WEBVTT 00:00:14.470 --> 00:00:16.780 Alright. I think everybody has muted online. 00:00:21.600 --> 00:00:25.300 Perfect. (item:1:Welcome)Well, welcome to the inaugural meeting of 00:00:25.300 --> 00:00:29.339 the ADER Task Force. I'm Jason Ryan. Thanks for 00:00:29.339 --> 00:00:33.210 being here today. I have the pleasure of sharing the 00:00:33.210 --> 00:00:36.869 efforts of the task force put together by the commission 00:00:36.880 --> 00:00:40.049 And one of the first things we're gonna do is have 00:00:40.060 --> 00:00:43.070 each one of them come up and introduce themselves sitting 00:00:43.070 --> 00:00:46.119 here at the microphone right next to me. We won't do 00:00:46.119 --> 00:00:48.119 this every meeting, but I think it's important that 00:00:48.119 --> 00:00:51.810 you all are able to get to know the task force members 00:00:51.810 --> 00:00:55.250 So we'll do that kind of clunky introduction uh to 00:00:55.250 --> 00:00:59.479 start before we jump into that. Uh let me just remind 00:00:59.479 --> 00:01:03.969 you that there is a public comment form available outside 00:01:04.209 --> 00:01:08.560 So if you want to address the task force during the 00:01:08.569 --> 00:01:11.439 public comment period, please fill out that form and 00:01:11.439 --> 00:01:14.909 just bring it up. Uh so we're pretty informal. So don't 00:01:14.909 --> 00:01:17.540 feel like you can't do it right in the middle of when 00:01:17.540 --> 00:01:20.909 we're talking, you can uh please do that. There's also 00:01:20.920 --> 00:01:23.900 a Power Point presentation outside and an agenda all 00:01:23.900 --> 00:01:28.799 of that was posted uh in the project um uh last week 00:01:28.799 --> 00:01:31.629 and earlier today the Power point presentation was 00:01:31.629 --> 00:01:36.409 posted, but if you need a copy, uh they are outside 00:01:37.069 --> 00:01:40.180 uh before we get started. I think it's important to 00:01:40.180 --> 00:01:44.209 note that the charter provides in section 4 that 00:01:44.209 --> 00:01:46.519 The commission strictly prohibits members of the task 00:01:46.519 --> 00:01:49.319 force and their employees and other entities or persons 00:01:49.319 --> 00:01:52.400 that may participate in task force activities from 00:01:52.400 --> 00:01:55.159 using their participation in Task force activities 00:01:55.159 --> 00:01:58.670 as a forum for engaging in practices or communications 00:01:58.680 --> 00:02:03.049 that violate applicable antitrust laws. As a result 00:02:03.299 --> 00:02:06.810 the task force representatives and their member organizations 00:02:06.810 --> 00:02:09.009 are committed to full compliance with federal and state 00:02:09.009 --> 00:02:11.800 antitrust laws and to maintain the highest ethical 00:02:11.800 --> 00:02:14.300 standards in the way that we conduct our activities 00:02:14.310 --> 00:02:18.259 We will start every task force meeting going forward 00:02:18.270 --> 00:02:22.879 with a reminder about antitrust compliance. So with 00:02:22.879 --> 00:02:27.400 that,(item:2:Introductions and Roll Call) let me go ahead and ask each task force member 00:02:27.400 --> 00:02:30.069 in the order that they're presented on the screen behind 00:02:30.069 --> 00:02:33.879 me uh, to come up and introduce themselves. I'll start 00:02:33.889 --> 00:02:36.919 with myself.(item:2:Jason Ryan Centerpoint) I'm Jason Ryan, Executive Vice President 00:02:36.930 --> 00:02:40.030 at Centerpoint Energy. Centerpoint Energy operates 00:02:40.039 --> 00:02:42.819 electric and natural gas utilities throughout the mid 00:02:42.819 --> 00:02:46.569 continent, including a large transmission distribution 00:02:46.569 --> 00:02:50.240 utility here in texas in the Houston area, 00:03:00.930 --> 00:03:05.090 (item:2:Alex Ramirez, AEP Texas) Alex Ramirez, I'm part of the ap Texas transmission 00:03:05.090 --> 00:03:08.830 distribution utility uh title the Director of utility 00:03:08.830 --> 00:03:13.379 technology solutions focused in our both uh, Texas 00:03:13.379 --> 00:03:17.139 north and Texas Central regions. Thank you. Thank you 00:03:23.530 --> 00:03:26.409 Good afternoon.(item:2:Andrew Higgins, CPS Energy) Andrew Higgins with CPS Energy in san 00:03:26.409 --> 00:03:30.319 Antonio texas, the largest municipally owned utility 00:03:30.330 --> 00:03:33.819 in the United States in terms of electric and gas customers 00:03:33.830 --> 00:03:36.729 Um I'm the senior director for products and services 00:03:36.740 --> 00:03:39.879 and glad to be on the on the task force. Thank you 00:03:47.860 --> 00:03:50.569 (item:2:John Padalino, Bandera Electric Cooperative) Good afternoon. I'm john Padalino, I'm the general 00:03:50.569 --> 00:03:53.289 counsel and Chief Administrative Officer for Bandeira 00:03:53.289 --> 00:03:57.409 Electric Cooperative. We serve seven counties uh northwest 00:03:57.419 --> 00:04:01.009 of san Antonio texas uh delivering electricity to over 00:04:01.009 --> 00:04:05.590 40,000 m. We have 28,000 members and over 10,000 fiber 00:04:05.590 --> 00:04:10.039 to the home subscribers. Um We are also a DER Provider 00:04:10.039 --> 00:04:13.219 and a technology solution provider. And we're excited 00:04:13.219 --> 00:04:14.919 to be on the task force. 00:04:20.009 --> 00:04:22.500 (item:2:Martha Henson, Oncor) Good afternoon. I'm Martha Henson from Oncor Director 00:04:22.500 --> 00:04:26.430 of regulatory affairs. Um Oncor is the largest T&D 00:04:26.430 --> 00:04:29.509 utility in the state and I work on a variety of policy 00:04:29.509 --> 00:04:31.500 issues for the company in the ERCOT space, 00:04:35.810 --> 00:04:38.720 (item:2:Arushi Sharma Frank, Tesla) Arushi Sharma Frank with Tesla. I'm the vice chair for the 00:04:38.720 --> 00:04:42.519 task force, will be Jason's right hand for a lot of 00:04:42.519 --> 00:04:45.170 the proceedings. And um as you all know, Tesla ran 00:04:45.180 --> 00:04:48.160 the voluntary virtual power plant that got us here eventually 00:04:48.160 --> 00:04:51.110 to a task force and a mission to unlock some of this 00:04:51.110 --> 00:04:55.660 value of Texas (item:2:Jayden Crawford for James McGinniss, David Energy) So, Mr Mcginniss with David Energy has 00:04:55.660 --> 00:04:59.949 a proxy today, Jayden Crawford, I believe your online 00:04:59.949 --> 00:05:04.860 I'll let you introduce yourself. Thank you Jayden Crawford 00:05:04.870 --> 00:05:08.370 Director of policy for David Energy. Uh David Energy 00:05:08.370 --> 00:05:12.160 is a retail electricity provider that uses our own 00:05:12.160 --> 00:05:15.610 software platform to connect to distribute energy resources 00:05:15.620 --> 00:05:18.930 and leverage them directly into power markets. Thank 00:05:18.930 --> 00:05:19.250 you. 00:05:24.399 --> 00:05:27.370 (item:2:David Lee, Octopus Energy) Hi everyone, Michael Lee with octopus Energy, octopus 00:05:27.370 --> 00:05:29.689 Energy is a competitive retailer globally. We're in 00:05:29.689 --> 00:05:32.459 about a dozen different countries here in the U. S 00:05:32.470 --> 00:05:35.129 We are also a retailer based out of Houston. I'm the 00:05:35.129 --> 00:05:38.769 US Ceo, we have about 3.5 million