| # | Title | Description | Date Posted | Sponsor | Urgent | Protocol Sections | Current Status | Effective Date(s) |
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| PGRR001 | Planning Guide -- Section 2, Process for Planning Guide Revision | This Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) proposes a process for revising the Planning Guide in Section 2 of the Planning Guide. | 06/02/2010 | Planning Working Group (PLWG) | Yes | 2 (new) | Approved |
08/01/2010
All Sections except Sections 2.1, 2.3, and 2.4.10 12/01/2010
Sections 2.1, 2.3, and 2.4.10 |
| PGRR002 | New Planning Guide Section 2, Definitions and Acronyms, and Section 8, Planning Reserve Margin (PRM) and Associated Change Process for the PRM (formerly "New Planning Guide Section 2, Definitions and Acronyms, and Section 8, Planning Reserve Margin") | This Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) incorporates the following into the Planning Guide: (1) Planning Reserve Margin (PRM) and the minimum PRM requirement. (2) The methodology to be used by ERCOT to calculate its Seasonal (i.e., Summer and Winter) PRM. This methodology is based on the ERCOT reserve margin calculation methodology developed by the Generation Adequacy Task Force (GATF) and approved by the ERCOT Board in May 2005. (3) Changes in the PRM calculation methodology developed by the GATF and approved by TAC in February 2010. (4) Current ERCOT reserve margin planning criterion of 13.75%. (5) New Section 2 to the Planning Guides which adds relevant terms and definitions used in the Planning Guide not defined in the Protocols. To allow for inclusion of the definitions and acronyms into the Planning Guide as Section 2, the current Section 2, Process for Planning Guide Revision, will be renumbered as Section 1, Process for Planning Guide Revision. (6) Changes in Section 2.1 to incorporate an administrative change process for the PRM. | 11/12/2010 | PLWG | No | 2 (new), 2.1 (new), 2.2 (new), 8 (new), 8.1 (new), 8.2 (new), 8.3 (new), 8.3.1 (new), 8.3.2 (new) | Approved |
05/01/2011
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| PGRR003 | New Planning Guide Section 9A, SSWG Procedure Manual | This Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) adds new Section 9 Appendices, Attachment A, Steady State Working Group (SSWG) Procedure Manual to the Planning Guide. | 11/23/2010 | Planning Working Group (PLWG) | No | Section 9, Appendix A (new) | Withdrawn | |
| PGRR004 | Synchronization with NPRR291, Reduce the Comment Period for NPRRs and SCRs | This Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) reduces the comment period for PGRRs from 21 days to 14 days and removes the requirement for the comment period to end at least three Business Days prior to the next regularly scheduled Planning Working Group (PLWG) meeting. | 12/27/2010 | ERCOT | No | 2.4.3 | Approved |
06/01/2011
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| PGRR005 | New Planning Guide Section 4, Transmission Planning Criteria (formerly "New Planning Guide Section 5, Planning Criteria") | This Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) adds new Section 4, Planning Criteria to the Planning Guide. | 01/11/2011 | PLWG | No | 4, 4.1, 4.2, 4.2.1, 4.2.1.1, 4.2.1.2, 4.3, 4.3.1, 4.3.2 (All New) | Approved |
09/01/2011
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| PGRR006 | New Planning Guide Section 6.5, Annual Load Data Request | This Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) adds new Section 6.5, ALDR Report, to the Planning Guide. | 01/18/2011 | PLWG | No | 6.5 (new) | Approved |
08/01/2011
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| PGRR007 | New Planning Guide Section 6, Data/Modeling and 6.4, TPIT Report and Data Requirements | This Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) incorporates portions of the ERCOT Regional Planning Group Charter and Procedures (RPG) Charter related to the Transmission Project Information and Tracking (TPIT) report into the Planning Guide. | 01/27/2011 | PLWG | No | 6 (new), 6.1(new), 6.2 (new), 6.3 (new), 6.4 (new), 6.4.1 (new), 6.4.2 (new), 6.4.3 (new), 6.4.4 (new) | Approved |
07/01/2011
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| PGRR008 | New Planning Guide Section 5 -- Generation Resource Interconnection or Change Request (formerly "New Planning Guide Section 4 -- Generation Resource Interconnection") | This Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) adds new Section 4, Generation Resource Interconnection. The majority of the language contained in this PGRR comes from the existing ERCOT Generation Interconnection or Change Request Procedure. | 04/14/2011 | ERCOT | No | 2.1, 2.2, Section 5 (new) | Approved |
03/01/2012
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| PGRR009 | New Planning Guide Section 6.8, Resource Registration Procedures | This Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) adds new Section 6.8, Resource Registration Procedures, to the Planning Guide. Specifically, this PGRR establishes the basic processes to be used by Resource Entities to supply Resource information to ERCOT through the Resource registration process. | 06/29/2011 | Rob Lane on behalf of the Planning Working Group (PLWG) | No | 6.87 (new), 6.8.1 (new), 6.8.2 (new) | Approved |
01/01/2011
All Sections except Section 6.8.1(4) 03/01/2012
Section 6.8.1(4) |
| PGRR010 | New Planning Guide Section 6.7, Data Dictionary | This Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) adds new Section 6.7, Data Dictionary, to the Planning Guide. | 07/26/2011 | Rob Lane on behalf of the Planning Working Group (PLWG) | No | 6.7 (new) | Approved |
05/01/2012
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| PGRR011 | Planning Criteria Clarifications and Enhancements To Narrow The Gap Between Operations and Planning | This Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) provides clarifications and additions to the transmission planning criteria to address the gap between operations and planning processes in order to develop adequate transmission capacity to minimize the likelihood of unmanageable constraints (i.e. Security-Constrained Economic Dispatch (SCED) irresolvable constraints) being encountered in Real-Time. | 08/05/2011 | Luminant | No | 2.1, 2.2, 4.1.1.1, 4.1.1.2 | Rejected | |
| PGRR012 | Dynamics Working Group Guidelines | This Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) incorporates portions of the Dynamic Working Group (DWG) Procedure Manual into the Planning Guide. | 09/29/2011 | Dynamics Working Group (DWG) | No | 6.2, 6.2.1, 6.2.2, 6.2.3, 6.2.4, 6.2.5 | Approved |
05/01/2012
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| PGRR013 | New Section 6.3, Process for Developing Short Circuit Cases (Portion of SPWG Procedures) | This Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) proposes a new Section 6.3 to incorporate Section 4, "Procedure for the Short Circuit Database" of the System Protection Working Group (SPWG) Procedures into the Planning Guide. This PGRR takes into account feedback received at the 6/15/11 Planning Working Group (PLWG) meeting. | 09/30/2011 | Kris Koellner on behalf of SPWG | No | 2.2, 6.3 | Approved |
05/01/2012
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| PGRR014 | Synchronization with NPRR374, Modification of SCR Process and Urgency Requirements | This Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) aligns the Planning Guide with changes proposed by Nodal Protocol Revision Request (NPRR) 374, which modified the requirements for Urgency. | 10/06/2011 | ERCOT | No | 1.5 | Approved |
05/01/2012
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| PGRR015 | New Section 3, Regional Planning | This Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) adds certain provisions of the Regional Planning Group Charter and Procedures (RPG Charter), approved by the ERCOT Board in January 2009, to the Planning Guide without changing requirements or process. | 12/02/2011 | PLWG | No | 2.2, 3, 3.1.1, 3.1.1.1, 3.1.1.2, 3.1.1.4, 3.1.2, 3.1.2.1, 3.1.2.2, 3.1.2.3, 3.1.3, 3.1.3.1, 3.1.3.2, 3.1.3.3, 3.1.4, 3.1.4.1, 3.1.4.2, 3.1.5, 3.1.6, 3.1.7 | Approved |
06/01/2015
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| PGRR016 | Planning Reserve Margin Review | This Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) adds language inadvertently omitted when planning requirements were moved from the Operating Guides (Section 5) to the Planning Guide. Specifically, this PGRR adds the requirement for ERCOT to periodically review and recommend to the ERCOT Board any change in the minimum ERCOT Planning Criterion necessary to maintain adequate ERCOT System reliability. | 12/05/2011 | PLWG | No | 8.2 | Approved |
06/01/2012
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| PGRR017 | New Planning Guide Section 6.1, Steady-State Model Development | This Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) creates a new section in the Planning Guide to establish a process for creating and maintaining planning models referred to as steady-state base cases. | 01/26/2012 | Steady State Working Group (SSWG) | No | 6.1 (new) | Approved |
08/01/2012
