*******TEXAS NODAL MARKET
NOTICE*******
NOTICE DATE: November 4,
2010
NOTICE TYPE: Education/Training
SHORT DESCRIPTION: FINAL
REMINDER – ERCOT to host Nodal Market Workshop for Retail Electric
Providers
INTENDED AUDIENCE:
Personnel from Retail Electric Providers or Load Serving Entities
DAY AFFECTED: Tuesday,
November 9, 2010, 09:30 – 13:00 (CST)
LONG DESCRIPTION: ERCOT
will host a one-day workshop on topics of special
interest to Load Serving Entities (LSEs) and Retail Electric Providers (REPs)
and their readiness for the transition to the Texas Nodal Market. The workshop
will be held in Austin on Tuesday, November 9, 2010. Commissioner Donna Nelson of the Public Utility Commission
of Texas and Marcie Zlotnik, Chairman and Co-Founder of StarTex Power
and ERCOT Board Member, will be on hand to welcome
attendees and emphasize readiness activities for REPs as the ERCOT market
prepares for the December 1st opening of the nodal market. The
workshop will consist of panel discussions on changes
that the nodal market will introduce to the business environment of REPs in the
ERCOT market. Two panels of invited guests will share their ideas and answer
questions from the audience on the risks and opportunities of the new ERCOT
nodal market for LSEs.
The location and schedule of the workshop are shown below:
Date |
Time |
City |
Address |
November 9, 2010 |
09:30 to 13:00 |
Austin, TX |
Omni
Austin Hotel at Southpark 4140 Governor’s Row Austin, TX
78744 |
The
agenda and the topics of panel discussions are as follows:
09:30 – 09:40 |
Welcome |
Dale Goodman –
Director of Client Services – ERCOT |
09:40 – 09:50 |
Opening Remarks |
Commissioner Donna L. Nelson – Public Utility
Commission of Texas |
09:50 – 10:00 |
REP Readiness (21 days and
counting…) |
Marcie Zlotnik –
Chairman and Co-Founder of StarTex Power – ERCOT Board Member |
10:00 – 11:00 |
Panel
– 1 (Wholesale Market Readiness Checklist) Wholesale
market changes and tools available to LSEs to manage cost exposure: ·
Energy
and Capacity Costs ·
Bilateral
Trades (Energy and Capacity) ·
Day-Ahead
Market (Energy, Point-to-Point Obligations) ·
Hedging
Instruments ·
Reliability
Unit Commitment (RUC) ·
Settlement
(CRRs, DAM, RUC, Real-Time) |
Moderator
– Kim Casey – Twin Eagle Resource Management Panel
members: ·
Eric Hendrick
– Stream Energy ·
Read Comstock
– Direct Energy ·
Marty Downey
– Trieagle Energy ·
Eric Goff
– Reliant Energy ·
Brandon
Schwertner – MP2Energy ·
Patrick Coon
– ERCOT |
11:00 – 11:15 |
Break |
|
11:15 – 13:00 |
Panel
– 2 (Retail Market Changes) Changes
to interactions between REPs and retail customers: ·
Nodal
market charges ·
Contracts ·
Pass-through
costs ·
Product
and service offerings ·
Consumer
protection |
Moderator
– Kim Casey – Twin Eagle Resource Management Panel
members: ·
John Bick
– Priority Power Management ·
Steve Madden
– StarTex Power ·
Jim Reynolds
– Power & Gas Consulting ·
Paul Smolen
– Fox, Smolen & Associates ·
Annette Mass
– OPUC ·
Shawnee
Claiborne-Pinto – PUCT |
ERCOT asks that Market
Participants submit questions ahead of the workshop for use in the panel discussions.
The moderator will use questions submitted ahead of time, if received, and from
the audience to facilitate the panel discussions.
The workshop will also be available
via WebEx for those unable to attend in person.
ERCOT hosted another Nodal Market
Readiness Workshop for REPs on October 6, 2010. If you were not able to attend,
you can access a video recording of this workshop using the links below:
ACTION REQUIRED: To
register for this workshop, please send an email to [log in to unmask] with your
name and the name of your company. Please put “Nodal Market Workshop for
Retail Electric Providers” in the subject line of the email. If there
will be multiple attendees from the same company, please include the names of
all attendees.
Please submit any questions you
would like to be asked to either panel by sending an email to [log in to unmask] and include
“Questions for November 9 ERCOT REP Workshop” in the subject line
of your email.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Any documents presented in this meeting and a video recording of the workshop
will be posted at http://nodal.ercot.com/training/courses/rep_workshop.html.
See below for WebEx meeting details:
Topic: Nodal Market Workshop for
Retail Electric Providers
Date: Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Time: 09:30 – 13:00 (CST)
Meeting Number: 358 522 704
Meeting Password: Nodal123!!
Please click the link below to see more information or to
join the meeting.
To join the online meeting:
1. Go to https://ercot.webex.com/ercot/j.php?ED=141294402&UID=0&PW=NYWExZjY1ZWY3&RT=MiM3
2. Enter your name and email address.
3. Enter the meeting password: Nodal123!!
4. Click "Join Now".
To join the teleconference:
Call-in toll-free number (US/Canada): 1-866-469-3239
Meeting Number: 358 522 704
To access other Nodal Market training courses, go to the
Nodal training website at http://nodal.ercot.com/training/courses/index.html.
Select “View Schedule” for the class you are interested in
attending, and then select “Enroll Online” to register using the
Learning Management System (LMS).
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].
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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.
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