1.

Antitrust Admonition

K. Ögelman

9:30 a.m.

2.

Antitrust Training

N. Bigbee

9:35 a.m.

3.

ERCOT Board Update

K. Ögelman

9:45 a.m.

4.

Approval of Draft March 7, 2013 TAC Meeting Minutes (Vote)

K. Ögelman

9:50 a.m.

5.

Protocol Revision Subcommittee Report

• Nodal Protocol Revision Requests (NPRRs) (Vote):

o   NPRR513, Removal of Nodal Implementation Surcharge

o   NPRR514, Seasonal Generation Resource - Urgent

o   NPRR516, Change to Verifiable Cost Manual Revision Process

o   NPRR517, Revisions to the Telemetry Standards and State Estimator Standards Approval Process

o   NPRR523, Available Credit Limit (ACLC and/or ACLD) Calculations During Computer System Failures

o   NPRR525, Elimination of Three-Year Expiration for CRR Auction Revenue Distribution Methodology

o   NPRR526, Frequency of Audit on ERCOT Model

o   NPRR530, Transfers of Specific NOIEs Within a NOIE Load Zone to a Competitive Load Zone - Urgent

o   NPRR534, Clarification of QSE Responsibilities to Provide Service in NOIE Territory - Urgent

T. Burke

9:55 a.m.

6.

Citigroup Energy Appeal of PRS Rejection of NPRR444, Supplemental Reliability Deployments Urgent (Vote)

• Appellant Position
• PRS Advocate Position
• Q&A/Discussion

E. Goff

K. Coleman

K. Ögelman

10:25 a.m.

10:40 a.m.

10:55 a.m.

7.

Revision Requests Previously Tabled by TAC:

• NPRR511, Correction to Emergency Energy Settlement Language - Urgent (Vote)
• LPGRR049, Include AMS ESI IDs in the Annual Validation Process (Vote)
• NOGRR107, Disturbance Monitoring Requirements Clarification (Vote)

K. Ögelman

11:25 a.m.

8.

Wholesale Market Subcommittee Report*

• Notice of WMS Approval of Revised System-Wide Offer Cap and Scarcity Pricing Mechanism Methodology
• Resource Adequacy Task Force Update
• Revised Verifiable Cost Manual Change Control Process
• Recommendation on Planning Reserve Margin and Effective Load Carrying Capability of Wind (Vote)

S. Cochran

11:35 a.m.

Lunch

12:15 p.m.

8.

Continued - Wholesale Market Subcommittee Report

• Threshold Values for Competitive Constraint Test (Vote)
• PRS Recommended Addition to Other Binding Document List: Threshold Values for Competitive Constraint Test (Vote)

S. Cochran

T. Burke

12:45 p.m.

9.

Methodology for Setting the Shadow Price Caps and Power Balance Penalties in Security-Constrained Economic Dispatch

• ERCOT Recommended Revisions (Vote)

o   Related to Increased System Wide Offer Cap

o   Related to Real-Time Constraint Competiveness Test

• Proposed Revisions to Methodology for Setting Max Shadow Prices (Vote)

o   AEP Proposal

o   EDF Response to AEP Proposal

R. Surendran

J. Bevill

K. Dixit

1:15 p.m.

10.

Reliability and Operations Subcommittee Report *

• PGRR027, Analysis of Subsynchronous Resonance Studies in Transmission Studies (Vote)
• State Estimator Standards (Vote)
• Telemetry Standards (Vote)

H. Holloway

2:15 p.m.

11.

Retail Market Subcommittee Report*

R. Bevill

2:30 p.m.

12.

Commercial Operations Subcommittee Report*

H. Basaran

2:35 p.m.

13.

ERCOT Operations, Planning, and IT Report

• Fast Responding Regulation Service Pilot Update
• Q&A - Annual Emergency Response Service Report per Protocol 3.14.3.4, Emergency Response Service Reporting and Market Communications
• ERCOT Commercial Operations Organization Overview and Goals

K. Ragsdale

M. Patterson

B. Jones

2:45 p.m.

14.

Other Business

• Future Agenda Items

K. Ögelman

3:40 p.m.

Adjourn

3:45 p.m.