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| PGRR018 | Clarify the Prerequisites for Adding a New Generation Resource to the Planning Models (formerly "Clarify the Prerequisites for Adding a New Generation Resource to the Planning Models and Capacity Demand and Reserves Report") | This Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) clarifies that ERCOT will add proposed Generation Resources to the planning models only after the Interconnecting Entity (IE) has first: (a) notified ERCOT that it has given the Transmission Service Provider (TSP) a financial commitment sufficient to fund the interconnection facilities and Notice to proceed with the construction of the interconnection; (b) notified ERCOT that it has obtained all requisite air permits from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ); and (c) demonstrated that it has obtained the rights to sufficient water to operate the facility. This PGRR also requires the IE to submit all data necessary for including the proposed Generation Resource in the planning models. | 02/21/2012 | ERCOT | No | 3.1.4.2, 5.3.2, 5.5.1, 5.5.4, 6.1, 6.3, 6.9, 8.3.2 | Approved |
02/01/2013
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| PGRR019 | New Section 1, Overview | This Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) proposes new sections to provide an overview and purpose of the Planning Guide. | 04/02/2012 | Sergio Garza on behalf of the Planning Working Group (PLWG) | No | 1(new) 1.1, (new) 1.2 (new) | Approved |
08/01/2012
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| PGRR020 | Administrative Changes for the June 1, 2012 Planning Guide | This Administrative Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) updates the Planning Guide to reflect the changes proposed through Nodal Protocol Revision Request (NPRR) 451, Implementation of New P.U.C. Subst. Rule 25.507, Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) Emergency Response Service (ERS), which was approved by the ERCOT Board on April 17, 2012. Changes are limited to updating references of Emergency Interruptible Load Service (EILS) to Emergency Response Service (ERS). | 05/16/2012 | ERCOT | No | 8.3.1 | Approved |
06/01/2012
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| PGRR021 | Synchronization with NPRR454, Removal of Unfunded Project List Language, and Modification of Administrative PGRR Definition | This Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) aligns the Planning Guide with Nodal Protocol Revision Request (NPRR) 454 (approved by the ERCOT Board on July 17, 2012), which removed language regarding the Unfunded Project List; aligns the Planning Guide with the Protocols by requiring ERCOT’s opinion in the TAC Report; modifies the scope of the Administrative PGRR definition to include revisions for the purpose of maintaining consistency between Section 1.2.1 and Protocol Section 21, Revision Request Process; and includes administrative alignment changes. | 08/14/2012 | ERCOT | No | 1.2.1, 1.2.4.5, 1.2.4.8, 1.2.4.10, 1.2.4.11, 1.2.4.12 | Approved |
01/01/2013
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| PGRR022 | Removal of Planning Reserve Margin Calculation Methodology | This Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) deletes Section 8, Planning Reserve Margin, from the Planning Guide. The Planning Reserve Margin (PRM) is being added to the Protocols via Nodal Protocol Revision Request (NPRR) 489, Planning Reserve Margin. | 10/05/2012 | NRG Energy, Inc. | No | 1.2.1, 2.1, 2.2, 8, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.3.1, 8.3.2 | Approved |
04/01/2013
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| PGRR023 | Contingency Filing Requirements | This Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) adds a requirement for Transmission Service Providers (TSPs) to submit and annually review a list of contingencies for their portion of the ERCOT System. The language ensures that the appropriate contingencies are being submitted for ERCOT and North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) planning criteria. | 10/10/2012 | PLWG | No | 6.9 | Approved |
04/01/2013
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| PGRR024 | Clarify Planning Assumptions and Performance Criteria | This Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) clarifies assumptions allowed for planning studies and planning performance criteria and better reflects current planning practices. | 10/31/2012 | PLWG | No | 2.1, 4.1, 4.1.1.1, 4.1.1.2 | Approved |
04/01/2013
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| PGRR025 | Addition of Criteria for Autotransformer Unavailability | This Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) adds testing and performance requirements to the ERCOT reliability criteria for the unavailability of any 345/138 kV autotransformer. | 11/02/2012 | PLWG | No | 4.1.1.2 | Approved |
06/01/2013
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| PGRR026 | Addition of Year 6 to the SSWG Base Cases | This Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) adds a sixth year (Year 6) to the Steady State Working Group (SSWG) Data Set B base cases. Revisions to the Transmission Project and Information Tracking (TPIT) and Annual Load Data Request (ALDR) procedures will be required as result of this PGRR. | 11/19/2012 | PLWG | No | 3.1.1, 3.1.1.1, 3.1.1.2, 3.1.2.1, 3.1.2.2, 3.1.4, 3.1.4.1, 3.1.4.2, 6.1, 6.4.1, 6.4.2, 6.4.3, 6.4.4, 6.7 | Approved |
04/01/2013
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| PGRR027 | Analysis of Subsynchronous Resonance Studies in Transmission Studies | This Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) describes how ERCOT will act to protect the ERCOT Transmission Grid from Subsynchronous Resonance (SSR) oscillations since installation of multiple series compensated transmission lines has increased ERCOT’s vulnerability to such oscillations. | 01/15/2013 | ERCOT | No | 2.2, 5.1.2, 5.4.1, 5.4.2, 5.4.2.1, 5.4.5.1, 5.7.5 | Approved |
08/01/2013
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| PGRR028 | Evaluation of Compliance with Reactive Requirements | This Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) defines ERCOT’s process for evaluation proposed Generation Resources’ ability to provide reactive power. Protocol Section 3.15, Voltage Support, defines reactive capability requirements for Generation Resources. Paragraph (3) of Protocol Section 16.5, Registration of a Resource Entity requires ERCOT to opine upon the capability of the proposed Generation Resource’s ability to meet these requirements. | 02/12/2013 | ERCOT | No | 5.6.1 (new) | Withdrawn | |
| PGRR029 | Deadline for Regional Transmission Plan | This Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) establishes an annual deadline of December 31st for ERCOT to complete the Regional Transmission Plan. This PGRR also proposes a non-substantive correction in Section 3.1.1.4. | 04/26/2013 | ERCOT | No | 3.1.1.2, 3.1.1.4, 3.1.4 | Approved |
12/01/2013
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| PGRR030 | New Planning Guide Section 8A, Declaration of Resource Data Accuracy and 8B, Declaration of Adequate Water Rights (formerly "New Planning Guide Section 8A, Declaration of Resource Data Accuracy") | This Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) creates a standardized declaration form to facilitate compliance with the declaration submission requirement in paragraph (2) of Section 5.3.2 and modifies this paragraph to require submission of this standardized declaration. This PGRR also adds a declaration for adequate water rights which must be submitted to ERCOT upon execution of the Standard Generation Interconnection Agreement (SGIA). | 05/24/2013 | ERCOT | No | 5.3.2, 8A (new), 8B (new) | Approved |
01/01/2014
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| PGRR031 | Implement 95% Facility Rating Limit in the Planning Criteria | This Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) changes the planning criteria such that system improvements are planned when studies show Facilities will be loaded up to 95% of their applicable rating. | 06/12/2013 | PLWG | No | 4.1.1.2 | Rejected | |
| PGRR032 | Stakeholder Review of Resource Registration Data Requirements | This Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) describes the process for review and approval of changes, additions or deletions to the required Resource Registration data. | 09/06/2013 | Resource Data Working Group (RDWG) | No | 4.1.1.1, 5.2.1, 5.3.1, 5.3.2, 5.4.8, 5.7.1, 6.8, 6.8.1, 6.8.2 | Approved |
03/01/2014
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| PGRR033 | Dynamics Flat Start Cases Preparation | This Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) adds the requirement to the Planning Guide for ERCOT to prepare all flat start simulations. This PGRR also proposes non-substantive administrative changes to correct the title of the Dynamics Working Group Procedural Manual. These are shown below with the author "ERCOT Market Rules." | 09/23/2013 | Reza Ebrahimian on behalf of the Dynamics Working Group (DWG) | No | 6.2.4 | Approved |
01/01/2015
