NPRR194

Title:	Synchronization of Zonal Unannounced Generation Capacity Testing Process
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Status:	Approved on 01/19/2010
Related Issue:	PRR750

Date	Gov Body		Next Steps
01/19/2010	Board of Directors	Approved
01/06/2010	TAC	Recommended for Approval	ERCOT Board consideration of NPRR194
12/17/2009	PRS	Recommended for Approval	TAC consideration of NPRR194
11/19/2009	PRS	Recommended for Approval	PRS Impact Analysis review
10/22/2009	PRS	Deferred/Tabled	PRS language consideration
10/15/2009	ROS		PRS language consideration
08/25/2009	PRS	Referred	ROS consideration of NPRR194

Date	Gov Body	Motion	Result	Against	Abstentions
01/19/2010	Board of Directors	To approve NPRR194 as recommended by TAC in the 1/6/10 TAC Report.	Passed
01/06/2010	TAC	To recommend approval of NPRR194 as recommended by PRS in the 12/17/09 PRS Recommendation Report.	Passed	0	0
12/17/2009	PRS	To endorse and forward the 11/19/09 PRS Recommendation Report and Impact Analysis for NPRR194 to TAC.	Passed	0	0
11/19/2009	PRS	To recommend approval of NPRR194 as amended by the 11/17/09 Luminant Energy comments and as revised by PRS.	Passed	0	0
10/22/2009	PRS	To table NPRR194 for one month.	Passed	0	0
08/25/2009	PRS	To refer NPRR194 to ROS.	Passed	0	0

Status:	Approved
Date Posted:	08/18/2009
Sponsor:	ERCOT
Urgent:	No
Sections:	6.6.9, 6.6.9.1, 6.6.9.2, 8.1.1.2
Description:	This Nodal Protocol Revision Request (NPRR) replaces the seasonal testing requirement with unannounced Generation Resource testing and adds a requirement for Qualified Scheduling Entities (QSEs) to seasonally update their Resources’ High Sustainable Limits (HSLs). The NPRR also leverages existing emergency operations Settlement functionality to provide a mechanism to compensate a Generation Resource for the additional energy above the pre-test Security-Constrained Economic Dispatch (SCED) Base Point during the unannounced Generation Resource test period. This NPRR synchronizes the Nodal Protocols with the process added to the zonal Protocols pursuant to Protocol Revision Request (PRR) 750, Unannounced Generation Capacity Testing.
Reason:	To provide a mechanism for ERCOT to verify that reported HSLs truly reflect a Resource’s capability.