Emergency Response Service
ERCOT procures Emergency Response Service (ERS) by selecting qualified loads and generators (including aggregations of loads and generators) to make themselves available for deployment in an electric grid emergency. ERS is a valuable emergency service designed to decrease the likelihood of the need for firm Load shedding (a.k.a, rolling blackouts.) Customers meeting ERS criteria may offer to provide the service through their qualified scheduling entities (QSE).
ERCOT procures ERS three times annually for four-month Standard Contract Terms (SCT). In each SCT, ERCOT procures ERS according to two different response times—thirty minutes ("ERS-30") and ten minutes ("ERS-10"). Documents for Upcoming, Current and Previous SCTs are below.
ERS is authorized by Public Utility Commission Substantive Rule §25.507.
ERS Supporting Information
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ERS Offer Disclosure
Report is posted 60 days after the first day of the Standard Contract Term.
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ERS Procurement Results
Summary of procurement results for upcoming Standard Contract Term.
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ERS Split Deployment Methodology
View split deployment methodology.
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Monthly ERCOT Demand Response from ERS
View monthly response from ERS.
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ERS Forms and Supporting Documents
Click on link for additional ERS docs, forms and training materials.
Upcoming Standard Contract Term (June 2020 - September 2020)
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ERS Procurement Schedule
Final-JunSep20
(Apr 13, 2020 – docx – 23.9 KB) -
Request for Proposal
JunSep
(Apr 01, 2020 – docx – 80.4 KB) -
Technical Requirements and Scope of Work
Final-JunSep20
(Apr 13, 2020 – docx – 94.2 KB)
Current Standard Contract Term (February 2020 - May 2020)
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Request for Proposal
FebMay20
(Jan 30, 2020 – docx – 80.2 KB) -
ERS Procurement Schedule
Final - FebMay20
(Dec 03, 2019 – docx – 17.9 KB) -
Technical Requirements and Scope of Work
Final - FebMay20
(Dec 03, 2019 – docx – 97.1 KB)
Previous Standard Contract Term (October 2019 - January 2020)
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Request for Proposal
Oct19Jan20
(Oct 08, 2019 – docx – 81.6 KB) -
ERS Procurement Schedule
Final - Oct19Jan20
(Aug 01, 2019 – docx – 18.4 KB) -
Technical Requirements and Scope of Work
Final - Oct19Jan20
(Aug 01, 2019 – docx – 106.7 KB)
Key Documents
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Emergency Response Service Procurement Methodology
(Jun 12, 2018 – zip – 397.5 KB) -
ERS Submission Form Instructions
Instructions for filling out an ERS Submission Form & Reading Analysis Reports
(Jun 19, 2019 – docx – 194.4 KB) -
ERS Submission Form
Version:19.1 - Use for submission after October 1, 2019.
(Jun 11, 2019 – xlsx – 32 KB) -
Unavailability Submission Form Instructions
Instructions for filling out Unavailability Submission Form
(Mar 12, 2019 – docx – 39.3 KB) -
Unavailability Submission Form
Used to submit notification of Scheduled Unavailability, Unplanned Unavailability, Power Interruptions, Self-Test Schedules and Planned Maintenance and for any subsequent revisions or cancellations of previously submitted notices.
(Mar 12, 2019 – xlsx – 17 KB)