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| PGRR034 | Asynchronous Tie Interconnection Process | This Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) incorporates the ERCOT white paper describing the Asynchronous Tie Interconnection Process into the Planning Guides. | 10/08/2013 | Pattern Energy | No | 2.2, 5, 5.1, 5.1.1, 5.1.2, 5.2.1, 5.3, 5.3.1, 5.3.2, 5.4, 5.4.1, 5.4.2, 5.4.2.1, 5.4.2.2, 5.4.3, 5.4.4, 5.4.5, 5.4.5.1, 5.4.6, 5.4.7, 5.4.8, 5.4.9, 5.4.10, 5.5, 5.5.1, 5.5.2, 5.5.3, 5.5.4, 5.6, 5.7, 5.7.1, 5.7.2, 5.7.3, 5.7.4, 5.7.5, 5.8, 5.8.1, 5.8.2, 5.3 (new), 5.3.1 (new), 5.3.2 (new), 5.3.3 (new), 5.3.3.1 (new), 5.3.3.2 (new), 5.3.4 (new), 5.3.4.1 (new), 5.3.5 (new), 5.3.5.1 (new), 5.3.5.2 (new), 5.3.6 (new), 5.3.7 (new), 5.3.8 (new), 5.3.8.1 (new), 5.3.9 (new), 5.3.10 (new), 5.3.11 (new), 5.3.12 (new), 5.3.13 (new), 5.3.14 (new), 5.3.15 (new), 5.3.15.1 (new), 5.3.16 (new), 5.3.17 (new), 5.3.17.1 (new), 5.3.18 (new), 5.3.19 (new), 5.3.20 (new), 6.11 (new), | Withdrawn | |
| PGRR035 | DC Tie Interconnection Process | This Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) incorporates the ERCOT white paper describing the Asynchronous Tie Interconnection Process into the Planning Guides; renames the "Tie" to be "DC Tie"; and reflects the current definition of DC Tie in the Protocols. This PGRR also replaces PGRR034, Asynchronous Tie Interconnection Process, which was withdrawn on 10/28/13. | 11/04/2013 | John Moore on behalf of Pattern Energy | No | 2.2, 6.11 (new), 7 (new), 7.1 (new), 7.1.1 (new), 7.1.2 (new), 7.2 (new), 7.2.1 (new), 7.2.2 (new), 7.3 (new), 7.3.1 (new), 7.3.2 (new), 7.4 (new), 7.4.1, (new), 7.4.2 (new), 7.4.3 (new), 7.4.3.1 (new), 7.4.3.2 (new), 7.4.3.3 (new), 7.4.3.4 (new), 7.4.3.5 (new), 7.5 (new), 7.6 (new), 7.7 (new), 7.8 (new), 7.9 (new), 7.10 (new), 7.11 (new), 7.12 (new), 7.13 (new), 7.14 new), 7.14.1 (new), 7.14.2 (new), 7.15 (new) | Withdrawn | |
| PGRR036 | Planning Market Data Transparency | This Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) adds a new section to the Planning Guide and removes references to the Planning and Operations Information website to prepare for the decommission of the Planning and Operations website and the transfer of data and information to the Market Information System (MIS). | 04/08/2014 | ERCOT | No | 3.1.1.2, 4.1, 6.1, 6.4.2, 6.7, 6.10, 7, 7.1 (new) | Approved |
10/16/2014
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| PGRR037 | Administrative Changes for the June 1, 2014 Planning Guide | This Administrative PGRR aligns the Planning Guide with the Protocols as revised by Nodal Protocol Revision Request (NPRR) 584, Alignment with TAC procedures to Shorten the Appeals Timeline, which was approved by the ERCOT Board on 4/8/14. This PGRR shortens the appeals timelines for appealing Planning Working Group (PLWG) and ROS actions to align with the Electric Reliability Council of Texas Technical Advisory Committee Procedures and maintains accurate information as allowed by Section1.2.1, Introduction. | 05/14/2014 | ERCOT | No | 1.2.4.13 | Approved |
06/01/2014
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| PGRR038 | Require ERCOT to Report Circuits Loaded Above 95% of Their Facility Rating | This Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) requires ERCOT to report when circuits are loaded above 95% of their Facility Rating for single contingency events in the annual Regional Transmission Plan. | 05/21/2014 | ERCOT | No | 3.1.1.2 | Approved |
09/01/2014
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| PGRR039 | Generation Data for Resource Adequacy and Reliability Reporting | This Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) proposes two changes to the Planning Guide. The first is new language in Section 5.3.2 that requires Interconnecting Entities (IEs) to provide certain information required for ERCOT’s Resource adequacy reports, Capacity, Demand and Reserves Report and the Seasonal Assessment of Resource Adequacy (SARA) Report, as well as for annual North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) reliability assessment data requests. The second change, made to paragraph (2) of Section 5.5.1, ensures that ERCOT is a party to a decision by an IE and Transmission Service Provider (TSP) to execute a Standard Generation Interconnection Agreement (SGIA) before all interconnection studies have been completed and reviewed by the parties. | 07/28/2014 | ERCOT | No | 5.3.2, 5.5.1 | Approved |
01/01/2015
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| PGRR040 | Clarification of Water Supply Rights Attestation Obligation | This Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) provides further clarification about when a proposed Generation Resource will be included in ERCOT’s planning models. First, this PGRR simplifies Section 6.9 by providing that an Interconnecting Entity (IE) meets the requirement to attest to sufficient water supplies by completing and submitting the Declaration of Adequate Water Supply Rights in Planning Guide Section 8, Attachment B. Second, this PGRR modifies Attachment B to allow an IE to attest that its Generation Resource does not require water supplies to generate electricity. Third, this PGRR provides that any IE proposing a Generation Resource powered by wind or photovoltaic solar technology is not required to submit proof of an air permit or an attestation of water supply rights as a condition for ERCOT’s inclusion of a proposed Generation Resource in the base cases. This PGRR also makes corresponding modifications to Section 5.5.4, Notification to ERCOT Concerning Certain Project Developments, and clarifies that all data required by the Resource Registration Glossary must be submitted as a condition for inclusion in the planning models. | 12/02/2014 | ERCOT | No | 5.5.4, 6.9, 8 Attachment B | Approved |
07/01/2015
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| PGRR041 | Revise and Add Requirements for NERC TPL-001-4 Standard | This Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) revises and adds requirements to satisfy the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) Standard TPL-001-4, Transmission Planning Performance Requirement. | 12/02/2014 | ERCOT | No | 2.1, 3.1.3.1, 4.1, 4.1.1.2, 4.1.1.3, 4.1.1.4, 4.1.1.5, 4.1.1.6, 4.1.2, 4.1.2.1, 4.1.2.2, 6.10 | Approved |
05/01/2015
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| PGRR042 | Regional Transmission Plan Model Reserve Requirement and Load-Generation Imbalance Methodology | Establishes a required reserve amount for Regional Transmission Plan base cases, documents the methodology to be used when total generation capacity in a case is less than Load plus losses plus the reserve amount, and conforms the maximum dispatch level for Wind-powered Generation Resources (WGRs) and solar Resources to the capacity level used in the Capacity, Demand, and Reserves report. | 02/05/2015 | ERCOT | No | 3.1.1.2, 3.1.3, 3.1.3.1, 3.1.4.1, 3.1.4.1.1, 3.1.4.2, 3.1.7 | Approved |
01/01/2017
All Sections except Section 3.1.7 01/01/2018
Section 3.1.7 |
| PGRR043 | FIS Scoping Amendment | This Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) moves the Subsynchronous Resonance (SSR) Study out of the Full Interconnection Study (FIS) and makes it a requirement for commercial operations. | 04/06/2015 | E. ON | No | 5.4.2, 5.4.2.1, 5.4.5.1, 5.7.1, 5.7.5 | Approved |
09/01/2015
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| PGRR044 | MIS Classification of GINR Study Information | This Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) proposes to change the Market Information System (MIS) classification of certain studies undertaken as part of the Generation Interconnection of Change Request (GINR) process. Specifically, this PGRR would require ERCOT to post ERCOT’s security screening study and three parts of the Transmission Service Provider’s Full Interconnection Study—the steady-state, system protection, and facility study—to the MIS Secure Area, making that information available to all Market Participants. However, consistent with Nodal Protocol Revision Request (NPRR) 703, this PGRR would continue to require ERCOT to post all dynamic and transient stability studies and any sub-synchronous oscillation (SSO) studies to the MIS Certified Area for TSPs only. ERCOT expects that this PGRR will be revised in accordance with the categorization of interconnection study information stakeholders ultimately find appropriate in NPRR703. In addition, this PGRR would clarify that economic studies for transmission projects proposed as a result of a new GINR Project must be posted to the MIS Secure Area. This PGRR would also add the appropriate Market Participant category to the data set table where it indicates that certain information will be posted to the MIS Certified Area. Finally, this PGRR would clarify that the final stability study and any SSO study should be submitted to ERCOT separately from the remainder of the FIS to facilitate posting on the appropriate areas of the MIS. | 04/29/2015 | ERCOT | No | 5.4.8, 7.1 | Approved |
12/10/2015
