Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT)

TPTF Meeting

March 31, 2008
9:30 AM - 5:00 PM		 RSVP: --
Multiple Day Meeting
Holiday Inn Express - Austin Airport
7601 E. Ben White Blvd.
Austin, TX 78741
Teleconference: 1-866-469-3239
Meeting number: 355 209 099
Meeting password: TPTF123!!
Agenda
Day 1
Requested Links:
| IDA Punchlist | TPTF Punchlist | Quality Center | Nodal Metrics | Nodal Schedules | Nodal Reports | SPR1643 Bucket | EDS-SLA Metrics Summary

       
1. Antitrust Admonition

T. Doggett

 9:30 am
2. Review Agenda

T. Doggett
3. Confirm Future Meetings:
  • April 21 - 22, 2008 (offsite)
  • May 5 - 7, 2008 (Met Center)
  • May 22 - 23, 2008 (Met Center)


Announce future Subgroup meetings:
  • DAM Subgroup - April 3, 2008 (Met Center)
  • CCU Subgroup - April 2, 2008 (Holiday Inn Express, 3-5pm)


 T. Doggett
4. Consider Approval of meeting minutes:
  • March 20 - 21, 2008 TPTF meeting (possible vote*)


T. Doggett
5. Nodal Timeline Update

R. Chudgar

9:40 am
6. NMMS Update
  • Translating the zonal network model to nodal


R. Chudgar

 11:00 am
7. Readiness Update
  • ERCOT Business Processes
  • Scorecard Update


K. Lamoree
C. Wilkinson

 1:00 pm
8. MMS Update
  • Review disposition of comments for NPRR102, MMS Data Requirements for Publication of Resource and Load Information v0.1 (possible vote*)


M. Mereness

 2:00 pm
9. Verifiable Cost Subgroup Update
  • Review comments for the draft NPRR
  • Review comments for the Verifiable Cost Manual (possible vote*)


J. Galvin
I. Gonzalez

 3:00 pm
  Recess

   End by 5:00 pm
Day 2
       
10. Carry-Over Items from Monday

T. Doggett
11 Market Rules Update Review market comments for recently "nodalized" protocol sections:
  • NPRR109 - Section 18, Load Profiling (possible vote*)
  • NPRR110 - Section 20, Alternative Dispute Resolution Procedure (possible vote*)
  • NPRR105 - Section 23, Texas Test Plan Team - Retail Market Testing (possible vote*)
  • NPRR106 - Section 24, Retail Point-to-Point Communications (possible vote*)


N. Lopez
A. Boren

 8:30 am
12. Quality Center Update

E. Hall

 9:30 am
13. EDS Update
  • EDS Status Update
    • EDS - SLA Availability Metrics Summary
  • Discuss NPRR119 Resource Limit Calculator to revise LDL equation per SPR 1643 (possible vote*)
  • Review disposition of comments for the EDS 3 LFC Testing Market Participant Handbook v1.02 (possible vote*)


D. Cote
K. McIntyre
B. Kunz

 10:00 am
14. Nodal Program Update
  • Infrastructure capacity and disaster recovery
  • Health checks


J. Sullivan

11:15 am
15. User Interface Subgroup Update

 K. Horne
G. Macomber

1:15 pm
16. Quality Assurance Update

 G. Macomber

 1:45 pm
17. MIS Update
  • Notices


A. Martinez

 2:15 pm
18. CDR Update
  • Discuss status of staging tables
  • Request clarification to update frequency for AS Capacity Monitor data
  • Identify items that have duplicative posting requirements in the Nodal Protocols (i.e., both Public and Secure)


I. Flores

 3:15 pm
19. Future Subgroup to address Operations and Market Issues such as:
  • Ability to block offer off-line Non-Spin from Generation Resources
  • Potential for reduced AS Offers into a SASM given the AS Offer re-submittal rules for un-struck DAM AS Offers linked to a 3-part offer
  • SR25.505 SWCAP issue
  • Wind-Powered Generation Resource (WGR) Issues
  • Hi/Low TF Issue: Posting Resource Node Diagrams to MIS


 T. Doggett

 3:45 pm
20. Training Update

T. Hailu

 4:15 pm
  Recess

  End by 5:00 pm
Day 3
       
21. Carry-Over Items from Tuesday

T. Doggett
22. DAM Overview
  • Discuss the processes and tools of the Day-Ahead Market


S. Siddiqi

 8:30 am
23. CRR Update
  • EDS 3 Release 7 Status and vendor discussion
  • Discuss process for PCRR and MCFRI allocation
  • Discuss Timelines for ERCOT Response to Outage Requests
    • NPRR111, Timelines for Response by ERCOT to TSP Requests (possible vote*)


 B. Garza

 1:00 pm
  Adjourn

   End by 3:00 pm
Future Meetings
Additional Information
Recent Document Reviews Comments Due
NPRR109- Section 18, Load Profiling

Mar. 24, 2008

NPRR110- Section 20, Alternative Dispute Resolution Procedure

Mar. 24, 2008

NPRR105- Section 23, Texas Test Plan Team – Retail Market Testing

Mar. 24, 2008

NPRR106- Section 24, Retail Point-to-Point Communications

Mar. 24, 2008

NPRR114- Section 11, Synchronization of Zonal Protocols

Mar. 24, 2008

NPRR115- Grey-Boxing of Settlement and Billing Related Information

Mar. 24, 2008

Verifiable Cost Manual v0.07

Mar. 24, 2008

EDS 3 LFC Testing Market Participant Handbook v1.02

Mar. 26, 2008

Draft NPRR, CRR Settlements Revenue Equalization

Apr. 04, 2008

Verifiable Cost draft NPRR language for Sections 2, 4, and 5

Apr. 11, 2008

 

* For multiple-day TPTF meetings, it is noted that the voting items may be considered on a day that is different from that which is stated in the agenda above. The presentation times indicated above are approximations only and are subject to change.

 

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