PRR823

Title:	Clarifying Language for Resource 12-Month Rolling Planned Outage Schedule Format and Reporting Requirement
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Status:	Approved on 10/20/2009

Date	Gov Body		Next Steps
10/20/2009	Board of Directors	Approved
10/01/2009	TAC	Recommended for Approval	ERCOT Board Consideration
09/17/2009	PRS	Recommended for Approval	TAC consideration
08/25/2009	PRS	Recommended for Approval	PRS IA Review

Date	Gov Body	Motion	Result
10/20/2009	Board of Directors	To approve PRR823 as recommended by TAC in the 10/1/09 TAC Recommendation Report	Passed
10/01/2009	TAC	To recommend approval of PRR823 as recommended by PRS in the 9/17/09 PRS Recommendation Report.	Passed
09/17/2009	PRS	To forward the 8/25/09 PRS Recommendation Report and Impact Analysis to TAC	Passed
08/25/2009	PRS	To recommend approval of PRR823 as amended by CenterPoint comments.	Passed

Status:	Approved
Date Posted:	07/14/2009
Sponsor:	Calpine
Urgent:	No
Sections:	8.1.3.2
Description:	This Protocol Revision Request (PRR) clarifies language regarding the requirement for Resource Entities to input a 12-month rolling schedule for Outages in the Outage Scheduler application.
Reason:	The requirement to submit 12-month Planned Outage schedules for Resources is ambiguous about when and how the Outage information should be submitted. The passage in Section 8.1.3.2 dealing with Resources’ Outages states, in pertinent part, “Resource Entities must provide ERCOT a written Planned Outage and Maintenance Outage program for the next twelve (12) months, in an ERCOT provided format updated for a rolling twelve (12) month period.” This would seem to indicate that some form or letter format specified by ERCOT would be used to submit the information. When ERCOT Outage Coordination personnel were contacted for clarification, they stated that the Outage Scheduler Graphic User Interface (GUI) on the Texas Market Link (TML) is the location for Resource Entities to submit their Outage schedules to fulfill this requirement, not a written format to be provided by ERCOT.