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Balanced market rules are a basic element in Texas competition. Clear, predictable and well-designed rules help foster a stable electricity market. Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) market rules are developed by participants from all aspects of the electricity industry. The rules and amendments are reviewed by the Public Utility Commission of Texas to ensure that they satisfy the public interest.
In this section, you will find the ERCOT protocols, guides, policies and procedures that help steer the Texas market participants.
Pending Revision Requests and Issues
Issue | Title |
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SMOGRR027 | Move OBD to Settlement Metering Operating Guide – EPS Metering Design Proposal |
SMOGRR028 | Add Series Reactor Compensation Factors |
SMOGRR030 | Move OBD to Settlement Metering Operating Guide – EPS Metering Facility Temporary Exemption Request Application Form |
RRGRR036 | Related to NPRR1191, Registration, Interconnection, and Operation of Customers with Large Loads; Information Required of Customers with Loads 25 MW or Greater |
VCMRR039 | Related to NPRR1216, Implementation of Emergency Pricing Program |
OBDRR046 | Related to NPRR1188, Implement Nodal Dispatch and Energy Settlement for Controllable Load Resources |
OBDRR051 | Related to NPRR1216, Implementation of Emergency Pricing Program |
PGRR073 | Related to NPRR956, Designation of Providers of Transmission Additions |
LPGRR074 | Align Definitions of IDRRQ, LRG, and LRGDG |
PGRR105 | Deliverability Criteria for DC Tie Imports |
PGRR106 | Clarify Projects Included in Transmission Project Information and Tracking (TPIT) Report |
PGRR107 | Related to NPRR1180, Inclusion of Forecasted Load in Planning Analyses |
PGRR109 | Dynamic Model Review Process Improvement for Inverter-Based Resource (IBR) Modification |
PGRR111 | Related to NPRR1191, Registration, Interconnection, and Operation of Customers with Large Loads; Information Required of Customers with Loads 25 MW or Greater |
PGRR112 | Dynamic Data Model and Full Interconnection Study (FIS) Deadline for Quarterly Stability Assessment |
PGRR113 | Related to NPRR1198, Congestion Mitigation Using Topology Reconfigurations |
PGRR114 | Related to NPRR1212, Clarification of Distribution Service Provider’s Obligation to Provide an ESI ID |
RMGRR177 | Switch Hold Removal Clarification |
RMGRR179 | TDSP Temporary Emergency Electric Energy Facility (TEEEF) Deployment Transactional Processing |
RMGRR180 | Administrative Change for Retail Market Guide – Update LP&L After-Hour RNP Email Addresses |
NOGRR245 | Inverter-Based Resource (IBR) Ride-Through Requirements |
NOGRR255 | High Resolution Data Requirements |
NOGRR256 | Related to NPRR1191, Registration, Interconnection, and Operation of Customers with Large Loads; Information Required of Customers with Loads 25 MW or Greater |
NOGRR258 | Related to NPRR1198, Congestion Mitigation Using Topology Reconfigurations |
NOGRR261 | Move OBD to Section 8 – Procedure for Calculating RRS Limits for Individual Resources |
SCR825 | ERCOT Voice Communications Aggregation |
SCR826 | ERCOT.com Enhancements |
SCR827 | Grid Conditions Graph Addition for Operating Reserve Demand Curve (ORDC) Level |
NPRR956 | Designation of Providers of Transmission Additions |
NPRR1070 | Planning Criteria for GTC Exit Solutions |
NPRR1162 | Single Agent Designation for a QSE and its Sub-QSEs for Voice Communications over the ERCOT WAN |
NPRR1170 | Submission of Gas Supply Disruption |
NPRR1179 | Fuel Purchase Requirements for Resources Submitting RUC Fuel Costs |
NPRR1180 | Inclusion of Forecasted Load in Planning Analyses |
NPRR1186 | Improvements Prior to the RTC+B Project for Better ESR State of Charge Awareness, Accounting, and Monitoring |
NPRR1188 | Implement Nodal Dispatch and Energy Settlement for Controllable Load Resources |
NPRR1190 | High Dispatch Limit Override Provision for Increased NOIE Load Costs |
NPRR1191 | Registration, Interconnection, and Operation of Customers with Large Loads; Information Required of Customers with Loads 25 MW or Greater |
NPRR1193 | Related to SMOGRR027, Move OBD to Settlement Metering Operating Guide – EPS Metering Design Proposal |
NPRR1195 | Resource Entity Metering Facilities Maintenance |
NPRR1197 | Optional Exclusion of Load from Netting at ERCOT-Polled Settlement (EPS) Metering Facilities which Include Resources |
NPRR1198 | Congestion Mitigation Using Topology Reconfigurations |
NPRR1199 | Implementation of Lone Star Infrastructure Protection Act (LSIPA) Requirements |
NPRR1200 | Utilization of Calculated Values for Non-WSL for ESRs |
NPRR1202 | Refundable Deposits for Large Load Interconnection Studies |
NPRR1205 | Revisions to Credit Qualification Requirements of Banks and Insurance Companies |
NPRR1206 | Revisions to QSE Operations and Termination Requirements, and Elimination of Providing Certain Market Participant Principal Information |
NPRR1207 | Incidental Disclosure of Protected Information and ECEII During ERCOT Control Room Tours |
NPRR1208 | Creation of Invoice Report |
NPRR1210 | Next Start Resource Test and Load-Carrying Test Frequency |
NPRR1211 | Move OBD to Section 22 – Methodology for Setting Maximum Shadow Prices for Network and Power Balance Constraints |
NPRR1212 | Clarification of Distribution Service Provider’s Obligation to Provide an ESI ID |
NPRR1213 | Allow DGRs and DESRs on Circuits Subject to Load Shed to Provide ECRS and Clarify Language Regarding DGRs and DESRs Providing Non-Spin |
NPRR1214 | Reliability Deployment Price Adder Fix to Provide Locational Price Signals, Reduce Uplift and Risk |
NPRR1215 | Clarifications to the Day-Ahead Market (DAM) Energy-Only Offer Calculation |
NPRR1216 | Implementation of Emergency Pricing Program |
NPRR1217 | Remove Verbal Dispatch Instruction (VDI) Requirement for Deployment and Recall of Load Resources and Emergency Response Service (ERS) Resources |
NPRR1218 | REC Program Changes Per P.U.C. SUBST. R. 25.173, Renewable Energy Credit Program |
NPRR1219 | Methodology Revisions and New Definitions for the Report on Capacity, Demand and Reserves in the ERCOT Region (CDR) |