1.

Antitrust Admonition

Owens

9:00 am

2.

ROS Meeting Report

New assignment OWG to evaluate concerns that ERCOT has to bring RUC units earlier than required because of unit start-up failures; review need for ERCOT Operating procedures for RUCing units. Joint discussions with CMWG starting at 10:30.

Owens

3.

OWG meeting notes approval:  February meeting notes review and approval.

All

4.

NOGRRs for review and language changes:

• 124NOGRR Additional VRT Requirement for IRRs. This Nodal Operating Guide Revision Request (NOGRR) specifies new high Voltage Ride-Through (VRT) requirements for Intermittent Renewable Resources (IRRs) and prohibits IRRs from tripping for events that are less severe than the defined thresholds and occur for shorter time durations. (ERCOT ) IA Review
• Urgent NOGRR Alignment with NPRR555 Language Review

All

5.

Operations Report

• Monthly Operations Report Summary/Questions

ERCOT

6.

Operations Task Force Report 

• Action Items:

Tammar

7.

Texas RE Update Report

• Standards Updates

Penney

8.

System Operations Report

• Operating Procedure changes that impact market participants.

ERCOT

9.

Seminar Task Force Report

ERCOT/Allgower

10.

Other:

• ERCOT is currently in the process of updating the MIS-NDCRC Reactive Testing Forms. It is anticipated these changes will likely affect members of the Operations Working Group. 20 30 minute presentation
• For group discussion - John Warren brought up PRC values and the makeup of PRC.  The question on the table is do we need to look at what we procure or the change the levels of PRC associated with each level of EEA.  EEA Workshop scheduled
• ROS directive - Voltage support requirement for all Generation Resources greater than 20 MVA. (See Protocol Section 3.15, paragraph 2) Update on offline discussions.

Carmen/ERCOT

Walter/ERCOT

11.

Future Meeting Date: April 23^rd ERCOT Met Center room 168.

Owens

Voltage Control Workshop start at 1:00 pm

Owens

12:00 pm

Voltage Control Workshop

1. Review OTF recommendations from last task force meeting. 
2. Review list of Nodal Protocol and Operating Guide sections from Texas RE on voltage control.
3. Review ERCOT questions to SSWG regarding the process for maintaining voltage limits in NMMS systems for SOL Methodology.
4. Develop task list for small group to research and report back next OWG meeting. 
5. Discuss and schedule next meeting date for second workshop.

Owens

 1:00 pm

Adjourn

Owens

 3:30 pm