Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT)

TAC Meeting

January 06, 2010
9:30 AM - 4:00 PM
ERCOT Austin Room 206
7620 Metro Center Dr.
Austin, TX 78744
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Agenda

1.

Antitrust Admonition

M. Bruce

9:30 a.m.

2.

ERCOT Board Update

M. Bruce

9:35 a.m.

3.

Election of TAC Chair and Vice-Chair (Vote)

K. Hobbs

9:40 a.m.

4.

Approval of Draft December 3, 2009 TAC Meeting Minutes (Vote)

TAC Chair

9:55 a.m.

5.

Texas Nodal Implementation

  • ERCOT Program Update
    • Status
    • Market Trials Overview
    • Market Participant Readiness

 

 

J. Iacobucci
M. Mereness/
S.Middleton
V. Gates

10:00 a.m.

6.

Nodal Advisory Task Force Report*

D. Blackburn

11:00 a.m.

7.

Protocol Revisions Subcommittee Report

  • Protocol Revision Request (PRR) (Vote):
    • PRR842, Addition of Generic Startup Cost and Minimum Energy Cost for Diesel - Urgent
  • Nodal Protocol Revision Requests (NPRRs) (Vote):
    • NPRR194, Synchronization of Zonal Unannounced Generation Capacity Testing Process
    • NPRR197, Section 21, Synchronization of Zonal Protocols
    • NPRR202, Clarification of Network Operations Model and State Estimator Postings
  • Revision Requests for Parking Deck Consideration (Vote):
    • NPRR131, Ancillary Service Trades with ERCOT
    • NPRR181, FIP Definition Revision

S. Morris

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11:15 a.m.

8.

Revision Requests Tabled at TAC (Vote):

  • PRR833, Primary Frequency Response Requirement from Existing WGRs
  • NPRR091, Scarcity Pricing and Mitigated Offer Cap During the Period Commencing on the Nodal Market Implementation Date and Continuing for a Total of 45 Days
  • NPRR146, ICCP Telemetry Information Submittals
  • NPRR153, Generation Resource Fixed Quantity Block
  • NPRR164, Resubmitting Ancillary Service Offers in SASM
  • NPRR169, Clarify the Calculation and Posting of LMPs for the Load Zone and LMPs for each Hub

TAC Chair

12:00 p.m.

 

Lunch

 

12:30 p.m.

9.

Reliability and Operations Subcommittee Report *

  • NOGRR029, Synchronization of OGRR224, Special Protection System (SPS) Operations Under No Contingency (Vote)

R. Keetch

1:15 p.m.

 

10.

Wholesale Market Subcommittee Report*

  • PRR811, Real-Time Production Potential (Vote)
  • OGRR223, Real-Time Production Potential (Vote)

B. Clemenhagen

1:30 p.m.

 

11.

Multiple Interconnected Generators (MIG) Task Force Report (Possible Vote)

R. Keetch/
B.Clemenhagen

1:45 p.m.

 

12.

Commercial Operations Subcommittee Report*

  • COPMGRR015, Creating Section 8, ERCOT Settlement and Invoice Process (Vote)
  • COPMGRR016, Update to Section 12, Renewable Energy Credits Due to PRR808, Clean-up and Alignment of RECs Trading Program Language with PUCT Rules (Vote)
  • SCR755, ERCOT.com Website Enhancements (Vote)

M. Trenary

2:30 p.m.

 

13.

Retail Market Subcommittee Report*

  • Revised RMS Procedures (Vote)

K. Patrick

2:45 p.m.

 

14.

ERCOT Operations, Planning, and IT Reports

  • Updated Generation Interconnection Procedure (Vote)

 

D. Woodfin

3:00 p.m.

 

15.

Renewable Technology Working Group Report

H. Durrwachter

3:15 p.m.

 

16.

Texas Regional Entity Report

V. Barry

3:25 p.m.

 

17.

Other Business

  • 2009 Accomplishments and 2010 Goals
  • Future Agenda Items

TAC Chair

3:45 p.m.

 

 

Adjourn

TAC Chair

4:00 p.m.

 


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