MARK YOUR CALENDAR! Attend Platts timely 3rd Annual Texas Power Markets Forum March 23–24, 2009 in Houston, Texas. This market forum delivers strategic information about the hard issues which will help solve current Texas Power challenges. You will have the opportunity to examine pressing issues in the Texas Power Markets with leading industry developers, key regulators, and senior executives as they discuss: Staying vigilant about resource adequacy — Keeping pace with the state’s growth to meet generation needs over the next 20 years The impact of economic crisis on new project development in Texas — Funding Transmission, thermal, and renewable energy Realities of the new credit and commodity markets — Bilateral contracts, insurance, hedging, credit ratings, and default Nodal delays in ERCOT — Timeline for the nodal market launch Large scale renewables — Impacts to market prices Interconnection process in ERCOT — How to improve it Speakers Include: Rebecca A. Klein, Chair, Lower Colorado River Authority Kevin Howell, President, NRG Energy Bob Kahn, President and Chief Executive Officer, ERCOT Kenneth W. Anderson Jr., Commissioner, Public Utility Commission of Texas Calvin Crowder, President, Electric Transmission Texas, an AEP MidAmerican Joint Venture Deryl Brown, Chief Executive Officer, Hudson Energy Services Gregory Kelly, Senior Vice President, Origination and Business Development, Luminant John R. Orr, Vice President, Energy Policy, Constellation NewEnergy, Inc. Daniel L. Jones, Vice President, Potomac Economics; Director, ERCOT Independent Market Monitor Will Stokes, Vice President, Carbon Technology, NRG Energy Mark Kapner, P.E., Senior Strategy Engineer, Austin Energy Kevin Gresham, Director, ERCOT, Reliant Energy Inc. Eddy Daniels, Vice President, Development, Nuclear Innovation North America LLC Mike Stockard, Director, Energy Efficiency Programs, Oncor Fred Yebra, Director, Energy Efficiency Services, Austin Energy Ted Chapman, Director, U.S. Public Finance Ratings, Standard & Poor’s Jeremy Wodakow, Vice President, Goldman, Sachs & Co. Austin Morris, Managing Partner, Energy, SunGard Consulting Services Sean Donoghue, Director, Market Solutions, The Structure Group For more information and speaking opportunities, contact: Galitte Den Tel: 610-228-4709 galitte_den@platts.com For sponsorship opportunities, contact: Joshua Vernon Tel: 781-430-2113 joshua_vernon@platts.com For media inquiries, contact: Gina Herlihy Tel: 781-430-2109 gina_herlihy@platts.com

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