF) • Co-Chair(s) – Monica Jones, Reliant Energy, Carolyn Reed, CenterPoint Energy and Sheri Wiegand, TXU Energy • 02/03/15 RMS Vote: The above list of 2015 Working Groups and Taskforce Leadership were Unanimously Confirmed by RMS RMS Update to COPS

3. RMGRR126 RMS Consideration • RMGRR126, Additional ERCOT Validations for Customer Billing Contact Information File • This Retail Market Guide Revision Request (RMGRR) requires ERCOT to validate that the submitting Competitive Retailer’s (CR’s) DUNS Number (DUNS #) and the Electric Service Identifiers (ESI IDs) provided in the Customer Billing Contact Information file are valid in the ERCOT registration system. • Reason for revision: Market efficiencies or enhancements • 10/28/14: Unanimously Approved by RMS. • 12/02/14: Impact Analysis was Tabled by RMS • 01/22/15 TX SET: At its January 22, 2015 meeting, the Texas SET Working Group reviewed RMGRR126. The Texas SET Working Group proposed revisions that allows for ERCOT to send two response files to the Competitive Retailer (CR). The new response file will provide business level validation to allow ERCOT to notify the CR if the ESI IDs contained in the Customer Billing Contact Information file are valid in the ERCOT registration system. • 02/03/15 RMS: RMS unanimously Approved RMGRR126 with TX SET January 26, 2015 comments. Next step for RMGRR126 will be Impact Analysis review by RMS during the March 3, 2015 RMS meeting. RMS Update to COPS

4. RMGRR128 RMS Consideration • RMGRR128, Reinstate Critical Care Status After Resolution of an Inadvertent Gain (Vote)  • This Retail Market Guide Revision Request (RMGRR) provides guidelines for a Competitive Retailer (CR) to request that a Transmission and/or Distribution Service Provider (TDSP) restore a critical care status to an Electric Service Identifier (ESI ID) that may have been removed from the ESI ID due to an inadvertent gain. • 01/06/15: RMGRR128 Motion to Table was Unanimously Approved by RMS —During RMS CRs discussed that TDSPs’ have the responsibility to reinstate Critical/Chronic Care (CC) status flag without CR input or a MarkeTrak notification. Language in RMGRR128 will need to be modified to support this new process. • 01/22/15 TX SET: At its January 22, 2015 meeting, the Texas SET Working Group reviewed RMGRR128. The Texas SET Working Group proposed language identifying the Transmission and/or Distribution Service Provider (TDSPs) ) as the party responsible for restoring the critical care status to an Electric Service Identifier (ESI ID) that may have been removed from the ESI ID due to an inadvertent gain. • 02/03/15 RMS: RMS unanimously Approved RMGRR128 with TX SET January 26, 2015 comments. Next step for RMGRR128 will be Impact Analysis review by RMS during the March 3, 2015 RMS meeting. RMS Update to COPS

5. 2015 Retail Service Level Agreement (SLA) • RMS Vote: • Thanks to ERCOT for accommodating the market’s need by moving their Release Window start time from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM Saturday and ending at12:00 AM Monday. In response to this change to Release Window timeline, ERCOT requested the following change: • SLA Exception Notification timeline reduced from 45-days to 15-day. This 15 day SLA Exception Notification is needed to truly determine if an SLA Exception is necessary. • 02/03/15 RMS: Motion to Approve 2015 Retail Service Level Agreement as amended by RMS on February 3, 2015 was Unanimously Approved by RMS. RMS Update to COPS

6. Smart Meter Texas Portal Change Requests • RMS Vote: • Advanced Metering Working Group (AMWG) Change Requests 2015-019through 2015-029 are all related to Smart Meter Texas’ (SMT’s) Usability and/or the Change Request improves the Customer’s experience on the Smart Meter Texas Portal (SMTP) • Motion to Approve Change Request 2015-019 through 2015-029 as amended by RMS on February 3, 2015 was Unanimously Approved. • These RMS Approved AMWG Change Requests will be referred to the Joint TDSPs and SMT Project Team for their approval and implementation cost. Some of these change request(s) may be bundled together and scheduled within an SMT Project Release. RMS Update to COPS

7. Brower Upgrade Project at ERCOT • ERCOT Application Browser Support • ERCOT intends to support IE 8 into 2016.  The market will be given adequate time to migrate to a newer browser before ERCOT discontinues IE8 support. • ERCOT is testing IE 10 and 11 in both native and compatibility mode to determine what needs to be fixed in the ERCOT applications.  That work will continue through Q1. • The mitigation projects and change requests resulting from the testing will be submitted through the normal ERCOT project process in Q2, to be prioritized and delivered through the normal ERCOT release process.  The release schedule for those projects will determine when the applications are fully supported on the newer browsers. • There are no current plans to expand the number of browsers supported by the ERCOT applications beyond IE 10 and 11. • RMS requests that ERCOT provide a Project Plan to the Market. RMS Update to COPS

8. Announcements! • AMS Data Workshop V on Tuesday, Feb. 3 following RMS: • Discussed and reviewed the following ERCOT reports : • 867/LSE Compare -- July 2014 -- December 2014 • http://www.ercot.com/content/wcm/key_documents_lists/51054/867_vs._AMS_Jan_2015.xlsx • 867/LSE Compare -- Analysis of October Cycle Reads • AMS Load Volumes -- January 2015 -- 6 month historical views • http://www.ercot.com/content/wcm/key_documents_lists/51054/AMS_Volume_and_Count_Report_ERCOT_Jan15.xls • AMS Lag -- December 2014 • http://www.ercot.com/content/wcm/key_documents_lists/51054/AMS_Load_Date_Lag_Dec_2014.xlsx RMS Update to COPS

9. Announcements! • AMS Data Workshop Series Concluded: • Workshop V Consensus: Sunset the Workshop Series and turn over these responsibilities to the Advanced Metering Working Group (AMWG): • Scope going forward will be limited to starting with January 2015 AMSR Cycle Reads where the kWh delta is equal to or greater than 1000 kWh • ERCOT will pull January data the week of February 16th and provide files to each TDSP no later than February 20th • TDSP’s will perform root cause analysis and provide detailed analysis to ERCOT with groupings into categories no later than March 19th • ERCOT compiles TDSP analysis for AMWG March 25th meeting • ERCOT’s presentation at AMWG will be Mandy Bauld and/or Don Tucker; unless both are unavailable ERCOT will send the appropriate replacement to discuss reports and analysis. • Reporting will be provided quarterly for 2015 into the Q1 2016, where an evaluation would be determined by AMWG if more or less frequent reporting is needed based upon trends identified from these reports. RMS Update to COPS

10. Announcements! • MarkeTrak Taskforce – Remaining 2015 Meeting Schedule: • Tuesday, February 17, 2015 – ONCOR Dallas Texas • Tuesday, March 24, 2015 - CNP Tower Houston Texas • Tuesday, April 28, 2015 – ERCOT Office Austin Texas • RMS/COPS Workshop IV WebEx Only - IDR Meter Protocol Requirement Threshold – “Save the Date” • Tuesday, February 24, 2015 • 1:30 p.m.- 4:00 p.m. • http://www.ercot.com/calendar/2015/02/24/54890-cops-rms RMS Update to COPS

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