Protocol Traceability overview sections 4, 5, 7 and 9

1. Protocol Traceability overview sections 4, 5, 7 and 9 Protocol Traceability Effort – Karen Farley, Bob Spangler, Floyd Trefny, Rick Ocampo Web Ex Meeting

2. Antitrust Admonition ERCOT strictly prohibits market participants and their employees who are participating in ERCOT activities from using their participation in ERCOT activities as a forum for engaging in practices or communications that violate the antitrust laws.  The ERCOT Board has approved guidelines for members of ERCOT Committees, subcommittees and working Groups to be reviewed and followed by each market participant attending ERCOT meetings.  If you have not received a copy of these Guidelines, please send an email to Sheila Letkeman at sletkeman@ercot.com to receive a copy. 

3. Web Ex Meeting Agenda - Review Meeting will start at 9:30am Note - meeting concluded at 11:00am

4. Web Ex Meeting Agenda Sections for review – posted on ERCOT Readiness Page, under Key Documents Title – Protocol Traceability Tier 1 Reports (as of 11/23/09) http://nodal.ercot.com/readiness/index.html Sections for 11/30/09 meeting Section 4 – Day Ahead Operations Section 5 – Transmission Security Analysis and RUC Section 7 – Congestion Revenue Rights Section 9 – Settlement & Billing

5. Web Ex Meeting Expectations • What is the expectation of the web ex meetings? • Review of progress of all tier 1 sections • Review of how to read the report • Review of alignment items and next steps • Questions from MPs on specific items within a section • Questions about a research item or alignment item should be forwarded via e-mail to NodalMarketTransition@ercot.com. Subject line “Protocol Traceability Question”

6. Program Risk:Reconciling Protocols, Systems and Market Expectations Potential Milestone Impact: Market Trials

7. Protocol Traceability Effort Update

8. Protocol Traceability Effort Update PTE working with business owners to find answers in functional requirements

9. Protocol Traceability Effort Update Business procedures being worked in preparation for Market Trials (ERT)

10. Protocol Traceability Effort Update A subset of reports / extracts will be available during Market Trials

11. Protocol Traceability Effort Update Business Owner proposes solution (Procedure, Protocol, or Requirements Change) which is checked against project scope, schedule, budget. If impact, it will go through nodal change control process.

12. Reading a Trace Report

13. Reading a Trace Report

14. Full Trace Report • What It Will Show: • Protocol item and how it is covered by • Functional Requirement • Business Process or Business Procedure Title • EMIL Item • Other document (Operating Guide or handbook) • What It Will Not show: • Detail design information • Test case/script information • How are these covered? • Separate document tying functional requirements to test cases/results • Will share overview/summary at December TAC meeting

15. Links • Links for supporting materials - • Sections for review – posted on ERCOT Readiness Page, under Key Documents • http://nodal.ercot.com/readiness/index.html • Title – Protocol Traceability Tier 1 Reports (as of 11/23/09) • Links for requirement documents – • As was communicated by ERCOT at the September Nodal Advisory Task Force (NATF) meeting, redlined business requirements documents for the Nodal project will be posted to nodal.ercot.com at the following link: (http://nodal.ercot.com/docs/pd/index.html). • As before, documents will be organized by project. • Links for EMIL– • Tab – Other Deliverables - Title – MIS – ERCOT Market Information List • http://nodal.ercot.com/docs/pd/mis/index.html#oth

16. Full Trace Report • What if there is an alignment item? • What is the process?

17. Review of Sections • Section 4 - Day Ahead Operations • Alignment Items • Pending Items • Questions from Market Participants about Full Trace • Section 4 – Business Owners • Mark Patterson (Market Support) • Mandy Bauld (Settlements & Billing)

18. Protocol Section 4 PTE Trace Report Executive Summary

19. Review of Sections • Section 5 - Transmission Security Analysis and RUC • Alignment Items • Pending Items • Questions from Market Participants about Full Trace • Section 5 Business Owners • Mark Patterson (Market Support) • Mandy Bauld (Settlements & Billing)

20. Protocol Section 5 PTE Trace Report Executive Summary

21. Protocol Section 5 PTE Trace Report Executive Summary

22. Protocol Section 5 PTE Trace Report Executive Summary

23. Review of Sections • Section 7 – Congestion Revenue Rights • Alignment Items • Pending Items • Questions from Market Participants about Full Trace • Section 7 – • Mark Patterson (Market Support) • Mandy Bauld (Settlements & Billing)

24. Protocol Section 7 PTE Trace Report Executive Summary

25. Review of Sections • Section 9 – Settlement & Billing • Alignment Items • Pending Items • Questions from Market Participants about Full Trace • Section 9 – Business Owners • Mandy Bauld (Settlements & Billing) • Cheryl Yager (Treasurer) • Patrick Coon (Wholesale Client Services) • Calvin Opheim (Energy Analysis & Aggregation) • Roy McCoy (Regulatory Support & Reporting)

26. Protocol Section 9 PTE Trace Report Executive Summary

27. Next steps • Questions about a research item or alignment item should be forwarded via e-mail to NodalMarketTransition@ercot.com. • Dates for next Web Ex review • Dec 18 – 9:30 am – 3:30pm – sections 3, 6, 8, 16.11, 17 • If needed Dec 22 – 9:30 am – 3:30pm