1.

Antitrust Admonition

B. Albracht

9:30 a.m.

2.

Election to 2015 WMS Chair and Vice Chair (Vote)

B. Albracht

3.

Approval of Meeting Minutes (Vote)

• October 29, 2014
• December 3, 2014

WMS Chair

9:35 a.m.

4.

Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) Update and Assignments

• Alternate Solution to Implementing NPRR664, Fuel Index Price for Resource Definition and Real-Time Make-Whole Payments for Exceptional Fuel Cost Events
• Market Impact of NERC-BAL-003 on Ancillary Service Procurement
• Review State of the Market Report

WMS Chair

9:40 a.m.

5.

Referrals (Possible Vote)

• PRS: Review Necessity of MIS Reports Associated with:

o   NPRR661, Discontinue Posting Profile Data Evaluation Report

• PRS: NPRR662, Proxy Energy Offer Curve
• PRS: NPRR663, Ancillary Service Insufficiency Actions

WMS Chair

J. Lavas

10:00 a.m.

6.

ERCOT Operations and Market Items

• Update ORDC Performance (standing item)
• Market Impact of Transmission Outages

J. Dumas

D. Woodfin

10:15 a.m.

7.

QSE Managers Working Group (QMWG)

• NPRR650, Clarification of Real-Time Telemetry for Split Generation Resources
• NPRR672, Clarification of EMR Status (Vote)
• NPRR649, Lost Opportunity Payments for HDL Manual Overrides Discuss comments
• DRAFT NPRR, Clarify Protocol Reference to Commercial Operation
• Impact of Emergency Base Points on LMPs
• Use of Emergency Condition (EMR) Status for Generation Resources
• Resource Integration Handbook and Commissioning Checklist
• Notification Requirements for Switchable Resources
• Market Impact of Voltage Reduction in an EEA

S. Looney

10:30 a.m.

8.

Market Credit Working Group (MCWG)

• NPRR 638, Revisions to Certain Price Components of EAL
• General Update

o   NPRR 671, Incorporation of DAM Credit Parameters into Protocols

o   NPRR 673, Correction to EAL for a QSE that Represents Neither Load nor Generation

o   Revisions to ERCOT Credit Application

o   Letter of Credit Concept

o   Update on Capacity Forecast Model

o   Credit updates

 

B. Barnes

11:00 a.m.

9.

Reliability Unit Commitment Task Force (RUCTF)

• Alternatives for Extreme Cold Weather RUC  

E. Goff

11:20 a.m.

10.

Supply Analysis Working Group (SAWG)

• General Update

o   Incorporation of SARA Methodology in Protocol

o   Real-Time Co-Optimization and Multi-Interval RT Market

o   NERC LTRA & LOLE Study

o   Capacity Counting for Capacity and Demand Report (CDR)

o   DRAFT NPRR Wind Capacity MIS Report

B. Whittle

11:40 a.m.

11.

Congestion Management Working Group (CMWG)

• General Update

o   CRR Auction Limits for West-North

o   Annual Auction Sequence

o   Panhandle Limit Management

K. Dixit

11:50 a.m.

12.

Demand Side Working Group (DSWG)

• General Update

o   ERS, Proposed Revision to Time Periods

o   Loads in SCED v2

o   Price Responsive Load Data Collection

T. Carter

12:00 p.m.

13.

Emerging Technologies Working Group (ETWG)

• General Update

o   PV Forecasting RFP

o   ETWG 2015 Goals

o   Tech Highlight: Distributed Impedance Control

C. Blevins

12:10 p.m.

14.

Resource Cost Working Group (RCWG)

• Workshop - NPRR649, Lost Opportunity Payments for HDL Manual Overrides

12:20 p.m.

15.

WMS 2014 Goals Review and Discussion for 2015

WMS Chair

12:30 p.m.

16.

Other Business

• Working Group and Task Force Leadership for 2015
• Review of Open Action Items
• No Updates

o   Metering Working Group (MWG)

WMS Chair

12:40 p.m.

Adjourn

WMC Chair

 12:45 p.m.

Future WMS Meetings:

• February 4, 2015
• March 4, 2015