AMIT Transition to RMS Update March 20, 2013 Christine Wright Infrastructure & Reliability Division Public Utility Commission of Texas

Update Contents  AMIT Transition to RMS  Outstanding Items  SMT Development Project  Third Party Development 2

AMIT Transition to RMS  AMIT is closed, Steering has Sunset  Closing documents and final records will be filed in Project No  Development Oversight opened for remaining functionality, including 3 rd Party  Ongoing work adopted by AMWG  AMIT list serve to be closed 3

Project Repository Official Record for: 1)Interim Project 2)Web Portal Project 3)Settlement Project 4)HAN Project 5)Retail Project 6)DR Project 7)Other Documents – Reports, comments, etc. 4

AMWG Objectives  Identify Service Level Agreements and needed reports from SMT concerning SMT performance, metrics, and statistics as necessary  Receive and review reports concerning performance, metrics, and statistics regarding the SMT core services  Report SMT performance, metrics, and statistics to RMS  Maintain SMT issues log and distribute to RMS and Staff as needed 5

AMWG Objectives  Identify, address and/or propose solutions for SMT operational and performance issues  Recommend changes to SMT and/or updates to SMT FAQs through the SMT change control process  Maintain the Texas Advanced Metering Guide  Help increase market and customer awareness and understanding of and promote usage of SMT through RMS interactions; and  Help increase customer awareness and understanding of the benefits of advanced meters through RMS interactions. 6

Outstanding Items HAN Task Force  Supported by the Joint TDUs  Reports to RMS, AMWG, and SMT DO  In place to ensure:  HAN Support Model in place;  Call Center scripts complete;  HAN User Guide complete and available on SMT;  no substantive market issues relating to HAN support remaining;  smooth operation of HAN issues for the Joint TDU Low Income distribution of HAN devices 7

Outstanding Items Texas Advanced Metering Guide Task Force  completes the initial version of the Guide  Ongoing activities are folded into the AMWG  Guide is owned by RMS * the Guide is designed to be used as reference material only, and will be managed, maintained, and updated solely by RMS with changes to the Guide not requiring ERCOT Board approval 8

SMT Development Project  Project No , Staff Monitoring of Final Releases for the Joint TDU Web Portal  Primary responsibility will be to bring the remaining SMT releases to completion. Specifically this group will:  Review SMT issues as identified through RMS by AMWG  Consider SMT Change Requests created by AMWG  Make future SMT design decisions  Discuss design/implementation issues  Discuss any HAN support issues as needed 9

Future Functionality  Rebranding of Smart Meter Texas  Usability review of existing website  On Demand Read (Release 4.2)  Third Party Access (Release 4.3)  Security Enhancements (Release 4.4)  Mobile Application (Release 4.5)  Content Management, FAQ, News Flash and Twitter *See Functionality Tracker for full list and explanation 10

Third Party Update  First Meeting of SMT DO held  End to End Review  Steps 1-4 Completed  Steps 5-7 Not required  Steps 6-9B Completed  Step 9 C – Finalize Content Based on Design Decisions and Feedback – In Process 11

Next Steps  Review & Finalize Screen content, s, etc  Development, Testing, UAT  Focus Groups – Functionality Demo on Usability  Review & Assess Focus Group Feedback for Incorporation into Site & Usability  Refinement Process  Launch – Q

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