Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT)

PRS Meeting

March 22, 2007
9:30 AM - 4:00 PM
RSVP: Sheila Letkeman
ERCOT Austin 206B
7620 Metro Center Dr.
Austin, TX 78744
Dial-In: 512.225.7280
Dial-In Code: 4643

Agenda

1.

Antitrust Admonition

K. Gresham

2.

Approval of Minutes (Vote)

February 22, 2007

K. Gresham

3.

Urgency Votes (Possible Vote)

K. Gresham

4.

TAC and Board Reports (Possible Vote)

TAC Action Items:

  •  Process for post-nodal implementation of NPRRs
  •  Cut-off date/ pens down for all PRRs related to the wholesale market.
  •  Appeals process - Define process for an appeal to the Board answering the following questions: (1) Can an appeal be based on information not shared with PRS/TAC? (2) Should there be an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) like step? And, (3) How do you provide for a two-sided debate?
  •  Companion NPRRs to PRRs.

K. Gresham

5.

Project Update and Summary of Project Priority List (PPL) Activity to Date

T. Anderson

6.

Review of Recommendation Report, Impact Analysis and Cost/Benefit Analysis (Vote)

PRR701, Enabling of Stranded Capacity During Alerts - URGENT. 

PRR706, Provisional Qualification for Ancillary Services

PRR707, Prioritization and Timing of Transactions Based Upon PRR672 Collaborative Analysis and Retry Process for 814_20s

PRR708, Data Provided by ERCOT to TDSPs

 

7.

Project Prioritization (Vote)

Appropriate PRRs from Item No. 6.

 

8.

Review of PRR Language (Vote)

PRR705, Emergency Interruptible Load Service (EILS) - Interim Option - URGENT

PRR709, Scarcity Pricing Mechanism

PRR710, Validation Tests Update

PRR711, Update of ERCOT Protocols to Comply with NERC Name Change

PRR712, Local Congestion Replacement Reserve Payment Methodology

PRR713, Resource Outage Notification

 

9.

Review of NPRR Language (Vote)

NPRR040, Synchronization of Emergency Electric Curtailment Plan (EECP) Event Realignment

NPRR041, Corrections to Section 4, Day-Ahead Operations

NPRR042, Corrections to Section 5, Transmission Security Analysis and Reliability Unit Commitment

NPRR043, Corrections to Section 7, Congestion Revenue Rights

NPRR044, Corrections to Section 6, Adjustment Period and Real-Time Operations

NPRR045, Wind Power Forecasting

NPRR046, Real-Time ICCP Communication Only

NPRR047, Credit Monitoring - ERCOT Staff Clarification

NPRR048, Revised Wording of Opportunity Outages for Transmission Facilities

NPRR049, Generation Subsystem Changes to Incorporate Approved Whitepapers

NPRR050, Clarification for HSL Values and WGR Values to be Used in the RUC Capacity Short Calculation

NPRR051, Removal of the Pseudo Resources Requirements in the Real Time Security Constrained Economic Dispatch (SCED) Process

NPRR052, Settlement for Non-Modeled Generators

NPRR053, Creation of a New Trading Hub at Venus Station

NPRR054, Update of Nodal Protocols to Comply with NERC Name Change - Companion to PRR711

 

10.

Other Business

 


Future Meetings

Open Action Items from Previous Meetings
Responsible Party
  • NPRR020, ERCOT Nodal Implementation Surcharge.  On 9/21/06, PRS tabled NPRR020 until the PUCT issues order on final Nodal Implementation Surcharge.
ERCOT Staff
  • NPRR026, Nodal Implementation Surcharge Verifiable Costs (see NPRR020). On 9/21/06, PRS tabled NPRR026 until the PUCT issues order on final Nodal Implementation Surcharge.
NRG Texas
  • NPRR035, Nodal Protocol Clarifications Required For Net Metering Provisions.  Tabled by PRS on 1/22/07.  On 2/22/07, PRS voted to recommend approval of NPRR035.
ERCOT Staff
  • NPRR036, Market Operations Test Environment (MOTE) in the Nodal Market.  Tabled by PRS on 1/22/07.
ERCOT Staff
  • NPRR037, Conforming Section 13 to Nodal Format and Changing Frequency of Transmission Loss Base Case Calculations.  Submitter requested deferral until implementation of PRR565, Calculation of Losses for Settlement.
ERCOT Staff
  • NPRR039, Availability of Ancillary Service Offers for the Supplementary Ancillary Service Market.  On 2/22/07, PRS voted to recommend approval of NPRR039.
ERCOT Staff
  • PRR549, Regulation Control During Abnormal Frequency Events.  At its November 2004 meeting, PRS remanded the PRR to ROS.
ROS
  • PRR703, Emergency Interruptible Load Service (EILS) - URGENT [EILTF].  Tabled by PRS on 1/22 /07.
PRS

Key Documents