Harika Basaran08/13/2013

TAC AUGUST 1, 2013 Meeting Update to Commercial Operations Subcommittee

Annual TAC Procedure and Structure Review

Issues Discussed & Solutions/Actions Proposed

• Should Workings Groups be able to file comments and/or file NPRRs without those being voted on by the Subcommittee they are under first?– Concerns about WG meetings with very few attendees filing comments not

reflecting broader market’s views– Minority opinion may not be documented very well with the comments– Voting at SC level makes issues more transparent– May impact COPS WGs. Currently CSWG is required to file comments for each

COPMGRR– ERCOT will review and bring back language for the TAC procedures to define

what WGs can do or cannot do for the next TAC meeting– Items that have a clearly defined change control process in place like COPMG

and RMG may not be subject to any change

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Issues Discussed & Solutions/Actions Proposed

• What constitutes an appealable action of TAC?– Lessons learned from NPPRs 444 and 544 – An action of TAC is currently defined in ERCOT Bylaws as a 67% affirmative

vote by TAC– Currently no defined procedure exist to appeal an action of a sub committee– ERCOT will bring revised language for the TAC procedures to improve the

appeal process

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Issues Discussed & Solutions/Actions Proposed

• PPL Process of re-ranking at PRS meetings– ERCOT likes the input from the market participants to re-evaluate the rankings

previously approved– Slides that show the releases are very good communication tool– No change or action proposed for the PPL review process

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Issues Discussed & Solutions/Actions Proposed

• Improvements for the meetings– Post the agenda and materials in advance as soon as possible– Communicate items that will be tabled in advance– Eliminate “Possible Vote”– Cancel meetings if there are no significant and/or urgent agenda items– Hold joint meetings with the different SCs or WGs if the issue at hand touches

multiple processes– Some issues are pushed from one SC to another with no resolution for a long

time– Workshops are preferred format of meeting for these type of issues– Better manage Webex meetings to eliminate disruptive sounds on the phone

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