customers globally 00:05:38.769 --> 00:05:41.720 underneath our brand and D. E. R. S is a big piece 00:05:41.720 --> 00:05:44.399 of what we'd like to incorporate into our retail products 00:05:45.060 --> 00:05:45.589 Thank you. 00:05:53.180 --> 00:05:56.220 (item:2:Ned Bonkowski, Vistra) Good afternoon. Uh My name is Ned Bonkowski. I'm the 00:05:56.220 --> 00:05:59.040 vice president of Texas regulatory policy for vista 00:05:59.050 --> 00:06:02.910 vista is the parent company of a number of retail providers 00:06:02.910 --> 00:06:05.350 providing service to more than two million customers 00:06:05.350 --> 00:06:08.810 in the competitive areas of texas as well as active 00:06:08.810 --> 00:06:13.449 in retail in states across the country. Um we've been 00:06:13.459 --> 00:06:16.199 following this process closely, we're very excited 00:06:16.209 --> 00:06:19.290 to participate and uh learn a lot along the way. So 00:06:19.300 --> 00:06:20.290 thanks for having me. 00:06:24.709 --> 00:06:30.850 Mhm. (item:2:Resmi Surendran, Shell Energy North America) Um Good afternoon. My name is Resmi Surendran I am VP of regulatory 00:06:30.850 --> 00:06:33.810 affairs challenge in North America and we have been 00:06:33.810 --> 00:06:36.970 actively participating in the U. S. Energy market for 00:06:36.970 --> 00:06:40.529 the last 25 years in different aspects as a retail 00:06:40.529 --> 00:06:45.699 provider, as hedge provider for generation building 00:06:45.709 --> 00:06:50.535 as generation provider for other retailers for co ops 00:06:50.535 --> 00:06:55.954 form Younis uh for big C. N. I. Uh Shell Energy and 00:06:55.954 --> 00:06:58.295 all of its affiliates are really excited to be part 00:06:58.295 --> 00:07:02.475 of this pilot and we are committed to making this a 00:07:02.475 --> 00:07:06.925 great success, especially the affiliate Shell Energy 00:07:06.925 --> 00:07:12.699 Solutions which is the retailer and one of the biggest 00:07:12.709 --> 00:07:18.100 uh DER providers in and Shell Recharge which provides 00:07:18.110 --> 00:07:22.829 E. V charging facility and infrastructure and Sonnen 00:07:22.829 --> 00:07:27.170 which provides batteries and VPP service. So thanks 00:07:27.170 --> 00:07:31.100 for having us in this uh important pilot. 00:07:33.209 --> 00:07:34.470 Amy Hart, you're up next. 00:07:39.699 --> 00:07:42.379 (item:2:Amy Hart, Sunrun) Hey folks, good afternoon, this is Amy Hart vice president 00:07:42.389 --> 00:07:45.220 of policy with Sunrun. Apologies for not being able 00:07:45.220 --> 00:07:48.810 to be in the room with you. Um, this afternoon 00:07:48.810 --> 00:07:54.870 Sunrun is a residential solar battery and charger provider 00:07:54.879 --> 00:07:58.269 um largest in the country has been providing families 00:07:58.279 --> 00:08:01.709 with solar and batteries since 2017 in Texas happy 00:08:01.709 --> 00:08:02.589 to be with you today. 00:08:06.589 --> 00:08:07.339 J. T. 00:08:10.829 --> 00:08:14.079 (item:2:JT Thompson, Generac Grid Services) Good afternoon. J. T. Thompson Senior Vice president 00:08:14.079 --> 00:08:17.339 of sales for Generac Grid Services. Actually based 00:08:17.350 --> 00:08:21.149 in uh down 290 in Houston. Um so easy for me 00:08:21.149 --> 00:08:24.089 to get here I guess, but Generac Grid Services is 00:08:24.089 --> 00:08:26.100 really a business unit within the broader Generac 00:08:26.100 --> 00:08:29.889 family that has been built to help bridge the gap between 00:08:29.889 --> 00:08:32.620 the assets that we have been selling for years and 00:08:32.620 --> 00:08:35.769 continue to sell both in fossil generation and batteries 00:08:35.769 --> 00:08:38.970 and thermostats With wholesale market opportunities 00:08:38.970 --> 00:08:42.860 and utility programs uh to benefit both grid and customer 00:08:42.860 --> 00:08:45.440 and for the state of Texas that represents well over 00:08:45.440 --> 00:08:49.450 432,000 assets that generate has sold uh, and are in 00:08:49.460 --> 00:08:51.909 uh, you know in the market here. So glad to be a 00:08:51.909 --> 00:08:53.409 part of this and looking forward to the discussion 00:08:53.419 --> 00:08:54.029 Thank you. 00:09:02.409 --> 00:09:05.299 (item:2:Joel Yu, Enchanted Rock) Good afternoon Joel You vice president policy for 00:09:05.299 --> 00:09:08.909 enchanted rock where a Houston based micro grid developer 00:09:08.909 --> 00:09:13.080 owner and operator with over 500 megawatts of resiliency 00:09:13.080 --> 00:09:16.320 capacity in deployment across Texas I'm glad to be 00:09:16.320 --> 00:09:17.710 here. Thank you. 00:09:21.940 --> 00:09:25.350 (item:2:John Bonnin, AutoGrid) Yes, Jon bonin and I represent AutoGrid, which is 00:09:25.350 --> 00:09:29.179 a leading provider of V. P. P. Software as well as 00:09:29.179 --> 00:09:32.710 demand response management systems. It's a technology 00:09:32.710 --> 00:09:36.909 agnostic approach to integrating um all the different 00:09:36.909 --> 00:09:39.580 DRS that are available in a certain territory into 00:09:39.580 --> 00:09:42.519 a single control system that has the flexibility to 00:09:42.759 --> 00:09:46.669 dispatch into the market and do M and V. So um very 00:09:46.669 --> 00:09:51.509 interested in the work of this task force because we 00:09:51.519 --> 00:09:54.399 really believe this is the future where energy is heading 00:09:54.409 --> 00:10:00.370 Thanks. Thank you Suzanne. I know you're online if 00:10:00.370 --> 00:10:05.370 you can introduce yourself. Yes. Thanks Jason.(item:2:Suzanne Bertin, TAEBA) Uh Suzanne 00:10:05.370 --> 00:10:09.580 Burton, I am an independent consultant based in Austin 00:10:09.580 --> 00:10:13.820 but unfortunately not there today. I am representing 00:10:13.820 --> 00:10:17.120 Texas advanced energy Business alliance or TAEBA in 00:10:17.120 --> 00:10:22.779 this proceeding. And TAEBA represents the business 00:10:22.779 --> 00:10:26.600 voice of all of the technologies that are working to 00:10:26.600 --> 00:10:29.570 make the grid more secure, clean, reliable and affordable 00:10:29.570 --> 00:10:33.549 So it's large scale as well as distributed energy technologies 00:10:33.559 --> 00:10:38.639 uh that cover the full range of d er so very interested 00:10:38.639 --> 00:10:40.889 in this proceeding and looking forward to working with 00:10:40.889 --> 00:10:43.000 everyone. Thank you. 00:10:49.039 --> 00:10:52.509 (item:2:Carmen Best, Recurve Analytics) Hello, my name is Carmen Best and I'm representing 00:10:52.519 --> 00:10:56.419 Recurve Analytics. Recurve is a software platform that 00:10:56.419 --> 00:10:59.889 provides a settlement services using an open source 00:10:59.899 --> 00:11:04.559 M and V construct for being able to settle any range 00:11:04.559 --> 00:11:09.450 of distributed energy resources for um their interaction 00:11:09.450 --> 00:11:12.429 with the grid and also building the bridge with customer 00:11:12.429 --> 00:11:16.620 settlement. Um I also have background in measurement 00:11:16.620 --> 00:11:21.409 and verification as a as an evaluator at public utilities 00:11:21.409 --> 00:11:23.990 commission as past experience. So I look forward to 00:11:23.990 --> 00:11:28.350 contributing both my professional and our um companies 00:11:28.350 --> 00:11:32.710 perspectives to the task force. ErIC you're up next 00:11:36.740 --> 00:11:41.210 (item:2: Erik Ela, EPRI) this is Eric Ela with the Electric power Research 00:11:41.210 --> 00:11:45.860 Institute. We conduct R and D. On behalf of the electricity 00:11:45.860 --> 00:11:50.590 industry across the globe. My role at EPRI has 00:11:50.600 --> 00:11:56.330 been um leading the research around electricity market 00:11:56.340 --> 00:12:02.320 evolution and emerging technology integration. So happy 00:12:02.330 --> 00:12:04.370 to participate. Sorry, I can't be there in person. 