Texas Nodal News is a subscription-based newsletter featuring nodal project news, announcements and activities. The newsletter is published monthly by the last Friday. (Ed's Note: We have revised Texas Nodal News' publication schedule, which was originally timed to coincide with TPTF meetings.)

PROGRAM NEWS

ERCOT Names Richard Morgan Interim Chief Information Officer

Richard Morgan has joined ERCOT as interim chief information officer (CIO), effective April 1. The search for a permanent CIO is continuing. Read more.

TAC Meeting April 9 - Nodal Program Update

Chief Technology Officer Mike Cleary briefed TAC on the nodal program status and discussed market participation. Read more.

BOD April 22 Meeting - Nodal Program Update

The ERCOT Board of Directors was briefed on Texas Nodal's progress, as the team finalizes applications development and shifts into integration. Read more.

TAC Nodal Engagement Workshop April 28

TAC met in a Nodal Engagement Workshop April 28 to discuss issues related to the stakeholder participation in the nodal program. Read more.

Changes to Weekly Status Reports

The reporting sturcture for the weekly Program Status Report has been changed with this week's reports. Read more.

READINESS NEWS

Results for Weeks Three and Four of Focused Input Testing III: March 24-26/April 7-9

Focused Input Testing resumed its State Estimator testing. Read more.

TRAINING

The schedule is yet to be announced for instructor-led training courses to be held in 2009; however, online courses are offered 24/7 via the Learning Management System.

For the full list of online courses available, see the Nodal Training page.