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TEXAS REGIONAL ENTITY

AN INDEPENDENT DIVISION OF ERCOT

Texas Regional Entity Report

November 2007

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Performance Highlights

ERCOT’s Control Performance Standard (NERC CPS1) score for September – 128.83

Initial scores for September indicate all non-wind-only QSEs passed the PRR 525 measure This is the third straight month all non-wind-only

QSEs have passed this measure

Overall control performance score using the PRR 525 measure (SCPS) for non-wind-only QSEs > 95%

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Texas RE Monthly Summary

For September………. Protocol & Operating Guides violations

0 new alleged NERC Standards violations

1 new alleged 3 new events reported

2 Compliance Reviews in progress Final on-site Compliance Audit completed for 2007 2 registration appeals denied by NERC Board of

Trustees Compliance Committee 2 pending registration appeals

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NERC Standards Compliance

Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) – Applies to all Entities listed in the NERC Compliance Registry in accordance with Implementation Plan for CIP Standards.

Protection and Control (PRC) – One or more PRC Standards apply to most Entities listed in the NERC Compliance Registry.

FAC-003: Transmission Vegetation Management Program – Prevent and report vegetation-related outages. Applies to all Transmission Owners with transmission lines that operate at 200 kV and above. Zero tolerance policy.

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AN INDEPENDENT DIVISION OF ERCOT 2008 Annual ERCOT Operations Training Seminar

Planning of the 2008 seminar – cooperative effort between the Seminar Working Group and Nodal Training Team.

Seminar will meet many training needs: Focus to be on Nodal Basic Training (Basic Training

Program) NERC Training Requirements – PER-002 (Mandatory

requirement for BA & TOP Operators – 5 days) ERCOT Operating Guide Requirements – Section 1.8.2 ( 40

hours of System Emergency Training for ERCOT ISO, ERCOT Transmission, and QSE Operators)

NERC Continuous Education Hours (CEH’s) for RC, BA, TOP, & IA Operators.

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2008 Annual ERCOT Operations Training Seminar

Priority given to target group of Operators – ERCOT ISO, TDSP, & QSE

Six (6) sessions – March 24th through May 2nd

Course length – 4 ½ days; Mondays, 9:00 am through Fridays, noon

Location – Austin Met Center Registration fee still being reviewed - <$200,

possibly considerably less Registration will be through ERCOT’s Learning

Management System Attendees are responsible for making their own

hotel reservations

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Texas RE Delegation Agreement Amended and Restated Regional Delegation

Agreement (RDA) between Texas RE and NERC as approved by the Texas RE Board sent to NERC on October 2nd

NERC Staff seeking an extension for the FERC Filing of the RDAs FERC Filing was to be made on October 16th Allows the NERC Board of Trustees more time to

review the 8 RDAs NERC Board of Trustees to approve on October 23rd

NERC will file NERC Board of Trustees approved RDAs at FERC

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Texas RE Fall Workshop Planned for November 2nd – Austin Met Center Update participants on the 2007 Compliance Monitoring

& Enforcement Program – provide a “sneak peek” at the 2008 Compliance Program

Proposed topics Texas RE Organization and Entity roles

NERC Compliance Monitoring & Enforcement Program ERCOT Protocol and Operating Guides compliance

Organization Registration Standards overview Assessing compliance Enforcement and sanctions Q & A

Speakers to include Texas RE and NERC Staff

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Texas Regional Entity

Report Details

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NERC CPS1 Performance ERCOT’s CPS1 Performance

September Performance September performance comparison

September 2007: 128.83 September 2006: 142.51

12 month rolling average comparison October 2006 September 2007: 131.47 October 2005 September 2006: 141.50

PRR 525 Performance Scores for September indicate all 34 non-wind-only

QSEs passed the measure Scores posted on the ERCOT Compliance Website

SCE Performance Scores

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AN INDEPENDENT DIVISION OF ERCOT ERCOT CPS1 Performance Comparison

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QSE PRR 525 10-Minute Interval Scoring

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PRR 525 Passing 10-Min Interval Percentage Trends

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September 2007 Resource Plan Performance Metrics

