Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT)

PRS Meeting

May 20, 2010
9:30 AM - 4:30 PM
ERCOT Austin Room 206
7620 Metro Center Dr.
Austin, TX 78744
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Agenda

1.

Antitrust Admonition

 

S. Morris

2.

Approval of Minutes (Vote)

April 22, 2010

S. Morris

3.

Alignment of Nodal Protocols

K. Hobbs

4.

Urgency Votes (Possible Vote)

PRR849, Suspension of Annual CSC Determination

S. Morris

5.

TAC and Board Reports (Vote)

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 Â?Not Needed for Go-LiveÂ? (Possible Vote)

NPRR222, Half-Hour Start Unit RUC Clawback (Companion to NPRR207)

SCR756, Enhancements to the MarkeTrak Application

S. Morris

8.

Review Recommendation Reports, Impact Analyses and Cost/Benefit Analyses (Vote)

PRR845, Definition for IDR Meters and Optional Removal of IDR Meters at a Premise Where an Advanced Meter Can be Provisioned

PRR846, Deadlines for Initiating Alternative Dispute Resolution

NPRR212, Disputing Fuel Oil Price (FOP) Costs

NPRR213, Deadlines for Initiating Alternative Dispute Resolution

NPRR217, Resolution of Alignment Item A58 - Use of Different Computational Modules

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

NPRR225, Standard Cost Option in Verifiable Costs

S. Morris

9.

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

PRR847, Additional Exemptions for Uninstructed Resource Charge

S. Morris

10.

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

NPRR216, Allow ERCOT Option to Cancel Commitments Previously Issued Through RUC

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

NPRR224, Remove Dynamic Rating Requirements for Annual Planning Models

NPRR226, Procedure for Setting DAM Auction Credit Requirement Parameters

NPRR227, Termination of Access Privileges to Restricted Computer Systems and Control Systems 

NPRR228, Resolution of Alignment Items A2, A80, A83 and A93 - As-Built Treatment and Settlement of Combined Cycle Generation Resources in ERCOT Market Systems

NPRR229, Additions to Section 2, Definitions and Acronyms

NPRR230, Resolution of Alignment Items A40, A108, A127 and A138 and Clarification/Updates to Load and Demand Forecast, Statement of Opportunities, and Long Term Wind Power Forecast

NPRR231, Remove RMR Units from the Day-Ahead Market

NPRR232, Clarification of Block Load Transfer Registration and Deployment

NPRR233, Clarifying Method of Enforcing CRR Auction Limitation on Market Submissions

NPRR234, Resolution of Alignment Item A32, A147, A155, A159, and A187 - Clarify General Capacity Testing and Net Dependable Capability

NPRR235, Resolution of Alignment Items A36 and A131 and Clarification of Miscellaneous Requirements

NPRR236, Resolution of Alignment Item A83 partially, A86, A87 partially, A88 partially, and A142 - Clarify Default Actions for Missing Data and Range of Valid Data Entries for Energy Offers

NPRR237, Resolution of Alignment Items A22, A143, A148, A153, A160  and A169 Â? Clarification of NERC Reliability Standards and MIS Posting Requirements

NPRR238, Resolution of Alignment Item A47, A59, A104, A105, A114, A115, A130, A188, and A189 - Provides Clarification and Updates to Network Operations  Model Processes for Resource Entities

NPRR239, Ramp Rate Limitation of 10% per minute of On-Line Installed Capability for Wind-powered Generation Resources

S. Morris

11.

Notice of Withdrawal

S. Morris

12.

Other Business

 

13.

Adjourn

S. Morris

14.

Future PRS Meetings

  • June 17, 2010
  • July 22, 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
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


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