OGRR Number	128-OGRR	OGRR Title	Change Process Regarding Protocol Revisions	
Status	Posted	
Operating Guide Section Requiring Revision	
Section 1.3 Change Control Process	
Protocol Section Requiring Revision, if any.	None	
Requested Resolution	Normal	
Revision Description	Several sections of the Protocols are quoted verbatim in the Operating Guides.  Currently, when these Protocol excerpts are revised, they require an Operating Guide Revision to keep the Guides current.  This is a labor intensive and time consuming effort. Months often pass before Protocol revisions are completed in the Guides.  This OGRR would allow that those Protocols excerpts that are in the Operating Guides, be changed administratively as directed by ROS. 	
Reason for Revision	
Expedite Protocol Revisions in the Operating Guides. This is meant for only those Protocol revisions, approved by TAC, that require no changes other than to update the referenced Protocol language in the Operating Guides.	
Sponsor	
Name	OGRTF / Rick Keetch	
E-mail Address	rkeetch@reliant.com	
Company	Reliant Energy	
Company Address	1111 Louisiana	
Phone Number	713-497-2526	
Fax Number	713-497-0098	
	
Timeline	
Date Received	01/21/2003	
Date Posted	01/31/2003	
ROS Review Date		
ROS Recommendation		
Other Subcommittee Consideration		
TAC Consideration		

Proposed Operating Guide Language Revision	

1.3 Change Control Process
The following process has been established to announce, develop, revise, and approve ERCOT Operating Guides:
•	Proposed Operating Guides Revision(s) are submitted via email to ERCOT.
•	The Reliability and Operations Subcommittee (ROS) reviews and recommends action.
•	ERCOT Subcommittees review and comment.
•	Comments are submitted via e-mail to ERCOT.
•	ERCOT posts and forwards comments to ROS.
•	ROS reviews all comments and the decision reached on each comment is posted.  
•	ROS submits recommended Operating Guides Revision(s) to the TAC for approval.
•	ERCOT Board of Directors is advised of the TAC-approved Operating Guides Revision(s).

Where additional expertise is needed, the ROS may assign responsibility for review of and drafting in response to Operating Guides Revision Requests to working groups or task forces that it creates.  However, the ROS shall retain ultimate responsibility for the processing of all Operating Guides Revision Requests.
Throughout the Operating Guides, references are made to the Protocols.  When these Protocol references are revised, and they require no other revisions to the Operating Guides other than updating the referenced Protocol language, then the Operating Guides can be changed by ERCOT Staff as directed by ROS rather than using the OGRR process outlined in this section. 

Although Protocol language has been included in the Operating Guides, Protocols are subject to their own revision process, not this Operating Guide revision process. 

	
Other TAC Subcommittee Review	
PRS Review Date		
PRS Protocols Impact Decision		
WMS Review Date		
RMS Review Date		
		
TAC Action	
TAC Vote Date		
TAC Proposed Implementation Date		
TAC Vote Results