PRR699

Title:	Removal of the Northeast Congestion Zone in Trading Hub Transaction Conversions
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Status:	Approved on 12/12/2006
Effective Date:	01/01/2007

Date	Gov Body		Next Steps
12/12/2006	Board of Directors	Approved
12/01/2006	TAC	Recommended for Approval	Board consideration
11/16/2006	PRS	Approved

Date	Gov Body	Motion	Result	Against	Abstentions
12/12/2006	Board of Directors	Approve as recommended by TAC.	Passed	0	0
12/01/2006	TAC	Recommend approval of PRR699 as recommended by PRS.	Passed	0	1 Consumers
11/16/2006	PRS	On 11/16/06, PRS unanimously voted to grant the request for Urgent Status. All Market Segment were present for the vote. Then PRS unanimously voted to recommend approval of PRR669 as submitted. The Independent Power Marketer and Independent Generators Market Segments were not present for the vote.	Passed

Status:	Approved
Date Posted:	11/13/2006
Sponsor:	ERCOT
Urgent:	Yes
Sections:	7.9.2.6, ERCOT Bus Average 345 kV Trading Hub; 7.9.3.4, Scheduling of Transactions Using ERCOT Trading Hubs
Description:	This PRR Synchronizes the ERCOT Protocols to reflect the removal of the Northeast Congestion Zone in the Trading Hub calculations beginning January 1, 2007. As such, reference to the Northeast Congestion Zone in the Protocols is removed, and the calculation for converting transactions at Trading Hubs to existing Congestion Zones is revised. In addition, the calculation is adjusted to account for the fact that a transmission bus that was previously in the West Congestion Zone will be in the North Congestion Zone in 2007 (bus number 6096).
Reason:	As a result of the annual re-designation of Congestion Zones pursuant to Protocol Section 7.2, CSC Zone Determination, and as approved by the TAC on September 19, 2006, the Northeast Congestion Zone is being folded back into the North Congestion Zone beginning January 1, 2007.