1. COPS Communication Conference Call 11-15-04
Reviewed current notices sent out:
Retail:
Outages (Why, Date & Time of duration, Market impacts)
Transactional Process (Effective transaction, Short & long description, MP impacted, Action plan)
Miscellaneous - Changes to Reports, Changes to functionality affecting the market informational reminders (Who & what is impacted, Timeline, Action plan)

2. COPS Communication Conference Call 11-15-04
Reviewed current notices sent out:
Wholesale:
Notice of system changes - PIP, PRR, SCR (Summary, Changes to Operations, Settlements, Data Extracts, Effective Date)
Financial Notices (Short payment, TCRs)
General Information – ERCOT membership, Training, Surveys, RFPs, Meetings (Who & what is impacted, Timeline, Action plan)

3. COPS Communication Conference Call 11-15-04
Put notices within several ‘buckets’
General Information – ERCOT Membership, Training, Retail Market Testing, RFPs, Surveys, Meeting Notices)
Financial Notices (Short Payments, TCRs, ADRs)
System Changes ( PRR, PIP, SCR, New Releases, New Extracts)
System Outages (Unplanned, Planned – Maintenance, Long term outages)
Operational Issues (Include both Wholesale & Retail)

4. COPS Communication Conference Call 11-15-04
Focused on General Information Notification Format/Template ( Notification)
Subject Line: Informational -
Notice Type:
Short Description
Intended Audience (QSE, NOIE, CR, TDSP, MRE)
Action Item
When
How
Additional Comments – Driving directions

5. COPS Communication Conference Call 11-15-04
Next Steps
ERCOT to determine if all needed general information is covered within the template
Next meeting: Continue discussing the General Information Notification template for:
Intended Audience
Distribution List
Frequency
Timing