Pending Verifiable Cost Manual Revision Requests (VCMRRs)
# Title Description Date Posted Sponsor Urgent Protocol Sections Current Status Effective Date(s)
VCMRR039 Related to NPRR1216, Implementation of Emergency Pricing Program This Verifiable Cost Manual Revision Request (VCMRR) provides that actual fuel purchases that were used to determine the Operating Losses Payment Amount, as described in Protocol Section 6.8.2, Recovery of Operating Losses During an LCAP or ECAP Effective Period, shall not also be included when calculating fuel adders. 01/23/2024 ERCOT No 3.4 Pending
VCMRR040 Methodology for Calculating Fuel Adders for Coal-Fired Resources This Verifiable Cost Manual Revision Request (VCMRR) removes the necessity for ERCOT to purchase an annual coal price index subscription for use in the calculation of the quarterly manual coal fuel adder and describes a methodology for a Qualified Scheduling Entity (QSE) to submit “Actual Coal Fuel Adders” (ACFA) similar to the current process for natural gas Resources. 04/23/2024 ERCOT No 3.4 and Appendix 11 Pending
VCMRR041 SO2 and NOx Emission Prices Used in Verifiable Cost Calculations This Verifiable Cost Manual Revision Request (VCMRR) removes the requirement to use indices for the price of sulfur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxide (NOX) and replaces them with fixed prices to calculate emission costs. 04/24/2024 ERCOT No 2.6 and Appendix 5 Pending