NORTH AMERICAN ENERGY STANDARDS BOARD Proposed 2013 ANNUAL PLAN for the RETAIL GAS and ELECTRIC QUADRANTS As Adopted by the Retail EC on October 24, 2012 Item Number & Description Completion Assignment 1. Develop Technical Electronic Implementation Standards and Data Dictionaries a. Book 10: Retail Customer Enrollment, Drop and Account Information Change Status: Underway 1st Q, 2013 IR/TEIS b. Review and update the technical implementation of Book 3 – Billing and Payment. Status: Underway 1st Q, 2013 IR/TEIS 2. Additional Registration Agent Processes a. Develop Technical Electronic Implementation Standards and Data Dictionaries to support Model Business Practices of Book 14 – Service Requests, Disconnections and Reconnections in the Registration Agent Model Status: Not Started 2014, date dependent on completion of items 5(f) IR/TEIS b. Modify as needed the NAESB EDM Version 1.6 as the data transport mechanism for ERCOT TX SET EDI transactions. Status: Underway 2013 Retail Electric part of the BPS/Retail Electric Texas Task Force 3 Develop Smart Grid Wholesale and Retail Electric Standards a. Harmonize Smart Grid glossary with Retail Glossary Status: Ongoing Ongoing REQ/RGQ Glossary Subcommittee 4. Customer Information - Develop Model Business Practices and Process Flows to enable a Retail Customer, or a third party acting on behalf of the Retail Customer, to obtain the Retail Customer’s energy usage information on an on-going basis outside of a Smart Grid environment Status: Not Started, this development is tied to the development for item 5(a) 2013, date may be dependent on item 5(a). BPS 5. Update Existing Model Business Practices – Review and update all existing Model Business Practices, filling in any gaps that may exist and making the language consistent throughout all Books. a. Book 3 – Billing and Payments Status: Underway 1st Q, 2013 BPS b. Book 8 – Customer Information Status: Not Started 2nd Q, 2013 BPS c. Book 9 – Customer Billing and Payment Notification via Uniform Electronic Transactions Status: Not Started 4th Q, 2013 BPS
d. Book 10 – Customer Enrollment, Drop, and Account Information Change Status: Not Started 2014 BPS e. Book 11 - Customer Enrollment, Drop, and Account Information Change a Registration Agent Status: Not Started 2014 BPS f. Book 13 – Measurement and Verification (M&V) of Demand Response Programs Status: Not Started 2014 BPS g. Book 14 – Service Request, Disconnection and Reconnection in the Registration Agent Model Status: Not Started 2014 BPS h. Book 15 – Specifications for Common Electricity Product and Pricing Definition8 Status: Not Started 2014 BPS i. Book 16 – Specifications for Common Schedule Communication Mechanism for Energy Transactions8 Status: Not Started 2014 BPS j. Book 17 – Specifications for Retail Standard Demand Response Signals8 Status: Not Started 2014 BPS k. Book 18 – Retail Customer Energy Usage Information Communication8 Status: Not Started 2014 BPS l. Book 21 – Energy Services Provider Interface8 Status: Not Started 2014 BPS m. Book 22 – Third Party Access to Retail Customer Information8 Status: Not Started 2015 BPS n. Book 23 – Supplier Marketing Practices Status: Not Started 2015 BPS o. Book 24 – Enrollment, Drop, Account Information Change in Demand Response Programs8 Status: Not Started 2015 BPS 6. Create common interfaces and data structures necessary for enrolling DR sites into a DR program