IO – CART Project Status Protocol Revision Subcommittee Update 06/22/06

Page 2 IO Projects Initiation  EIS CDW Foundations  EDW EMMS Decommission  SIR Tool Replacement Execution  Austin Test Environment  SBC Network Replacement  Windows Domain Restructure  Disk Based Backup  2006 Minor Capital Closing / Complete  Altiris DC Implementation  EMMS Dev Environment Upgrade  Production Storage  ACC D/C Power & Cooling  TCC2 Build Out  SAN Switch Expansion  Exchange 2003 Implementation New / Not Started  Enhanced Digital Certificate Program

Page 3 Initiation  EIS CDW Foundations (PR60004_01)  2006 Budget Range: $1M-$3M  Deliver infrastructure necessary to enable future EIS Business Intelligence reporting  Produce proof of concept for ILM tiered storage  EDW EMMS Decommission (PR50031)  2006 Budget Range: $100K – $500K  Migration of business reporting function to new Cognos tool  Identification and replication of key business reports on new reporting platform  Training of business reporting community to use new tool  SIR Tool Replacement (PR60055_01)  2006 Budget Range: <$100K  Consolidation of 4 live applications —SIR Workbench —AIM Problem Management —AIM OCC —Incident Reporting  Installation of tool or suite of tools that will move service requests through the entire lifecycle seamlessly

Page 4 Execution  Austin Test Environment (PR40070)  2006 Budget Range: $1M-$3M  Move existing iTest environment to Austin  Build iTest environment to mirror Production  SBC Network Replacement (PR50078)  2006 Budget Range: $1M-$3M  Replace the existing SBC telecom infrastructure between Austin and Taylor  Deliver a more reliable communications network with lower operating costs  Windows Domain Restructure (PR50147 )  2006 Budget Range: $500K-$1M  Establish trust relationships among sub-domains to facilitate cross-domain communication  Application testing to ensure full functionality post-migration  Migrate Exchange to new domain

Page 5 Execution  Disk Based Backup (PR50027)  2006 Budget Range: $500K-$1M  Implement hardware to improve the database refreshes from Production  Minimize unplanned outage downtime with fast recovery capabilities  Eliminate or reduce the issue with unrecoverable data due to tape errors  2006 Minor Capital (PR60009_01)  2006 Budget Range: $1M-$3M  Purchase of assets (equipment, software, hardware) greater than $1000 and not associated with specific projects

Page 6 Closing / Complete  Altiris DC Implementation (PR50028)  2006 Budget Range: $100K-$500K (Total Budget Range: $100K-$500K)  Install Altiris monitoring agent on all non-EMMS servers in the data center  Install Altiris Server Management Suite  Establish reporting database to collect and disseminate data collected by agents  EMMS Dev Environment Upgrade (PR50138)  2006 Budget Range: <$100K (Total Budget Range: $100K-$500K)  Purchase and install 3 new Windows servers (2 IBM 366 and one IBM 336)  Purchase and install new HP UNIX ES80 machine provisioned as two logical servers  Production Storage (PR50125)  2006 Budget Range: $100K-$500K (Total Budget Range: $100K-$500K)  Provide strategic solution for future storage requirements  Recover approximately 33 TB of storage across our SAN environments  Deliver additional storage to support forecasted capacity growth  Reconfigure the Storage environments for greater efficiency  Implement enhanced reporting functions

Page 7 Closing / Complete  ACC D/C Power & Cooling (PR50145)  2006 Budget Range: <$100K (Total Budget Range: $100K-$500K)  Expand Austin data center to it’s maximum capacity  Balance air and electrical systems  TCC2 Build Out (PR50049)  2006 Budget Range: $100K-$500K (Total Budget Range: $100K-$500K)  Build out the southwest corner of TCCII to accomodate the increased staff necessary for Nodal  SAN Switch Expansion (PR60011_02)  2006 Budget Range: $500K-$1M  Procure 2 new 140-port SAN Switches and accompanying equipment  Install SAN Switches in Taylor DC  Make new port capacity available to in-flight projects immediately  Reorganize SAN ports to make more efficient use of capacity  Exchange 2003 Implementation (PR60036_01)  2006 Budget Range: $100K-$500K  Upgrade servers to new version of MS Exchange with increased functionality

Page 8 New / Not Started  Enhanced Digital Certificate Program  2006 Budget Range: $100K-$500K  Address inaccuracies and deficiencies that exist within current process  Provide central repository for certificates and associated documentation  Automate monitoring, logging, notifications and alarm functionality  Provide audit trail for all certificate activities

Page 9 Constraints  Infrastructure projects are critical to the continued success of ERCOT operations and enhance the performance and supportability of the development, test and production environments  ERCOT must maintain production environments based on internal and external SLAs  Infrastructure project delivery is directly affected by…  Cross-impacts with the implementation of Market and PUCT projects  Cross-impacts with the implementation of Nodal project infrastructure