Res 2014-050/Transmission Planning Data Services Agreement with ERCOT and LCRA

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F. WHEREAS, the Parties desire to more clearly define between themselves, the duties, roles, and relationships with regards to LCRA's role as ERCOT Market Agent and San Marcos's role as ERCOT Market Principal as agreed to in the ERCOT Market Agreement 2001; NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the mutual covenants and conditions herein set forth, the Parties agree as follows: AR'T'ICLE I. DEFINITIONS AND EXHIBITS 1.1. Unless defined elsewhere herein, capitalized terms used in this Agreement shall have the following scope and meaning: 1.1.1. ERCOT Protocols — body of procedures developed by ERCOT to maintain the reliability of the regional electric network and account for the production and delivery of electricity among resources and market participants. The procedures, initially approved by the commission, include a revisions process that may be appealed to the commission, and are subject to the oversight and review of the commission. 1.1.2. Joint Registration Organization - a single entity which registers for all functions it performs itself and registers on behalf of one or more of its members or related entities for one or more functions for which such members or related entities would otherwise be required to register and, thereby, accept on behalf of such members or related entities all compliance responsibility for all requirements /sub - requirements of reliability standards applicable to that function or those functions including reporting requirements. NERC Procedural Rules, Appendix 5A, Section III, Para, 6, Organization Registration and Certification Manual, June 10, 2010 1.1.3. NERC Critical Infrastructure Protection NERC Reliability Standards CIP -001 -1 through CIP -009 -3 and as they may be amended or supplemented from time to time. 1.1.4. NERC Reliability Standards - _requirements approved by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission under section 215 of the Federal Power Act, to provide for Reliable Operation of the Bulk -Power System. The term includes requirements for the operation of existing Bulk -Power System facilities, including cyber security protection, and the design of planned additions or modifications to such facilities to the extent necessary to provide for Reliable Operation of the Bulk -Power System, but the term does not include any requirement to enlarge such facilities or to construct new transmission capacity or generation capacity. 18 CFR 39.1 1.2. The following described Exhibits are attached to and incorporated herein for all purposes unless otherwise expressly limited: Transmission Planning Data Services Agreement, City of San Marcos LCRA Page 2 of 10