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- Item 0 - Chairman Gleeson calls meeting to order00:00:08This meeting of the Public Utility Commission of Texas will come to order. To consider
- 00:00:12matters that have been duly posted with the Secretary of State for September
- 00:00:1526, 2024. Good morning,
- 00:00:18everyone. Good morning, Shelah. Good morning.
- 00:00:21Do we have any public comment today? Yes, sir, we do. We have
- 00:00:25one person that signed up for public comment. Okay.
- 00:00:28Do you want to go through the consent agenda? Yeah, why don't we do the
- 00:00:30consent agenda? There should be no recusals, I assume, today, so, yeah, why don't you
- 00:00:34lay out the consent agenda and then we'll go to public comment. I know you
- 00:00:37got what you wanted, Commissioner Glotfelty. No recusals. No contested cases.
- 00:00:40No. No recusals.
- Item 0.1 - Commission Counsel Shelah Cisneros lays out Consent Agenda00:00:44Good morning Commissioners. By individual ballot, the Commissioners voted
- 00:00:47to place Items 6 and 8 on the consent agenda, and no
- 00:00:51one signed up to speak on either of those items. Thank you, Shelah.
- Item 0.1 - Chairman Gleeson asks for motion to approve items on Consent Agenda00:00:55So we will take. So I would entertain a motion to
- 00:00:59approve the consent agenda as discussed
- 00:01:02by Shelah. So moved. I second. Have a motion and a second. All those in
- 00:01:06favor say aye. Aye. Opposed? Motion prevails.
- Item 1 - Public comment for matters that are under the Commission’s jurisdiction, but not
specifically posted on this agenda00:01:09All right. Now let's move to Public - 00:01:13Comment, Item No. 1. Yes. Commissioners, we have one person that
- 00:01:16sign up for Public Comment, Jeff Walker. Mr. Walker, if you'll approach.
- 00:01:22And is it the usual three minutes? Three minutes. All right.
- 00:01:26Tell me when you're ready. Sure. Would you like to sit down or. No,
- 00:01:29if you can speak into the microphone. Yeah, please take a seat. That'll be fine.
- 00:01:32I'll do this, thank you very much. Good morning. Perfect. Whenever you're ready.
- Item 1 - Jeff Walker, member of Windermere Oaks Water Supply Corporation00:01:35All right. Thank you Commission. My name is Jeff
- 00:01:39Walker. I'm a member of the WOWSC.
- 00:01:42This is the Windermere Oaks Water Supply Corporation. I'm also a board
- 00:01:45member since 2003. I know this Commission is tired of
- 00:01:49hearing from us. I know they are, at least some of you, because I know
- 00:01:53many of you have been part of this whole rate appeal. My comments are coming
- 00:01:57from a member and a board member. I speak as both.
- 00:02:02Six months ago, our rate appeal got approved
- 00:02:06as an order, and that happened in February
- 00:02:09of this year. I come to you as just kind
- 00:02:13of a six month checkup to let you guys kind of know where we're
- 00:02:16at and what's been going on with the rate
- 00:02:20appeal. In February
- 00:02:25of this year, my bill used to be that 160
- 00:02:30511,
- 00:02:31$165.11. That's my
- 00:02:35bill. That's me in the corner. That's my bill.
- 00:02:38In April, 60 days later,
- 00:02:43my bill, because of the order of the rate appeal, went to $7.21.
- 00:02:49Now, I notice there is a surcharge in there of $39.21.
- 00:02:53That is to pay for some legal fees. So I cannot put that into
- 00:02:56my operating number. So in essence,
- 00:02:59what happened, and I think it was unforeseen by everybody who
- 00:03:03looked at this case for the last three years, that you,
- 00:03:07that the rate appeal and the new rates and the refunds
- 00:03:11cut our revenue by almost 80%.
- 00:03:16That's substantial. And me, as being a board
- 00:03:19member and trying to run the corporation, I just can't run
- 00:03:23it on those type of numbers. We're running into some,
- 00:03:26we're running into some challenges in
- 00:03:31achieving, or actually just, you know, paying our bills
- 00:03:34to operate a water utility for 278 members.
- 00:03:39And again, I don't think it was anybody's direct fault.
- 00:03:43I think we all were excited about what was happening over the last three years.
- 00:03:47We were excited to get our rates reduced. I don't think anybody anticipated
- 00:03:52the magnitude of our financial impact that took place with us.
- 00:03:55And in the last six months, we've been running a
- 00:03:58deficit of revenue versus expenses.
- 00:04:02And I'm here to make the Commission
- 00:04:06aware of that and to let them know that we may need
- 00:04:09to go revisit this. It's putting a
- 00:04:12tremendous burden on the corporation. And me being a board member, I have a
- 00:04:16fiduciary duty to look at that. I run about
- 00:04:20$10,000 in debt every month of this year.
- 00:04:25I just can't sustain that. I'm running off of savings from last year
- 00:04:28in order to supply the services that I've got.
- 00:04:32This is also impacted at the same time that that
- 00:04:35came out. Go ahead and finish your
- 00:04:39thought. Okay? Yeah, I just have this one thought. Another thing that has happened
- 00:04:42is at the same time that the rate appeal was put into place,
- 00:04:46a compliance order was also put into place, which had,
- 00:04:50you know, four objectives that the commission wanted us to see that
- 00:04:54impacted us tremendously in trying to respond to that.
- 00:04:57Because I don't have the revenue to pay for such things as a financial audit.
- 00:05:01I just don't have the money. I got to put it towards providing clean water
- 00:05:04and sewer services. So those are my comments today.
- 00:05:08I'd like to Commission to take a look at this and see how we can,
- 00:05:11you know, maybe take some action on it. Mister Walker, thank you for being here
- 00:05:14this morning. Thank you for bringing this to our attention. Thank you for everybody.
- 00:05:16Appreciate it. Thank you. Have a good day. Appreciate it.
- 00:05:23So before we move down the agenda, just real quick. I won't take
- 00:05:27much time, but Barksdale happy birthday today.
- 00:05:34So I love you too.
- 00:05:37Okay Shelah, I don't have anything on 2.
- Item 5 - Project No. 55999 – Reports of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas00:05:40Three, isn't going to be taken up. Nothing on 4. So I think that brings
- 00:05:44us to Item No. 5 on the agenda. That is Project No.
- 00:05:4755999, reports of the Electric Reliability Council
- 00:05:51of Texas. Davita, just in case there are questions
- 00:05:54if you don't mind just coming up. I don't know that we'll
- 00:05:58have any, but just in case, on the brawnig CPS issue,
- 00:06:02I appreciate ERCOT's filing on this that you made on the 19th.
