Lead from the front Texas Nodal 1 ERCOT Nodal Program Facilities Draft Request January 22, 2007

Lead from the front Texas Nodal 2 Purpose Communicate ERCOT’s Nodal Program Facilities Requirements for 2007 and 2008

Lead from the front Texas Nodal 3 Agenda Review Analysis Approach Review Requirements for: –Standard Facilities –Special Facilities

Lead from the front Texas Nodal 4 Approach Started with the November 2006 Nodal Project EACs as the basis for the programs facility requirements –These are the basis of the published nodal program budget –Added additional resource detail Reviewed EACs with PMs /staff to assign seating type for each resource. Options included: –Standard types of seating Cubicle War/Peace Room Type Seat Incumbent Seat (Remain in current zonal seat) Office Seat not required –Specialized types of seating Market Trials Area Integration Test (ITest) Area Secured Vendor Areas (KEMA, Nexant, Siemens, ABB) Training

Lead from the front Texas Nodal 5 Facility Requirements Summary Additional ~85 War/Peace Room type seats 4 Additional Team Rooms, varying sizes Market Trials Room: space for 50, control room, conference room Training Room: Seating for 50 Plus cubicles and offices as outlined below

Lead from the front Texas Nodal 6 Breakdown by Resource Type

Lead from the front Texas Nodal 7 Standard Seating Demand

Lead from the front Texas Nodal 8 Special – Market Trials  50 ‘War room’ like seats  Co-locate SMEs / problem solvers  50 ‘War room’ like seats  Co-locate SMEs / problem solvers  Conference Room for market calls / issue discussion  EDS Control Room  Can not co-locate EDS with production  EDS Control Room  Can not co-locate EDS with production  Possible Options include TCC 2 rooms above current nodal rooms

Lead from the front Texas Nodal 9 Special – Market Trials Market trials room needed beginning of Q Configuration will support the peak headcount illustrated here IRT Headcount in War Room until Q4 2007, will move to this room as soon as available Market trials room needed beginning of Q Configuration will support the peak headcount illustrated here IRT Headcount in War Room until Q4 2007, will move to this room as soon as available

Lead from the front Texas Nodal 10 Special – Integration Test (Itest) Room Itest Room exists in TCC2 behind Security Desk Currently Configured for 25 resources Project Completes in June 2008 Itest Room exists in TCC2 behind Security Desk Currently Configured for 25 resources Project Completes in June 2008

Lead from the front Texas Nodal 11 Special – Nexant (CRR) CRR operations requires a security controlled area Initially should support Nodal CRR team then be configured to support ongoing operations Dept. 450 headcount estimated at 7 CRR operations requires a security controlled area Initially should support Nodal CRR team then be configured to support ongoing operations Dept. 450 headcount estimated at 7

Lead from the front Texas Nodal 12 Special – Siemens (NMMS) NMMS Vendor (Siemens) should be segregated from other vendors Vendor resources will be onsite intermittently Numbers reflect maximum headcount. More typical to have ~10 onsite at a time NMMS Vendor (Siemens) should be segregated from other vendors Vendor resources will be onsite intermittently Numbers reflect maximum headcount. More typical to have ~10 onsite at a time

Lead from the front Texas Nodal 13 Special – KEMA (EMS Work) Team Room exists (TCC 2-177)

Lead from the front Texas Nodal 14 Special – ABB (MMS) MMS Vendor (ABB) should be segregated from other vendors Vendor resources will be onsite intermittently (4), extra space used by existing team for meetings with Vendor AV equipment, conference phone, 4 desktops, white boards 2 Vendor onsite support personnel in 2008 reflected in War Room Type seating MMS Vendor (ABB) should be segregated from other vendors Vendor resources will be onsite intermittently (4), extra space used by existing team for meetings with Vendor AV equipment, conference phone, 4 desktops, white boards 2 Vendor onsite support personnel in 2008 reflected in War Room Type seating

Lead from the front Texas Nodal 15 Special – Areva (EMS) EMS Vendor (Areva) should be segregated from other vendors Vendor resources will be onsite intermittently (4), extra space used by existing team for meetings with Vendor AV equipment, conference phone, 4 desktops, white boards 2 Vendor onsite support personnel in 2008 reflected in War Room Type seating EMS Vendor (Areva) should be segregated from other vendors Vendor resources will be onsite intermittently (4), extra space used by existing team for meetings with Vendor AV equipment, conference phone, 4 desktops, white boards 2 Vendor onsite support personnel in 2008 reflected in War Room Type seating

Lead from the front Texas Nodal 16 Special – Training Room Space for 50 attendees –Desire workstation for all Courses scheduled until go-live Convenient to Taylor personnel

Lead from the front Texas Nodal 17 ERCOT Taylor Reference Slides (for discussion purposes)

Lead from the front Texas Nodal 18 Taylor Master Plan

Lead from the front Texas Nodal 19 Nodal War Room Nodal Test Lab Nodal Peace Room

Lead from the front Texas Nodal 20 Future Security Space Future HR Area Potential Interim Nodal Projects area