00:12:07.009 --> 00:12:07.659 Thank you. 00:12:15.279 --> 00:12:17.629 (item:2:Margo Weisz, TEPRI) Hello, I'm Margo Weisz. I'm the executive director 00:12:17.639 --> 00:12:21.440 of temporary it's Texas Energy poverty Research institute 00:12:21.450 --> 00:12:24.370 and we advanced solutions for affordable, reliable 00:12:24.370 --> 00:12:27.710 and sustainable energy for low income households. Were 00:12:27.710 --> 00:12:32.080 super interested in how DERS can support low income 00:12:32.080 --> 00:12:35.860 Texans and really excited to be part of this. Thank 00:12:35.860 --> 00:12:38.250 you professor you are up next. 00:12:41.909 --> 00:12:45.620 (item:2:Texas A&M Professor?) My name is which I'm Department head of Electrical 00:12:45.620 --> 00:12:50.269 and Computer engineering and uh professor of Power 00:12:50.269 --> 00:12:55.570 Engineering. Uh former president of Power and Energy 00:12:55.580 --> 00:12:58.970 Society and associate director of our smart grid center 00:12:58.980 --> 00:13:02.549 with seven members of National Academy of Engineering 00:13:02.549 --> 00:13:06.690 and 2100 students. We are the largest producer of our 00:13:06.690 --> 00:13:09.769 engineers in texas and one of the largest in the nation 00:13:11.860 --> 00:13:15.570 (item:2:Scott Henson, Pecan Street)Thank you. Hi I'm scott Henson. I'm the CTO of Pecan 00:13:15.570 --> 00:13:18.940 Street. We're a nonprofit based here in austin texas 00:13:18.950 --> 00:13:24.240 We have for the past 10 years instrumented and performed 00:13:24.250 --> 00:13:28.830 d er pilot projects funded by D. O. E. And corporate 00:13:28.840 --> 00:13:31.769 cooperative research agreements. We get about seven 00:13:31.769 --> 00:13:34.940 billion data points a day from our network of residential 00:13:34.940 --> 00:13:39.149 participants on how they use and produce energy. Thank 00:13:39.149 --> 00:13:39.379 you. 00:13:41.820 --> 00:13:45.470 I want to thank the task force members for having 100% 00:13:45.480 --> 00:13:47.990 attendance at today's meeting. As you may know. The 00:13:47.990 --> 00:13:51.269 task force came together on Friday of last week. So 00:13:51.269 --> 00:13:55.259 this is this is Wednesday I think that shows you the 00:13:55.259 --> 00:13:58.590 dedication of this group of people if you've been following 00:13:58.590 --> 00:14:02.740 the work in this project. Uh and the work of the commission 00:14:02.740 --> 00:14:05.580 on this, the work of ERCOT and this other market participants 00:14:05.590 --> 00:14:09.120 Or if you're just new um to to this I'll say we 00:14:09.120 --> 00:14:12.570 have a lot of work in front of us uh and we 00:14:12.570 --> 00:14:16.330 have a lot of brain power among the task force. So 00:14:16.330 --> 00:14:19.745 I'm confident that we will start to make headway. In 00:14:19.745 --> 00:14:22.865 fact when we get to the update on our work I can 00:14:22.865 --> 00:14:24.835 update you on the progress that we've already made 00:14:24.835 --> 00:14:29.195 just a few short hours into being this task force. 00:14:29.195 --> 00:14:32.075 So thank you all for having 100% attendance of the 00:14:32.075 --> 00:14:36.434 task force today. Um before we move on I wanna turn 00:14:36.434 --> 00:14:41.024 it over to Arushi um to see if she has any remarks as 00:14:41.034 --> 00:14:44.855 the Vice chair of this group of professionals. And 00:14:44.855 --> 00:14:48.460 then obviously uh Commissioner Mcadams may have a couple 00:14:48.460 --> 00:14:50.750 of things he wants to say to start us off and then 00:14:50.750 --> 00:14:53.450 I'll talk about the task force charter, Thank you, 00:14:53.450 --> 00:14:56.899 (item:2:Vice Chair Comments - Arushi Frank, Tesla) Jason. Just a couple of reminders of how we got here 00:14:56.909 --> 00:15:00.929 Um so the initial document that created the momentum 00:15:00.929 --> 00:15:04.740 for and the scope for the pilot and the work of the 00:15:04.740 --> 00:15:08.730 task force is the july 13 memo issued by Commissioner 00:15:08.730 --> 00:15:12.169 Mcadams and Commissioner got felt he jointly um since 00:15:12.169 --> 00:15:15.080 that memo was issued we now have a new project number 00:15:15.080 --> 00:15:19.019 for the PUC where all of our records are meeting 00:15:19.019 --> 00:15:22.559 notes, any comments that come in after meetings like 00:15:22.559 --> 00:15:25.639 the one today, uh any copies of power points that are 00:15:25.639 --> 00:15:28.429 delivered publicly in the many work shops we hope to 00:15:28.440 --> 00:15:31.659 organize and invite the public to learn about what 00:15:31.659 --> 00:15:33.889 we're doing and what some of the essential concepts 00:15:33.899 --> 00:15:37.169 are and lessons learned are from these types of programs 00:15:37.169 --> 00:15:39.129 operating other markets, you know how we bring that 00:15:39.129 --> 00:15:42.549 all here into the Texas regulatory framework, all of 00:15:42.549 --> 00:15:45.870 that will be coming um shortly after this meeting. 00:15:45.879 --> 00:15:48.480 So there will be a lot of work being generated by us 00:15:48.480 --> 00:15:51.399 that will be shared with the public. Um and then that 00:15:51.399 --> 00:15:53.500 that project number for those who don't know already 00:15:53.500 --> 00:15:57.740 is 53911. If you're looking for some of the genesis 00:15:57.740 --> 00:16:02.230 comments on DRS and integrating those in texas 51603 00:16:02.230 --> 00:16:05.720 is the docket um where the first memo was filed 00:16:05.730 --> 00:16:08.649 um and then finally the charter itself, which Jason 00:16:08.649 --> 00:16:11.440 will talk about is really our first organizational 00:16:11.440 --> 00:16:14.580 document it lists the members of our task force and 00:16:14.580 --> 00:16:17.419 we'll get into detail. One of the things that I want 00:16:17.419 --> 00:16:20.610 to mention is that really the first goal for us as 00:16:20.610 --> 00:16:23.470 a team is to figure out what we do to get something 00:16:23.470 --> 00:16:26.460 done by the end of the year. Um that will allow us 00:16:26.460 --> 00:16:29.049 to just get Megawatts in the market. All of the objectives 00:16:29.049 --> 00:16:32.139 we have about studying the impact of the distribution 00:16:32.139 --> 00:16:35.629 system, studying reliability, value, studying cost 00:16:35.629 --> 00:16:39.710 allocation, studying the effect effectiveness of DPP 00:16:39.710 --> 00:16:42.419 is providing service to the grid. We're not gonna have 