NOTICE DATE: February 15, 2021

NOTICE TYPE:  W-A021521-01 Operations

SHORT DESCRIPTION: New Culberson (CULBSN) Generic Transmission Constraint (GTC)

INTENDED AUDIENCE: ERCOT Market Participants

DAY AFFECTED: March 4, 2021

LONG DESCRIPTION: Based on the results of the Quarterly Stability Assessment (QSA) for Q1 of 2021, performed pursuant to Planning Guide Section 5.9, Quarterly Stability Assessment, ERCOT has identified the need to create a new GTC in the Culberson 138kV area. The new GTC is modeled in the Network Operations Model as CULBSN, and results from the installation of new Generation Resources in the region.

The purpose of this notice is to provide contemporaneous notification to all ERCOT Market Participants of this new CULBSN GTC. ERCOT will begin enforcing the new GTC on March 4, 2021.

Details associated with all GTCs (EMIL ID NP3-766-M, Report ID 11424) can be found on the ERCOT Market Information System (MIS) Grid Transmission page under the Generic Transmission Limits. A Digital Certificate is required to access the MIS Secure Area.

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