1. Current Stakeholder Timelines for Issues Needing a Rapid Response
Kristi Hobbs
Technical Advisory Committee
March 4, 2010

2. Current Stakeholder Timelines for Decision
Normal Timeline
Emergency Timeline
Votes
Board
1 Week Notice
2 Hours; Via telephone; Ratify decision
N/A
TAC
< 1 Week at consent of 51% of TAC Representatives; Via telephone
Close of 2 Business Days
PRS
At discretion of PRS Chair
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3. ERCOT Bylaws TAC Procedures PRS Procedures
Supporting Documents
ERCOT Bylaws
TAC Procedures
PRS Procedures

4. ERCOT Bylaws Section 4.6 Meetings
(a) …Special meetings of the Board may be called by the Chair, Vice Chair, or the CEO or his designee.
(b) Notice stating the purpose, business to be transacted, place, date and hour of any meeting of the Board or any Board subcommittee where at least one Board Director is present shall be given to each Director and made available electronically to the public on the Internet not less than one week before the date of the meeting; provided, however, the Board may meet on urgent matters on such shorter notice, not less than 2 hours, as the person or persons calling such meeting reasonably may deem necessary or appropriate for urgent matters (emergency conditions threatening public health or safety, or a reasonably unforeseen situation).
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5. ERCOT Bylaws Section 4.6 continued
(c) The Board and its subcommittees having at least one Director may meet by teleconference to consider urgent matters in accordance with Section The Board must ratify any action taken on notice of less than one week or by teleconference at its next regularly scheduled meeting.
Section 4.7 Quorum; Action by Directors; Abstentions; Proxies; Seated Directors; Actions Without a Meeting; and Meetings by Telephone
(e) Directors (for urgent matters in accordance with Section 4.6) may participate in and hold a meeting by means of a conference telephone or other similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and participation in a meeting pursuant to this Section shall constitute presence in person at such meeting, except where a person participates in the meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business on the ground that the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.
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6. Section 5.1 TAC Representatives
ERCOT Bylaws
Section 5.1 TAC Representatives
(e) Unless otherwise provided by law, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of TAC Representatives or any subcommittee of TAC may be taken without a meeting, if a consent in writing, setting forth the action to be taken, is signed by a sufficient number of TAC Representatives or subcommittee members as would be necessary to take that action at a meeting at which all of the TAC Representatives and subcommittee members were present and voted. TAC Representatives or subcommittee members may participate in and hold a meeting by means of a conference telephone or other similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and participation in a meeting pursuant to this Section shall constitute presence in person at such meeting, except where a person participates in the meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business on the ground that the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.
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7. ERCOT Bylaws Section 5.3 Meetings
TAC and its subcommittees shall meet as often as necessary to perform their duties and functions. All meetings of TAC and its subcommittees shall be called by their respective chairmen and all such meeting notices shall be sent in writing to each member at least one week prior to the meeting, unless an emergency condition should suggest otherwise (such emergency to be by mutual consent of a majority of the seated Representatives of TAC or subcommittee). Any Member may request notification of any such meetings and may have an employee or a TAC-approved representative for that Member attend as an observer. Each Representative of TAC may designate in writing an alternate representative who may attend meetings in the absence of the Representative and vote on the Representative’s behalf.
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8. IV. G. Electronic Mail Voting
TAC Procedures
IV. G. Electronic Mail Voting
In matters determined by the Chair to require a vote of TAC which are urgent or otherwise require action prior to the next meeting, a vote via electronic mail ( vote) may be utilized. A request for an vote can only be initiated by the Chair or Vice Chair. An vote is permitted provided a notification is distributed to the TAC distribution list that includes a detailed description of the issue or proposition and accompanied by supporting documentation. For votes, a quorum of Standing Representatives must participate in the vote. Participation requires casting a vote or abstaining. Votes shall be submitted to ERCOT for tallying by the close of two (2) Business Days after notification of the vote. Votes are tallied in the same manner as a regular meeting. The final tally shall be distributed to the TAC distribution list and posted on the ERCOT website.
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9. Emergency and Special Meetings
PRS Procedures
Emergency and Special Meetings
Emergency and special meetings will be called at the discretion of the PRS Chair to facilitate discussions related to PRRs.
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