[Federal Register: November 22, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 224)]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division

 
Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc.

    Notice is hereby given that, on September 24, 2004, pursuant to 
section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Electric Reliability 
Council of Texas, Inc. (``ERCOT'') has filed written notifications 
simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade 
Commission disclosing (1) the name and principal place of business of 
the standards development organization and (2) the nature and scope of 
its standards development activities. The notifications were filed for 
the purpose of invoking the Act's provisions limiting the recovery of 
antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages under specified circumstances.
    Pursuant to section 6(b) of the Act, the name and principal place 
of business of the standards development organization is: Electric 
Reliability Council of Texas, Inc., Austin, TX. The nature and scope of 
ERCOT's standards development activities are: ERCOT manages a major 
portion of the state's electric power grid. ERCOT is responsible for 
managing the reliable supply of electricity to all customers within its 
region by maintaining a balance between forecasted schedules of 
electricity providers and the actual electricity demand among all 
market participants. ERCOT's members include utilities (municipals, 
cooperatives and investor owned utilities), power marketers, generation 
providers, retail service providers and end-use customer 
representatives.
    ERCOT members and market participants meet on a regular basis at 
ERCOT facilities to create, revise and discuss the standards, policies 
and procedures in place for the ERCOT region and markets. Because 
participants are adopting changes to existing standards on a regular 
basis, ERCOT's standards development activities must be considered on-
going.

Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 04-25872 Filed 11-19-04; 8:45 am]

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