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NPRR184

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Summary

Title	Section 2, Addition of Definitions and Acronyms from Zonal Protocols and Clarifications
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Status	Approved on 09/15/2009
Effective Dates	12/01/2010 or per the Nodal Protocol Transition Plan http://www.ercot.com/mktrules/protocols (10/01/09 Nodal Protocols Library)

Action

Date	Gov Body	Action Taken	Next steps
08/25/2009	PRS	Recommended for Approval	TAC consideration of NPRR184
07/23/2009	PRS	Recommended for Approval	PRS Impact Analysis review
09/03/2009	TAC	Recommended for Approval	ERCOT Board consideration of NPRR184
09/15/2009	BOARD	Approved

Date

Gov Body

Action Taken

Next steps

08/25/2009

PRS

Recommended for Approval

TAC consideration of NPRR184

07/23/2009

PRS

Recommended for Approval

PRS Impact Analysis review

09/03/2009

TAC

Recommended for Approval

ERCOT Board consideration of NPRR184

09/15/2009

BOARD

Approved

Voting Record

Date	Gov Body	Motion	Result
08/25/2009	PRS	To endorse and forward the 7/23/09 PRS Recommendation Report, as amended by ERCOT comments, and Impact Analysis for NPRR184 to TAC.	Passed
07/23/2009	PRS	To recommend approval of NPRR184 as submitted.	Passed
09/03/2009	TAC	To recommend approval of NPRR184 as recommended by PRS in the 8/25/09 PRS Recommendation Report.	Passed
09/15/2009	BOARD	To approve NPRR184 as amended by the 9/9/09 ERCOT comments.	Passed

Date

Gov Body

Motion

Result

08/25/2009

PRS

To endorse and forward the 7/23/09 PRS Recommendation Report, as amended by ERCOT comments, and Impact Analysis for NPRR184 to TAC.

Passed

07/23/2009

PRS

To recommend approval of NPRR184 as submitted.

Passed

09/03/2009

TAC

To recommend approval of NPRR184 as recommended by PRS in the 8/25/09 PRS Recommendation Report.

Passed

09/15/2009

BOARD

To approve NPRR184 as amended by the 9/9/09 ERCOT comments.

Passed

Background

Status:	Approved
Date Posted:	Jun 23, 2009
Sponsor:	ERCOT
Urgent:	No
Sections:	2
Description:	This Nodal Protocol Revision Request (NPRR) incorporates certain definitions and acronyms from the zonal Protocols for terms that are used in the Nodal Protocols but are not defined in Section 2, Definitions and Acronyms. Some of these definitions have been slightly modified for use in the Nodal Protocols. This NPRR also makes clarifying revisions to Section 2 that can be categorized as follows: (1) Reorders certain definitions and acronyms so that Section 2 is in proper alphabetical order; (2) Within defined terms, spells out full terms rather than using associated acronyms. This assures defined terms that incorporate a shorter defined term will appear consecutively in Section 2.1. For example, Competitive Retailer (CR) of Record incorporates the defined term "Competitive Retailer," but currently the definitions for "Competitive Retailer" and "CR of Record" appear on different pages. Accordingly, "CR of Record" will be changed to "Competitive Retailer (CR) of Record"; (3) Moves certain definitions to appear as secondary definitions that follow the primary defined term (e.g., definition for "Black Start Resource" moved to follow definition of "Resource"), and changes certain secondary definitions to primary definitions (e.g., "EILS Contract Period" no longer a secondary definition of "Emergency Interruptible Load Service (EILS)"). Only those terms that are types or classes of a primary defined term are listed as secondary definitions (e.g., Forced Outage, which is a type of Outage); (4) Adds acronyms and abbreviations used in the Nodal Protocols to the list in Section 2.2 if not already contained therein; (5) Deletes terms that do not need definitions from Section 2.1 (e.g., proper nouns); (6) Deletes definitions for terms that are not used in the Nodal Protocols; (7) Adds internal hyperlinks for navigating within Section 2; and(8) Makes non-substantive administrative changes, such as correcting acronym usage, capitalization of defined terms, formatting, grammar, and citations.
Reason:	This NPRR will make Section 2 more complete and user-friendly.