00:16:42.429 --> 00:16:44.490 any of that data if we don't know the Megawatts in 00:16:44.669 --> 00:16:49.080 Um so hopefully having this pilot exist for um more 00:16:49.080 --> 00:16:51.549 than a few months really we're looking at a few years 00:16:51.559 --> 00:16:55.710 for the duration, it will allow us to get Megawatt 00:16:55.740 --> 00:16:59.620 in the market um study impact, collect some good data 00:16:59.629 --> 00:17:02.120 maybe get some third part, third party research or 00:17:02.120 --> 00:17:04.509 independent reporting done on what that data means 00:17:04.519 --> 00:17:07.880 and formalize this into ERCOT rules that will enable 00:17:07.880 --> 00:17:13.180 this permanently in the market. (item:2:Commissioner McAdams comments) Thank you Arushi, thank 00:17:13.180 --> 00:17:16.230 you Jason on behalf of the commission, I want to thank 00:17:16.230 --> 00:17:19.599 all participants who have agreed and volunteered to 00:17:19.599 --> 00:17:23.380 serve on the task force. Uh it was not an easy selection 00:17:23.390 --> 00:17:25.849 process on the part of myself and Commissioner Glotfelty 00:17:25.849 --> 00:17:32.730 to uh finally delineate um who should participate 00:17:32.730 --> 00:17:36.880 at this juncture as made clear in the founding document 00:17:36.880 --> 00:17:42.779 of the uh that will govern um the task force. Uh there 00:17:42.779 --> 00:17:47.539 is opportunity for an iterative process for participation 00:17:47.539 --> 00:17:51.230 on the part of stakeholders. Uh we are attempting to 00:17:51.240 --> 00:17:55.589 launch something that has occurred in and other systems 00:17:55.589 --> 00:17:58.599 around the world and around the country to a certain 00:17:58.599 --> 00:18:01.859 degree, but to take that next step and apply lessons 00:18:01.859 --> 00:18:05.809 learned in a constructive way to where as as previously 00:18:05.809 --> 00:18:09.009 said, we can get new Megawatt into this market at a 00:18:09.009 --> 00:18:12.440 time when they are badly needed. The overall goal of 00:18:12.440 --> 00:18:15.309 this task force is to allow the left hand on the right 00:18:15.309 --> 00:18:18.109 hand of our systems, the transmission system and the 00:18:18.109 --> 00:18:21.079 distribution system coordinators on the part of market 00:18:21.089 --> 00:18:26.190 and uh those utilities such as center point to effect 00:18:26.190 --> 00:18:29.259 communicate and coordinate on an operational and technical 00:18:29.259 --> 00:18:34.170 basis to allow this this new frontier of megawatts 00:18:34.170 --> 00:18:36.960 to be entered into the system and be paid for it. So 00:18:36.960 --> 00:18:39.269 we look forward to the progress report from this task 00:18:39.269 --> 00:18:41.490 force and and again are very thankful 00:18:43.220 --> 00:18:45.279 (item:2:Jason Ryan comments) thank you commissioner for your leadership on this 00:18:45.279 --> 00:18:48.660 topic. These kinds of things don't just happen. Um 00:18:48.670 --> 00:18:52.029 So so thank you for for making today happen and and 00:18:52.029 --> 00:18:55.930 the task force happen with that.(item:3:Overview of Charter) I'll go to agenda 00:18:55.930 --> 00:18:58.930 item number three, which is gonna be a brief overview 00:18:58.940 --> 00:19:02.430 of the charter. The Charter for the task force was 00:19:02.430 --> 00:19:06.609 filed in the project uh last week as was the slide 00:19:06.609 --> 00:19:09.950 deck that will walk through. Um I won't read every 00:19:09.950 --> 00:19:15.099 word on here. Um I uh suggest especially those on the 00:19:15.099 --> 00:19:17.789 task force, take a look at the entire document and 00:19:17.789 --> 00:19:21.200 don't just take my words on the screen for uh for what 00:19:21.200 --> 00:19:26.380 exactly the charter says. Um I'll start with the purpose 00:19:26.390 --> 00:19:31.849 and scope of the charter. So it makes clear that the 00:19:31.849 --> 00:19:35.829 purpose of the task force uh is to make recommendations 00:19:35.839 --> 00:19:41.019 on the proposed ADER Pilot program will do that 00:19:41.029 --> 00:19:44.430 through providing guidance to ERCOT on what we see 00:19:44.440 --> 00:19:47.549 as necessary and critical to the governing document 00:19:47.559 --> 00:19:53.170 that will um govern the eventual pilot program. Well 00:19:53.180 --> 00:19:55.970 we won't stop there though, that's that's a big mile 00:19:55.970 --> 00:19:58.799 marker in our journey. Uh and we'll talk about the 00:19:58.799 --> 00:20:01.500 timeline for that but this task force will continue 00:20:01.500 --> 00:20:04.750 its work beyond that to develop the business procedures 00:20:04.750 --> 00:20:08.859 for the pilot program itself, to provide a forum for 00:20:08.859 --> 00:20:13.869 market participants to continue uh to provide feedback 00:20:13.880 --> 00:20:18.339 uh and requirements for the pilot program to be successful 00:20:18.349 --> 00:20:22.609 on day one and to be successful uh in a permanent future 00:20:22.609 --> 00:20:26.259 state. Uh We will also provide the commission with 00:20:26.259 --> 00:20:30.619 quarterly reports on the status of the pilot program 00:20:30.619 --> 00:20:33.609 and any recommendations that we have as it relates 00:20:33.609 --> 00:20:40.170 to ERCOT protocols or puc rules. Um I should note uh 00:20:40.180 --> 00:20:43.380 here at the bottom of the slide, I think it's important 00:20:43.380 --> 00:20:49.109 that uh we will make sure that this uh pilot program 00:20:49.119 --> 00:20:52.730 benefits and does not harm the distribution system 00:20:52.730 --> 00:20:55.309 So every now and then uh in this deck I pull out 00:20:55.309 --> 00:20:57.839 some things that I think are important to point out 00:20:57.839 --> 00:21:00.210 and I think that's an important grounding principle 00:21:00.210 --> 00:21:01.710 that stated in our charter. 00:21:04.289 --> 00:21:07.369 The next section of the Charter describes the participation 00:21:07.380 --> 00:21:12.670 of the members of the task force. So you met all 20 00:21:12.670 --> 00:21:16.569 of them today. Uh there are five retail electric providers 00:21:16.569 --> 00:21:20.230 five transmission and distribution service providers 00:21:20.240 --> 00:21:24.369 There are also five distributed energy resource providers 00:21:24.369 --> 00:21:28.559 or aggregators. And then there are five groups of folks 00:21:28.559 --> 00:21:31.250 that we believe bring a lot of helpful information 00:21:31.259 --> 00:21:34.470 to the table. I think it's also important to point 00:21:34.470 --> 00:21:38.670 out that not every uh market participant is represented 00:21:38.670 --> 00:21:42.220 on the task force, um but the task force does not provide 00:21:42.220 --> 00:21:45.470 any sort of preferential treatment uh for participation 00:21:45.470 --> 00:21:47.789 in the pilot program and an ability to participate 00:21:47.789 --> 00:21:51.740 in the pilot program is independent of Task force participation 00:21:51.740 --> 00:21:55.210 That's another important thing that is set out in the 00:21:55.210 --> 00:21:59.119 charter. You've met me and Arushi your your chair and 00:21:59.119 --> 00:22:03.329 vice chair. Uh we are responsible for a couple of things 00:22:03.339 --> 00:22:08.759 including uh filing notes of our meetings in the project 00:22:08.769 --> 00:22:14.180 uh using best efforts to gain majority consensus among 00:22:14.180 --> 00:22:17.750 the task force uh members on the topics that we're 00:22:17.750 --> 00:22:23.220 trying to tackle. the charter sets out a path for if 00:22:23.220 --> 00:22:27.809 we fail to achieve uh majority consensus, bringing 00:22:27.809 --> 00:22:30.380 that to the commission's attention to the extent it 00:22:30.380 --> 00:22:34.410 creates risk to the pilot project itself. And then 00:22:34.410 --> 00:22:37.380 if any member of the task force has an objection to 00:22:37.380 --> 00:22:40.519 where we're headed with the majority consensus, there's 00:22:40.519 --> 00:22:44.259 a route for them to make that dissent known again in 00:22:44.259 --> 00:22:46.619 the the project itself. 