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| PGRR045 | Alignment with NPRR705, Provides Consistency for References to the End Date of the Generation Interconnection Process | In the Resource Interconnection Handbook, the term “commercial operations” has a different meaning to Resource Entities and financial institutions involved in construction and financing of Generation Resources than it does in the context of performance testing by ERCOT for new Generation Resources. This Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) aligns the Planning Guides with NPRR705 by replacing various terms used to refer to the date on which Generation Resources complete the Resource interconnection process with the proposed defined terms “Commercial Operations Date” and “Resource Commissioning Date” to provide consistency for references to the end of the generation interconnection process. | 05/20/2015 | ERCOT | No | 5.3.2, 5.4.3, 5.4.5, 5.4.10, 5.7.1, 5.7.2 | Approved |
01/01/2016
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| PGRR046 | Addition of Geomagnetically Induced Current (GIC) Model Building Requirements | This Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) aligns the Planning Guides with North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) Reliability Standard TPL-007-1, Transmission System Planned Performance for Geomagnetic Disturbance Events, by specifying a process for developing geomagnetically-induced current system models. | 02/26/2016 | ERCOT | No | 2.2, 6.11(new) | Approved |
09/01/2016
Section 2.2 05/08/2017
Section 6.11 |
| PGRR047 | FIS Department of Defense Declaration | This Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) requires Interconnecting Entities (IEs) seeking a Full Interconnection Study (FIS) to submit a declaration to ERCOT concerning the applicability and status of reviews by the Department of Defense (DOD) and/or the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for the proposed Generation Resource. | 05/11/2016 | ERCOT | No | 5.3, 8 Attachment C (new) | Approved |
11/01/2016
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| PGRR048 | Alignment with NPRR779, Clarifies References to Texas Reliability Entity and Independent Market Monitor | This Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) clarifies references to the Texas Reliability Entity (Texas RE) and the Independent Market Monitor (IMM). The Planning Guide currently refers to the Texas RE in both its capacity as the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) Regional Entity and the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) Reliability Monitor, a new term recently added to P.U.C. SUBST. R. § 25.503, Oversight of Wholesale Market Participants. This PGRR modifies uses of the term “Texas Reliability Entity” to more accurately reflect distinct references to the NERC Regional Entity and the PUCT Reliability Monitor, and clarifies that the IMM is an included party in several provisions related to the ERCOT stakeholder process. | 05/27/2016 | ERCOT | No | 1.2.1, 1.2.2, 1.2.3, 1.2.4.3, 1.2.4.4, 1.2.4.13 | Approved |
11/01/2016
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| PGRR049 | GINR Application and Fee Submittal | This Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) removes the option to submit Generation Interconnection or Change Request (GINR) applications via standard mail and facsimile, and also updates the mailing address for GINR payments to be sent directly to ERCOT Treasury instead of the ERCOT System Planning department. | 06/07/2016 | ERCOT | No | 5.2.1, 5.2.2 | Approved |
11/01/2016
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| PGRR050 | Administrative Changes for the July 1, 2016 Planning Guide – Section 21 Alignment | This Administrative Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) aligns the Planning Guide with the changes in NPRR752, which modifies the revision request process to reflect current ERCOT practices, and which was approved by the ERCOT Board on June 14, 2016. Administrative changes to align the Planning Guide with Protocol Section 21, Revision Request Process, are allowed under Section 1.2.1, Introduction. | 06/16/2016 | ERCOT | No | 1.2.4.1, 1.2.4.3, 1.2.4.4, 1.2.4.5, 1.2.4.6, 1.2.4.7, 1.2.4.8, 1.2.4.10, 1.2.4.11, 1.2.4.12, 1.2.5, 1.2.6 | Approved |
07/01/2016
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| PGRR051 | Alignment with NPRR792, Changing Special Protection System (SPS) to Remedial Action Scheme (RAS) | This Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) aligns the Planning Guides with North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) Reliability Standard definition for Special Protection System (SPS) and for consistency uses Remedial Action Scheme (RAS) and Automatic Mitigation Plan (AMP) where applicable in place of SPS. | 07/27/2016 | ERCOT | No | 6.2.3, 6.4.1 | Approved |
04/01/2017
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| PGRR052 | Stability Assessment for Interconnecting Generation | This Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) establishes a timeline for performing stability studies after the Full Interconnection Study (FIS) has been completed and model data or transmission system changes, not known during the FIS, become available prior to a new unit being brought on-line, in order to ensure that appropriate operating limits are established. | 09/29/2016 | PLWG | No | 5.9 (new) | Approved |
08/01/2017
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| PGRR053 | Addition of Proposed Generation Resources to the Planning Models | This Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) modifies the conditions that need to be met prior to including proposed Generation Resources in the planning models. This proposal includes limiting the initial data required for inclusion in the Steady State Working Group (SSWG) base cases to the data provided for the Full Interconnection Studies (FISs). ERCOT’s System Planning Monthly Status Reports consistently indicate a significant amount of proposed Generation Resources meeting all existing inclusion conditions (Standard Generation Interconnection Agreement (SGIA), applicable permits, notice to proceed, and financial security) with the exception of providing sufficient data required as indicated in the Resource Registration Glossary. The exclusion of the proposed Generation Resources from the Planning Models which have met all other inclusion conditions except for providing sufficient Resource Asset Registration Form (RARF) data has created a need to unnecessarily use extraordinary Dispatch conditions in the SSWG base cases. This PGRR will allow SSWG to utilize more representative generation Dispatch scenarios in their base cases. | 09/29/2016 | PLWG | No | 6.9; 8 Attachment B | Approved |
03/01/2017
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| PGRR054 | Stability Limits in the Full Interconnect Study | This Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) clarifies the content, review period and process for posting the results of a Full Interconnection Study (FIS). This PGRR also establishes a process for identifying, proposing, and implementing solutions to stability issues identified during the FIS. | 11/15/2016 | PLWG | No | 5.4.2, 5.4.3, 5.4.5, 5.4.5.1, 5.4.8, 5.4.10, 5.7.5, 7.1 | Approved |
08/01/2017
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| PGRR055 | Planning Guide Revision Request Process | This Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) refines the process for revising the Planning Guide so that PGRRs are originally considered at the voting Subcommittee level. These process changes were discussed at the 8/25/16 TAC/TAC Subcommittee Structural and Procedural Review, the 9/29/16 TAC meeting, and the 10/10/16 HR & Governance Committee meeting. | 01/10/2017 | ERCOT | No | 1.2.1, 1.2.3, 1.2.4, 1.2.4.1, 1.2.4.2, 1.2.4.3, 1.2.4.4, 1.2.4.5, 1.2.4.6, 1.2.4.7, 1.2.4.8, 1.2.4.9, 1.2.4.10, 1.2.4.11, 1.2.4.13, 1.2.5, and 1.2.6 | Approved |
05/01/2017
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| PGRR056 | Alignment with NPRR562, Subsynchronous Resonance | This Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) aligns the Planning Guide with 1/27/17 ERCOT comments to NPRR562, Subsynchronous Resonance, by accounting for potential Subsynchronous Resonance (SSR) vulnerability in the transmission project planning process, providing references and citations to the appropriate Protocol sections related to SSR, and removing the definition of SSR from the Planning Guides as it is relocated to the Protocols. | 01/27/2017 | ERCOT | No | 2.1; 3.1.2.1; 5.1.2; 5.4.1; 5.4.5; 5.4.5.1; 5.7.1 | Approved |
09/14/2017
Sections 2.1, 3.1.2.1, 5.1.2, 5.4.1, 5.4.2.1, 5.4.5, 5.4.5.1 (delete), and 5.7.1 07/02/2018
Section 3.1.8 |
| PGRR057 | Responsibilities for Performing Geomagnetic Disturbance (GMD) Vulnerability Assessments | This Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) aligns the Planning Guides with North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) Reliability Standard TPL-007-1, Transmission System Planned Performance for Geomagnetic Disturbance Events, by identifying responsibilities for performing studies needed to complete Geomagnetic Disturbance (GMD) vulnerability assessments. | 02/06/2017 | ERCOT | No | 3.1.1.5 (new), 3.1.8 (new), 6.11 | Approved |
