PRR830

Title:	Reactive Power Capability Requirement
Next Group:
Next Step:	Appealed to PUCT on 12/22/09 - see Docket Numbers 37817, 37818, 37819, 37823, 37824 and 37827.
Status:	Approved on 11/17/2009

Date	Gov Body		Next Steps
			Appealed to PUCT on 12/22/09 - see Docket Numbers 37817, 37818, 37819, 37823, 37824 and 37827.
11/17/2009	Board of Directors	Approved
11/05/2009	TAC	Recommended for Approval	ERCOT Board for consideration.
10/22/2009	PRS	Recommended for Approval	TAC for conisderation.
09/17/2009	PRS	Deferred/Tabled	PRS for consideration.
09/10/2009	PRS		PRS for consideration.
			PRS Language Review

Date	Gov Body	Motion	Result	Against	Abstentions
11/17/2009	Board of Directors	To approve PRR830 as recommended by TAC in the 11/5/09 TAC Recommendation Report and rejected the NextEra Energy Resources appeal.	Passed
11/05/2009	TAC	To recommend approval of PRR830 as recommended by PRS in the 10/22/09 PRS Recommendation Report and as amended by the 10/29/09 ERCOT comments.	Passed	1 (Independent Generator)	6 (1 Investor Owned Utility; 1 Independent Generator; 2 Consumers; 2 Independent Power Marketers)
10/22/2009	PRS	To recommend approval of PRR830 as endorsed by ROS.	Passed	8 (7 Independent Generators; 1 Independent Power Marketer)	5 (2 Independent Generators; 1 Independent Power Marketer; 2 Investor Owned Utilities)
09/17/2009	PRS	To table PRR830 for one month and to encourage ROS to provide comments on PRR830.		0	0
09/10/2009	PRS	To grant Urgent status to PRR830.	Passed	0	0

Status:	Approved
Date Posted:	09/08/2009
Sponsor:	ERCOT
Urgent:	Yes
Sections:	2.1, 2.2, 6.5.7, 6.5.7.1, 6.7.6
Description:	This PRR clarifies the Reactive Power capability requirement for all Generation Resources, including existing WGRs who are not able to meet the 0.95 lead/lag requirement with the Generation Resource’s Unit Reactive Limit (URL). WGRs that commenced operation on or after February 17, 2004, and have a signed Standard Generation Interconnection Agreement (SGIA) on or before November 1, 2009 may met the Reactive Power requirements through a combination of the WGR’s URL and/or automatically switchable static VAR capable devices and/or dynamic VAR capable devices.
Reason:	Clarification of Reactive Power capability requirements on a going-forward basis and path to compliance for certain WGRs that are not able to meet the 0.95 lead/lag requirement at the Point of Interconnection based on Generation Resource’s URL.