Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT)

TAC Meeting

January 12, 2006
9:30 AM - 4:00 PM
ERCOT Austin 206
7620 Metro Center Dr.
Austin, TX 78744
Dial-In: 512.225.7280
Dial-In Code: 4723
Business Casual
Agenda

1.

 

Antitrust Admonition

R. Comstock

9:30 a.m.

2.

Election of TAC Chair and Vice Chair

A. Boren

9:35 a.m.

 

3.

Approval of the Draft December 1, 2005
TAC Meeting Minutes (Vote)* 

 

2006 TAC Chair

 

9:45 a.m.

4.

ERCOT Board Update

  • ERCOT Compliance Update Related to PRR525

 

R. Comstock

 

9:50 a.m.

 

5.

Retail Market Subcommittee Report*

  • Report on ERCOT’s Retail System Outage

 

T. Weathersbee

ERCOT Panel

10:00 a.m.

 

6.

Protocol Revisions Subcommittee Report *

  • Protocol Revision Requests
    • PRR543 – Schedules and Emergency Assistance Over CFE-ERCOT DC Ties (Vote)*
    • PRR627 – RMR Transmission Issues and RMR Contract Extensions (Vote)*
    • PRR638 – Change Settlement Invoice Due Date from 16 Calendar Days to Five Business Days (Vote)*
    • PRR639 – Notification of Repairs to EPS Meter Facilities Under Emergency Conditions (Vote)*
    • PRR646 - Establish a Floor for Responsive Reserve Service Bids (Vote)*
  • Project Prioritization (Vote)*

 

K. Gresham

 

11:15 a.m.

 

Lunch

 

 

12:00 p.m.

 

Protocol Revisions Subcommittee Report * (continued)

 

 

1:00 p.m.

7.

Reliability and Operations Subcommittee Report*

  • SCR746 – Dynamic Rating Data to TSP Using ICCP Link (Vote)*

 

R. Keetch

 

1:30 p.m.

 

8.

Wholesale Market Subcommittee Report*

 

B. Helton

 

1:50  p.m.

9.

Commercial Operations Subcommittee Report*

 

BJ Flowers

 

2:00 p.m.

10.

Nodal Transition Plan Task Force Update

  • TPTF Charter (Vote)*

 

T. Doggett

2:15 p.m.

 

11.

Market Participant Default – Joint RMS/WMS Taskforce Update*

 

K. Hobbs

 

2:45  p.m.

12.

 

Operations Update*

 

S. Jones

 

3:00 p.m.

13.

Other Business

2006 TAC Chair

 

3:15  p.m.

 

Adjourn

 

2006 TAC Chair

 

3:45 p.m.

 

Open Action Items from Previous Meetings
Responsible Party
  • Emergency Demand Service – Demand Side Working Group
 WMS
  • Review of Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA) Methodology and Process – (9/8/05)
 PRS
  • Review and Revision of Project Prioritization Process – (9/8/05)
 PRS
  • PRR602 remanded to PRS for further development of the CBA and to incorporate ERCOT comments
 PRS
  • WMS to look at market issue of LaaRs submitting bid prices less than zero to ensure participation in the RRS market
 WMS
  • SCR746 - ERCOT to provide a more detailed CBA characterizing the full range of benefits and revisit the 1.5FTE concern
 ERCOT
  • Potomac Recommendations – WMS to compile Final Report
 WMS
  • PRR567 remanded to PRS to review the CBA, priority, and ranking
 PRS
  • ROS to continue examining Hurricane Rita and Lessons Learned
 ROS
  • CWG to report their findings i.e. exposure and collateral effects post implementation of PRR568 at the May 2006 TAC Meeting
 CWG
  • RMS to include retail outage statistics post implementation of SCR745 in monthly report to TAC
 RMS
  • ERCOT to look at the possible significant loss of capacity in a curtailment situation and how it will be addressed.  ERCOT Operations is expected to report back at the January TAC meeting
 ERCOT Operations
  • ERCOT Compliance update related to PRR525 at the April TAC meeting.
 ERCOT

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