1.

Antitrust Admonition 

E. Goff

9:30 a.m.

2.

Approval of Meeting Minutes (Vote)

• September 14, 2011

E. Goff

9:35 a.m.

3.

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

E. Goff

9:40 a.m.

4.

TAC Assignments (Possible Vote)

• Long-Term Study Assignments
• 2012 Block Schedule for WMS
• Review of Reliability Must-Run (RMR) Protocol for Capacity Shortage - Assigned to RDTF
• Review of ROS Congestion Cost Report - Assigned to CMWG
• Constraint Competitiveness Test Modification - Assigned to CMWG
• NPRR334, Incorporate Resource Limit for the Amount of Regulation Service that may be Provided from a Generation Resource During any Operating Hour

E. Goff

W. Lasher

10:00 a.m.

5.

ERCOT Operations and Market Items:

• Security Constrained Economic Dispatch (SCED) Look-ahead  - Update
• Recap of Abacus Default Uplift
• Cross State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR) - ERCOT Report to PUCT - Assigned to RDTF
• ERCOT Application of Transient Security Analysis Tool (TSAT) for Real-time W-N Limit Calculation
• Day-Ahead Market (DAM) De-commitments
• Value of q for QSGRs per Section 3.8.3 (8)

E. Goff

S. Moorty 

M. Bauld

W. Lasher 

B. Blevins 

I. Gonzalez

10:15 a.m.

6.

NPRR351, Calculate and Post Projected Non-Binding LMPs for the Next 15 Minutes - Option 2 (Possible Vote) 

S. Looney

10:40 a.m.

7.

NPRR381, Registration Requirements for Interconnecting Entities (Possible Vote) 

S. Looney

10:45 a.m.

8.

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

S. Looney

11:50 a.m.

9.

NPRR393, SCED Constraint Management Transparency (Possible Vote)

S. Looney

11:55 a.m.

Lunch

12:00 p.m.

10.

NPRR394, Outage Reporting (Possible Vote) 

S. Looney

1:00 p.m.

11.

NPRR397, Balance of the Day Ancillary Service Market (Possible Vote) 

S. Looney

1:05 p.m.

12.

NPRR407, Credit Monitoring Credit Parameters Posting Requirements (Possible Vote) 

S. Looney

1:10 p.m.

13.

NPRR410, Definition of an Energy Storage Resource Storage Workshop (Possible Vote) 

S. Looney

1:15 p.m.

14.

NPRR402, Clarification of Pre-DAM RUC Instruction Sequence (Possible Vote) 

E. Goff

1:20 p.m.

15.

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

E. Goff

1:25 p.m.

16.

NPRR408, Clarification of ERCOT Authority to Deny Energization of Non-Compliant Generators (Possible Vote) 

E. Goff

1:30 p.m.

17.

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

E. Goff

1:35 p.m.

18.

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

E. Goff

1:40 p.m.

19.

Reliability Deployments Task Force (RDTF) - Update

• General Update
• Draft NPRR, EOC Requirements for Generation Resources Assigned Regulation Up and Responsive Reserve Services (Possible Vote)
• Draft NPRR, RUC Deployment for Capacity Insufficiency at SWCAP (Possible Vote)
• Draft NPRR, Online NSRS and QSGR Offers in SCED (Possible Vote)
• RMR Protocol Review in light of system capacity issues
• RDTF To-do List (Possible Vote)
• WMS Recommendations (Possible Vote) 

R. Comstock

R. Stephenson

1:45 p.m.

20.

Congestion Management Working Group (CMWG)

• PGRR011, Planning Criteria Clarifications and Enhancements To Narrow The Gap Between Operations and Planning (Possible Vote)
• NPRR327, State Estimator Data Redaction Methodology - Recommendation on Redacting Process (Possible Vote)
• South Hub Definition- Recommendation for Defining New Hub (Possible Vote)
• Constraint Competitiveness Test (CCT) Modification - Proposed Timeframe (Possible Vote) 
• West - North Stability Limit based on 9-26-11 Posted  Matrix and Impact to Operations, DAM, and CRR Auction
• Review of Methodology Deriving the Monthly ROS Congestion Cost Report. 

M. Wagner

2:30 p.m.

21.

Demand Side Working Group (DSWG)

• General Demand Response Update

• Responsive Reserve Service (RRS) Contribution Limit for Load Resources
• Long-Term Study Group Update 

T. Carter

3:00 p.m.

22.

Market Credit Working Group (MCWG)

• General Update
• Proposal for Rolling CRR Auctions
• Review of Creditworthiness Standard
• Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Update
• Central Counter-Party Subgroup- Update
• Letter of Credit - Provider/Bank Diversity 

T. Coffing

3:20 p.m.

23.

QSE Managers Working Group (QMWG)

• General Update 

S. Looney

3:35 p.m.

24.

Generation Adequacy Task Force (GATF) (Possible Vote)

• GATF Discussion from 10/7/2011 Concerning Potential Changes to CDR and Implementation of the SARA
• Proposed Timing of CDR and SARA
• SARA Reporting Format.
• Potential Changes to Planning Guides Based on GATF Discussions
• Recommendations to WMS 

A. Pieniazek

3:45 a.m.

25.

WMS 2011 Goals Update 

E. Goff

4:15 p.m.

26.

Other Business

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

E. Goff

4:20 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 

Emerging Technology Working Group (ETWG) - No Updatge

R. Prentice

B. Gedrich

Adjourn

Future WMS Meetings

• November 9, 2011

4:30 p.m.