***** EXTERNAL email. Please be cautious and evaluate before you click on links, open attachments, or provide credentials. ***** NOTICE DATE: March 29, 2019 NOTICE TYPE: M-B032919-01 Financial/Credit SHORT DESCRIPTION: Counter-Party annual audited financial statements and risk certification due by April 30, 2019 INTENDED AUDIENCE: Counter-Party Financial and Risk Personnel DAY AFFECTED: April 30, 2019 LONG DESCRIPTION: ERCOT Protocol Section 16.11.5(1) requires all Counter-Parties to provide their own or their Guarantor's annual audited financial statements not later than 120 days after the close of the issuer's fiscal year. In addition, ERCOT Protocol Section 16.16.2(2) requires all Counter-Parties to annually submit to ERCOT, a notarized risk certification signed by an officer or executive with authority to bind the Counter-Party in the form of Section 22, Attachment J, Annual Certification Form to Meet ERCOT Additional Minimum Participation Requirements (Certification Form). Counter-Parties/Guarantors whose fiscal year ended on December 31, 2018, must submit annual audited financial statements and the Certification Form by April 30, 2019. ACTION REQUIRED: To avoid ERCOT taking remedial action as authorized under the ERCOT Protocols, Counter-Parties/Guarantors whose fiscal year ended on December 31, 2018, should submit annual audited financial statements and the Certification Form by April 30, 2019. Counter-Party's or Guarantor's financial statements that are publicly available electronically need not be provided to ERCOT. Please submit financial statements to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> or by mail to: ERCOT 7620 Metro Center Dr. Attn: Credit Department Austin, TX 78744 Phone: (512) 225-7014 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 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/>. nb