01/22/2019
Section 6.11 |
| PGRR058 | Clarification of Generation to be Included in the Planning Models | This Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) clarifies the specific generation intended to be included in the Planning Guide revisions of PGRR053, Addition of Proposed Generation Resources to the Planning Models, without the use of the term “All-Inclusive Generation Resource”. Section 5.1.1, Applicability, specifies the applicability requirements for proposed generation that must submit Generation Interconnection or Change Requests (GINRs) following the process described in Section 5, Generation Resource Interconnection or Change Request. | 03/07/2017 | PLWG | No | 6.9 | Approved |
07/01/2017
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| PGRR059 | Related to NPRR837, Regional Planning Group (RPG) Process Reform | This Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) includes Regional Planning Group (RPG) related changes intended to enhance and clarify existing processes. | 06/28/2017 | ERCOT | No | 3.1.2, 3.1.2.1, 3.1.2.2 (delete), 3.1.2.3 (delete), and 3.1.5 | Approved |
07/01/2018
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| PGRR060 | Clarification of Reliability Performance Criteria | This Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) updates the reliability performance criteria by defining unavailability of a Direct Current Tie (DC Tie) as a new contingency. The PGRR also includes clarification of the voltage level of transformers referred to in the reliability performance criteria. | 02/14/2018 | ERCOT | No | 4.1.1.2 | Approved |
07/01/2018
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| PGRR061 | Related to NPRR866, Mapping Registered Distributed Generation and Load Resources to Transmission Loads in the Network Operations Model | This Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) includes changes to the Annual Load Data Request (ALDR) process to include locations for registered Distributed Generation (DG) facilities. | 02/14/2018 | ERCOT | No | 6.5 | Approved |
10/18/2019
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| PGRR062 | Updates to Generation Interconnection or Change Request (GINR) Process | This Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) proposes new processes, communication, and document sharing and storage requirements to be included in the new Generation Interconnection or Change Request (GINR) application. | 03/21/2018 | ERCOT | No | 5.2.1, 5.2.2, 5.3, 5.3.1, 5.3.2, 5.4.1, 5.4.2.1, 5.4.7, 5.4.8, 5.4.10, 5.5.4, 5.7.1, 5.7.2, 5.7.3, 5.7.4, and 5.7.5 | Approved |
01/01/2019
Sections 5.2.1, 5.2.2, 5.3, 5.3.1, 5.3.2, 5.4.1, 5.4.2.1, 5.4.7, 5.4.8, 5.4.10, 5.5.4, 5.7.1, 5.7.3, 5.7.4, 5.7.5, 8A, 8B 03/26/2019
All remaining sections |
| PGRR063 | Transmission Interconnection Study | This Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) outlines the process to evaluate the reliability impact of any transmission projects 100 kV or above that are expected to be in-service before the completion of the next Regional Transmission Plan and were not included in the current Regional Transmission Plan, a Regional Planning Group (RPG) project submission, or a Generation Interconnection or Change Request (GINR) study. The intent of the added language is to satisfy Requirement R1 of the North America Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) Reliability Standard FAC-002-2, Facility Interconnection Studies. By definition, these projects would include Tier 4 transmission projects that are connected at or above 100 kV. | 04/17/2018 | ERCOT | No | 3.1.9 (new) | Approved |
12/14/2018
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| PGRR064 | Transmission Dynamic Element Model Verification | This Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) addresses the dynamic model verification for transmission dynamic elements. | 04/18/2018 | ERCOT | No | 6.2.3 | Approved |
11/01/2018
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| PGRR065 | Transmission Project Information and Tracking (TPIT) Reform | This Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) includes Transmission Project Information and Tracking (TPIT) Report and Data Requirements changes intended to document and clarify existing processes. | 05/31/2018 | LCRA Transmission Services Corporation | No | 6.4.1, 6.4.2, 6.4.3, and 6.4.5 (new) | Approved |
01/01/2019
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| PGRR066 | Interconnection Request Cancellation and Creation of Inactive Status | This Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) creates an Inactive Status for Generation Interconnection and Change Request (GINR) projects that will not be listed in ERCOT monthly Generation Interconnection Status report but will retain the interconnection request numbers. This PGRR also defines a process that can be used to cancel interconnection requests that have failed to meet requirements. | 06/26/2018 | ERCOT | No | 5.2.1, 5.3.2, 5.4.8, 5.5.1, 5.7.1, 5.7.6 (new), and 5.7.7 (new) | Approved |
08/01/2019
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| PGRR067 | Procedures for Wind and Solar Equipment Change | This Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) describes how wind and solar facility equipment changes are treated throughout the generation interconnection process and clarifies language for Generation Interconnection or Change Request (GINR)-related fees. | 06/26/2018 | ERCOT | No | 5.1.1, 5.2.1, 5.2.2, 5.3, 5.3.1, 5.4.1, 5.4.2, 5.4.2.1, 5.7.2, 5.7.3, and 5.9 | Approved |
01/01/2019
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| PGRR068 | Addition of a Proposed DC Tie to the Planning Models | In Public Utility Council of Texas (PUCT) Project No. 46304, the PUCT directed ERCOT to determine how to best model the Southern Cross DC Tie in its planning cases. Pursuant to that Directive, ERCOT has determined that a Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) is necessary to address when a new Direct Current Tie (DC Tie) should be added to the ERCOT planning models. Accordingly, this PGRR describes the process for adding a DC Tie to the models and associated requirements. | 07/25/2018 | ERCOT | No | 6.12 (new) | Approved |
01/01/2019
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| PGRR069 | Related to NPRR921, RTF-2 Elimination of the Terms All-Inclusive Generation Resource and All-Inclusive Resource | This Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) uses the terms created in NPRR889, RTF-1 Replace Non-Modeled Generator with Settlement Only Generator, to replace the terms All-Inclusive Generation Resource and All-Inclusive Resource in the Planning Guide. Additionally, this PGRR clarifies the applicability of the Generation Interconnection or Change Request (GINR) process to different generators based on the terms created in NPRR889. Section 5.6 is deleted as it is redundant with applicable sections in the ERCOT Protocols. | 01/28/2019 | ERCOT | No | 5.1.1, 5.2.1, 5.2.2, 5.3.2, 5.4.2.2, 5.4.8, 5.6 (delete), 5.7.1, 5.7.3, 5.7.6, 5.7.7, 5.9, 6.8, 6.8.1, and 6.8.2 | Approved |
11/01/2019
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| PGRR070 | Revised Responsibilities for Performing Geomagnetic Disturbance (GMD) Vulnerability Assessments | This Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) aligns the Planning Guide with North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) Reliability Standard TPL-007-2, Transmission System Planned Performance for Geomagnetic Disturbance Events, by identifying responsibilities for performing studies needed to complete benchmark and supplemental Geomagnetic Disturbance (GMD) vulnerability assessments. | 02/19/2019 | ERCOT | No | 3.1.1.5, 3.1.8, and 6.11 | Approved |
07/01/2019
Sections 3.1.8 and 6.11 (partial) 10/18/2019
Section 3.1.8 (partial) 11/01/2020
Section 6.11 (partial) |
| PGRR071 | Update Interconnection Process Timetables to Align with NPRR926 | This Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) updates information in Section 5.7.5 to align with Nodal Protocol Revision Request (NPRR) 926, Removal of 90-Day Period Between SSR Study Approval and Synchronization, which was approved by the ERCOT Board on June 11, 2019. | 06/19/2019 | ERCOT | No | 5.7.5 | Approved |
01/01/2020
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| PGRR072 | Treatment of Generation Resource Retirement and Mothball in Regional Transmission Plan and Geomagnetic Disturbance Vulnerability Assessment | This Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) allows ERCOT, in collaboration with stakeholders, to set a Generation Resource to out of service in Regional Transmission Plan and Geomagnetic Disturbance (GMD) Vulnerability Assessment base cases prior to receiving a Notification of Suspension of Operations (NSO), provided the Resource Entity notifies ERCOT of its intent to retire/mothball the Generation Resource and/or makes a public statement of its intent to retire/mothball the Generation Resource. | 06/26/2019 | ERCOT | No | 3.1.4.1.1, 3.1.8, 6.11 | Approved |
11/01/2019
Sections 3.1.4.1.1 and 3.1.8 (partial) 12/12/2019
Sections 3.1.4.1.1 and 6.11 (partial) |
