Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT)

TPTF Meeting

August 11, 2008
9:30 AM - 5:00 PM		 RSVP: --
Multiple Day Meeting
ERCOT Austin Room 206A
7620 Metro Center Dr.
Austin, TX 78744
Teleconference: 1-866-469-3239
Meeting number: 350 988 305
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 | Managing Protocol Content

       
1. Antitrust Admonition

J. Mickey

 9:30 am
2. Review Agenda

J. Mickey

  
3. Confirm Future Meetings at the Met Center:
  • August 11 - 12, 2008
  • August 25 - 27, 2008
  • September 8 - 9, 2008
  • September 22 - 24, 2008


Announce December meeting:
  • December 15 - 16, 2008


Announce Other Meetings:

J. Mickey

  
4. Consider Approval of meeting minutes:
  • July 21 - 23, 2008 TPTF meeting (possible vote*)


S. Bridges

  
5. TPTF Housekeeping Items:
  • Request "needed for go-live" declaration for:
    • NPRR138, Credit Monitoring and Management Reports (possible vote*)
    • NPRR124, Resource Node Updated Definitions (possible vote*)
  • Discuss revisions to vote tallies from May 23 and July 7


 S. Bridges

  
6. Nodal Status Report
  • Program Update
  • Project Status Updates
  • Schedule Revision Updates


J. Ply
R. Hinsley
7. EDS Status Update
  • Discuss status of EDS
  • Discuss follow-up items from the July 7-8 TPTF meeting

D. Cote
8. Working Readiness Metrics Inventory

Review comments for ERCOT-recommended revisions to the following Readiness Metrics (possible vote*):
  • MP1, MP Engagement
  • MP2, QSE with Resources Connectivity to EDS Environment
  • MP3, QSE with Resources Upload of SCED Offers to ED
  • MP5, ICCP Point to Point Telemetry Test
  • MP6, QSE and TSP Telemetry/ICCP System Availability
  • MP8, QSE Ability to Submit Transactions Via MIS
  • MP9, QSE Ability to Submit Web Service Transactions
  • MP10, Mapping of Resources to Resource Nodes and Resources to EPS Meters is Complete
  • MP11, MP Registration Activities
  • MP12, MP Completes Nodal Market Related Training
  • MP13, MP Completes Nodal Operations Related Training
  • MP14-A, MP EDS 2, Release 3 Trials Participation
  • MP14-B, MP EDS 2, Release 4 Trials Participation
  • MP14-C, MP EDS 2, TSP Model Synchronization Participation
  • MP15-A, MP EDS 3, Releases 5 and 6 Participation
  • MP15-B, MP EDS 3, Release 7 Trials Participation
  • MP16, MP EDS 4 Trials Participation
  • MP17, MP Qualification Activities
  • MP18, Mapping of Resources and Loads in Private Area Networks is Complete
  • MP19, Load Serving Entitles Engagement and Readiness
  • MP20, MP Ability to Submit Outage - Connectivity Test
  • MP21, Wind Generating Resources ICCP Telemetry
    • non-substantive clean-up edits for MP21
  • MP22, New Entrant Readiness
  • MP23, Outage Trials Participation


K. Lamoree
  Lunch

 
9. Working Readiness Metrics Inventory (continued)

 
10. DAM Process
  • Process Overview
  • Wholesale Market
  • DAM Process


K. Lamoree
M. Patterson
  Recess

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

 
12. Verifiable Costs Working Group (VCWG) Update
  • Review comments for NPRR145, PPAs as Resource-Specific Verifiable Costs Documentation (possible vote*)
    • The comments for NPRR145 include the Verifiable Cost Manual Procedure document "Power Purchase and Tolling Agreements Used As Verifiable Costs Documentation" as prepared by the VCWG and submitted to PRS in support of NPRR145
  • Review comments for the Verifiable Cost Implementation Plan v0.17(possible vote*)
  • Review comments for NPRR144, Five RUC Deployments Needed Before Requiring Verifiable Costs PRS (possible vote*)

I. Gonzalez

 8:30 am
13. NPRR102, Implementation of PUC Subst. R. 25.505(f), Publication of Resource and Load Information (possible vote*)

 M. Mereness
N. Lopez
  Lunch

 
14. Review disposition of comments for NPRR141, TDSP Energy Storage for Reliability (possible vote*)

 K. Fox
J. Levine
15. Initial Review of NPRR146, ICCP Telemetry Information Submittals (possible vote*)

K. Fox
J. Levine

16. Quick Response Working Group (QRWG) Update
  • Review comments for the Draft NPRR Generation Resource Fixed Quantity Block Offer (possible vote*)


S. Guermouche
  Adjourn

  End by 3:00 pm
Additional Information
Recent Document Reviews

Comments Due

TNM Single-Entry Model Go-Live Procedure v0.05

Jul. 30, 2008

White Paper - SIG0002 Private Use Networks v0.24

Aug. 04, 2008

White Paper - SIG0003 CCU Modeling in the Nodal Design v4.0

Aug. 04, 2008

White Paper - SIG0004 Digital Certificates for Counter Parties v3.0

Aug. 04, 2008

White Paper - SIG0005 Load Resource Topology Modeling v2.0

Aug. 04, 2008

White Paper - SIG0006 Flowgate Modeling v2.0

Aug. 04, 2008

White Paper - SIG0007 Block Load Transfer  v4.0

Aug. 04, 2008

White Paper - SIG0008 Non-Modeled Generation v2.0

Aug. 04, 2008

White Paper - SIG0009 Resource Node Location v2.0

Aug. 04, 2008

White Paper - SIG0011 Net Generation v3.0

Aug. 04, 2008

White Paper - SIG0020 Rounding of MW Values v3.0

Aug. 04, 2008

White Paper - SIG0022 Trans. Constraint Model for RT CCP Dispatch v2.0

Aug. 04, 2008

COMS Nodal Verifiable Cost Implementation Plan v0.17

Aug. 04, 2008

MIS/CRR/NMMS CRR Map Requirements v0.92

Aug. 04, 2008

Proposal to Produce CRR Network Model Diagrams

Aug. 04, 2008

NPRR137, Synchronization and Update of Section 21

Aug. 04, 2008

NPRR141, TDSP Energy Storage for Reliability

Aug. 04, 2008

NPRR Draft, Generation Resource Fixed Quantity Block Offer

Aug. 05, 2008

Comments - NPRR145, PPAs as Resource-Specific VC Documentation

Aug. 06, 2008

NOGRR022, EECP Media Appeal Change

Aug. 06, 2008

NPRR142, EECP Media Appeal Change

Aug. 06, 2008

NPRR143, Section 9.9.1 Clean-up

Aug. 06, 2008

NPRR144, Five RUC Deployments Needed Before Requiring Verifiable Costs

Aug. 06, 2008

NPRR145, PPAs as Resource-Specific Verifiable Costs Documentation

Aug. 06, 2008

NPRR146, ICCP Telemetry Information Submittals

Aug. 07, 2008

Mock Credit Exposure Reports

Aug. 15, 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.

Key Documents