Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT)

PRS Meeting

March 19, 2009
9:30 AM - 4:30 PM
ERCOT Austin Room 206B
7620 Metro Center Dr.
Austin, TX 78744
Dial-In: 512-225-7274
Dial-In Code: 2020
Agenda

1.

Antitrust Admonition

 

K. Gresham

2.

Antitrust Training

C. Seely

3.

Approval of Minutes (Vote)

February 19, 2009

K. Gresham

4.

Urgency Votes (Possible Vote)       

PRR803, Revised Implementation Approach for PRR601 - URGENT

PRR804, Revisions to Section 21 Appeal Process - URGENT

K. Gresham

5.

TAC and Board Reports (Possible Vote)

K. Gresham

6.

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

Nodal Parking Deck Discussion (Possible Vote)

T. Anderson

7.

Other Binding Documents (Possible Vote)

A. Martinez

8.

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

PRR797, Removal of Reference to ERCOT Business Process

NPRR149, Change the name of Emergency Electric Curtailment Plan (EECP) to Energy Emergency Alert (EEA)

NPRR156, Transparency for PSS and Full Interconnection Studies

 

9.

Review of Protocol Revision Requests (PRRs) Language (Vote)

PRR768, TDSP Energy Storage for Reliability

PRR787, Add Violation Language to QSE Performance Standard

PRR796, Resource Plan Performance Metric

PRR800, QSE Day Ahead Metric

PRR801, Manual TCR Adjustments

PRR802, TCR Transition to CRR Refund Revision

PRR803, Revised Implementation Approach for PRR601 - URGENT

PRR804, Revisions to Section 21 Appeal Process - URGENT

 

10.

Review of Nodal Protocol Revision Requests (NPRRs) Language (Vote)

NPRR151, Clarify Definition of a Generator Output Breaker in the Outage Scheduler

NPRR157, Extending Black Start Service Bid Timeline

NPRR158, EILS Self-Provision Formula Correction and Clarifications

NPRR163, Removal of Late Fee Language

NPRR165, Synchronizing Section 1 with PRR697

NPRR166, Timing for Required Black Start Unit Load Carrying Test

NPRR167, Options for Filing Verifiable Costs – QSEs or Resources

NPRR168, Verifiable Costs Generation Corrections

 

11.

Review of System Change Requests (SCRs) (Possible Vote)

SCR754, WGRPP Forecasts Posted On Zonal TML

SCR755, ERCOT.com Website Enhancements

 

12.

Notice of Withdrawal

 

 

13.

Other Business

  • 2009 PRS Goals

 

14.

Adjourn

 

15.

Future PRS Meetings

  • April 23, 2009
  • May 21, 2009

 

Future Meetings
Open Action Items from Previous Meetings
Responsible Party
  • NPRR131, Ancillary Service Trades with ERCOT.  On 09/24/08, PRS unanimously voted to table consideration of NPRR131, pending the development of the Impact Analysis.  (Nodal Approved Post Go-Live)
 ERCOT
  • NPRR141, TSP and/or DSP Energy Storage for Reliability.  On 8/21/08, PRS voted to table NPRR141 until the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) issues a decision in the proceeding relating to the ownership issue (PUCT Docket No. 35994).
 PRS
  • NPRR147, DAM Short Pay Changes.  On 11/20/08, PRS unanimously voted to refer NPRR147 to WMS and the Credit Work Group (Credit WG) and requested that recommendation be provided to PRS by the February 2009 PRS meeting. 
 WMS/Credit WG
  • NPRR153, Generation Resource Fixed Quantity Block.  On 11/20/08, PRS unanimously voted to table NPRR153 pending the development of an Impact Analysis.  (Nodal Approved Post Go-Live)
 ERCOT
  • NPRR164, Resubmitting Ancillary Service Offers in SASM.  On 1/22/09, PRS unanimously voted to table NPRR164. (Nodal Approved Post Go-Live)
 PRS
  • NPRR169, Clarify the Calculation and Posting of LMPs for the Load Zone and LMPs for each Hub.  On 1/22/09, PRS unanimously voted to table NPRR169. (revisit in Q3)
 PRS
  • PRR754, Resource Settlement Due to Forced Transmission Outage.  On 9/24/08, the motion to recommend approval of PRR754 as amended by ERCOT comments posted on 9/23/08 and as amended by PRS, failed by roll call vote.
 PRS
  • PRR768, TDSP Energy Storage for Reliability.  On 8/21/08, PRS voted to table PRR768 until the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) issues a decision in the proceeding relating to the ownership issue (PUCT Docket No. 35994).
 PRS
  • PRR787, Add Violation Language to QSE Performance Standards.  On 1/22/09, PRS unanimously voted to refer PRR787 to ROS.
 ROS
  • SCR750, Upgrade ERCOT’s Systems so Users Can Upgrade to Internet Explorer 7.0 and Beyond.  On 10/23/08, PRS unanimously voted to refer SCR750 to RMS for consideration.
 RMS
  • Nodal Documents Without Defined Owners review of Nodal documents without defined owners or update processes for determination of whether they should be incorporated into guides or protocols, or remain as standalone documents.
 PRS

Key Documents


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