| PGRR073 | Related to NPRR956, Designation of Providers of Transmission Additions | This Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) aligns the Planning Guide with NPRR956. NPRR956 revises the Protocols to align with section 37.056 of the Texas Utilities Code, as amended by SB1938 86(R), which became effective on May 16, 2019. The NPRR imports SB1938’s language regarding project responsibility and clarifies that ERCOT does not designate providers of recommended Transmission Facility additions, but simply identifies the owners of the existing Transmission Facilities to which those additions will interconnect. Consistent with the NPRR, this PGRR proposes that ERCOT’s report to the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) regarding a recommended Transmission Facility addition will identify the owners of the existing Transmission Facilities to which the addition will interconnect. | 07/02/2019 | ERCOT | No | 3.1.6 | Pending | |
| PGRR074 | Related to NPRR973, Add Definitions for Generator Step-Up and Main Power Transformer | This Planning Guide Revision Request (PGGRR) clarifies language by use of defined terms Generation Step-Up (GSU) and Main Power Transformer (MPT). | 09/25/2019 | ERCOT | No | 5.1.1, 5.7.1, 5.8.2, and 6.11 | Approved | |
| PGRR075 | Dynamic Model Quality Requirement | This Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) adds a requirement for Resource Entities and Interconnecting Entities (IEs) to provide model quality test results that demonstrate appropriate performance for submitted dynamic models. Additional revisions are proposed to: Clarify that dynamic model data shall be provided using the appropriate dynamic model template; Raise awareness of requirements associated with user written dynamic models (move from Dynamics Working Group Procedure Manual to Planning Guide); Make various miscellaneous language updates and corrections, including the elimination of Section 6.2.5, which has been superseded by North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) Reliability Standard PRC-002-2, Disturbance Monitoring and Reporting Requirements, and Nodal Operating Guide Section 6.1.3, Phasor Measurement Recording Equipment Including Dynamic Disturbance Recording Equipment. | 10/22/2019 | ERCOT | No | 5.7.1, 6.2, 6.2.2, 6.2.4, 6.2.5 (delete) | Approved |
05/01/2020
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| PGRR076 | Improvements to Generation Resource Interconnection or Change Request (GINR) Process | This Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) proposes a number of small changes to the Generation Resource Interconnection or Change Request (GINR) process as discussed at various Resource Integration Workshops. The changes include the value that must be increased to meet paragraph (1)(b)(i) of Section 5.1.1; specifying that the proposed Commercial Operations Date entered in the initial GINR application must be 15 months or greater than the date of the application; redefinition of the Security Screening Study output; creation of separate reports for the Full Interconnection Study (FIS); reactive study coordination; and clarification when the dynamic data model should be submitted to meet the quarterly stability assessment prerequisite deadlines. | 10/23/2019 | ERCOT | No | 5.1.1, 5.2.1, 5.4.1, 5.4.2.1, 5.4.4, 5.4.5, 5.4.8, 5.7.1, and 5.9 | Approved |
08/12/2020
All language except for paragraph (3) of Section 5.2.1 and paragraph (4)(b)(vi) of Section 5.7.1 |
| PGRR077 | DC Tie Planning Assumptions | This Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) clarifies that assumed Direct Current Tie (DC Tie) flows will be curtailed in ERCOT’s transmission planning analysis when doing so is necessary to meet reliability criteria. | 01/08/2020 | ERCOT | No | 4.1.1.1 | Approved |
11/01/2020
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| PGRR078 | Market Data Transparency Update for Planning Postings | This Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) specifies that data related to the Regional Transmission Plan and Special Planning Studies that are considered Protected Information per Nodal Protocol Section 1.3.1.1, Items Considered Protected Information, may be posted to the Market Information System (MIS) Certified Area for Transmission Service Providers (TSPs). An update for Resource Asset Registration Form (RARF) Generator Data postings to MIS is also included. | 02/19/2020 | ERCOT | No | 7.1 | Approved |
11/01/2020
Section 7.1 12/10/2020
Section 7.1 |
| PGRR079 | Related to NPRR1003, Elimination of References to Resource Asset Registration Form | This Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) aligns the Planning Guide with changes proposed in NPRR1003, by replacing all remaining references to the Resource Asset Registration Form (“RARF”) with more general language in anticipation of the elimination of the RARF. | 02/26/2020 | ERCOT | No | 7.1 | Approved |
09/01/2020
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| PGRR080 | Updated Responsibilities for Performing GMD Vulnerability Assessments | This Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) aligns the Planning Guide with North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) Reliability Standard TPL-007-4, Transmission System Planned Performance for Geomagnetic Disturbance Events, by identifying responsibilities for performing studies needed to complete benchmark and supplemental Geomagnetic Disturbance (GMD) vulnerability assessments. | 04/22/2020 | ERCOT | No | 3.1.8 | Approved |
09/01/2020
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| PGRR081 | Related to NPRR1026, BESTF-7 Self-Limiting Facilities | This Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) describes how Self-Limiting Facilities will be evaluated in the Generation Resource Interconnection or Change Request (GINR) process. | 06/04/2020 | ERCOT | No | 5.2.3 (new) | Approved | |
| PGRR082 | Revise Section 5 and Establish Small Generation Interconnection Process | This Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) creates a new interconnection process for generators and generator modifications that are less than 10 MW in size. This process will enable ERCOT to track these generators through the interconnection process and to perform any appropriate studies, if necessary, before these projects would be included in the ERCOT Network Operations Model. As is the case under the current interconnection process, generators 10 MW or larger will be subject to a more rigorous interconnection process, including a screening study, Full Interconnection Study (FIS), Quarterly Stability Analysis, and other requirements. This PGRR also extends the generator interconnection process to apply to distribution-connected Generation Resources and Settlement Only Generators (SOG), and clarifies the roles of ERCOT and Transmission and/or Distribution Service Providers (TDSPs) in interconnecting these generators. This PGRR also reorganizes Section 5, eliminates duplicative language, and provides further clarifications of existing requirements. This PGRR reflects input from stakeholders gathered through a series of workshops. | 06/30/2020 | ERCOT | No | 2.2, 5, 5.1, 5.1.1, 5.1.2 (delete), 5.2 (new), 5.2, 5.2.1, 5.2.2 (delete), 5.2.2 (new), 5.2.3 (new), 5.2.4 (new), 5.2.5 (new), 5.2.6 (new), 5.2.7 (new), 5.2.8 (new), 5.2.8.1 (new), 5.2.8.2 (new), 5.2.8.3 (new), 5.2.8.4 (new), 5.3 (new), 5.3 (delete), 5.3.1 (delete), 5.3.2 (delete), 5.3.2.1 (new), 5.3.2.4 (new), 5.3.3 (new), 5.3.4 (new), 5.4, 5.4 (new), 5.4.1, 5.4.1 (new), 5.4.2, 5.4.2 (new), 5.4.2.1 (new), 5.4.2.1, 5.4.2.2, 5.4.3, 5.4.3 (new), 5.4.4, 5.4.4 (new), 5.4.5, 5.4.6, 5.4.7 (delete), 5.4.8, 5.4.9 (delete), 5.4.10 (delete), 5.5 (delete), 5.5 (new), 5.5.1 (delete), 5.5.2 (delete), 5.5.3 (delete), 5.5.4 (delete), 5.6 (delete), 5.7, (delete), 5.7.1 (delete), 5.7.2 (delete), 5.7.3 (delete), 5.7.4 (delete), 5.7.5 (delete), 5.7.6 (delete), 5.7.7 (delete), 5.8 (delete), 5.8.1 (delete), 5.8.2 (delete), 5.9 (delete), and 6.9 | Approved | |
| PGRR083 | Add RPG Project Number and TPIT Revisions | This Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) adds a requirement for ERCOT to assign a Regional Planning Group (RPG) project number for projects submitted for RPG review. It also removes the specification of some Transmission Service Provider (TSP) provided Transmission Project Information Tracking (TPIT) information from the Planning Guide. The ROS-approved SSWG Procedure Manual will be updated to contain the complete specification for TSP-provided TPIT information. This PGRR also addresses a discrepancy related to the RPG comment period in paragraph (1) of Section 3.1.4.2. | 07/01/2020 | ERCOT | No | 3.1.4.2, 3.1.5, 6.4.3 | Approved |
01/01/2021
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| PGRR084 | Related to NPRR1039, Replace the Term MIS Public Area with ERCOT Website | This Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) removes the defined term Market Information System (MIS) Public Area from the Protocols and replaces any references to MIS Public Area with “ERCOT website.” | 08/18/2020 | ERCOT | No | 3.1.4.1.1, 3.1.8, 5.2.1, 6.8, 6.8.1, and 6.11 | Approved |
01/01/2021
