Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT)

PRS Meeting

April 20, 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: 7401
Business Casual
Agenda

1.

Antitrust Admonition

K. Gresham

2.

Approval of Minutes (Vote)

March 22, 2007

K. Gresham

3.

Antitrust Training

A. Gallo

4.

Urgency Votes (Possible Vote)

PRR716, NOIE Self-Provision of Emergency Interruptible Load Service

K. Gresham

5.

TAC and Board Reports (Possible Vote)

TAC Action Items:

  • 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?
  • Process for post-nodal implementation of NPRRs

K. Gresham

6.

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

T. Anderson

7.

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

PRR701, Enabling of Stranded Capacity During Alerts - 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

NPRR046, Real-Time ICCP Communication Only

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

 

8.

Project Prioritization (Vote)

Appropriate PRRs from Item No. 7.

 

9.

Review of PRR Language (Vote)

PRR713, Resource Outage Notification.  On 3/22/07, PRS voted to table PRR713.

PRR714, Qualification and Periodic Testing of Loads Acting as Resources (LaaRs)

 

10.

Review of NPRR Language (Vote)

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.

NPRR042, Corrections to Section 5, Transmission Security Analysis and Reliability Unit Commitment.  On 3/22/07, PRS voted to table NPRR042 and requested that TPTF revise the revision description.

NPRR047, Credit Monitoring - ERCOT Staff Clarification.  On 3/22/07, PRS voted to remand NPRR047 to TPTF for further analysis of Sections 4.4.10(3) and 16.11.6.1.5.

NPRR050, Clarification for HSL Values and WGR Values to be Used in the RUC Capacity Short Calculation.  On 3/22/07, PRS voted to table NPRR050 until its April meeting.

NPRR051, Removal of the Pseudo Resources Requirements in the Real Time Security Constrained Economic Dispatch (SCED) Process.  On 3/22/07, PRS voted to table NPRR051 until its April meeting.

NPRR055, Correction of Voltage Support QSE Total Bill Determinants

NPRR056, Modify Competitive Load Zones

NPRR057, Posting Requirements Pursuant PUC Subst. R. 25.505.

NPRR058, Clarification of Standard Form Market Participant Agreement

 

11.

Other Business

Revised PRR/NPRR Forms

 

N. Lopez

12.

Adjourn

 

     

    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.
    • 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.
    • NPRR036, Market Operations Test Environment (MOTE) in the Nodal Market.  Tabled by PRS on 1/22/07.
    • NPRR039, Availability of Ancillary Service Offers for the Supplementary Ancillary Service Market.  On 2/22/07, PRS voted to recommend approval of NPRR039.
    • NPRR041, Corrections to Section 4, Day-Ahead Operations
    • NPRR043, Corrections to Section 7, Congestion Revenue Rights
    • NPRR044, Corrections to Section 6, Adjustment Period and Real-Time Operations
    • NPRR048, Revised Wording of Opportunity Outages for Transmission Facilities
    • NPRR049, Generation Subsystem Changes to Incorporate Approved Whitepapers
    • NPRR052, Settlement for Non-Modeled Generators
    		 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
    • PRR703, Emergency Interruptible Load Service (EILS) - URGENT [EILTF].  Tabled by PRS on 1/22 /07.
    		 PRS
      • NPRR040, Synchronization of Emergency Electric Curtailment Plan (EECP) Event Realignment.  On 3/22/07, PRS tabled NPRR040 pending input from TPTF.
      • NPRR045, Wind Power Forecasting.  On 3/22/07, PRS voted to refer NPRR045 to TPTF for review.
      • NPRR053, Creation of a New Trading Hub at Venus Station.  On 3/22/07, PRS voted to refer NPRR053 to TPTF for review.
    		 TPTF

    Key Documents