1.

Antitrust Admonition 

ERCOT

9:30 a.m.

2.

Election of WMS Chair and Vice Chair (Vote)

• Welcome New Members 

ERCOT

9:35 a.m.

3.

Approval of Meeting Minutes (Vote)

• November 9, 2011
• November 28, 2011
• December 7, 2011 

WMS Chair

9:45 a.m.

4.

ERCOT Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) and Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) Updates 

WMS Chair

9:50 a.m.

5.

TAC Assignments (Possible Vote)

• NPRR334, Incorporate Resource Limit for the Amount of Regulation Service that may be Provided from a Generation Resource During any Operating Hour - Assigned to QMWG
• NPRR405, Clarification of DC Tie Load into Operational Systems and Processes
• NPRR418, Reporting Resource Outage Assigned to QMWG
• Other TAC Assignments 

WMS Chair

10:00 a.m.

6.

ERCOT Operations and Market Items:

• Look-Ahead Security Constrained Economic Dispatch (SCED) - Update
• Potential Revisions to Emergency Interruptible Load Service (EILS) Rule (25.507) - Update 

WMS Chair

10:05 a.m.

7.

NPRR334, Incorporate Resource Limit for the Amount of Regulation Service that may be Provided from a Generation Resource During any Operating Hour - (Possible Vote)

WMS Chair

10:25 a.m.

8.

NPRR385, Security Violation Analysis and Reporting and Negative Price Floor - (Possible Vote) 

WMS Chair

10:30 a.m.

9.

NPRR405, Clarification of DC Tie Load into Operational Systems and Processes - (Possible Vote) 

WMS Chair

10:35 a.m.

10.

NPRR412, Quick Start Generation Resource Compliance Metric Adjustments - (Possible Vote) 

WMS Chair

10:40 a.m.

11.

NPRR416, Removal of the RUC Clawback Charge for Resources Other than RMR Units - (Possible Vote) 

WMS Chair

10:45 a.m.

12.

NPRR421, Clarification of RMR Notifications - (Possible Vote) 

WMS Chair

10:50 a.m.

13.

NPRR425, Creation of a WGR Group for GREDP and Base Point Deviation Evaluation - (Possible Vote) 

WMS Chair

10:55 a.m.

14.

NPRR434, Increase the Capacity Limitation of a Generation Resource Providing RRS - (Possible Vote) 

WMS Chair

11:00 a.m.

15.

NPRR435, Requirements for Energy Offer Curves in the Real Time SCED for Generation Resources Committed in RUC - (Possible Vote) 

ERCOT

11:05 a.m.

16.

Draft NPRR, Additional Minimum Counter-Party Qualification Requirements, Including Risk Management Capability Requirements

ERCOT

11:10 a.m.

17.

Congestion Management Working Group (CMWG)

• Chair and Vice Chair Election (Vote)

• General Update
• Special Protection Scheme in SCED
• CRR bidding trends and revisiting allocation of bid limits (Possible Vote)
• Real-Time Mitigation and Competitive Constraints Test (CCT)

• North-to-Houston Interface Stability Limit Assigned to CMWG
• Re-pricing (Special Protection Systems at Austrop) - Assigned to CMWG

M. Wagner

11:15 a.m.

Lunch 

11:45 a.m.

18.

Demand Side Working Group (DSWG)

• Chair and Vice Chair Election (Vote)
• General Update
• Advanced Metering Implementation Team (AMIT) Update 

T. Carter

12:45 p.m.

19.

Emerging Technology Working Group (ETWG)

• General Update 

B. Gedrich

1: 00 p.m.

20.

Market Credit Working Group (MCWG)

• Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) - Update
• Possible Revisions to MCWG Charter (Possible Vote)
• Credit Work Group (Credit WG) & MCWG 2012 Meeting Calendar 

T. Coffing

1:15 p.m.

21.

QSE Managers Working Group (QMWG)

• Chair and Vice Chair Election (Vote)

• General Update
• NOGRR086, Clarification of Seasonal Unit Capability Testing Requirements (Possible Vote) 

S. Looney

1:30 p.m.

22.

Reliability Deployments Task Force (RDTF) - Update

• Revision to 2012 Ancillary Service Methodology (Possible Vote)
• Power Balance Penalty Factor
  • Change to Current Slope vs. Proposed Alternative 

R. Comstock

1:45 p.m.

23.

Generation Adequacy Task Force (GATF) - (Possible Vote)

• Seasonal Assessment of Resource Adequacy report (SARA) - Recommendations 

A. Pieniazek

2:45 p.m.

24.

WMS 2012 Goals Update 

WMS Chair

3:15 p.m.

25.

Other Business

• Quick Start Task Force (QSTF) Possible Dissolution (Possible Vote) 

WMS Chair

3:30 p.m.

Verifiable Cost Working Group - No Update 

H. Lookadoo

Metering Working Group (MWG) - No Update 

D. DiSanto

Quick Start Task Force (QSTF) - No Update 

R. Prentice

Adjourn 

3:35 p.m.