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| PGRR085 | Dynamic Model Improvements | This Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) adds a requirement for Resource Entities, Interconnecting Entities, and Transmission Owners to provide reports benchmarking the PSCAD model against actual hardware testing and to provide parameter verification documentation confirming model settings match those implemented in the field. | 09/16/2020 | ERCOT | No | 5.7.1, 6.2 | Approved |
03/01/2021
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| PGRR086 | Related to RRGRR027, Clarify Models Required to Proceed with an FIS | This Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) clarifies the models Resource Entities (REs) and Interconnecting Entities (IEs) are required to provide to complete a Full Interconnection Study (FIS) application. Dynamic model data and model quality tests should be provided prior to the start of a stability study. | 09/18/2020 | Enel Green Power North America | No | 5.3 and 5.7.1 | Approved |
03/01/2021
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| PGRR087 | Remedial Action Scheme Planning Assumptions | This Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) clarifies that Remedial Action Schemes (RASs) should not be relied upon to resolve planning criteria violations. | 09/23/2020 | ERCOT | No | 3.1.4.1.1, 4.1.1.2 | Approved |
03/01/2021
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| PGRR088 | Include Financial Security Amount in the Monthly Generator Interconnection Status Report | This Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) increases the transparency of generation interconnection facility costs by including the financial security amount sufficient to fund the interconnection facilities in the ERCOT monthly Generator Interconnection Status report. | 09/28/2020 | Reliant | No | 5.5.4 | Approved | |
| PGRR089 | Planning Data and Information Updates for Planning Posting | This Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) makes changes to the list of data sets posted to the Market Information System (MIS) in Planning Guide Section 7.1. First, it removes the Planning Horizon Transmission Capability Methodology. Second, it adds Long-Term System Assessment (LTSA) postings, Geomagnetic Disturbance (GMD) vulnerability assessments, and the monthly Generator Interconnection Status (GIS) Report to the list. | 03/17/2021 | ERCOT | No | 7.1 | Approved | |
| PGRR090 | Additional Flexibility for Updates to Seasonal Net Max Sustainable Rating | This Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) allows Generation Resources to notify ERCOT of a Seasonal Net Max Sustainable Rating increase by updating its Resource Registration information if the request is within the limitations of an existing interconnection study/agreement. | 04/22/2021 | Temple Generation I | Pending | 5.1.1 | Rejected | |
| PGRR091 | FIS Application Completion 60-Day Limit | This Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) establishes a limit for Interconnecting Entities (IEs) to complete an application to request a Full Interconnection Study (FIS) within 60 days of submittal. An FIS will be considered not to have been requested if the application is not completed within 60 days. | 05/18/2021 | ERCOT | No | 5.3, 5.4.2 | Approved |
09/01/2021
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| PGRR092 | Related to NPRR1077, Extension of Self-Limiting Facility Concept to Settlement Only Generators (SOGs) and Telemetry Requirements for SOGs | This Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) allows an Interconnecting Entity (IE) proposing a Settlement Only Generator (SOG) to designate that SOG as part of a Self-Limiting Facility for the purposes of the Generator Interconnection or Modification (GIM) process. The PGRR is consistent with NPRR1077, which broadens the Self-Limiting Facility concept in the Protocols to allow SOGs to be designated as part of a Self-Limiting Facility. | 05/19/2021 | ERCOT | No | 5.2.3 | Approved | |
| PGRR093 | Replace Inadvertent Deletions in Section 5 | This Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) reinserts three requirements into the Board-approved graybox language for PGRR082, Revise Section 5 and Establish Small Generation Interconnection Process, that were inadvertently removed in the revisions made by PGRR082. These three requirements are necessary to facilitate ERCOT transmission planning and resource adequacy studies. | 06/23/2021 | ERCOT | No | 5.2.5 and 5.2.9.1 | Approved | |
| PGRR094 | Clarify Notification Requirement for Generator Construction Commencement or Completion | This Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) aligns Section 5.3.2 with current practices by greyboxing item (7)(c), which requires submission of project construction start and completion dates, until system implementation in the Resource Integration and Ongoing Operations (RIOO) – Integration Services system. | 07/21/2021 | ERCOT | No | 5.3.2 | Approved | |
| PGRR095 | Establish Minimum Deliverability Criteria | This Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) establishes minimum deliverability criteria for Resources that are located within the ERCOT System and whose output is primarily within ERCOT’s control, through Dispatch Instructions, over the entire real power capability range of each Resource. | 08/26/2021 | ERCOT | No | 4.1.1.7 (new) | Approved | |
| PGRR096 | Achieve Consistent Representation of Distributed Generation in Steady-State Models | This Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) establishes requirements for the consistent representation of Distribution Generation Resources (DGRs), Distribution Energy Storage Resources (DESRs), Settlement Only Distribution Generators (SODGs), and unregistered Distributed Generation (DG) in steady-state base cases. | 09/22/2021 | ERCOT | No | 6.1 | Approved |
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| PGRR097 | Related to NPRR1098, Direct Current Tie (DC Tie) Reactive Power Capability Requirements | This Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) clarifies the responsibilities of Direct Current Tie Operators (DCTOs) relative to the develop of dynamics models and aligns the Planning Guide with the revisions proposed in NPRR1098. | 09/29/2021 | ERCOT | No | 6.2 and 6.2.3 | Withdrawn | |
| PGRR098 | Consideration of Load Shed in Transmission Planning Criteria | This Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) adds language to the existing reliability performance criteria to allow a corrective action plan to be developed under certain outage scenarios. | 11/08/2021 | LCRA | No | 4.1.1.1, 4.1.1.8 (new) | Approved | |
| PGRR099 | Revise GIM Process to Ensure Compliance with the Lone Star Infrastructure Protection Act | This Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) amends Section 5.2.2 by providing that an Entity will not be eligible to initiate or maintain a Generator Interconnection or Modification (GIM) if the Entity or any other owner of the project meets any of the company ownership (including affiliations) or headquarters criteria listed in the Lone Star Infrastructure Protection Act, Texas Business and Commerce Code, Sections 113.002(a)(2)(A)-(b)(2)(B) or 2274.0102(a)(2)(A)-(b)(2)(B), added by Act of June 18, 2021, 87th Leg. R.S., Ch. 975 (S.B. 2116). An Entity will also not be eligible to initiate or maintain a GIM if the real property to be utilized by or for the project is owned or controlled, in whole or in part, by an Entity that meets any of the above-mentioned criteria. Any Entity that seeks to initiate a GIM will be required to submit an attestation confirming that it does not meet the statutory criteria. If there are changes in the ownership or headquarters location of the Interconnecting Entity (IE), then the new IE will be required to submit an attestation confirming that, despite the changes, it does not meet the statutory criteria. Finally, an attestation form is added in Section 8, as Attachment D, Attestation Regarding Compliance with the Lone Star Infrastructure Protection Act. | 11/17/2021 | ERCOT | No | 5.1, 5.2.2, 5.2.5, and 8 Attachment D | Approved |
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| PGRR100 | Steady-State Case Building Timeline Update | This Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) revises the Annual Planning Model base case update frequency from triannual to biannual to align with the intention of the Steady-State Working Group (SSWG) to adjust its current case building schedule to a biannual basis. | 11/29/2021 | CenterPoint Energy | No | 6.1 | Approved |
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| PGRR101 | Related to NPRR1133, Clarify Responsibilities for Submission of Planning Model Data for DC Ties | The Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) clarifies that the owner of the Direct Current Tie (DC Tie) Facility will provide the appropriate dynamic model data to its DC Tie Operator (DCTO), and that the DCTO will then provide the data to ERCOT. | 05/06/2022 | ERCOT | No | 6.2 and 6.2.3 | Approved | |