00:22:49.539 --> 00:22:52.230 So you're here at one of our meetings. So the charter 00:22:52.230 --> 00:22:58.710 describes how we will meet. Um we we have to meet formally 00:22:58.710 --> 00:23:02.829 in this kind of a setting at least once a month until 00:23:02.829 --> 00:23:05.890 the governing document is approved by ERCOT 00:23:06.750 --> 00:23:10.609 Thereafter, we will meet formally at least quarterly 00:23:10.619 --> 00:23:14.589 um but again, whether it's before the governing document 00:23:14.599 --> 00:23:18.549 is completed or after, uh we can meet as we can meet 00:23:18.549 --> 00:23:21.690 formally as often as we need to to get our work done 00:23:22.250 --> 00:23:25.079 notices of those formal meetings and the agendas will 00:23:25.079 --> 00:23:28.470 be posted in the project, just like uh the agenda for 00:23:28.470 --> 00:23:32.589 this meeting was posted last week. Task Force members 00:23:32.589 --> 00:23:35.210 may participate remotely, although I have stressed 00:23:35.220 --> 00:23:38.089 a desire for in person participation to the greatest 00:23:38.089 --> 00:23:40.269 extent possible. And you've seen a tremendous amount 00:23:40.269 --> 00:23:42.329 of that today, just a couple hours after everybody 00:23:42.329 --> 00:23:47.539 was appointed or they may appoint a proxy for a particular 00:23:47.539 --> 00:23:51.980 meeting. We have a goodly number of our folks online 00:23:51.980 --> 00:23:55.099 today. And so this is uh we're showing you in real 00:23:55.099 --> 00:23:58.410 time how we will conduct our business in a hybrid format 00:23:58.420 --> 00:24:01.049 to make sure we have the greatest participation from 00:24:01.049 --> 00:24:04.829 Task Force members these meetings and this this meeting 00:24:04.829 --> 00:24:07.359 that we're in right now is being broadcast online. 00:24:07.970 --> 00:24:10.349 Uh and all of our formal meetings will be broadcast 00:24:10.349 --> 00:24:15.059 online public comment uh is permitted And we, as I 00:24:15.059 --> 00:24:17.119 mentioned at the beginning, have a process today for 00:24:17.119 --> 00:24:20.349 public comment. Just another plug for that if you want 00:24:20.349 --> 00:24:25.349 to fill out a form uh in the back all presentations 00:24:25.349 --> 00:24:27.500 including the one that we're going through right now 00:24:27.500 --> 00:24:32.880 will also be uh filed in the project. Uh So this gives 00:24:32.880 --> 00:24:35.500 you an idea that we are being as transparent as we 00:24:35.500 --> 00:24:39.670 possibly can right? And the charter sets up uh exactly 00:24:39.670 --> 00:24:41.990 what the transparency expectations of the commission 00:24:41.990 --> 00:24:46.880 are with respect to our work. Um We also have the ability 00:24:46.880 --> 00:24:50.410 to convene public workshops and close technical work 00:24:50.410 --> 00:24:54.099 group sessions outside of these kind of formal meetings 00:24:54.109 --> 00:24:57.750 We actually had one of those work sessions uh this 00:24:57.750 --> 00:24:59.730 morning with the task force and I'll report on that 00:24:59.730 --> 00:25:01.559 at the next agenda item. 00:25:03.430 --> 00:25:05.569 So I mentioned we have some reports that we have to 00:25:05.579 --> 00:25:10.309 to make, the task force has to prepare quarterly reports 00:25:10.309 --> 00:25:13.670 to the commission. Our first one is due on september 00:25:13.670 --> 00:25:18.819 26th, uh and then uh and that report will have recommendations 00:25:18.819 --> 00:25:21.819 with respect to the governing document with the goal 00:25:21.819 --> 00:25:25.309 of having ERCOT address the governing documented at 00:25:25.309 --> 00:25:27.990 its october board of Directors meeting 00:25:31.839 --> 00:25:35.769 The Charter next describes the duration of the task 00:25:35.769 --> 00:25:37.720 force and I've already alluded to the fact that this 00:25:37.720 --> 00:25:43.180 task force is uh tackling the governing document right 00:25:43.180 --> 00:25:46.130 now but uh that is not the only thing this task force 00:25:46.130 --> 00:25:48.789 will do. This task force will meet until the completion 00:25:48.799 --> 00:25:53.359 of the ADER Pilot program uh which could be up 00:25:53.359 --> 00:25:58.250 to three years as set forth in the in the charter prior 00:25:58.250 --> 00:26:01.619 to the completion of the pilot program. This task force 00:26:01.619 --> 00:26:05.289 will recommend next steps for the puc to consider regarding 00:26:05.299 --> 00:26:09.309 permanent integration of ADER into the market. 00:26:11.440 --> 00:26:14.319 So you've met the current members of the task force 00:26:14.319 --> 00:26:17.460 membership will be addressed uh and reviewed by the 00:26:17.460 --> 00:26:21.819 commission every year. Uh As part of that process, 00:26:21.829 --> 00:26:27.509 the commission may ask uh Arushi or I for a record 00:26:27.519 --> 00:26:32.309 of membership participation um and things happen during 00:26:32.309 --> 00:26:35.700 the course of a year so a member may need to resign 00:26:35.710 --> 00:26:40.450 uh or a member could be removed if they're not actively 00:26:40.450 --> 00:26:44.710 participating in the event. Any of that happens uh 00:26:44.720 --> 00:26:48.490 Prior to those every year reviews the puc may initiate 00:26:48.490 --> 00:26:51.890 a nomination and selection process just like it did 00:26:51.900 --> 00:26:54.210 to establish this initial task force. 