- 00:06:06I appreciate that you all continue to work to try to find
- 00:06:09solutions to this.
- 00:06:13You know, I think if you all believe that
- 00:06:16changing the notice of suspension of operation date
- 00:06:20to earlier to March 1 of 2025,
- 00:06:24is beneficial in multiple ways, I hope that CPS will
- 00:06:28hear that and work with you all to try to accomplish that.
- 00:06:32I don't know if you want to give any updates on how those are going.
- 00:06:35I think, as I understood it, you kind of need an answer to whether or
- 00:06:38not they're willing to do that sometime next week. Is that correct?
- Item 5 - ERCOT's Davida Dwyer with updates on report,5599900:06:43Davida Dwyer with ERCOT. Yes sir, that's correct.
- 00:06:47Under the protocols, NSOs had to be provided at
- 00:06:50least 150 days before the proposed retirement date,
- 00:06:54and by our calculation, that's October 2.
- 00:06:58CPS has been receptive to the question
- 00:07:02about whether or not they're willing to do it, and my understanding is that they're
- 00:07:05investigating whether or not they have the ability to change.
- 00:07:08Okay, well, based on the filing, I think that would be
- 00:07:11a good outcome, and I hope, you know, CPS can find a way to accommodate
- 00:07:15that. Commissioners, any thoughts?
- Item 5 - Commissioner Glotfelty's thoughts on ERCOT's report ,5599900:07:20Yeah, I guess my. I continue to.
- 00:07:26I think this RMR issue and the
- 00:07:30IROL issue at the same general
- 00:07:34location are more intertwined than
- 00:07:38we've really been talking about. We haven't been talking about them as a, as a
- 00:07:41total solution. We've been talking about them as two different things.
- 00:07:45And I think that we
- 00:07:49need to find a way to better coordinate these issues and
- 00:07:53not just look at the RMR issue for the
- 00:07:57solution, but really have a big discussion.
- 00:08:01It may not, we don't have time for it on this one right now,
- 00:08:05but reconductoring of lines that
- 00:08:08could be strung quicker, that might eliminate congestion,
- 00:08:11would solve these problems very quickly. There are multiple lines that could
- 00:08:15be done. We can't do that. ERCOT can't
- 00:08:18do that. It takes the utility to do that. But none of these things are
- 00:08:22coming up in the same proceeding. They're all coming up kind of independently,
- 00:08:25and I just hope that we can take this and ERCOT, you all can take
- 00:08:29this. Away that if we come back with one of
- 00:08:32these, that we could hear from y'all on.
- 00:08:36Okay. These are the range of solutions that could solve the problems
- 00:08:40that are facing us kind of in this area. And I
- 00:08:44think that would be a better menu than just piecemeal. Yeah, I agree.
- 00:08:48I mean, looking at these in silos, I think it's better to look at them
- 00:08:51comprehensively. I gave a speech yesterday and talked at
- 00:08:55length with some folks about reconductor in the system and what benefits that can bring.
- 00:09:00And I agree, this process, the MRA process,
- 00:09:04it seems like we need to look at all of it. And, yeah,
- 00:09:07and I would say in my conversations with ERCOT, they've been more than willing
- 00:09:11to talk comprehensively and holistically about all this. So appreciate it.
- 00:09:15Keep us kind of up to date on how those negotiations with CPS
- 00:09:19are going. Thanks. Thank you, Davida. Thank you.
- Item 7 - Project No. 34677 – Reports of the Independent Market Monitor for the ERCOT Region00:09:26Item No. 6 was on the consent agenda. So that'll bring
- 00:09:29us to Item 7. Project No. 34677,
- 00:09:33Reports of the independent market Monitor for the ERCOT region. And staff
- 00:09:37filed a memo in this docket.
- 00:09:41Good morning, Harika.
- Item 7 - Commission Staff's Harika Basaran on IMM report & memo, 3467700:09:45Harika Basaran with Staff. So this is the first time we
- 00:09:49did that. Kindly asked us to do that for a while back. And thank you
- 00:09:52very much to Barksdale, helping me to finish
- 00:09:55it. State of the market report has 15
- 00:09:59or 16 recommendations and we have
- 00:10:03a table where we have replies to them if we support,
- 00:10:07if they are neutral or if we disagree and why.
- 00:10:10So I will put them in multiple buckets. One of them is really
- 00:10:13the policy buckets. It has to be at the Commission. This is the t course,
- 00:10:17net metering and small fish. And we have some deadlines when
- 00:10:21we want to start on those. So if you have any feedback on that,
- 00:10:24we will appreciate that another bucket is ready. Answer reserves
- 00:10:28related to. And this is going to be ongoing discussion with IMM and
- 00:10:31ERCOT and in the as study in the annual methodology.
- 00:10:34These solutions, another one big ones
- 00:10:38are the multi interval and load zone changes. Even though those are
- 00:10:42not might be strictly policy. These are very big changes to the market
- 00:10:45system cost. ERCOT and participants we are seeing gather more
- 00:10:49data and don't try to do anything before RTC is
- 00:10:53implemented in a steady state, it is reached. And then there is
- 00:10:57some other minor things. They are already in progress. There is already
- 00:11:00progress made on those with current NPRRs.
- 00:11:04And if any of them has this cost solution and
- 00:11:08it's not going to delay, RTC and the ERCOT and stakeholders agree,
- 00:11:11they can move on with that, but this is really at the high level.
- 00:11:17So I want to say thank you for doing this. I'm glad that Connie
- 00:11:21and Barksdale endeavored down this path. I think this was super helpful to have kind
- 00:11:24of a staff response to the filing to see where you are.
- 00:11:29You know, as far as feedback. You know, I talked to staff in my
- 00:11:33briefing. I'm comfortable with them kind of determining at what
- 00:11:37schedule and when to make some of these changes and address some of
- 00:11:40these issues. But if you all have specific items you
- 00:11:43want to highlight or kind of put to the top of the list. Happy to
- 00:11:46hear thoughts.
- 00:11:49I'm really happy that the new Executive Director chose to
- 00:11:53be proactive and do this as well. Such an improvement from the
- 00:11:56previous one. You'll get no debate from the chairman
- Item 7 - Commissioner Glotfelty's thoughts on IMM report & memo, 3467700:12:03with a capital C. I agree with
- 00:12:07you that the staff should work with how these
- 00:12:12things are addressed. I think this is just a, this is a
- 00:12:15great improvement to an IMM report
- 00:12:19that's thoughtful and model based and has
- 00:12:22a lot of information in there on how to make the market efficient. And we
- 00:12:26are, we are utilizing that by beginning the debate
- 00:12:29that begins the debate now. We're having a discussion and I think it's just,
- 00:12:32it's very fruitful for the efficiency of the market,
- 00:12:38and I'm just appreciative that, that you all went ahead and did this.
