1.

Antitrust Admonition

Ino Gonzalez/

John Ritch

9:30 AM

2.

Reliability Unit Commitment (RUC)

• RUC – Introductory comments and context for current discussion

John Ritch

9:35 AM

• When, why, how does ERCOT use RUC

ERCOT Staff

9:50 AM

• What about the current RUC process is/isn’t working from ERCOT’s perspective

• Existing plans to reduce RUC

• • DRRS

• • Other

• Review economics and other RUC data

Carrie Bivens

10:10 AM

• Self-commitment decision factors

David Detelich

10:30 AM

3.

Open discussion focused on impact and consequences of RUC (good and bad)

Ino Gonzalez/

John Ritch

10:40 AM

LUNCH

11:40 AM

4.

Verifiable Costs (VC)

12:40 PM

• What isn’t or hasn’t been working and why

Ino Gonzalez

• Recent changes to VC and expected impact

Ino Gonzalez

5.

Open discussion focused VC (good and bad)

Ino Gonzalez/

John Ritch

1:10 PM

6.

Potential incentives and changes to reduce RUC and improve VC process – general stakeholder discussion

Ino Gonzalez/

John Ritch

• Shorter-term considerations

1:40 PM

• • Potential change to RUC clawback (see NPRR 1172)

Comments by Eric Goff

• • Improve RUC make-whole process

• • Permanent solution to Exceptional Fuel Costs

• • Potential changes to RUC commitment timeframes

• • Review minimum online reserve level (from IMM report)

• • Address alternatives to the use of RUC

• • Change forecast selection alternatives

• Longer-term market incentives

3:10 PM

• • Potential DAM upgrades/changes

• • DAM and RTM energy offer restrictions/mitigation rules

• Ongoing activities that impact RUC/VC not for workshop discussion

• • Bridge Solution

• • DRRS

• • Potential fuel contract language targeted discussion

• Other topics/items for consideration

7.

Next steps 

3:55 PM

Adjourn

4:30 PM