Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT)

PRS Meeting

November 17, 2005
9:30 AM - 3:30 PM
ERCOT Austin 206B
7620 Metro Center Dr.
Austin, TX 78744
Dial-In: 512.225.7284
Dial-In Code: 1127
Business Casual

Agenda
1. Antitrust Admonition K. Gresham
2. Approval of Minutes
  • September 30, 2005
  • October 7, 2005
  • October 20, 2005
  • October 27, 2005
K. Gresham
3. Urgency Votes
  • PRR625 - Clarification of Emergency QSE Language
  • PRR641 - Clarifying RPRS Scheduling Language
K. Gresham
4. TAC and Board Reports
  • PRR602 - Ancillary Service Obligation for DC Tie Exports. Remanded to PRS by TAC on 11/3/05.
K. Gresham
5. Project Update and Summary of PPL Activity to Date T. Anderson
6. Report on Revised Project Criteria T. Anderson
7. PRR Voting Items
  • PRR543 - Schedules and Emergency Assistance Over CFE-ERCOT DC Ties
  • PRR627 - RMR Transmission Issues and RMR Contract Extension
  • PRR635 - Resource Plan Performance Metrics Update
  • PRR638 - Change Settlement Invoice Due Date from 16 Calendar Days to Five

Business Days

  • PRR639 - Notification of Repairs to EPS Meter Facilities Under Emergency Conditions
  • PRR640 - Update Provisions for Capacity and Energy Payments for RMR Service and Add a New Standard Form Agreement for Synchronous Condenser Service
  • PRR641 - Clarifying RPRS Scheduling Language - URGENT
8. Review of PRS Recommendation Report and Impact Analyses for PRRs Recommended for Approval at the October Meeting
  • PRR625 - Clarification of Emergency QSE Language
  • PRR633 - TSP Data Information Requirements
  • PRR634 - ESI IDs Incorrectly Placed Into Inactive Status
9. Project Prioritization
  • SCR745 - Retail Market Outage Evaluation and Resolution
10. Other Business
  • ERCOT Executive Management Interpretation of Protocols
R. Gruber
11. Adjourn

Future Meetings

Open Action Items from Previous Meetings
Responsible Party
  • PRR472 - ERCOT Meter Read Transaction Validation Reinstatement.  PRS remanded this PRR to RMS in November 2003.   On 03/18/04, RMS (at the submitter’s request) recommended the deferral of PRR 472. 
RMS
  • PRR476 - Ramp Rate Adherence During Local Congestion.  Remanded to TAC by ERCOT BOD on 6/15/04.   On 7/8/04, TAC remanded to WMS to develop a preferred alternative and better costing estimates.
WMS
  • PRR541 - Regulation Deployment Ramp Rate.  On 9/24/04, PRS voted to remand PRR541 to WMS for additional review.
WMS
  • PRR549  - Regulation Control During Abnormal Frequency Events
ROS
  • PRR553 - Scheduling Trading Hubs.  Remanded by TAC on 1/6/05 to PRS, to be remanded to WMS to further review its impacts and determine the necessity of implementing this PRR before the possible implementation of a nodal market (TNT).
WMS
  • PRR584 - Extending Black Start Service Bid Timeline.  PRS remanded to BSTF on 4/21/05.
BSTF
  • PRR586 - SCE Performance and Regulation Cost Re-allocation.  PRS referred to WMS and ROS for consideration on 7/21/05.  ROS reported its findings to PRS on 9/29/05.
WMS
  • PRR605 - SCE Performance  Monitoring for Combined Cycle Resources
WMS
  • PRR607 - One-Minute Ramp Schedules
WMS
  • PRR608 - Improve Ancillary Service Performance Conditions
WMS
  • PRR630 - Private Use Networks.  On 10/20/05, PRS tabled to allow additional discussion between interested parties.
PRS
  • PRR631 - Black Start Bid Procedures and Compensation for Testing.  PRS referred to ROS on 10/20/05. 
ROS
  • PRR632 - Clawback Mechanism for Generating Resources at a Site with an RMR Unit. PRS referred to WMS on 10/20/05.  WMS to report to PRS in January 2006.

Key Documents


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