DK BT DE IP AP AO HA BY BC JA AY AM AR BR HJ DF BP CI AE AD BJ BH CJ CF ETResource Status 100 - 100 100 100 100 99 100 100 100 95 99 100 99 - 100 100 100 - 100 100 - 100 100 93LSL HSL Percent 80 - 100 100 98 95 95 99 100 93 100 100 98 98 - 100 100 98 - 99 98 - 100 100 100DA Zonal Schedule 100 98 100 100 100 99 99 100 100 100 85 100 100 100 99 100 100 100 - 100 100 100 97 98 91AP Zonal Schedule 100 95 99 99 100 100 99 99 99 100 99 97 100 98 99 100 100 98 - 100 100 98 98 98 93Down Bid & Obligation 92 96 79 97 99 97 99 97 98 97 98 97 96 96 93 85 99 97 - 97 91 96 97 97 100Total Up AS - - 98 - 100 96 94 100 99 - 97 94 100 94 - 100 - - 100 - - - 96 99 99

DA GR GS BF BE DP EU BG CX FK HW IN IZ JB BX CC CD FS AC CQ IV IO FYResource Status 100 - - - - 97 100 98 99 99 99 99 100 - 99 100 99 100 100 99 - 100 -LSL HSL Percent 100 - - - - - 100 99 100 99 100 100 90 - 100 100 92 100 - 92 - 100 -DA Zonal Schedule 98 99 95 100 100 - 100 100 98 99 100 100 100 100 99 93 99 100 - 100 100 100 -AP Zonal Schedule 99 99 95 99 99 - 100 99 91 100 99 100 100 98 99 100 98 100 - 99 99 98 -Down Bid & Obligation 94 97 88 96 95 - 92 98 95 99 95 98 100 100 94 99 92 - - 98 99 93 -Total Up AS 93 - - - - 100 97 99 99 98 98 76 - - 99 100 98 - - 100 - - 99

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September 5th NERC DCS Event

Loss of transmission facilities caused by weather 1,084 MW of generation lost Frequency dipped to 59.739 Hz Load acting as a Resource (LaaR) manually deployed EECP Step 1 declared due to low reserves NERC reportable disturbance Frequency recovered in 6 minutes – No violation of NERC

BAL-002-0 >1,150 MW LaaR deployed across ERCOT Region within

10 minutes One QSE with LaaR did not meet 10-minute requirement First time deployment for that LaaR (3 MW Obligation)

Event Investigation and Compliance Review underway

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LaaR Deployment – September 5th

Significant Improvement in LaaR Deployment Performance on September 5th

Exceeded 1,150 MW Obligation 1,169 MW Deployed Within 10-Minutes

PRR 714 effective August 1st requires… LaaR qualification testing – actual load interruption Additional periodic LaaR testing at least once in every

365 days Disqualification for 2 failures within any rolling one-

year period If disqualified, LaaR can reapply after 6 months

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Organization Registration Status Of 227 entities registered in the ERCOT Region,

8 entities officially appealed their registration 4 appeals resolved by the Texas RE 2 Registered Entity appeals heard by NERC Board of

Trustees Compliance Committee (BOT CC) – both appeals denied 1 entity appealed their registration as a Transmission

Owner 1 entity appealed their registration as a Transmission

Owner/Planner 2 appeals pending and will go before the BOT CC for

resolution 2 entities appealing their registration as a Generator

Operator

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2007 Compliance Audits

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NERC Functional Entity Types

DP – Distribution Provider GO – Generator Owner GOP – Generator

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RC – Reliability Coordinator

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Operator PA – Planning Authority TSP – Transmission

Service Provider RP – Resource Planner PSE – Purchasing-Selling

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Violations of ERCOT Protocols Reported by Month

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NERC Reliability Standard Violations Post June 18th

July – Alleged violations of PRC-008 R1 & R2 discovered during audit Implementation and Documentation of Under

Frequency Load Shedding (UFLS) Equipment Maintenance Program

Documentation of the maintenance and testing program was not provided

Violation Severity: Level 4 (Severe) Violation Risk Factor: Medium Potential Impact: Low (incomplete

documentation of work performed) Less than 1% of total UFLS in ERCOT

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NERC Reliability Standard Violations Post June 18th

September – Alleged violation of PRC-005 R2 discovered through Self-Certification Transmission and Generation Protection System

Maintenance and Testing Maintenance & Testing did not occur within the

identified intervals Violation Severity: Level 2 (Moderate) Violation Risk Factor: Lower Potential Impact: Low (small non-345 KV

system; limited number of devices late on maintenance)

Category – Technical

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AN INDEPENDENT DIVISION OF ERCOTNERC Standards

Self-Reported ViolationsPre-June 18th

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AN INDEPENDENT DIVISION OF ERCOTRisk Factors for

Self-Reported Violations Pre-June 18th

High, 36, 19%

Medium, 58, 30%

Lower, 100, 51%

Risk Factors are being assigned to each NERC Standard as part of the Standard Development Process

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Self-Reported Violation Categorization

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