00:26:56.380 --> 00:27:01.000 Finally, the charter sets out an antitrust admonition 00:27:01.009 --> 00:27:04.569 I read most of the words on this slide to you at 00:27:04.569 --> 00:27:08.359 the beginning of our meeting today, it's an important 00:27:08.369 --> 00:27:12.789 reminder for our companies that we will begin every 00:27:12.799 --> 00:27:13.680 meeting with. 00:27:16.849 --> 00:27:23.380 That takes you through uh the charter itself. Um I 00:27:23.380 --> 00:27:26.329 invite Arushi or any of our task force members to say 00:27:26.329 --> 00:27:28.279 anything they want to about the charter. I think it's 00:27:28.289 --> 00:27:33.470 fairly self explanatory though, I just have one clarification 00:27:33.470 --> 00:27:37.009 thank you, Jason. Um in the memo, the duration of the 00:27:37.009 --> 00:27:40.569 pilot is described as the pilot should continue until 00:27:40.569 --> 00:27:43.759 implementation of ERCOT Market rules to accommodate 00:27:43.759 --> 00:27:47.019 aggregation or until ERCOT deems the pilot project 00:27:47.019 --> 00:27:50.210 unnecessary. We expect a minimum of three years which 00:27:50.210 --> 00:27:53.009 will allow for incorporation of E. M. S. Upgrades, 00:27:53.019 --> 00:27:56.109 testing of customer migration and qualifying resources 00:27:56.109 --> 00:27:59.619 for ERCOT services. It's really our hope is that uh 00:28:00.000 --> 00:28:04.980 the pilot is a dynamic scalable and flexible program 00:28:04.990 --> 00:28:07.700 that allows the market product to exist from the moment 00:28:07.700 --> 00:28:10.160 that the pilot exists and getting more sophisticated 00:28:10.160 --> 00:28:13.519 over time and also be respectful of other projects 00:28:13.519 --> 00:28:16.500 and the priorities ERCOT has so that we can get these 00:28:16.500 --> 00:28:19.250 megawatts into market while also leveraging many of 00:28:19.250 --> 00:28:23.170 the phase one market design blueprint rules and requirements 00:28:23.170 --> 00:28:25.269 that have come out of both legislative work and the 00:28:25.269 --> 00:28:28.220 work of this commission over the past year. I really 00:28:28.220 --> 00:28:30.829 hope that this is yet another tool in the pretty immense 00:28:30.829 --> 00:28:34.440 toolkit that we are furiously working towards following 00:28:34.440 --> 00:28:37.140 storm Uri, thank you 00:28:39.470 --> 00:28:41.309 any other members have anything they want to add 00:28:43.549 --> 00:28:46.950 again. I recommend you review the charter. Happy to 00:28:46.950 --> 00:28:49.230 answer any questions that you may have about it. Feel 00:28:49.230 --> 00:28:52.369 free to email me my contact information in the project 00:28:53.240 --> 00:28:57.789 (item:4:Update on the Task Force Work)Uh well next talk about an update on the work of the 00:28:57.789 --> 00:29:01.599 task force as I mentioned, uh we are newly assembled 00:29:01.609 --> 00:29:05.390 but we've already hit the ground running uh going forward 00:29:05.400 --> 00:29:08.430 These formal meetings will mostly be talking about 00:29:08.430 --> 00:29:11.720 this section, what can we tell you about the progress 00:29:11.720 --> 00:29:15.769 that we have made? Uh So although today it'll be rather 00:29:15.769 --> 00:29:19.000 brief in this section going forward, this will be where 00:29:19.000 --> 00:29:22.569 we spend the bulk of our time. I can tell you that 00:29:22.579 --> 00:29:27.039 what we have planned for the next two weeks is a series 00:29:27.049 --> 00:29:32.140 of workshops uh that the task force members will participate 00:29:32.140 --> 00:29:36.319 in and that will also be open to the public. We will 00:29:36.329 --> 00:29:40.720 post information on logistics on how how to tune in 00:29:40.730 --> 00:29:44.640 uh in the project. So if you're interested in attending 00:29:44.640 --> 00:29:49.240 those workshops please uh look for it there. We will 00:29:49.250 --> 00:29:55.710 hear from ERCOT about some Ancillary services information 00:29:55.720 --> 00:30:02.359 um We will hear from um the transmission system providers 00:30:02.369 --> 00:30:05.910 about um some basic information that ever all of the 00:30:05.910 --> 00:30:12.359 task force members need to understand about the pilot 00:30:12.369 --> 00:30:15.480 program and its effect on the distribution system. 00:30:15.490 --> 00:30:19.930 We will hear from some of the aggregators on their 00:30:19.930 --> 00:30:24.660 expectations uh and customer expectations um from a 00:30:24.660 --> 00:30:29.279 pilot. Uh And so I recommend that everyone interested 00:30:29.289 --> 00:30:32.819 uh tune in to those. These are learning sessions to 00:30:32.819 --> 00:30:37.000 make sure that we hear from experts on these topics 00:30:37.009 --> 00:30:40.549 as an entire task force so that we can keep this in 00:30:40.549 --> 00:30:45.970 mind as we do our important work. We'll also have more 00:30:45.970 --> 00:30:51.519 of a discussion session about um any puc rules, provisions 00:30:51.529 --> 00:30:56.740 of the utilities code um provisions in ERCOT protocols 00:30:56.750 --> 00:31:00.680 uh that we may need to be mindful of um as we 00:31:00.680 --> 00:31:05.339 develop this pilot program, any potential changes that 00:31:05.349 --> 00:31:10.869 may need to be made uh to those uh rules and laws 00:31:10.869 --> 00:31:15.650 to enable what we want this pilot program to be. So 00:31:15.650 --> 00:31:18.349 that's less of an education session, more of a discussion 00:31:18.349 --> 00:31:22.309 session, we'll we'll invite uh some experts to come 00:31:22.309 --> 00:31:26.130 in and help us have that discussion. So those four 00:31:26.140 --> 00:31:29.880 workshops will be held hopefully in the next two weeks 00:31:29.890 --> 00:31:34.160 Uh That's our our goal is to get that work done before 00:31:34.170 --> 00:31:38.109 labor day weekend. Uh So keep an eye out for that. 00:31:39.089 --> 00:31:44.299 Uh We also agreed that uh in addition to those workshops 00:31:44.299 --> 00:31:47.359 the different segments that you saw up here and uh 00:31:47.369 --> 00:31:52.619 that that members belong to will get together uh in 00:31:52.619 --> 00:31:56.559 their own workshops to talk about must haves from their 00:31:56.559 --> 00:32:01.410 perspective in the pilot program that will help us 00:32:01.420 --> 00:32:06.410 provide input to ERCOT on what we expect to see in 00:32:06.410 --> 00:32:10.039 the ERCOT governing document and will help us marry 00:32:10.039 --> 00:32:14.859 up the task force activity with ERCOT activity developing 00:32:14.859 --> 00:32:18.960 that governing document. Uh And those kind of must 00:32:18.960 --> 00:32:23.619 have expectations uh for the governing document is 00:32:23.619 --> 00:32:26.529 something that I expect will spend a lot of time talking 00:32:26.529 --> 00:32:31.369 about at our next official meeting. So really good 00:32:31.369 --> 00:32:35.220 organizational discussion about our path forward over 00:32:35.220 --> 00:32:37.339 the next two weeks because everything I just described 00:32:37.349 --> 00:32:42.319 uh needs to happen before Labor Day. Uh So uh you'll 00:32:42.329 --> 00:32:44.690 you'll all the task force members that came up here 00:32:44.690 --> 00:32:47.119 and those online will will all be spending quite a 00:32:47.119 --> 00:32:51.000 bit of time to make meaningful progress before our 00:32:51.000 --> 00:32:52.799 next meeting. 00:32:54.670 --> 00:32:58.250 I want to pause and ask Arushi or anybody else if I 00:32:58.259 --> 00:33:00.730 have left anything out that you want to add. 00:33:03.500 --> 00:33:06.970 Um So as I mentioned at the beginning, a lot of work 00:33:06.970 --> 00:33:09.450 to do, but I think we have the right people uh and 00:33:09.450 --> 00:33:14.200 there is a sense of purpose uh to move forward. I encourage 00:33:14.200 --> 00:33:17.970 us all to continue moving forward with the bias towards 00:33:17.980 --> 00:33:22.059 um getting this pilot program off the ground on the 00:33:22.059 --> 00:33:26.769 timeline set forth in the charter. I have every um 00:33:26.769 --> 00:33:29.420 reason to believe that this group will be able to do 00:33:29.420 --> 00:33:32.910 that with the work in front of us over the next two 00:33:32.910 --> 00:33:33.670 weeks. 