- 00:12:41And the memo lays out, don't agree with 100% of
- 00:12:45it, but that's why it's important. So thank
- 00:12:49you. Yeah. And I know in talking to
- 00:12:52Potomac and Jeff, I know they appreciate this, that this
- 00:12:56will help start a dialogue about how we should move forward. So I think this
- 00:12:59is very, very useful. I appreciate this approach to
- 00:13:03responding to the state, the market report from the IMM as
- 00:13:06well. And I would leave
- 00:13:10it to staff, too. I will say that the one
- 00:13:14item that you all support is modifying TCOS away from 4-CP method.
- 00:13:18I know that's a point of, I'm sure you all will get
- 00:13:22a point of a lot of discussion, but I think it's worth
- 00:13:26having, especially as there's a lot
- 00:13:29of interest in adding a lot of infrastructure to
- 00:13:33our system and infrastructure, meaning transmission infrastructure,
- 00:13:37including not only 345 kv, but ehv and the reasons
- 00:13:41why it'll be added on there. There's a lot load growth,
- 00:13:44and the load has different characteristics now.
- 00:13:48Now we have not only crypto miners but AI data centers
- 00:13:52that are driving a lot of the load growth in the state. And we have
- 00:13:55to make sure that we start proactively looking
- 00:13:58at how we are allocating costs and
- 00:14:03developing cost allocation and rate design in our
- 00:14:06rate cases now, because if we don't do that as soon as
- 00:14:10possible, start those discussions, I'm concerned that all of
- 00:14:14the massive transmission infrastructure that we're looking at for future will be primarily
- 00:14:18allocated to the small business and residential consumers.
- 00:14:21So I think that the four CP discussion needs to
- 00:14:24start as soon as possible.
- Item 7 - Commissioner Jackson's thoughts on IMM report & memo, 3467700:14:29So I guess I'm most impressed with creating,
- 00:14:32if you will, a process. I mean, oftentimes we get data and information,
- 00:14:36and in the vein of continuous improvement, you want to kind of ask yourself,
- 00:14:40well, what is it that I need to do moving forward, and how do I
- 00:14:43need to evaluate it, and what is the process by which I
- 00:14:47look at this work effort? So, successful organizations
- 00:14:51manage risk well, and they do that because they manage change.
- 00:14:55And so I think this is a really good vehicle to be able to do
- 00:14:58that. And, you know, kind of sets forth, if you will, the process
- 00:15:02that we can take. The data, we can evaluate it.
- 00:15:06We've pinpointed the areas of potential challenges
- 00:15:10or potential continuous improvement, and then kind of
- 00:15:13moving forward, we can evaluate it
- 00:15:16and determine, you know, what is the best way taking this
- 00:15:20data and information that we have and managing change. So very appreciative of you doing
- 00:15:24this and for Connie and Barksdale and for
- 00:15:29working on this work effort. So thank you.
- 00:15:33Thanks, Chairman. I just want to make sure that our memo
- 00:15:36is clear that Commissioned Staff, capital C,
- 00:15:39capital S is.
- 00:15:43Excuse me, how old did you turn today again?
- 00:15:48My kids usually tell me that I act about 13 at home,
- 00:15:51so that's 5
- 00:15:54years ahead of the Chairman. Oh, okay. Yeah.
- 00:15:58Oh, I heard he's still working on reading is fundamental.
- 00:16:02So, you know, it'll make the meetings go quicker when
- 00:16:05you only have to call on three other Commissioners.
- Item 7 - Deputy Executive Director, Barksdale English gives clarification on Commission Staff's memo, 3467700:16:08Perfect. I just want to make sure it's
- 00:16:12clear from our memo that Commissioned Staff is supportive
- 00:16:16of opening the dialogue about four CP. I don't think there's
- 00:16:20uniform opinion on Commission Staff at this
- 00:16:24moment that we should be moving away from four CP. So just to make
- 00:16:27sure that we're being clear to
- 00:16:31the rest of the world that staff has not taken a
- 00:16:34position on this. I think it's definitely time, like you said, Commissioner Cobos.
- 00:16:37To talk about it and be proactive about, you know, kind of reviewing that
- 00:16:41decision that was made 20 years ago and make sure that it remains the
- 00:16:45correct one. And if not, then what should we be moving to?
- 00:16:49Thanks for that. Absolutely. Thanks for that clarification.
- 00:16:52Okay, that's it. Thank you. Harika.
- Item 9 - Project No. 55718 – Reliability Plan for the Permian Basin under PURA § 39.16700:16:57Item No. 8 was on the consent agenda. So that brings us to Item
- 00:17:01No. 9. That's Project No. 55718,
- 00:17:04reliability plan for the project Permian Basin under purist section 39.167.
- 00:17:10And Commissioner Cobos and Commissioner Hjaltman
- 00:17:13both have memos on this. So Commissioner Cobos, if you'd
- 00:17:17like to lay out your memo first. Yes, thank you, Chairman Gleeson.
- Item 9 - Commissioner Cobos lays out her memo, 5571800:17:22I filed a memo to set forth my modified
- 00:17:26recommendation on the path forward for approving the Permian Basin reliability
- 00:17:31plan in this proceeding,
- 00:17:33last proceeding. The goal remains the same in
- 00:17:37terms of preserving optionality at this time on the import paths
- 00:17:41into the Permian Basin region, so that
- 00:17:45ERCOT and the Commission can continue their evaluation of EHV,
- 00:17:50primarily 765 transmission lines.
- 00:17:53And so the goal has the whole path forward in
- 00:17:57terms of preserving optionality. That remains the same as how you
- 00:18:01get there. That's changed. Last open meeting,
- 00:18:05you know, I had been in discussions with ERCOT. This has been a very fast
- 00:18:07moving train. And they were under the impression that perhaps five
- 00:18:11of the import pass that I wanted to authorize to the TSP
- 00:18:15to start preparing their CCN applications could,
- 00:18:18out of those five, three could be interchangeable, because they had common endpoints.
- 00:18:22And after further analysis, they've determined that they don't have.
- 00:18:26So if you looked at the three imports that
- 00:18:30I had that are thought that were interchangeable,
- 00:18:33when you more closely examine them, if you go
- 00:18:37765, they have different endpoints and substations and
- 00:18:41owners. If you go 345 different endpoint substations and owners.
