Available Flow-gate Capacity Stakeholder Kickoff Meeting

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Available Flow-gate CapacityStakeholder Kickoff
Meeting

• January 19, 2005

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Discussion Today

• Introductions
• Objectives of stakeholder process
• Ground rules
• Process for conducting stakeholder meetings
• Define and prioritize AFC stakeholder issues
• Status of Scenario Analyzer and stakeholder
  feedback
• Meeting schedule, frequency and location(s)
• Next Steps

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Objectives

• Improve the AFC process through stakeholder input
• Draw from stakeholder experience in other regions
• Ensure there is a consistent understanding of the
  AFC process by all participating stakeholders
• Make changes to the AFC process to improve the
  overall quality and transmission customer
  satisfaction where possible

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Ground Rules

• Ongoing dockets at FERC will prevent the
  discussion of certain information and issues
• Initially limited to those issues outlined in
  FERCs AFC Order
• Issues discussed can be expanded if FERC agrees
  to Entergys proposal to conduct an audit of the
  AFC process as opposed to conducting a hearing
• The overall set of recommendations will be
  synthesized to determine which changes can be
  implemented as well as the overall implementation
  costs, and the time required to make the changes.
• The final set of recommendations chosen for
  implementation will be reviewed with stakeholders
  including the timeline for implementation and the
  projected cost to implement, as well as any
  required regulatory approvals

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Stakeholder Meeting Process

• Should each issue be discussed in an open forum
  with all stakeholders?, or
• Should certain issues be identified for
  discussion by small breakout groups who will
  report back to the larger group?
• Should specific time limits be placed on each
  issue discussion or speakers to ensure that a
  single issue or speaker does not monopolize the
  meeting schedule?
• Others?

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Define and Frame Issues

• Mark and Uma

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Meeting Schedule

• Frequency every three weeks? Yes on Wednesdays
  except for the first meeting which will be
  scheduled 4 weeks from the kick-off meeting due
  to Mardi Gras.
• Duration of meetings
• One day, 9AM 3 PM
• Location Houston
• Develop Meeting Calendar
• Issues to be discussed and time allotment
• Meeting calendar will be finalized once Entergy
  receives prioritized list of issues from
  stakeholders.

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Next Steps

• Entergy will issue the draft stakeholder process
  and timeline based on the set of issues framed by
  stakeholders in kick-off meeting
• Entergy will forward Stakeholder Kick-off
  presentation to stakeholders. Stakeholders agreed
  to provide comments via email on the proposed
  stakeholder meeting process, objectives and
  ground rules. We will review and finalize at the
  next scheduled stakeholder meeting.
• Entergy will forward issues list to stakeholders
  for review and prioritization for discussion in
  the stakeholder meetings. Stakeholders will
  provide prioritized list via email one week from
  date of issuance of email from Entergy.