00:33:36.410 --> 00:33:40.170 (item:5:High level Deadlines) So with that I'll turn to just high level um deadlines 00:33:40.170 --> 00:33:43.450 that's also in in the slide um 00:33:46.910 --> 00:33:47.559 There you go. 00:33:49.250 --> 00:33:53.869 Uh So we have our next meeting like this on the 12th 00:33:53.880 --> 00:33:57.349 of september which may sound like a really long time 00:33:57.349 --> 00:34:01.480 from now. Uh It is not so we will do all the 00:34:01.480 --> 00:34:03.799 work I just described over the next two weeks. That 00:34:03.799 --> 00:34:07.269 will then give us a week of additional task force work 00:34:07.269 --> 00:34:11.130 before we are back uh in our official meeting on the 00:34:11.130 --> 00:34:16.210 12th of from 3 to 5 p.m. So keep an eye out 00:34:16.219 --> 00:34:19.289 for the agenda there. We will go into a lot more detail 00:34:19.289 --> 00:34:22.269 about the work that's done. We also as I mentioned 00:34:22.269 --> 00:34:26.460 we have our first quarterly report due um on the 26th 00:34:26.460 --> 00:34:31.190 which will also be here before we all know it. So lots 00:34:31.199 --> 00:34:34.349 of good work um coming up 00:34:36.340 --> 00:34:39.690 as I mentioned this uh these sections are gonna be 00:34:39.690 --> 00:34:41.829 where we spend the bulk of our time. I know it was 00:34:41.829 --> 00:34:45.769 a little light today because the task force just got 00:34:45.769 --> 00:34:49.860 started with that.(item:6:Task Force Member announcements) Let me turn it over to task force 00:34:49.860 --> 00:34:53.030 members to the extent you want to bring anything uh 00:34:53.039 --> 00:34:57.230 to the attention of uh folks in the room, folks watching 00:34:57.230 --> 00:35:01.070 online. Um interesting things coming up to watch out 00:35:01.070 --> 00:35:04.599 for in addition to our work. Uh and I'll turn it over 00:35:04.599 --> 00:35:07.519 to first and then any other member that wants to make 00:35:07.530 --> 00:35:10.739 an announcement under agenda item number six. Thank 00:35:10.739 --> 00:35:14.320 you. Uh only announcement I have is that today is the 00:35:14.329 --> 00:35:17.849 first day that the Tesla virtual power plant and potentially 00:35:17.849 --> 00:35:21.809 others um in California that are operating under the 00:35:21.809 --> 00:35:24.889 emergency Load reduction program, we will be participating 00:35:24.889 --> 00:35:28.300 in a great emergency event. The California also issued 00:35:28.300 --> 00:35:31.239 a flex alert about four days ago, that will be in effect 00:35:31.239 --> 00:35:34.840 today from 4 to 9 p.m. Uh two different virtual PowerPoint 00:35:34.840 --> 00:35:37.519 providers if they are participating in the California 00:35:37.519 --> 00:35:41.280 program will be um their customers will be all individually 00:35:41.280 --> 00:35:43.579 elected and you can see a lot of customers have shared 00:35:43.590 --> 00:35:45.949 their excitement and photos of their participation 00:35:45.949 --> 00:35:49.550 on twitter and elsewhere on social media will be dispatching 00:35:49.550 --> 00:35:52.369 their DER Systems and providing Megawatt back to 00:35:52.369 --> 00:35:56.469 the grid just for a little perspective on um how these 00:35:56.469 --> 00:36:01.159 programs grow. For Tesla we had about 2000 enrollments 00:36:01.159 --> 00:36:04.949 within a matter of weeks when we announced the program 00:36:04.949 --> 00:36:08.659 as a pilot. Uh and now it's a formal program and I 00:36:08.659 --> 00:36:10.929 think we're probably going to get about 10 megawatts 00:36:10.929 --> 00:36:14.710 back to the grid across our service territory. Um I 00:36:14.710 --> 00:36:18.059 think you'll see from looking at other DER Providers 00:36:18.059 --> 00:36:20.570 perspectives too. So once these programs are designed 00:36:20.570 --> 00:36:23.489 well enrollment is a pretty fabulous experience for 00:36:23.489 --> 00:36:26.590 the customer. You flip it on. Um If you want to participate 00:36:26.599 --> 00:36:28.369 if you'd like to opt out an event, you should be able 00:36:28.369 --> 00:36:31.349 to click a button and opt out of the event. Um It 00:36:31.349 --> 00:36:34.300 provides a ton of great real time information for operations 00:36:34.300 --> 00:36:38.039 And one of the public educational workshops that Jason 00:36:38.039 --> 00:36:41.030 mentioned will be organizing. Tesla will present 00:36:41.030 --> 00:36:44.050 some of the outcomes and some of the operational factoids 00:36:44.050 --> 00:36:47.190 around today's event and how ours and other customers 00:36:47.190 --> 00:36:49.690 with other programs participated. So that will be a 00:36:49.690 --> 00:36:52.010 fun one for us to get some learnings from and share 00:36:53.210 --> 00:36:56.400 Thank you, Arushi. Any other task force members have 00:36:56.400 --> 00:36:58.760 anything they want to share for the good of the cause 00:37:02.780 --> 00:37:05.590 Yeah, I'll pause online to see if anybody has anything 00:37:11.150 --> 00:37:15.710 Alright, thank you for that. (item:7:Public Comment) We'll next go into public 00:37:15.710 --> 00:37:17.710 comment if you haven't already filled out a form and 00:37:17.710 --> 00:37:21.340 make another plug for it. Uh We first have Smitty who 00:37:21.340 --> 00:37:23.829 has submitted a form to talk. I'll let you come and 00:37:23.829 --> 00:37:26.659 sit up here just like the task force members did if 00:37:26.659 --> 00:37:30.340 you would uh state your name and who you're with and 00:37:31.869 --> 00:37:32.789 what you want to say. 00:37:34.309 --> 00:37:37.090 (item:7:Tom Smith, TxTRA) Good afternoon everybody. My name is tom smith or Smitty 00:37:37.090 --> 00:37:40.989 I am the executive director of the texas Electric Transportation 00:37:40.989 --> 00:37:46.030 resources Alliance and wanted to share with you some 00:37:46.039 --> 00:37:50.670 thoughts about how E. V. S. Can participate. Um It's 00:37:50.679 --> 00:37:54.230 Russia has recently said Tesla is already doing that 00:37:54.230 --> 00:37:57.309 in the pilot pilot manner out in California responding 00:37:57.320 --> 00:38:02.139 to a grid emergencies. And we've had a recent presentation 00:38:02.139 --> 00:38:06.519 by one of our members who works for a Big Eight consulting 00:38:06.519 --> 00:38:09.760 firm I guess aren't eight of them anymore. Uh Financial 00:38:09.760 --> 00:38:15.559 firm um That says between, we could uh dispatch between 00:38:15.559 --> 00:38:20.110 nine and 45% of the E. V. Batteries that will have 00:38:20.110 --> 00:38:26.000 available and by 2030 guesstimates are maybe 22 gigawatts 00:38:26.389 --> 00:38:30.400 of total energy stored in batteries. How much of that 00:38:30.409 --> 00:38:32.889 can be dispatched is going to be determined by a lot 00:38:32.889 --> 00:38:37.079 of the pilot programs that are going on. Um The good 