- 00:18:44So it's not apples to apples. And so
- 00:18:48ERCOT made a filing on September 20 to
- 00:18:52clarify that that was no longer a viable path forward based
- 00:18:57on additional analysis that they conducted after the
- 00:19:01last open meeting. And if they wanted
- 00:19:05to make those three and four pass interchangeable, they'd have to conduct additional
- 00:19:10engineering analysis, which could take several months. And that's not
- 00:19:13what I believe the commission or anybody out of the stakeholders,
- 00:19:17we want to approve a plan and get going with the implementation
- 00:19:21of that plan. So ultimately,
- 00:19:23ERCOT made a new recommendation on
- 00:19:27how to preserve optionality, and that is to authorize the tsps
- 00:19:31to begin preparing eight CCN
- 00:19:35applications for all eight import pass, which includes 5345
- 00:19:40kb import pass and 3765
- 00:19:44import pass. And so, based on ERCOT's
- 00:19:48updated recommendation, and in order to
- 00:19:51continue to preserve optionality on the import
- 00:19:55pass into the Permian, while ERCOT and the
- 00:19:58commission continue to evaluate EHV,
- 00:20:02I have recommended in this memo that
- 00:20:06the Commission authorize the applicable TSPs to begin preparing the CCN
- 00:20:10applications for the eight import pass in addition,
- 00:20:13in order to provide more TSP certainty
- 00:20:18with the path forward on that preparation of those eight ccns,
- 00:20:22and to help mitigate potential import delays,
- 00:20:25landowner impacts, and consumer cost, I recommend
- 00:20:29that the commission director work with the TSP's,
- 00:20:33the applicable tsps to identify the import paths that
- 00:20:38would be needed to serve load in 2030 so
- 00:20:41that the preparation of those CCN applications is prioritized by the
- 00:20:45applicable TSP. So this
- 00:20:51recommendation is centered on, as I noted,
- 00:20:55to try to provide the tsps with more certainty. I want to make
- 00:20:58sure that the tsps begin
- 00:21:02preparing the CCN applications for the most critically important
- 00:21:06import pass first and at
- 00:21:10least we get some moment, some movement towards those
- 00:21:13CCN applications now
- 00:21:18so that we don't or we mitigate any delays
- 00:21:22that could arise from just kind of waiting
- 00:21:26until May 1, the date certain that I have proposed in this memo.
- 00:21:30And also because potentially you could have eight CCN
- 00:21:34applications going at once. If you prioritize some
- 00:21:38of the import paths and the preparation of this
- 00:21:42preparation of those CCN applications for those import paths,
- 00:21:45you would potentially mitigate the landowner
- 00:21:49impacts, not maybe have all eight going at once and
- 00:21:53also limit consumer costs by prioritizing
- 00:21:56certain CC applications to be prepared first by
- 00:22:00the tsps. So that was an additional sort
- 00:22:04of parameter that I wanted to put in there on authorizing the
- 00:22:08Commissioners. I'm sorry, authorizing the TSPs
- 00:22:11to move forward with preparing the a CCN applications to try to address those
- 00:22:15concerns that I believe could
- 00:22:19arise with having all eight going at once. Again,
- 00:22:23I think that this revised recommendation remains consistent with
- 00:22:26my prior position, which is to allow the applicable
- 00:22:30TSP to start preparing their CCN applications for the import pass that are
- 00:22:33necessary to serve the Permian. When the Commission
- 00:22:37issues the order approving the reliability plan in
- 00:22:40this proceeding, it allows ERCOT and the Commission to continue their EHV
- 00:22:44evaluation and it will bring finality to the import pass in a
- 00:22:47timely manner to allow for the completion of those CCN and applications by
- 00:22:51having that date certain in our order and that date certain
- 00:22:54that I propose is May 1,
- 00:22:572025. And so, as I had stated
- 00:23:00in my prior memo, that date certain is,
- 00:23:05and I will emphasize is a hard date. It is an
- 00:23:08automatic trigger of a pivot to either 345 or
- 00:23:12765. If we haven't made a decision on
- 00:23:15EHV by May 1, 2025 on EHV,
- 00:23:20then the TSPs that are preparing the
- 00:23:24345 kV applications keep going 345 kV on
- 00:23:27the five import pass. If we have made a decision to go with 765
- 00:23:32then the tsps continue forward with 3765
- 00:23:37CCN applications that remains the same, the core sort
- 00:23:40of pivot point and how that works
- 00:23:44out. And then, of course, the preparation of the CCN
- 00:23:48applications that set forth
- 00:23:52the voltage that wasn't, that's not going to be built,
- 00:23:55would expire. The authorization to continue to prepare
- 00:23:59those CCN applications in addition to
- 00:24:03those.
- 00:24:06The language I carried forward for my memo. But now, with the day certain,
- 00:24:10I have added three deadlines that I think are important
- 00:24:14to have in the order so we can kick off that second proceeding.
- 00:24:17I have in my memo, the first one being that
- 00:24:21within ten business days of the Commission's final order approving a reliability
- 00:24:24plan and this proceeding, that ERCOT must file notice to the
- 00:24:28TSPs in the ERCOT region and file a report in
- 00:24:32the second proceeding that will be used to identify the tsps for implementing the Permian
- 00:24:36Basin reliability plan. And that report will
- 00:24:39identify. Help identify. The TSP is responsible for
- 00:24:43the ownership, construction, operation of the transmission lines and facilities
- 00:24:46associated with common local projects and import paths. So ERCOT has the
- 00:24:50model that can help us identify, at least take that
- 00:24:54first cut as to who they believe would be the project owners.
- 00:24:58They'll file that report within ten business days of our final order in
- 00:25:02that second proceeding. And then within
- 00:25:0615 business days of ERCOT's filing of the report,
- 00:25:10the tsps would file a response to.
- 00:25:15Would have to file a response to ERCOT's report stating whether the TSP's dispute
- 00:25:20ERCOT's identification of responsibility of ownership,
- 00:25:23construction, operation of those facilities and lines that are in
- 00:25:27the plan. So then, after the
- 00:25:30TSP's respond to ERCOT, then they'll have 15 days
- 00:25:36to try to negotiate things out of their
- 00:25:39disputes. But at that 15th day, from the filing of
- 00:25:43ERCOT's report, applicable tsps
- 00:25:47in ERCOT would file a report stating whether there's a whether
- 00:25:50and where on what. There's an agreement on the facilities
- 00:25:54and lines associated with the plan. So the whole goal here is
- 00:25:57just to set forth these three key deadlines to get
- 00:26:01that third, that second proceeding going.
- 00:26:05There's still some details that would have to be hashed out for that
- 00:26:09second proceeding that I proposed in my memo.
