1. Golden Spread ERCOT Load 7 Member Distribution Cooperatives 230 MW of Peak Load 104 Delivery Points (46 are at >60 kV) 108 Miles of Transmission Lines (all radial) Transmission Service Provided by: ONCOR AEP LCRA TNP

2. TRE Registration DP & LSE for one Member Cooperative No other registrations are required

3. ERCOT Transmission Operations Requirements 24 hour operations desk- WAN Telemetry requirements for 5 delivery points Outage Scheduler BLT Coordination (6 currently being registered) Synder Wind Farm (63 MW) connected to a 69 kV line Receive and comply with ERCOT Dispatch Instructions Potential Load Shed Coordination Members loads are not listed in the ERCOT Load Shed Table Currently ONCOR and AEP shed the load as a part of their plan

4. Transmission Operations Delegation Current TO’s serving GSEC Loads unwilling to sign and perform TO functions Take on liability? Make no earnings or return Use valuable management time and resources Potential Solutions An ERCOT registered TO step up and respond to RFP A PRR for a “TO Light” Coalition of DSPs/TSPs develop a TO function GSEC build an in-house TO

5. Solution #4 – Cost/Benefit? Uncertain of the cost, will be high Take time to build Back-up center Very limited interaction with ERCOT Ops Maybe a few times a year Does this benefit justify the high cost Will be rolled into TCOS and cause all ERCOT customers to pay for this cost.