| PGRR102 | Dynamic Operation Model Improvement | This Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) adds a requirement for Resource Entities and Interconnecting Entities to provide operations dynamic model quality test results that demonstrate appropriate performance for submitted operations dynamic models, and makes non-substantive clarifying changes. | 10/21/2022 | ERCOT | No | 5.5, 6.2 | Approved | |
| PGRR103 | Establish Time Limit for Generator Commissioning Following Approval to Synchronize | This Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) requires an Interconnecting Entity to complete all conditions for commercial operation of a Generation Resource or Energy Storage Resource (ESR) within 180 days of receiving approval for Initial Synchronization from ERCOT. | 12/21/2022 | ERCOT | No | 5.5 | Approved | |
| PGRR104 | Related to NPRR1157, Incorporation of PUCT Approval into Revision Request Process | This Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) requires all Revision Requests to be approved by the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) prior to implementation; standardizes all Revision Requests be considered by the ERCOT Board of Directors; adds an Independent Market Monitor (IMM) opinion, ERCOT opinion, and the ERCOT Market Impact Statement to the TAC Report; and revises possible actions on a Revision Request from “defer” to “table” as currently captured in motions. | 02/22/2023 | ERCOT | Yes | 1.2.1, 1.2.3.2, 1.2.3.3, 1.2.3.10, 1.2.3.12, 1.2.3.13 (new), 1.2.3.13, and 1.2.5 | Approved |
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| PGRR105 | Deliverability Criteria for DC Tie Imports | This Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) adds Direct Current Tie (DC Tie) Resources to the list of Resources for which the minimum deliverability condition applies. | 04/17/2023 | Rainbow Energy Marketing Corporation | No | 4.1.1.1, 4.1.1.7 | Pending | |
| PGRR106 | Clarify Projects Included in Transmission Project Information and Tracking (TPIT) Report | This Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) clarifies what transmission projects are included in the Transmission Project Information and Tracking (TPIT) report. | 04/19/2023 | ERCOT | No | 2.2, 6.4 | Pending | |
| PGRR107 | Related to NPRR1180, Inclusion of Forecasted Load in Planning Analyses | This Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) aligns the Planning Guide with NPRR1180. PGRR107 revises the Planning Guide to address recent amendments to P.U.C. SUBST. R. 25.101, Certification Criteria, which became effective on December 20, 2022. Specifically, PGRR107 incorporates the requirement in P.U.C. SUBST. R. 25.101(b)(3)(A)(ii)(II) for any review conducted by ERCOT to incorporate the historical Load, forecasted Load growth, and additional Load seeking interconnection, in ERCOT’s analysis. PGRR107 also requires a Regional Planning Group (RPG) project submitter to provide such information to ERCOT, when available, for inclusion in ERCOT’s planning analyses. | 05/11/2023 | Oncor | No | 3.1.2.1, 3.1.3, 3.1.4.1, 3.1.4.2, 3.1.7, 4.1.1.1 | Pending | |
| PGRR108 | Related to NPRR1183, ECEII Definition Clarification and Updates to Posting Rules for Certain Documents without ECEII | This Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) updates Planning Guide language to reflect the current practice of posting versions of the Regional Transmission Plan (RTP) and versions of Geomagnetic Disturbance (GMD) assessments, correspondingly updates the data sets in paragraph (2) of Section 7.1, and generally updates posting locations from “Public” to “ERCOT website”. | 05/24/2023 | ERCOT | No | 3.1.1.2, 3.1.8 and 7.1 | Approved | |
| PGRR109 | Dynamic Model Review Process Improvement for Inverter-Based Resource (IBR) Modification | This Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) introduces a new requirement for Interconnecting Entities (IEs) associated with Inverter-Based Resources (IBRs) to undergo a dynamic model review process prior to Resource Commissioning Date. Additionally, this PGRR mandates that Resource Entities owning or controlling operational IBRs must undergo a review process before implementing any changes to settings or equipment (e.g., protection and control settings) that could impact electrical performance and necessitate dynamic model updates. As part of the review process, ERCOT shall review the model quality tests submitted by an IE or Resource Entity. In the case of operational IBRs, the review process may require the interconnecting Transmission Service Provider (TSP) conducting a limited dynamic stability study to compare and evaluate the electrical performance before and after the proposed modifications. | 07/18/2023 | ERCOT | No | 5.2.1, 5.5, and 6.2 | Approved | |
| PGRR110 | Revision to Accommodate Steady-State Node-Breaker Modeling | This Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) removes paragraph (2)(a) of Section 6.1 to accommodate the release of steady-state planning models in node-breaker format pursuant to System Change Request (SCR) 789, Update NMMS Topology Processor to PSSE 34 Capability. | 07/19/2023 | ERCOT | No | 6.1 | Approved | |
| PGRR111 | Related to NPRR1191, Registration, Interconnection, and Operation of Customers with Large Loads; Information Required of Customers with Loads 25 MW or Greater | This Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) creates a new process for studying the reliability impacts of all Large Loads (those 75MW or more) that will be interconnected within 24 months. As with the Full Interconnection Study (FIS) required for proposed Generation Resources, this PGRR requires a Large Load Interconnection Study (LLIS) for each new Large Load meeting applicability requirements that is proposed to interconnect to the ERCOT System. Like the FIS, the LLIS will consist of a similar suite of studies conducted by one or more affected Transmission Service Providers (TSP). This PGRR describes these studies in detail and establishes timelines for the review of these studies and the completion of other steps in the interconnection process. This PGRR requires a Customer proposing to interconnect such a Load—referred to as a “Large Load Interconnecting Entity”—to initiate such a request through ERCOT’s Resource Integration and Ongoing Operations (RIOO) system, which will leverage the efficiency of this existing tool to enable ERCOT and affected TSPs to submit, review, and confirm completion of the studies that are needed. This PGRR also requires some Large Loads to be evaluated as part of the existing quarterly stability assessment. This PGRR also adds additional Reliability Performance Criteria for the inclusion of Large Loads in planning studies. | 08/01/2023 | ERCOT | No | 2.1, 4.1.1.2, 5.2.10 (new), 5.3.5, 6.1, 6.6 (new), 6.6.1 (new), 6.6.2 (new), 6.6.3 (new), 6.6.4 (new), 7.1, 9 (new), 9.1 (new), 9.2 (new), 9.2.1 (new), 9.2.2 (new), 9.2.3 (new), 9.2.4 (new), 9.3 (new), 9.3.1 (new), 9.3.2 (new), 9.3.3 (new), 9.3.4 (new), 9.3.4.1 (new), 9.3.4.2 (new), 9.3.4.3 (new), 9.4 (new), 9.5 (new), 9.5.1 (new), 9.5.2 (new), 9.5.3 (new), 9.6 (new) | Pending | |
| PGRR112 | Dynamic Data Model and Full Interconnection Study (FIS) Deadline for Quarterly Stability Assessment | This Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) establishes requirements for Interconnecting Entities (IEs) to submit dynamic data models and for Transmission Service Providers (TSPs) to submit final Full Interconnection Studies (FISs) for approval at least 30 Business Days prior to the quarterly stability assessment deadline. Projects will not be qualified for the quarterly stability assessment if dynamic data models and final FISs are submitted less than 30 Business Days prior to the deadline. | 09/20/2023 | ERCOT | No | 5.3.2.5 and 5.3.5 | Pending | |
| PGRR113 | Related to NPRR1198, Congestion Mitigation Using Topology Reconfigurations | This Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) revises the Planning Guide to provide that ERCOT will first consider transmission needs without Constraint Management Plan (CMP) actions in its Regional Transmission Plan studies, and will then only model a CMP in the Regional Transmission Plan in certain limited circumstances. A CMP will not be planned to resolve a planning criteria performance deficiency unless it is expected that system conditions will change such that the CMP will no longer be needed within the next five years. | 11/14/2023 | ERCOT | No | 3.1.4.1.1 and 4.1.1.2 | Pending | |
| PGRR114 | Related to NPRR1212, Clarification of Distribution Service Provider’s Obligation to Provide an ESI ID | This Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) modifies Section 5.5 to clarify that, before ERCOT approves Initial Energization for a project that will consume Load other than Wholesale Storage Load (WSL) and that is not behind a Non-Opt-In Entity (NOIE) tie meter, the Distribution Service Provider (DSP) must provide ERCOT with Electric Service Identifier(s) (ESI ID(s)) for the project and these ESI ID(s) must be established in the ERCOT Settlement system in a state that allows for the Load to be properly settled to the appropriate Qualified Scheduling Entity (QSE). | 11/22/2023 | ERCOT | No | 5.5 | Pending |