- 00:26:12That would be a collaboration with our staff
- 00:26:17and ERCOT and stakeholders to make sure we get that, that path
- 00:26:21forward. Whatever remaining details that need to be figured
- 00:26:25out for that second proceeding hashed out, so that we could
- 00:26:29have an efficient way of determining
- 00:26:34who the project owners are by setting these three deadlines already,
- 00:26:38but also how many ccns that are going
- 00:26:42to be needed for all the projects and reliability plans so that our commission staff
- 00:26:45can set a cadence on how many ccns would have to be filed
- 00:26:49at the Commission per month. Because now we're in
- 00:26:53a 180 day deadline to process the CCN
- 00:26:57applications pursuant to House Bill 5066.
- 00:27:01And then also as we determine who the project owners
- 00:27:05are, then ERCOT would be able to identify which import
- 00:27:08pass would be prioritized to meet
- 00:27:112030 load out of the CCN applications that
- 00:27:15are being prepared so that the tsps can start preparing those CCN applications.
- 00:27:19Because on day one of 2030 when the load
- 00:27:22starts showing up, according to the models, the massive bulk
- 00:27:26of it, I want to make sure that we're not delayed in the imports because
- 00:27:29we can't serve the Permian without the imports. So that's
- 00:27:34why I think it's important that the second proceeding is
- 00:27:38efficient and provides
- 00:27:42transparency for everyone and certainty
- 00:27:46and ultimately finality how we get there. I mean,
- 00:27:50I think after we approve a final order in this
- 00:27:54proceeding on approving reliability plan,
- 00:27:57we can discuss the details of how,
- 00:28:00additional details of how we process that proceeding.
- 00:28:04There may be a need for some contested cases. I know Commissioner
- 00:28:08Hjaltman mentioned that as well in her memo. And so we can
- 00:28:12continue to hash that out and set
- 00:28:15forth a clear path forward so that the stakeholders in ERCOT
- 00:28:19and the commission are clearly aware of where all
- 00:28:22the deliverables and milestones will be so that we can implement this
- 00:28:26Permian Basin plan as soon as practical and as
- 00:28:29possible. And so part
- 00:28:33of the direction I have in there, in addition to in my memo,
- 00:28:37in addition to the pros of language that I believe should go into order,
- 00:28:42is also a direction to commission staff
- 00:28:45to open two projects right
- 00:28:49now for this time to identify the tsps for
- 00:28:53implementing the Permian Basin plan. And that project will initial
- 00:28:56step would be an information gathering phase.
- 00:29:00And then the second project would be to establish the oversight
- 00:29:04of the completion of the Permian Basin reliability plan. And as
- 00:29:07I had put forth in my memo, that's basically the
- 00:29:11creation of a Permian Basin Monitor.
- 00:29:14And I know I put two options in there. I think probably the
- 00:29:18best option moving forward is for the
- 00:29:22Commission to have a third party consultant to work
- 00:29:26with our staff that is paid for by the TSP so
- 00:29:29that we can effectively
- 00:29:33monitor the completion of the plan. That's a model that I borrowed
- 00:29:36from another large infrastructure build out and I think it worked well.
- 00:29:40And those are the highlights of my memo when
- 00:29:43I'm open to questions or I'll let Commissioner Hjaltman,
- 00:29:46lay out her memo and then we can discuss. Yeah, thank you for that,
- 00:29:50Commissioner Cobos. Yeah. Commissioner Hjaltman, why don't you go
- Item 9 - Commissioner Hjaltman lays out her memo, 5571800:29:53ahead and lay out your memo? So, my memo kind of has three
- 00:29:57components, the first being cost, the second, landowner involvement,
- 00:30:01and the third, the back half of the process that Commissioner Cobos just
- 00:30:05laid out. I think, mainly just want to note that
- 00:30:09there's obviously a great concern with the cost that eight lines
- 00:30:12will. Will have, and that
- 00:30:16I want to caution the tsps to be mindful of that cost and then also
- 00:30:20support these expenses being recorded as regulatory assets
- 00:30:25that can be. Come back and come before the Commission for those
- 00:30:29expenses and recovery of costs. But that's never a guarantee. So,
- 00:30:32again, be mindful of that expenditure that you put forth.
- 00:30:35Second, the landowner involvement, I don't think, should be a question mark. I think that
- 00:30:39eliminating that is definitely not something that we
- 00:30:43should do as a commission, so that should not be put forth as an option.
- 00:30:46And then the third, for the back half of the process as laid out,
- 00:30:49is really to make sure that we have once identified,
- 00:30:54through items five, six and seven on Commissioner Cobos' memo,
- 00:30:58that we put forth those determinations in a
- 00:31:01final commission order and through a contested case,
- 00:31:05that will give that finality and decisive decision that everyone will need.
- 00:31:09So that's kind of a quick overview. Can walk through that more, but,
- 00:31:13in general, would like to ask the Commission Staff
- 00:31:16to go back and come up with that process and bring it forth
- 00:31:20for us to discuss at a future meeting. Okay,
- 00:31:23Commissioners, any comments or questions?
- 00:31:27If I can. I'm happy to make a few comments. Thank you all,
- 00:31:31both, for your hard work on this.
- 00:31:35I think the.
- Item 9 - Commissioner Glotfelty's thoughts on the Commissioner's memos, 5571800:31:39As I said at the last open meeting, I would be prepared to do 765
- 00:31:43today or last open meeting.
- 00:31:46I continue to believe that. I continue to believe that
- 00:31:50the more we. The deeper we get involved in the process,
- 00:31:54and the deeper ERCOT's involved in the process,
- 00:31:57the longer it's going to take. Commissioner Cobos, I hope
- 00:32:01the days that you put in on item
- 00:32:05number five can be held firm.
- 00:32:09Utilities are the ones who know how to route,
- 00:32:12site, build, energize these lines, not us,
- 00:32:16and definitely not ERCOT. So they.
- 00:32:20ERCOT, when they plan, they plan from substation to substation. They don't
- 00:32:23plan a route. They don't plan route to segments. So we need to
- 00:32:27be mindful that a lot of this is in the wheelhouse of the
- 00:32:30utilities and their consultants. And if
- 00:32:35we continually kick things to ERCOT,
- 00:32:39I fear that there are things that we
- 00:32:43can get tripped up on and slow down. And that
- 00:32:46makes me fearful of the,
- 00:32:50the default back to 345.
- 00:32:54I said this last time as well.
- 00:32:59I don't like the default back to 345. I like us making
- 00:33:02a proactive decision and I wish we could do that today.
