1. 01-06-11 Technical Advisory Committee COPS Update to TAC Debbie McKeever COPs Chair 2010

2. COPs Working Group Activities in Progress CCWG Working to ensure the COPMG and other documentation supporting Commercial Operations accurately reflects Market processes PWG Continuing work to ensure Profiles are maintained and/or established to meet Market processes and changes including completing all annual profiling activities SEWG Developing Settlement Algorithms User Guide, responding to Market needs for Settlement Extract issues, providing updates/education as needed. 2

3. SEWG

4. CONCLUDED NODAL READINESS SESSIONS SEWG concluded Nodal readiness sessions in reviewing various settlement examples SEWG focus on Settlement issues around Nodal activity will be the following –Review will begin with the list of NPRRs and Parking Deck items for impact to Settlements and Extracts Completed review for COPS on the 2011 Service Level Agreement for Extracts and Reports

5. PWG

6. PWG LPGRRs in process  Impact Analysis to be reviewed at the PWG meeting on January 26, 2010 for LPGRR042 - Updating of Weather Sensitivity Assignment, Suspension of Annual Validation for Advanced Meters, Addition of Load Research Sampling Documents, and Removal of Unused TOUS Codes;  Synchronizes the LPG with:  NPRR271- Synchronization to PRR850, Weather Responsiveness Determination for Interval Data Recorders;  NPRR250, Suspension of Annual Profile ID Validation with Advanced Meter Deployment;  Remove unused TOUS codes to improve the efficiency of ERCOT and Market Participant systems; and  Adding Load Research Sampling information.  LPGRR draft built with LPGRR042 as base language to be reviewed by PWG January 26, 2010 to build Appendix D language for Distributive Generation (DG) Load Profile Models per NPRR208, Registration and Settlement of Distributed Generation (DG) Less Than One MW. 6

7. PWG Annual Validation Complete 7

8. CCWG

9. COPS Communications Working Group (CCWG) Activities in Progress CCWG has proposed the creation of a Commercial Operations Handbook (Non-Binding Document) o COPS will vote this month COPMGRR023, Creating Section 6, Commercial System Model and subsection 8.3 Settlement Detail o TAC remanded to COPS at December meeting o COPS will vote this month to withdraw o If withdrawn, content to be included in the Commercial Operations Handbook Commercial Operations Market Guide (COPMG): o Continue to add to COPMG o Ongoing maintenance of COPMG 9

10. Thank You