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NPRR068

Title	Settlement Clarifications to Startup Eligibility, Decommitment Payments and Corrections to RUC Formulas
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Status	Approved on 07/17/2007
Effective Dates	12/01/2010 or per the Nodal Protocol Transition Plan http://www.ercot.com/mktrules/protocols (08/01/07 Nodal Protocols Library)

Date	Gov Body	Action Taken	Next steps
07/17/2007	BOARD	Approved
06/28/2007	TAC	Recommended for Approval	Board consideration of NPRR and IA.
06/21/2007	PRS	Recommended for Approval	TAC consideration

Date

Gov Body

Action Taken

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07/17/2007

BOARD

Approved

06/28/2007

TAC

Recommended for Approval

Board consideration of NPRR and IA.

06/21/2007

PRS

Recommended for Approval

TAC consideration

Date	Gov Body	Motion	Result
07/17/2007	BOARD	Approve NPRR068 as recommended by TAC	Passed
06/28/2007	TAC	to recommend approval of NPRR068 and endorse the Baseline 2 IA as recommended by PRS.	Passed
06/21/2007	PRS	To recommend approval of NPRR068 as submitted, endorse the IA, and forward the documents to TAC.	Passed

Date

Gov Body

Motion

Result

07/17/2007

Approve NPRR068 as recommended by TAC

Passed

06/28/2007

to recommend approval of NPRR068 and endorse the Baseline 2 IA as recommended by PRS.

Passed

06/21/2007

To recommend approval of NPRR068 as submitted, endorse the IA, and forward the documents to TAC.

Passed

Status:	Approved
Date Posted:	Jun 15, 2007
Sponsor:	ERCOT Staff
Urgent:	No
Sections:	4.4.9.2, Startup Offer & Minimum-Energy Offer; 4.4.9.2.3, Startup Offer & Minimum-Energy Offer Generic Caps; 4.6.2.3 Day-Ahead Make-Whole Settlements; 5.6.2, RUC Startup Cost Eligibility; 5.7.1.1, RUC Guarantee; and 5.7.3, Payment When ERCOT Decommits a QSE-Committed Resource
Description:	This NPRR Clarifies the sections that dealing with whether a Resource is Eligible for startup compensation in the Day-Ahead and Reliability Unit Commitment (RUC) Make-Whole payment calculations; modifies the definition of the hours used in calculating the RUC Decommitment Payment in Section 5.7.3; and Corrects the parentheses in three formulas in Section 5.7.1.1.
Reason:	The current Protocol language in Section 5.7.3 does not address the possibility of a Resource being committed within the Operating Day some time after a RUC Decommitment within that Operating Day. Also, the current language in Section 5.7.3 does not clearly define the hours to use in the RUC Decommitment Payment calculation when the RUC Decommitment spans multiple Operating Days. In addition, the Startup Eligibility in Day-Ahead and RUC Make-Whole payment calculations needs clarification.Three formulas need parentheses corrections.