- 00:33:06I'm not going to stand in the way of this, but I don't think that
- 00:33:09that's the right default. The amount
- 00:33:13of congestion that we see in West Texas that
- 00:33:16this could help solve is somewhere
- 00:33:20between 100 and $300 million a year. That obviously
- 00:33:23would pay for these lines in a short period of
- 00:33:27time. Not even considering the economic development in the Permian. If you
- 00:33:31look at 765 over 345 in
- 00:33:34terms of line losses,
- 00:33:38345 lines have about four times line than
- 00:33:42a 765 line. Okay, so what does that mean? I did,
- 00:33:46I'm getting in trouble because I'm using this new
- 00:33:49AI tool called chat GBT.
- 00:33:53Wow. I asked that little tool how
- 00:33:57much at a 765
- 00:34:02versus a 345 line at a 80% capacity
- 00:34:05factor of the line, how much
- 00:34:10more or how much less generation would be needed if
- 00:34:13we did 765 and it came back with 250
- 00:34:17mw. So if we do 345
- 00:34:20lines, we need 250 mw more just to make up
- 00:34:24for the line losses that we're going to lose.
- 00:34:28Okay. Times three
- 00:34:31dollar gas, that's $35
- 00:34:35million a year on one line.
- 00:34:38So my point to this is if we want
- 00:34:42to think visionary,
- 00:34:44765 1st became a discussion item in the early two thousands
- 00:34:48in this state. And then they were
- 00:34:52in around 2010 when Crez and
- 00:34:55they got shelved. And now we have a chance to really be visionary for
- 00:34:59the, for the state here. And there are
- 00:35:04lots of reasons to do this in my opinion.
- 00:35:08Again, I think that Commissioner
- 00:35:12Hjaltman, your concern about cost,
- 00:35:17the CCN application cost,
- 00:35:21I think it bears us watching that every single time.
- 00:35:24But I think in comparison to the construction cost
- 00:35:28of the project,
- 00:35:31$0.25 or dollar swing in global steel prices could
- 00:35:34have a ten times greater effect on the price
- 00:35:37of these projects than just that part of the application.
- 00:35:42We need to look at every part of the application and be as efficient
- 00:35:45as we can. So I'm supportive of what you're saying, but in the
- 00:35:49global picture, these projects are big and these projects use a
- 00:35:53lot of steel and a lot of labor and that's the bulk of
- 00:35:57the cost in these technologies.
- 00:36:02I hope that we pass this today. I hope we go forward.
- 00:36:07I believe that we are doing something here that will,
- 00:36:11that we can brag about in a few decades
- 00:36:15and people will look back and say this was the right thing to do at
- 00:36:18the right time and could have been done sooner,
- 00:36:21but we took the chance and we did it.
- 00:36:25The load in the permian basin.
- 00:36:29My view is that the load is already in the permian basin.
- 00:36:33It may peak in 2030, but there's a lot of
- 00:36:37load in the permian basin that's nothing
- 00:36:41electrically hooked up yet that could be today.
- 00:36:44And the sooner we get a decision the better off we're going to be
- 00:36:48and the more economic development we're going to have for our state and the more
- 00:36:51wages we're going to have for our employees. Finally, I would say
- 00:36:55that I know the issue of right
- 00:36:59of way in hearings. We can
- 00:37:02bring up condemnation as well. The 765
- 00:37:06lines use somewhere over
- 00:37:10400 miles less right of way,
- 00:37:13which means less landowners.
- 00:37:16And to me that is a very very positive attribute
- 00:37:20of these 765 lines. So all
- 00:37:24those things being said, I'm appreciative of your leadership,
- 00:37:28Commissioner Cobos. As I said last time, I want to
- 00:37:31go faster, but I'm willing to help you all get
- 00:37:35to the same place. And I'm happy to vote yes on this
- Item 9 - Commissioner Jackson's thoughts on Commissioner's memos, 5571800:37:39today. I'm very much supportive
- 00:37:43of preserving the optionality.
- 00:37:47I think we're at a, if you will, kind of an opportunity
- 00:37:50state for the state of Texas to kind of sit back and kind of look
- 00:37:54at what does the grid of the future look like. We're very fortunate
- 00:37:57that we have growth because this gives us an opportunity to do things that
- 00:38:01maybe other parts of the country can't do. And so what
- 00:38:05is in, I believe our best interest is gathering all the data and the information
- 00:38:10that we can at this point in time asking, if you will, the right questions,
- 00:38:14getting stakeholder engagement and really kind of
- 00:38:18sitting down and evaluating that data.
- 00:38:20Because the better the data, the better the science.
- 00:38:24The better the science, the better the ongoing policy and the
- 00:38:27opportunity here to study this,
- 00:38:31to preserve the optionality and be able to
- 00:38:34actually evaluate what are the benefits
- 00:38:37of EHV and maybe do a little bit more deeper dive
- 00:38:41than just the Google search and
- 00:38:46engage people so that we know that we're asking the right
- 00:38:49questions and positioning us for the future.
- 00:38:53I know we talked a lot about the import lines because that's been
- 00:38:56kind of the subject of the day. But I believe you also mentioned
- 00:39:00that the game plan here moving forward is to immediately start
- 00:39:03on the local, the local transmission. So the
- 00:39:08sooner we get this in, the sooner we start garnering the benefits and
- 00:39:12kind of sending the message again that Texas does have the grid of the future.
- 00:39:15So look forward to the opportunity to
- 00:39:19look at 765, to look at 345.
- 00:39:25And again, just preserving
- 00:39:28that optionality. So I'm very much in favor of this.
- 00:39:33Thank you Commissioners and Commissioner Glotfelty.
- Item 9 - Commissioner Cobos' thoughts on Commissioner's memos, 5571800:39:37We've had a lot of discussions on EHV. I'm looking forward
- 00:39:40to this fall and the study that ERCOT provides us.
- 00:39:43I think it's going to be very important that that gets completed because it
- 00:39:47is. I know you've said it's been brought up in the past and it's been
- 00:39:50shelved. If we want to build a grid for the future and EHV
- 00:39:54is a part of that, I want to make sure that we get all the
- 00:39:57data we can. Because it's not just do you go to 765 and all the
- 00:40:00benefits. It's also like the statewide plan that ERCOT wants and
- 00:40:04what is the impact, what are the costs and benefits there? And so
- 00:40:09I very much look forward to ERCOT completing their evaluation,
- 00:40:12their study, putting forth their plan
- 00:40:17for the state so that we can evaluate it over here. And with respect
- 00:40:21to the optionality, the reason I think that it's,
- 00:40:24we're kind of in this place is because the permian basin plan,
- 00:40:28the proceeding kicked off last December,
- 00:40:32having led this project. And some of you all may be aware
- 00:40:35of kind of when EHV entered the discussion for the permian,
- 00:40:38Washington in the summer and then
- 00:40:42finally in the report. So it's been sort of
- 00:40:45a new phenomenon
- 00:40:49in the Permian Basin reliability plan. And in order to,
- 00:40:53because the EHV process at ERCOT didn't quite line up with the Permian
- 00:40:57plan in order to preserve the ability to
- 00:41:02look at these high voltage lines as
- 00:41:05part of the Permian and not set back the Permian with the imports that they
- 00:41:08need and takes, you know, five, seven years to build transmission, I guess.
