*******TEXAS NODAL MARKET NOTICE******* NOTICE DATE: May 4, 2010 NOTICE TYPE: Education/Training SHORT DESCRIPTION: ERCOT offers Nodal Market Verifiable Costs workshop INTENDED AUDIENCE: Nodal Accountable Executives, Nodal Transition Project Managers, Market Trial Contacts DAY AFFECTED: June 3, 2010 LONG DESCRIPTION: ERCOT will conduct a workshop to review the Nodal Market rules and guidelines for the calculation, submission and processing of verifiable costs. This workshop is targeted at Qualified Scheduling Entities (QSEs) representing Resources and Resource Entities that will submit verifiable cost data to ERCOT over the next few months as part of their readiness for the Nodal Market. The workshop will provide an overview of what verifiable costs are and how they are used in the ERCOT Nodal Market. A detailed presentation of the types of verifiable cost data, the submission process and timeline will be presented. The workshop will also present and walk through the verifiable costs data submission templates. The location and schedule of the course is shown below: Date Time City Address June 3, 2010 09:00 to 15:00 Houston, TX Suez Energy<http://atlas.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?formtype=address&country=US&popflag=0&latitude=&longitude=&name=&phone=&level=&addtohistory=&cat=&address=1990+Post+Oak+Blvd&city=houston&state=tx&zipcode> 3 Post Oak Central 1990 Post Oak Blvd. Houston, TX 77056 ACTION REQUIRED: To sign up for this workshop, please RSVP by sending an email to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> with your name and the company you represent. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Attendees may review the following documents on the ERCOT website at http://nodal.ercot.com/readiness/golive/index.html: * Verifiable Cost Implementation Plan * Verifiable Cost Manual * Verifiable Costs Submission Template 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 Nodal Training via email at [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>. If you are receiving email from an ERCOT distribution list that you no longer wish to receive, please follow this link in order to unsubscribe from this list: http://lists.ercot.com<http://lists.ercot.com/>. kd