Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT)

TAC Meeting

December 01, 2006
9:30 AM - 3:30 PM
ERCOT Austin 206
7620 Metro Center Dr.
Austin, TX 78744
Dial-In: 512.225.7280
Dial-In Code: 0055
Agenda
1. Antitrust Admonition R. Comstock 9:30 a.m.
2. Approval of the Draft November 2, 2006 TAC Meeting Minutes (Vote)* R. Comstock 9:35 a.m.
3. ERCOT Board Update* R. Comstock 9:40 a.m.
  • Revised ERCOT Bylaws with Regional Entity (RE) Additions*
  • Texas RE Standards Development Procedure*
 S. Vincent
4. Protocol Revisions Subcommittee Report*
  • Nodal Protocol Revision Requests:
    • NPRR019, Black Start Testing Requirements (Vote)*
    • NPRR031, Correction of Voltage Support Bill Determinants (Vote)*
    • NPRR032, Correction of Black Start Bill Determinants (Vote)*
    • NPRR033, Settlement of CRRs When DAM Does Not Execute (Vote)*
  • Protocol Revision Requests:
    • PRR647, Gross and Net MW/Mvar Data Reporting (Vote)*
    • PRR679, Revision to NLRI Formula and Other Credit Requirements (Vote)*
    • PRR686, Black Start Testing Requirements (see NPRR019) (Vote)*
    • PRR693, Update Transactions for Texas SET 3.0 Implementation and Timing for Processing Priority/Standard Move - In Transactions (Vote)*
    • PRR698, Remove Default QSE Provisions - URGENT (Vote)*
    • PRR699, Removal of the Northeast Congestion Zone in Trading Hub Transaction Conversions - URGENT (Vote)*
    • PRR700, Creation of Interim Measure for Collecting the ERO/TRE Fee - URGENT (Vote)*
  • Notice of PRR Rejection:
    • PRR584, Extending Black Start Service Bid Timeline*
 K. Gresham 10:15 a.m.
5. Texas Nodal Implementation 11:00 a.m.
  • ERCOT Report*
 T. Pare
  • TPTF Report*
    • NPRR024, Synchronization of PRRs 627 and 640 (Vote)*
    • Approval of Milestones - Completed Business Requirements:
      • Commercial Operations Business Requirements:
        • Average Incremental Energy Cost (AIEC) (Vote)*
        • Verifiable Costs (Vote)*
        • Market Data Transparency ("Extracts") (Vote)*
        • Data Aggregation (Vote)*
 T. Doggett
Lunch 12:00 p.m.
6. Commercial Operations Subcommittee Report*
  • LPGRR016, Load Profile Transition Mitigation -URGENT (Vote)*
 B. Flowers 1:00 p.m.
7. Retail Market Subcommittee Report*
  • RMGRR040, Estimated Meter Readings Necessary for PUCT Project 29637 (Vote)*
  • RMGRR042, Mass Transition Process Necessary for PUCT Rule 31416 (Vote)*
  • RMGRR043, Revised Historical Usage Request Necessary for PUCT Project 29637 (Vote)*
  • RMGRR044, Revised TDSP Invoice Dispute Process Necessary for PUCT Project 29637 (Vote)*
  • RMGRR045, Revised DNP Process Necessary for PUCT Project 29637 (Vote)*
  • RMGRR046, Appendices to Comply with POLR Rule Project 31416 - URGENT (Vote)*
  • RMGRR047, Transfer from Outgoing Provider of Last Resort (POLR) to Incoming POLR upon Termination of POLR Status - URGENT (Vote)*
 S. Bowling 1:30 p.m.
8. Wholesale Market Subcommittee Report*
  • Nodal Non-Spinning Reserve Service Deployment Procedure Update*
 B. Belk 2:00 p.m.
  • Emergency Interruptible Load Program Taskforce Update*
 M. Bruce
9. Reliability and Operations Subcommittee Report* P. Breitzman 2:45 p.m.
10. Operations Update
  • Q&A on October Scores Related to SCE Performance and Monitoring*
 L. Grimm 3:00 p.m.
11. Other Business R. Comstock 3:15 p.m.
Adjourn R. Comstock 3:30 p.m.
Future TAC Meetings
  • January 4, 2007
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
 PRS
  • RMS to include retail outage statistics post-implementation of SCR745 in monthly report to TAC
 RMS
  • TPTF to consider (1) Cost-Based offers in Transition Period to Nodal and (2) Implementation of Orders issued from Project 31540
 TPTF
  • Review of Market Guides (use, naming convention, authority)
 TAC
  • TPTF to report back to TAC after NMMS business process document discussions with ROS and WMS.
 TPTF

  • Subcommittee Assignments for Nodal Action/Review (Responsible subcommittee to provide monthly status reports to TAC):

    • 3.19(2) An appropriate subcommittee approved by TAC may develop an alternative list through the analysis described below for determining Competitive Constraints.  (Priority: Optional) - WMS
    • 3.19(3) The TAC Subcommittee shall perform the following analysis with the goal of developing an objective standard for determining Competitive Constraints.  (Priority: Optional) - WMS
    • 5.61(4) The process for determining the verifiable actual costs must be developed by ERCOT, approved by the appropriate TAC subcommittee.  (Priority: Low) - WMS
    • 5.6.3(3) The process for determining the verifiable actual costs for a startup attempt under paragraph (2) above must be developed by ERCOT, approved by the appropriate TAC subcommittee.  (Priority: Low) - WMS
    • 6.5.7.6.2.3(1) ERCOT shall develop a procedure approved by TAC to deploy Resources providing Non-Spinning Reserve Service.  (Priority: Medium) - ROS
    • 6.5.9.4.1(2)(b) ERCOT shall develop a procedure for determining which Load Resources to interrupt and to equitably allocate Load Resources to one of two deployment stacks to enable a 50% deployment, which procedure must be approved in advance by TAC.  (Priority: Low) - WMS
    • 7.2.1 The appropriate TAC subcommittee shall establish a task force that is open to Market Participants, comprised of technical experts, to develop a naming convention for CRRs consistent with the requirements of the Protocols.  (Priority: Medium) - WMS
    • 8.0 In some instances Section 8 requires ERCOT to develop other performance measures that must be approved by the TAC.  (Priority: Medium) - ROS
  • Review reserve margin calculation based on the following (1) previous year's experience, (2) the forthcoming PUCT rulemaking on resource adequacy, and (3) issues raised by B Bojorquez in 5/4/06 CDR presentation to TAC. 
 WMS
  • Create post Nodal implementation effectiveness evaluation plan
 M. Dreyfus
  • Review/revise transmission planning charter based on TAC recommendation for Board approvals presented to June Board.
 M. Walker
  • Review Emergency Interruptible Load Plan and define objectives of plan.
 WMS
  • Defer NPRR024, Synchronization of PRRs627 and 640.  Topaz Power Group to submit comments for TPTF review on 11/28/06 and TAC to reconsider in December.
 B. Clemenhagen/TAC
  • Review Nodal Non-Spinning Reserve Service Deployment Procedure at November WMS to determine what deploying non-spin will do to the market.
 WMS
  • Review recent fuel-oil survey and compare to previous surveys.
 ROS

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