- 00:41:12And we want to make sure that they have the imports on day one,
- 00:41:14they're going to need the local projects to be built to
- 00:41:19serve the Permian. But the imports are critically important
- 00:41:23because we're going to need to move power over there. There's not
- 00:41:27sufficient generation there at this time. And we'll know more through the Texas Energy fund
- 00:41:31as those operations in the Permian are 24/7 operations. Right.
- 00:41:35So we're going to need to move a lot of power over there. And the
- 00:41:37imports are critically important. And the optionality is the
- 00:41:40best we can do right now to preserve our ability
- 00:41:44to keep ehv on the table for evaluation and still
- 00:41:48keep the imports going in some form or fashion.
- 00:41:52Because as you've noted, Commissioner Glotfelty. I mean, the Permian
- 00:41:55is critically important, important for our state. I mean, when we
- 00:41:59approve a plan here today, just getting the base
- 00:42:02local projects going and getting movement and finally
- 00:42:06finality of where those CCN applications go on. Voltage is
- 00:42:10going to be just tremendously beneficial for that region.
- 00:42:15Beneficial not just to electrify and make their operations
- 00:42:19more efficient, but to extend further into
- 00:42:22the Delaware basin, which is in West Texas, in my neck
- 00:42:26of the woods, kind of. And so, I mean,
- 00:42:29it's going to be a tremendous boon for our state in
- 00:42:32so many ways. And so I'm really excited
- 00:42:36to approve a plan here today. I think that
- 00:42:39preserving optionality is a very thoughtful
- 00:42:43and prudent and diligent thing to do here today,
- 00:42:47just so we could all get comfortable with the idea of 765 and
- 00:42:50make sure we have the data to support it, because it's not just going to
- 00:42:53be us, the Commission that looks at it, it's going to be the stakeholders.
- 00:42:56It's going to be potentially the legislature that may want to have feedback on it.
- 00:42:59So we want to put forth the best available data to support ERCOT
- 00:43:03needs to put the best data, give us the best data they have, and we
- 00:43:06need to go through a robust review process this
- 00:43:11next year so that we are sure where we want to head
- 00:43:16transmission planning purposes into the future.
- 00:43:20Commissioner Hjaltman, your costs about your
- 00:43:24concerns about consumers, I mean, I shared those some. I hear what you're saying,
- 00:43:27Commissioner Glotfelty, that there's not going to be a lot of costs potentially incurred at
- 00:43:31the beginning of preparing these CCN applications.
- 00:43:34I just, you know, any, any amount of
- 00:43:37money spent on something that's just paper shuffling
- 00:43:41to, and not, and some of it may not be paper
- 00:43:44shuffling. You may have to put deposits down on equipment and those costs
- 00:43:48can go up. Any amount of money that's spent, that the ratepayers have to pay
- 00:43:51for something that they didn't benefit from causes me concern.
- 00:43:55And so to Commissioner Hjaltman's recommendation on regulatory asset,
- 00:43:59I think that is a clear way for the utilities
- 00:44:03to track those expenses. And like you
- 00:44:07mentioned in your memo,
- 00:44:10it doesn't guarantee, I mean, by authorizing the TSPs to move
- 00:44:13forward to prepare CCNs and
- 00:44:18tracking them through a regulatory asset, I think we want to stress
- 00:44:22that they will still have to prove that those costs are reasonable and prudently incurred.
- 00:44:26So I share your concerns. I think your path forward makes sense to
- 00:44:30me. The landowner concern, definitely agree.
- 00:44:35And that's why I provided that optionality the
- 00:44:38prioritization piece to the optionality proposal to try to
- 00:44:42mitigate those impacts. So we don't have maybe all eight going at once.
- 00:44:45And I know that sometimes depending on the TSP some engage
- 00:44:50with landowners maybe earlier than others. But we want to let y'all do
- 00:44:53what y'all normally do.
- 00:44:56Don't want to leave a very important voice
- 00:45:00out of this process and that is the property owners of our state.
- 00:45:04So do what you normally do in preparing CCNs
- 00:45:09and then to your third piece. I think we continue to talk about it.
- 00:45:12I hear where you're coming from. I think we're on the same page and we'll
- 00:45:14figure out what best, you know, how best to do it with the process on
- 00:45:17it. So I appreciate your thoughts and all your feedback on this.
- 00:45:21It's been helpful to think through and visit about
- 00:45:25these issues here today. So thank you.
- 00:45:29Can I just say one thing?
- 00:45:32345 765 the thing that I
- 00:45:36get fearful about, well, the thing that I think about
- 00:45:39is when we build pipelines in this state,
- 00:45:43when companies build pipelines in this state. The Railroad Commission
- 00:45:46and the legislature don't tell them is it a 30 inch line?
- 00:45:49Is it a 60 inch line. They do it
- 00:45:52based upon economics for the long term. And that's
- 00:45:56what we need to think about here in my opinion is that over
- 00:46:00the long term what is the best thing for this state?
- 00:46:03So I agree with you. You know, data is important.
- 00:46:07Data is great. Data is necessary to
- 00:46:11get us over this hum. But I'm convinced that the data will show
- 00:46:14that will lead us to the right answer.
- 00:46:19The other consideration in my opinion is also timing.
- 00:46:23Right? Because this is a race and so we
- 00:46:27need to make sure that, you know, if we move forward with 765
- 00:46:31as opposed to 345 that we can do it within the timing that
- 00:46:35is needed in the Permian because it is such an important asset.
- 00:46:38And I mean we've talked about it being economic development but there's no standing
- 00:46:42still in economic development. Continue to have even what you have
- 00:46:45today unless you invest and you're able and you're capable to
- 00:46:49execute in the future. And I think you mentioned that,
- 00:46:53you know, when I visited the Permian and saw it for myself, I mean they
- 00:46:56are, they're behind right now and
- 00:47:00so they could use, you know, what we can provide in
- 00:47:04terms of electrifying the Permian right now today. So yes,
- 00:47:07we need to make sure that we're thinking about the future but we also are
- 00:47:11kind of needing to balance that. It's very much a race and something that we
- 00:47:14need to make sure that we cross that finish line when we need to.
