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Resource Entities
Resource entities (REs) either own or control a generation resource or behave as a Load Acting as a Resource (LaaR) that can comply with ERCOT instructions to reduce electricity usage or provide an ancillary service.
Registration
REs and their assets must be registered separately, using the forms below. Each RE must also be represented by a qualified scheduling entity (QSE), which establishes a control interface with ERCOT.
REs should review the following important information:
- New Generation Resources: Steps to Register
- New Distributed Generation: Registration
- Established Generation Resources: Steps to Establish New QSE Relationship
- REs Registering as LaaRs: Load Participation Program
Most REs must also be registered with the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT). More information on that registration process may be found at the Power Generation Companies and Self-Generator Registration area on the PUCT website. A Distributed Generation (DG) Resource is required to register with ERCOT in accordance with Section 16 of the ERCOT Protocol if one (1) MW in size or greater or if the energy is to be accounted for in wholesale market settlements. View the Distributed Generation section for more information.
Each Resource Entity is required to submit an Emergency Operating Plan and a Weatherization plan to ERCOT for each Resource under its control and to keep those plans updated. Each Resource Entity must also submit a completed Declaration of Completion of Generation Resource Weatherization Preparations (Protocols Section 22, Attachment K) by December 1 and June 1 of each year. These plans and declarations are to be emailed to EOP@ercot.com. For new Generation Resources, ERCOT will verify compliance with these submission requirements during the commissioning process.
Key Documents
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Commissioning Plan Template
(Aug 28, 2015 – xls – 169.5 KB) -
ERCOT New Generator Commissioning Checklist
Using ERCOT's New Generator Commissioning Checklist, the QSE must complete required testing for new generating unit start-up in the QSE's market and control systems and ERCOT's operation and marketing systems, as well as receive expressed approval to connect to the ERCOT grid.
(Aug 14, 2017 – docx – 60.2 KB) -
Generation Resource Splitting Agreement
(Oct 20, 2016 – docx – 46.9 KB) -
Managed Capacity Declaration Form
(Nov 17, 2014 – xls – 80.5 KB) -
Non-Opt-In-Entity Distributed Generation Reporting Form
This form is for NOIE's to report unregistered Distributed Generation that is located behind NOIE boundary metering points in accordance with requirements detailed in Section 10.3 of the COPS Market Guide.
(Jun 29, 2016 – xlsx – 47.4 KB) -
Opt-In Checklist
(Jun 29, 2011 – doc – 66.5 KB) -
QSE Acknowledgement Form
Acknowledgement by QSE that it represents the Market Participant applicant for scheduling and settlement transactions with ERCOT.
(Oct 14, 2016 – docx – 35.9 KB) -
RE Application for Registration
Form to register with ERCOT as an RE (generation resource or load acting as a resource)
(Oct 31, 2016 – docx – 52.8 KB) -
Resource Asset Registration Forms
Package of files necessary to register a Resource
(Aug 07, 2017 – zip – 4 MB) -
Resource Entity Interim Update Request Form
For to request interim updates to the Network Model
(Jun 30, 2014 – doc – 133.5 KB) -
Resource Interconnection Handbook
(Feb 01, 2016 – pdf – 804.9 KB)
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