Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT)

Congestion Management Working Group Meeting

July 11, 2008
9:30 AM - 3:30 PM
RSVP: For more information, email Marguerite Wagner
ERCOT Austin Room 168
7620 Metro Center Dr.
Austin, TX 78744
Dial-In: 512-225-7278
Dial-In Code: 5712
Business Casual

Agenda

1

Open Meeting/ Anti-Trust Admonition

J. Ward

9:30-9:35

2

Discussion topics:

  • 2008 CRE recommendation update
  • Update on CSC work for 2009
  • TCR Calculations - clarification requested as a result of PRR764.
  • Outage Coordination
    - review comments received on proposal discussed at 6/25 CMWG meeting
    --what is the benefit of scheduling far out if you can be denied an outage subsequently?
    - discuss improvements to TO coordination of outages over higher wind production periods (WOTF assignment)
    - our assignment related to wind issue, so is it appropriate to pull in the entire outage process?

 

ERCOT

9:35-11:45

3

Lunch

 

11:45 - 1

4

  • Shadow Price Cap for Nodal
    --review 2 tier cap proposal structure
  • Update on N to S issue of 1 MW-- what line upgrades are needed to get N to S above 100 MW? Does this need to be referred to RPG?
  • Update on Competitive Constraint Test
    - status of evaluation of existing 2008 CSCs under CCT
  • Update on ERCOT plan for validating methodology for stability methodology (for low load high wind conditions) what are seasonal sensitivities for stability studies

 

ERCOT/

 

D Jones/
B Gedrich

1-3:15

5

Review & Next steps

J. Ward

3:15-3:30


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