NOTICE DATE: October 28, 2008

NOTICE TYPE: M-A102808-01 General

SHORT DESCRIPTION: Texas Regional Entity Opens Public Comment Period for the “Provision to Give ERCOT ISO a Vote in the Regional Standard Development Process”

INTENDED AUDIENCE: ERCOT Market Participants

DAY AFFECTED: November 1, 2008

LONG DESCRIPTION: Texas Regional Entity (Texas RE) will open for public comment the “Provision to Give ERCOT ISO a Vote in the Regional Standard Development Process” on Saturday, November 1, 2008. The ERCOT independent system operator (ISO), at present, is not authorized (1) to be a voting member of the Reliability Standards Committee or the Texas RE Registered Ballot Body, or (2) to vote on actions thereof involving regional reliability standards.

This proposed standard will revise the Texas RE Standards Development Process to include the ERCOT ISO as a voting member of the Registered Ballot Body and the Reliability Standards Committee compatible with the voting status of the other established market segment membership.

ACTION REQUIRED: To comment on this standard process change, please visit the Texas RE Reliability Standards Tracking site and view the associated documents. The Standard Drafting Team has revised three documents to implement this change. As guidance, please also view the Background and Position papers that appear along with the revised documents. To post comments regarding this change, you must be registered on the site. If you are not currently registered on the tracking site, please follow the registration instructions on the site. The comment period will open November 1, 2008, at which time all registered site users will be allowed to begin commenting. The comment period will close on November 30, 2008.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: The Standard Drafting Team will respond to comments during the month of December, and will present their revised standard process based on public comment at the January 2009 meeting of the Reliability Standards Committee.

CONTACT: If you have any questions, please contact Texas Regional Entity, Judith A. James, Manager, Reliability Standards at (512) 225-7247 or via e-mail at [log in to unmask].

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