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Drew:
Here is the ERCOT document that lays out the requirements for Qualification. We have the XML servers installed but keep in mind that any new resource would have to have its connection made to us. Lloyd can explain the nuts and bolts but he has told me that this could take a month or 2 because contractors have to lay physical phone lines to each facility, and then connection and configuration would have to be done before any test is scheduled with ERCOT. At this time ERCOT is very skittish about giving a hard test date because they claim the market start will use up all the resources they have for that. They claim they may have to hold off test for later this year but they have been working well with us so far. It may not be as bad as they say. Personally I think that by the time we get through the structure, the attorneys and leg work to do a deal June 1 would already be here. This does not include the test phase. I don't see how we could move that fast with all the limits put on us but I would like to be proven wrong because more resources would be good for business. We should keep in mind that this is still a pilot program and is still very much a test bed for the real thing next year. There is nothing wrong with pursuing resource customers and bringing them online this fall for the Jan start of the full open market if that is what we have to do. Regards, Smith
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