00:38:37.079 --> 00:38:39.929 news is this can be managed. The bad news is we need 00:38:39.929 --> 00:38:42.059 ways to plug in and we're excited to work with this 00:38:42.059 --> 00:38:46.219 task force, we'd like to offer a couple of resources 00:38:46.230 --> 00:38:48.829 one of the groups that had applied for and was not 00:38:48.829 --> 00:38:52.590 able to get a membership on this task force because 00:38:52.590 --> 00:38:55.079 you had a number of other well qualified applicants 00:38:55.090 --> 00:38:59.880 is the Vehicle to Grid Integration Council. Um They're 00:38:59.880 --> 00:39:04.059 based in California and have worked on a number of 00:39:04.070 --> 00:39:08.099 um projects similar to this in massachusetts, new york 00:39:08.099 --> 00:39:11.469 and in in the state that begins with C that we will 00:39:11.469 --> 00:39:15.909 not say in this room. Um They they have worked with 00:39:15.909 --> 00:39:20.420 and has integrated successfully vehicles into a backup 00:39:20.429 --> 00:39:24.780 energy system. The other thing that you now have been 00:39:24.780 --> 00:39:28.579 able to do have been able to do is to look at 00:39:28.590 --> 00:39:31.809 things that are ready to go today, and I think you've 00:39:31.809 --> 00:39:36.369 heard excellent presentations from Dr Robert Krukshank 00:39:36.380 --> 00:39:41.710 uh about two different uh systems that are wired into 00:39:41.710 --> 00:39:46.500 almost everybody's homes or into their cars. Um the 00:39:46.500 --> 00:39:51.429 wifi system uh that is used to figure out when you 00:39:51.429 --> 00:39:56.429 want to watch a movie on demand or and how much it 00:39:56.429 --> 00:40:00.880 cost and uh whether you might get credit for various 00:40:00.880 --> 00:40:05.179 purchases and so forth. So the dispatch um and the 00:40:05.179 --> 00:40:08.690 monitoring system and the billing systems are all in 00:40:08.690 --> 00:40:12.800 place, ready to go by simply putting in the address 00:40:12.800 --> 00:40:17.429 of the the aggregator into your automobile or as it 00:40:17.429 --> 00:40:20.679 is for your smart appliances. You're smart thermostats 00:40:20.690 --> 00:40:25.570 Similarly, KUT, about 10 years 00:40:25.570 --> 00:40:30.869 ago was engaged in a system where they dispatched 00:40:30.869 --> 00:40:35.429 appliances through Austin Energy pilot program using 00:40:35.429 --> 00:40:39.659 a subsignal on their systems. I don't know that 00:40:39.659 --> 00:40:42.500 this number is right, this is a smitty remembers rather 00:40:42.500 --> 00:40:46.250 than smitty looked it up this morning Um but about 00:40:46.250 --> 00:40:52.429 80% of Texas is uh in the reach of public radio that 00:40:52.429 --> 00:40:56.449 has the capacity to share that signal to dispatch resources 00:40:56.460 --> 00:40:59.849 And then by watching your smart meter data, be able 00:40:59.849 --> 00:41:02.519 to determine whether it worked. And conversely there 00:41:02.519 --> 00:41:04.710 are systems available where you can take a look at 00:41:04.710 --> 00:41:07.320 the day ahead market put together a bid through an 00:41:07.320 --> 00:41:10.690 aggregator and then be able to control people's appliances 00:41:10.960 --> 00:41:13.889 So these are all technologies that are are ready to 00:41:13.889 --> 00:41:16.690 roll in the case of electric vehicles are ready to 00:41:16.690 --> 00:41:19.099 dispatch in the case of the stuff that's on your wall 00:41:19.099 --> 00:41:23.059 or in your refrigerator and it seems like we ought 00:41:23.059 --> 00:41:26.409 to do it so we can help you provide contacts with those 00:41:26.409 --> 00:41:29.300 resources if you don't have them. But there are tools 00:41:29.300 --> 00:41:31.719 that are in our toolbox, let's use them. Thank you 00:41:31.719 --> 00:41:34.619 for your time. Thank you. Smitty will definitely be 00:41:34.630 --> 00:41:37.769 reaching out to you to help set up a discussion with 00:41:37.769 --> 00:41:43.000 that organization as I mentioned before. Um our work 00:41:43.010 --> 00:41:46.210 extends beyond the governing document and so we will 00:41:46.210 --> 00:41:48.820 have a lot of opportunities to have discussions with 00:41:48.829 --> 00:41:52.289 external groups like the one you mentioned uh that 00:41:52.289 --> 00:41:56.300 can help us accelerate our learning and get ready for 00:41:56.309 --> 00:42:01.519 a successful pilot program with that. There are no 00:42:01.530 --> 00:42:05.460 other public comments.(item:8:Date and Topic of Next Meeting) So I'll move to agenda item 00:42:05.460 --> 00:42:07.619 number eight, which I've already previewed for you 00:42:07.619 --> 00:42:10.699 which is that there is a meeting of this task force 00:42:10.699 --> 00:42:15.380 officially, again, just like today on the 12th of september 00:42:15.389 --> 00:42:18.840 so to keep an eye out on the agenda for that, and 00:42:18.840 --> 00:42:21.699 I'll ask if Commissioner McAdams have anything 00:42:21.699 --> 00:42:25.230 else for the good of the cause before we adjourn. (item:8:Closing Comments Commissioner McAdams) So 00:42:25.239 --> 00:42:29.230 I just wanna highlight the regrets of Commissioner 00:42:29.230 --> 00:42:31.500 jimmy, guilty for not being able to be here today. 00:42:31.500 --> 00:42:35.690 He is delivering his daughter to college and uh son 00:42:35.699 --> 00:42:39.130 oh sorry, sorry, I missed that mark the other day, 00:42:39.139 --> 00:42:43.980 I think I blanked out amongst other things. Um but 00:42:43.989 --> 00:42:47.650 now he is delivering a child to college and um that's 00:42:47.650 --> 00:42:50.679 a big day and uh he's in the right place, but his 00:42:50.679 --> 00:42:54.719 heart is here with us and he will certainly is certainly 00:42:54.719 --> 00:42:57.579 looking forward to participating in the future technical 00:42:57.579 --> 00:43:01.949 and public workshops. So the only other thing from 00:43:01.949 --> 00:43:06.860 the commission is uh good luck to this task force. 00:43:06.869 --> 00:43:10.090 Um it's, you've got a long way to go in a short 00:43:10.090 --> 00:43:12.929 time to get there and uh a lot of work to be 00:43:12.940 --> 00:43:16.889 done, but it's the right group of people. Um this group 00:43:16.889 --> 00:43:21.360 is also not uh closed again to future iterations, we 00:43:21.360 --> 00:43:25.329 will need more resources, more expertise, uh given 00:43:25.329 --> 00:43:29.489 the objectives of this task force to expand the pool 00:43:29.489 --> 00:43:32.010 of qualified megawatts and hopefully offer up to the 00:43:32.010 --> 00:43:35.519 system viable resources that can help meet our future 00:43:35.519 --> 00:43:39.409 needs. So again, thank you. And good luck, Thank you 00:43:39.409 --> 00:43:42.480 commissioner. Um, I just wanna say thank you to the 00:43:42.480 --> 00:43:46.179 commission personnel that helped us have this, um, 00:43:46.190 --> 00:43:50.210 hybrid meeting, uh, and and it went off without a hitch 00:43:50.219 --> 00:43:53.719 Uh, so thank you for everybody that helped do that 00:43:53.730 --> 00:43:56.199 With that we are adjourned. We'll see you again on 00:43:56.199 --> 00:43:57.320 12 September.