December 9, 2015 Retail Market Subcommittee Update to COPS Kathy Scott January 13,

NPRR740, RMS Votes To Endorse NPRR740, Retail Clarification and Cleanup ◦ This Nodal Protocol Revision Request (NPRR) updates Section 15 to clarify 867_02, 867_03 and 867_04 transactions are forwarded by ERCOT to the Competitive Retailer (CR) Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) provided in the 867_02, 867_03 or 867_04 transactions received from the Transmission and/or Distribution Service Provider (TDSP).  12/1/15: Texas SET’s review and consensus recommended that RMS Endorse NPRR740  12/9/15: RMS Unanimously Endorsed NPRR740  12/10/15: PRS Unanimously Approved NPRR740 per RMS’ recommendation. PRS will review NPRR740 Impact Analysis (IA) during their 1/14/16 meeting. ◦ January 13, 2016RMS Update to COPS2

RMS Voting During December: Texas Data Transport & MarkeTrak Systems (TDTMS) Transition Activities:  TDTMS Working Group Procedures –  Unanimously Approved by RMS  TDTMS Implementation Guide  Unanimously Approved by RMS January 13, 2016RMS Update to COPS3

RMS Voting During December: Disband MarkeTrak Taskforce (MTTF) ◦ Unanimously Approved 2016 Draft Retail IT Service Level Agreement (SLA) - ◦ Unanimously Approved  /78083/08.__Retail_SLA_2016_Draft_v1.doc /78083/08.__Retail_SLA_2016_Draft_v1.doc January 13, 2016RMS Update to COPS4

Advanced Metering Working Group (AMWG) SMT Successfully Implemented the December 19-20, 2015 Release: ◦ Corrected Deficiencies and Usability Defects, such as:  Modification of functionality to provide Third Party scheduled report expiration to automatically align with customer Energy Data Agreement end date.  Addition of the screen message “It may take a few moments to authenticate your information and obtain your usage data” for customers after login while they are waiting for their landing page  Addition of ROR friendly/switch names to the SMT ROR search drop down during customers registering for a new SMT account. This will assist customers in finding their ROR.  Change of the naming of the Residential Customer report export button from the incorrect title “Export Report in Excel” to the correct title of “Export Report in CSV”. January 13, 2016RMS Update to COPS5

SMT Help Desk Calls 384 ( -133) SMT Help Desk Tickets382 ( -130) ◦ Residential = 314 (-125)  GUI access issues = 90 (- 75)  Registration issues = 157 (-63) SMT Registered Users (Res) 62,163 (+ 69) ESIs in SMT 7,073,746 (+2,542) Active Meters in SMT 7,003,756 (+2,671 ) SMT Statistics Since Last Month 6 January 13, 2016RMS Update to COPS

Energy Data Agreements 623 (-731)* ◦ AEPN = 1; CNP = 85; Oncor = 537 HAN Device Agreements 389 ( +2) HAN Devices 9,971 (+120) 3 rd Parties SMT 64 ( +2) REPs SMT 101( +3) On Demand Reads ◦ Customers 4,133 ◦ REPs 15 ◦ 3 rd Party 10 SMT Statistics Since Last Month 7 January 13, 2016RMS Update to COPS

Retail Market Training Taskforce (RMTTF) Develop training in sections (not necessarily in the order of presentation) ◦ Introduction, Roles & Responsibilities ◦ Retail Transactions ◦ Advanced Meter Technology – final review 1/11/16 ◦ History – final review 1/11/16 ◦ Market Rules – initial review 1/12/16 ◦ Data Transparency – initial review 1/12/16 GOAL: First instructor led class February 9, 2016 aligned with Market Test Flight 0216 January 13, 2016RMS Update to COPS8

Retail Market Training Taskforce (RMTTF) January 13, 2016RMS Update to COPS9

ERCOT’s Updates! January 13, 2016RMS Update to COPS10 Third Quarter Performance Metrics ◦ All transactional Performance 100%  83/12.RMS_3Q_2015_PM_Comparison.pptx 83/12.RMS_3Q_2015_PM_Comparison.pptx Flight 1015 Complete and Year End Summary  83/12.__Flight_Testing_Update_to_RMS v2.pptx 83/12.__Flight_Testing_Update_to_RMS v2.pptx Inadvertent Gain Statistics Reporting  83/12.__December_RMS_2015_IAG_Numbers.v2.pptx 83/12.__December_RMS_2015_IAG_Numbers.v2.pptx  83/12._Inadvertent_Stats___September_2015.v2.pptx 83/12._Inadvertent_Stats___September_2015.v2.pptx

RMS January 5 th Meeting: Only 2 voting items were identified and discussed during the agenda planning call. All Working Groups with the exception of the Advanced Metering Working Group (AMWG) had provided their December meeting updates during the December 9 th RMS. ERCOT stated their monthly reports may not be available for RMS’ review due to the early January 5 th meeting date. Quorum concerns with the New Year’s holiday weekend and potential weather events that could affect flight delays/cancellations to Austin. Conclusion: January 5, 2016 RMS was cancelled. January 13, 2016RMS Update to COPS11

Questions? 12January 13, 2016RMS Update to COPS