1.

Antitrust Admonition

B. Jones

9:30 a.m.

2.

ERCOT Board Update

B. Jones

9:35 a.m.

3.

Approval of Draft September 2, 2010 TAC Meeting Minutes (Vote)

B. Jones

9:45 a.m.

4.

Nodal Advisory Task Force Report*

D. Blackburn

9:50 a.m.

5.

Texas Nodal Implementation

• ERCOT Program Update

o   168-Hour Test Overview

o   Shadow Price Caps and Power Balance Penalties in Security Constrained Economic Dispatch (Vote)

o   Generation Resource Energy Deployment Performance (GREDP) Variables (Vote)

o   Load Distribution Factors Methodology (Vote)

o   Nodal Non-Spinning Reserve Service Deployment Procedure (Vote)

o   Nodal Market Go-Live (Vote)

• Market Management System (MMS)
• Energy Management System (EMS)
• Market Information System (MIS)
• Commercial Systems (COMS)
• Credit Monitoring Management (CMM)

K. Ragsdale

R. Surendran

D. Maggio

 J. Adams

R. Surendran

 K. Ragsdale

10:20 a.m.

Lunch

12:30 p.m.

6.

Protocol Revisions Subcommittee Report

• Nodal Protocol Revision Requests (NPRRs) (Vote):
  • NPRR244, Clarification of Other Binding Documents
  • NPRR246, Requirement for Resource Entities to Update Resource Parameters
  • NPRR253, CRR Balancing Account Invoice and Settlement and Billing Dispute Process
  • NPRR261, Revision of Data Submission Timeline for Network Model
  • NPRR262, Protocol Synchronization for Nodal Implementation Surcharge
  • NPRR273, Allow Use of the ONTEST Resource Status to Indicate Resource Startup, Shutdown and Test Operations
• Notice of Rejection of NPRR275, Clarify QSE’s Ability to Make Changes to Ancillary Service Resource Responsibility In Real Time
• Additional Items from the October 4, 2010 Special PRS Meeting (Possible Vote):
• NPRR219, Resolution of Alignment Items A33, A92, A106, and A150 - TSPs Must Submit Outages for Resource Owned Equipment and Clarification of Changes in Status of Transmission Element Postings
• NOGRR050, Resolution of Reporting Issues Related to NPRR219
• NPRR255, Resolution of Alignment Item A81 - DRUC Timing and Execution when DAM is Delayed or Aborted
• NPRR259, Resolution of Alignment Items A175 and A176 - Settlement of Generation Resources Dispatched to Meet System Reliability Requirements
• NPRR263, Resolution of Alignment Item A99 - Settlement Point Price Calculation When Busses are De-energized
•  NPRR274, Generic Startup Costs for Combined Cycle Generation Resources Removal of Temporal Constraint
• NPRR279, Resolution of Alignment Item A144 - Clarify Posting of MCPC for DAM and SASM
• NPRR280, Move Shift Factor Posting Requirement to Real-Time
• NPRR284, Cost Allocation Zones as They Relate to NOIE Load Zones As Built Systems
• Other Binding Documents List

S. Morris

1:00 p.m.

7.

Revision Requests Tabled at TAC (Vote):

• NPRR209, Data Posting Changes to Comply with P.U.C. Subst. R. 25.505

B. Jones

1:45 p.m.

8.

Reliability and Operations Subcommittee Report *

• NOGRR041, Synchronization of Section 2 with Nodal Protocols (Vote)
• NOGRR042, Synchronization of Section 3 with Nodal Protocols (Vote)
• NOGRR043, Synchronization with OGRR208, Voltage Ride-Through (VRT) Requirement (Vote)
• NOGRR045, Synchronization of OGRR219, Time Error Correction (Vote)
• NOGRR046, Synchronization of Sections 4 and 5 with Nodal Protocols (Vote)
• NOGRR047, Synchronization of Sections 6 and 7 with Nodal Protocols (Vote)
• NOGRR051, Synchronization with OGRR192 and OGRR238 URGENT  (Vote)
• NOGRR053, Synchronization with OGRR226, Generation Resource Response Time Requirement (Vote)

K. Donohoo

1:50 p.m.

9.

Retail Market Subcommittee Report*

• RMGRRR089, Revisions for Texas Nodal Market Implementation (Part 3) (Vote)
• RMGRR090, Revisions for Texas Nodal Market Implementation (Part 4) (Vote)

K. Patrick

2:05 p.m.

10.

Wholesale Market Subcommittee Report*

• SMOGRR009, Submittal Timeline for EPS Metering Design Proposals (Vote)
• Market Reform and IMM Nodal Issues WMS Assignments related to CRR Derate (Possible Vote)
• CRR Credit Parameters (Possible Vote)

B. Clemenhagen

2:15 p.m.

11.

ERCOT Operations, Planning, and IT Report

• 2011 Project Priority List (PPL) (Vote)

T. Anderson

2:30 p.m.

12.

TAC Committee Structure Review (Vote)

B. Jones

2:50 p.m.

13.

Renewable Technology Working Group Report*

• Emerging Technologies Integration Plan

M. Bruce

3:50 p.m.

14.

Commercial Operations Subcommittee Report*

D. McKeever

4:20 p.m.

15.

Other Business

• Future Agenda Items
• Confirm December TAC Meeting Date (December 2 or 6)

B. Jones

4:25 p.m.

Adjourn

B. Jones

4:30 p.m.

Future TAC Meetings

• November 4, 2010
• December 2, 2010 or December 6, 2010