ERCOT - PRS Meeting(April 22, 2010)

Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT)

PRS Meeting

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April 22, 2010 9:30 AM - 4:30 PM
ERCOT Austin Room 206B 7620 Metro Center Dr. Austin, TX 78744	Dial-In: 1-866-469-3239 Dial-In Code: 214 537 54

Agenda

1.	Antitrust Admonition	S. Morris
2.	Approval of Minutes (Vote) March 20, 2010	S. Morris
3.	Alignment of Nodal Protocols	K. Hobbs
4.	Urgency Votes (Possible Vote)	S. Morris
5.	TAC and Board Reports (Vote) NPRR207, Hour Start Unit Deselection and Half Hour Start Unit RUC Clawback NPRR210, Wind Forecasting Change to P50, Synchronization with PRR841	S. Morris
6.	Project Update and Summary of Project Priority List (PPL) Activity to Date	T. Anderson
7.	NPRRs /SCR with CEO Determination of �?Not Needed for Go-Live�? (Possible Vote) PRR845, Definition for IDR Meters and Optional Removal of IDR Meters at a Premise Where an Advanced Meter Can be Provisioned NPRR222, Half-Hour Start Unit RUC Clawback (Companion to NPRR207)	S. Morris
8.	Review Recommendation Reports, Impact Analyses and Cost/Benefit Analyses (Vote) PRR846, Deadlines for Initiating Alternative Dispute Resolution NPRR209, Data Posting Changes to Comply with P.U.C. Subst. R. 25.505 NPRR211, Modify RUC Capacity Short Charge to Use Final Energy Trades NPRR212, Disputing Fuel Oil Price (FOP) Costs NPRR213, Deadlines for Initiating Alternative Dispute Resolution NPRR214, Wind-powered Generation Resource (WGR) High Sustained Limit (HSL) Update Process	S. Morris
9.	Review of Protocol Revision Requests (PRRs) Language (Vote) PRR847, Additional Exemptions for Uninstructed Resource Charge PRR848, Allow ERCOT Option to Cancel RPRS Capacity Commitments	S. Morris
10.	Review of Nodal Protocol Revision Requests (NPRRs) Language (Vote) NPRR215, Resolution of Alignment Item A151 - Removal of Posting Requirement for RMR Services NPRR216, Allow ERCOT Option to Cancel Commitments Previously Issued Through RUC NPRR217, Resolution of Alignment Item A58 - Use of Different Computational Modules NPRR218, Resolution of Alignment Item A71 - Add Protocol Description of the Power Balance Penalty Factor used in the SCED NPRR219, Resolution of Alignment Items A33, A92, A106, and A150 - TSPs Must Submit Outages for Resource Owned Equipment and Clarification of Changes in Status of Transmission Element Postings NPRR220, Nodal Requirement of Declaring an EEA for Reserves More than 500 MW NPRR221, Day-Ahead Market and Real-Time Market Default Allocation Changes NPRR223, Resolution of Alignment Item A73 Removal of IMM and PUC Staff Nightly Report NPRR224, Remove Dynamic Rating Requirements for Annual Planning Models NPRR225, Standard Cost Option in Verifiable Costs	S. Morris
11.	Notice of Withdrawal	S. Morris
12.	Other Business ERCOT.com Cutover (Zonal to Nodal)
13.	Adjourn	S. Morris
14.	Future PRS Meetings May 20, 2010 June 17, 2010

Future Meetings

Open Action Items from Previous Meetings		Responsible Party
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
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
Other Binding Documents		ERCOT Legal
PRR826, Clarification of Resource Definitions and Resource Registration of Self-Serve Generators for Reliability Purposes. On 12/17/09, PRS unanimously voted to table PRR826 indefinitely.		PRS
PRR834, ERCOT Load Forecast Accuracy. On 12/17/09, PRS unanimously voted to table PRR834 until after the Load forecasting workshop.		PRS
PRR843, Add Regional Planning Section to Protocols. On 2/18/10, PRS unanimously voted to table PRR843 indefinitely.		PRS
NPRR190, Clarification of Resource Definitions and Resource Registration of Self-Serve Generators for Reliability Purposes. On 12/17/09, PRS unanimously voted to table NPRR190 indefinitely.		PRS
PRR838, Fast Response Distributed Energy Resource (DER). On 11/19/09, PRS unanimously voted to refer PRR838 to ROS with instruction to have PDCWG assist in constructing the DER operational prototype test, to provide transparency to Market Participants on the type of the test and to report the results to ROS.		ROS
Nodal Protocol/Reliability Standards Alignment (NPRSA) Task Force		PRS

Key Documents

Additional 042210 PRS Meeting Materials
(04/22/10, .zip, 258.8 KB)
Agenda_PRS_Meeting_042210
(04/14/10, .doc, 60 KB)
APPROVED Minutes PRS 20100422
(05/20/10, .doc, 152 KB)
April 22, 2010 PRS Meeting Materials
(04/15/10, .zip, 1.3 MB)
DRAFT Minutes PRS 20100325
(04/15/10, .doc, 139.5 KB)
PRS_April_2010_PMO_Update
(04/21/10, .ppt, 454 KB)

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