NOTICE DATE:  August 1, 2008

NOTICE TYPE:  W-B071808-02   Operations

CLASSIFICATION:  Public

SHORT DESCRIPTION:  Request for information in support of NERC-TRE Audit


INTENDED AUDIENCE:  TDSPs

DAY AFFECTED:  September 9 - 12, 2008

LONG DESCRIPTION:  The North American Electric Reliability Corporation
(NERC) and the Texas Regional Entity (TRE) will be conducting a
reliability audit of ERCOT from September 9 through September 12, 2008.
ERCOT will be audited as the Reliability Coordinator (RC), Transmission
Operator (TOP), Balancing Authority (BA), and the Transmission Service
Provider (TSP) for the ERCOT region.

Transmission and Distribution Service Providers registered with NERC as
Transmission Owners (TO) possess information that may be needed for
ERCOT to completely demonstrate compliance with NERC Transmission
Operator (TOP) requirements.  Each TO should have the information
identified below readily available in an electronic format should it be
requested during the audit. 

Please note that ERCOT does not want the information sent at this time.
Should the information be required to fulfill a request by the audit
team, ERCOT will contact the TO and will expect each TO to submit the
requested information promptly. 

To assist with expediting audit requests, each TO should designate a
primary and secondary contact that will be available by phone from Sept
9 - 12, 2008 and able to promptly submit the requested documentation.
The TO contacts should be able to respond as a subject matter expert to
any auditor questions on information provided to the auditor. 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:  The attached file includes a summary of the
type of documentation that should be available upon request.  This
information is not to be sent to ERCOT unless requested by the audit
team.

ACTION REQUIRED:  Each TO should send the following contact information
for each designated primary and secondary contact to 
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Primary Contact Name:

Title:

Company Name:

Physical Address:

Phone Number(s):

Fax Number:

Email Address: 

Secondary Contact Name:

Title:

Company Name:

Physical Address:

Phone Number(s):

Fax Number:

Email Address: 

CONTACT:  If you have any questions, please contact your ERCOT Account
Manager. You may also call the general ERCOT Client Services phone
number at (512) 248-3900 or contact ERCOT Client Services via e-mail at 
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