Nodal Status Report: Program Update

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Nodal Status ReportProgram Update

• Ron Hinsley

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Agenda

• Program Update
• Status
• Integrated Schedule
• AREVA CIM Status
• Cost

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Program Status
Amber status driven primarily by E8, the staffing
metric
Amber
ERCOT Staff Readiness status is
Amber status driven by the limited testing from
entities new to the market and limited response
from entities needing to modify their RARFs
Amber
Market Participant Readiness status is
Red
Red status driven by quality, schedule, and cost
impacts
Nodal Delivery status is
Nodal Delivery

Cost
Schedule
Scope / Quality
Red
Red
Amber
Red
Final cost unknown until new schedule confirmed
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Nodal Integrated Schedule Progress

• Progress
• All project schedules are integrated
• Critical path through Nodal through Go-Live is
  documented
• Identified areas of possible resource constraints
• Business owners have reviewed project schedules
• MPIM, security, testing, and transition
  activities have been reviewed and updates
  incorporated
• PERT estimates reviewed and updated
• Remaining work
• Run PERT analysis and Monte Carlo simulations
• Create integrated schedule views (MPs,
  Executives, PMO)
• Determine schedule contingency and include in
  schedule
• Present to ERCOT executives Aug 27
• Present to TPTF Sept 8 and incorporate feedback
• Present to TAC Oct 2 and incorporate feedback
• Present to TPTF Oct 13
• Present to Board of Directors Oct 21 and
  incorporate feedback
• Baseline Nodal integrated schedule

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AREVA CIM Status

• Testing moved to ERCOT this week prior testing
  was onsite at AREVA
• ERCOT SMEs are testing with AREVA to identify and
  resolve issues with the goal of being able to
  start/run individual applications
• ERCOT is monitoring AREVAs performance trends to
  address continuing or potential issues
• Gating issues (progression into next step) are
  related to bad or missing data

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Cost Element Summary
When the integrated schedule has been finalized
and the financial impact determined we will
incorporate this into an updated forecast
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Questions?