1. Role of Account Management at ERCOT Market Engagement and Readiness (MER) Training Update TPTF Meeting April 1 st, 2008 Market Education

2. Page 2, Apr 1, 2008 TPTF Update Course Length (days) Classroom Deliveries To-Date WBT Available On-line? ERCOT Nodal 101150 Economics of LMP126N/A Transition to Nodal MarketsWeb-basedN/A Load Serving Entities 201*1.510 Basic Training Program4.56Apr 2008 Network Model Management15 Congestion Revenue Rights18Apr 2008 Settlements 301**33N/A NOIE QSE Operations*12Apr 2008 Generation 10123Apr 2008 Training Development – Completed Courses *Attendance is low for some courses ** Significant revisions based on initial survey

3. Page 3, Apr 1, 2008 TPTF Update Course (length, days) Subgroup Review Beta Review Classroom Delivery Web Delivery Basic Training Program (4.5)Apr 2008 NOIE QSE Operations (1)Apr 2008 Generation 101 (2)April 2008 Generation 201 (1)May 2008Jun 2008N/A Generation 301 (1)Apr 2008June 2008Jul 2008N/A Transmission 101 (2.5)May 2008Jun 2008Jul 2008 ERCOT 101 for Wind Generation (1)May 2008Jun 2008Jul 2008 Market Information System (TBD)May 2008Jun 2008Jul 2008 Training Development – In Development

4. Page 4, Apr 1, 2008 TPTF Update Market Information System – 3 parts 1.Instructor-led and Web-Based introduction to the MIS »Introduction, Organization, Security Levels, Functionality, High-Level tasks etc… »How do I access, navigate, view, customize, query, download etc… 2.Web-based tutorial on the MIS portal components »Web tour of the MIS landing pages and portlets customized for each Market Participant type »Description of each portlet, its content and functionality »How to access the market user interfaces 3.Web-Based User Interface Training »Congestion Revenue Rights »Outage Scheduler »Market Management System Training Development – In Development

5. Page 5, Apr 1, 2008 TPTF Update Course Length, Days Delivery Date Extended Training - System Dynamics1 Once a month within the first 12 months of full Texas Nodal Market Operations Scenario-Based Training for QSEs with Generation Resources1Once a Quarter, 2009 only Scenario-Based Training for Load Serving Entities1Once a Quarter, 2009 only Scenario-Based Training for TSPs and DSPs1Once a Quarter, 2009 only Post Go-Live Training Development – Upcoming Courses

6. Page 6, Apr 1, 2008 TPTF Update Course (length, days) Classroom Deliveries To-Date Passed / Total MPERCOTTotal ERCOT Nodal 101 (1)501711/2392540/7492251/3141 Economics of LMP (1)*25581190771* Transition to Nodal Markets (WBT)**N/A199/36290/147289/509** Load Serving Entities 201 (1.5)9247/42917/48228/404 Basic Training Program (4.5)6173/2835/7178/290 Network Model Management System5100/13119/26119/157 Congestion Revenue Rights8281/32114/24295/345 Settlements 301240/923/543/97 NOIE QSE Operations257/671/558/72 Generation 101242/613/445/65 * ILT only / no exam** WBT only Training Delivery – Progress Report

7. Page 7, Apr 1, 2008 TPTF Update Training Delivery – Scheduled Training For the latest nodal training schedule check http://nodal.ercot.com/traininghttp://nodal.ercot.com/training

8. Page 8, Apr 1, 2008 TPTF Update Questions Questions ?? Market Training ERCOT Nodal Market Transition