- Item 9 - Chairman Gleeson's thoughts on Commissioner's memos, 5571800:47:18Yeah. I think, for me, that's the salient point
- 00:47:21on the plan, is we're trying to strike a balance between that growth
- 00:47:26and meeting it. But also, you know, I want to thank everyone
- 00:47:29who listened to what I said last time and spent the time to come talk
- 00:47:32to me about this, what I heard from the customers over and over again.
- 00:47:35Washington, we're fine with 765 if the data proves it
- 00:47:38out, but we care mostly about the timing. And so I think kind
- 00:47:41of the beauty of this plan is it will
- 00:47:44hold us accountable with the timeline to make sure
- 00:47:48that if 765 is how we want to go, we do
- 00:47:51it on a timeline that works for everybody, and if not, the customers
- 00:47:55will still get the build that they think they need. And so that's,
- 00:47:59you know, Commissioner, I think that's a really good point. I think that's how I
- 00:48:02got to the same place as well, that I think this is the right
- 00:48:06way to go. Shelah, I want to make sure that you
- 00:48:10and Mark have everything you might need to try to write an order
- 00:48:13coming out of this. So I wrote down just a couple of things I
- 00:48:17want to make sure we're all in agreement on. Please. If I'm missing anything
- 00:48:20that you feel maybe we need more clarity on, let me know.
- 00:48:24So I think I heard everyone is good with Commissioner Kobos
- 00:48:28memo, the May 1 deadline, correct?
- 00:48:33Okay. We're also good from Commissioner Hjaltman's
- 00:48:37memo letting the TDUs book the
- 00:48:41regulatory asset. Yes. Okay.
- 00:48:44And we're good moving forward with a plan that is,
- 00:48:47the lines is modified by ERCOT's last addendum that they filed.
- 00:48:51Yes. Okay. Shelah, Mark is there
- 00:48:55anything else you need? I'm not sure I understand
- 00:48:59where Commissioner Hjaltman said that she preferred
- 00:49:03or she recommends the steps
- 00:49:07being taken to go into a contested docket versus
- Item 9 - Commissioner Hjaltman gives clarification on her memo, 5571800:49:10a project? I think it is,
- 00:49:13for Staff to come back to us at the
- 00:49:17next meeting or when they can, with recommendations of how
- 00:49:20they would be helpful for us to proceed after
- 00:49:24steps five, six, and seven on the memo as laid
- 00:49:28out. So once that fact gathering is done by
- 00:49:31ERCOT and the TSPs. So in this order,
- 00:49:35that would not be laid out yet. So after
- 00:49:38steps five through seven. Yes. Okay. So I think I may have misheard what you
- 00:49:41said about 5 through 7 being in a final Commission Order. Sorry.
- 00:49:45Contested case. Okay. Yes. Got it.
- 00:49:48Shelah, Mark anything else?
- 00:49:51Okay. Again, thank you to the four of you, and especially
- 00:49:55Commissioner Cobos, thank you to you and your staff for all the leadership on this.
- 00:49:59All the market participants that came in to ERCOT, to everybody,
- 00:50:03this has been quite a lift, and it took
- 00:50:06a lot of folks. But you need to be commended for all the work you
- 00:50:09did on this to get it to where it is. So everyone should be really
- 00:50:12appreciative of you and your staff and all the work. Thank you, Chairman Gleeson.
- Item 9 - Motion to direct OPDM to draft order consistent with Commissioner's memos, 5571800:50:15So with that, I would entertain a motion to direct OPDM to
- 00:50:19draft an order consistent with Commissioner Cobos memo,
- 00:50:24Commissioner Hjaltman's memo and our discussion.
- 00:50:26So moved. Second. Have a motion and a second.
- 00:50:30All those in favor say aye. Opposed?
- 00:50:33Motion prevails. Well done. Yes. I feel like I need to
- 00:50:36slam a gavel or something. Do we
- 00:50:39have a piece of wire of transmission line we could give her? I don't know.
- 00:50:42Kristi says she might do a balloon release or something but. May
- 00:50:47I recommend doves.
- Item 21 - Project No. 56793 – Issues Related to the Disaster Resulting from Hurricane Beryl00:50:51Okay. So I don't have anything until we get
- 00:50:55to Items 21 and 22, so I'm going to call those
- 00:50:58up together. That is Project No. 56793, issues related
- Item 22 - Project No. 56822 – Investigation of Emergency Preparedness and Response by Utilities in Houston and Surrounding Communities00:51:02to the disaster resulting from Hurricane barrel. And Project No.
- 00:51:0656822, investigation of emergency preparedness in
- 00:51:10response by utilities in the Houston surrounding communities. I think we
- 00:51:13have an update from our Executive Director.
- Item 21 - Executive Director, Connie Corona gives update on Houston workshop, 5679300:51:17Yes thank you, Chairman. We are
- 00:51:21in the process of finalizing the agenda for our October 5 workshop
- 00:51:25in Houston that will take place at the Harris County Department
- 00:51:29of Education in the Ronald Reagan building beginning
- 00:51:32at 09:00am. Members of the public are invited to attend
- 00:51:37and provide verbal comments, and we'll also be hearing from
- 00:51:41some subject matter experts as it relates to best practices
- 00:51:45in storm preparation and response.
- 00:51:49So again, I think this is a really important part. I'm glad that we're
- 00:51:52going to Houston to do this, to hear from folks out there. I think
- 00:51:56we'll learn a lot about how everyone feels and their thoughts
- 00:52:00on a number of issues related to resiliency and reliability in the Gulf
- 00:52:04coast. So thank you to staff for all your work on pulling this together.
- 00:52:07I know Luisa worked a lot on this, so very thankful to her.
- Item 22 - Connie Corona on RFI response, 5682200:52:11Thank you. Thank you. And I would also like to
- 00:52:14extend the staff team's thanks to the
- 00:52:19RFI response respondents who have provided
- 00:52:23information and been collaborative in their follow up with
- 00:52:27staff. We have just about completed our collection
- 00:52:30of the information, a handful of things to finalize
- 00:52:36with those RFIs, and then we will begin preparing
- 00:52:40our investigation report for your consideration in November.
- 00:52:45Thank you, Connie. Okay. Commissioners,
- 00:52:49we do not have a closed session. Any other items for discussion?
- Item 22 - Chairman Gleeson adjourns meeting00:52:54All right, nice meeting. With that, as
- 00:52:58there being no further business before us. This meeting of the Public Utility Commission is hereby
- 00:53:01adjourned.