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NPRR256

Summary
Action
Voting Record
Background
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Summary

Title	Synchronize Nodal Protocols with PRR787, Add Non-Compliance Language to QSE Performance Standards (formerly "Add Violation Language to QSE Performance Standards")
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Next Step
Status	Approved on 11/16/2010
Effective Dates	12/01/2010 All sections except for Section 8.1.1.4.1(6)-(7)

Action

Date	Gov Body	Action Taken	Next steps
11/16/2010	BOARD	Approved
11/04/2010	TAC	Recommended for Approval	ERCOT Board Consideration
10/21/2010	PRS	Recommended for Approval	TAC Consideration
09/23/2010	PRS	Recommended for Approval	PRS IA Review
08/19/2010	PRS	Referred	NATF Review
07/22/2010	PRS	Deferred/Tabled	PRS Language Consideration

Date

Gov Body

Action Taken

Next steps

11/16/2010

BOARD

Approved

11/04/2010

TAC

Recommended for Approval

ERCOT Board Consideration

10/21/2010

PRS

Recommended for Approval

TAC Consideration

09/23/2010

PRS

Recommended for Approval

PRS IA Review

08/19/2010

PRS

Referred

NATF Review

07/22/2010

PRS

Deferred/Tabled

PRS Language Consideration

Voting Record

Date	Gov Body	Motion	Result
11/16/2010	BOARD	To approve NPRR256 as recommended by TAC in the 11/4/10 TAC Report	Passed
11/04/2010	TAC	To recommend approval of NPRR256 as amended by the 11/1/10 ERCOT comments and as revised by TAC and to recommend a priority of Medium to the grey-boxed language	Passed
10/21/2010	PRS	To endorse and forward 9/30/10 STEC comments as revised by PRS and the Impact Analysis to TAC. PRS then voted to recommend a priority of Medium for the grey-boxed language	Passed
09/23/2010	PRS	To recommend approval of NPRR256 as amended by the 09/22/10 NATF comments and as revised by PRS	Passed
08/19/2010	PRS	To refer NPRR256 to NATF	Passed
07/22/2010	PRS	To table NPRR256	Passed

Date

Gov Body

Motion

Result

11/16/2010

BOARD

To approve NPRR256 as recommended by TAC in the 11/4/10 TAC Report

Passed

11/04/2010

TAC

To recommend approval of NPRR256 as amended by the 11/1/10 ERCOT comments and as revised by TAC and to recommend a priority of Medium to the grey-boxed language

Passed

10/21/2010

PRS

To endorse and forward 9/30/10 STEC comments as revised by PRS and the Impact Analysis to TAC. PRS then voted to recommend a priority of Medium for the grey-boxed language

Passed

09/23/2010

PRS

To recommend approval of NPRR256 as amended by the 09/22/10 NATF comments and as revised by PRS

Passed

08/19/2010

PRS

To refer NPRR256 to NATF

Passed

07/22/2010

PRS

To table NPRR256

Passed

Background

Status:	Approved
Date Posted:	Jul 14, 2010
Sponsor:	Luminant
Urgent:	No
Sections:	2.1, 2.2, 3.1.4.6, 3.1.4.8, 8.1.1.1, 8.1.1.2.1.2, 8.1.1.2.1.3, 8.1.1.4
Description:	This Nodal Protocol Revision Request (NPRR) aligns the Nodal Protocols with changes implemented from Protocol Revision Request (PRR) 787, Add Non-Compliance Language to QSE Performance Standards (formerly "Add Violation Language to QSE Performance Standards"), approved by the ERCOT Board on 8/18/09, and addresses the exclusion of Generation Resource Energy Deployment Performance (GREDP) during testing periods . This NPRR also addresses timing discrepancies in updating Resources’ Ancillary Service Schedule during qualification testing. As various questions currently being discussed through the Qualified Scheduling Entity (QSE) Managers Working Group (QMWG) and Nodal Advisory Task Force (NATF) are addressed by ERCOT regarding performance metrics as outlined in Nodal Protocol Section 8, Performance Monitoring, it is envisioned that additional changes from those discussions will be incorporated into this NPRR.
Reason:	To align the Nodal Protocols with PRR787 and exempting Generation Resources from GREDP calculation during testing and qualification periods. Current Nodal Protocols also call for updating Ancillary Service Schedule during qualification differently than when monitoring Ancillary Service performance - this NPRR synchronizes those updates to use the same timeline. As various questions currently being discussed through the QMWG and NATF are addressed by ERCOT regarding performance metrics as outlined in Section 8, it is envisioned that additional changes from those discussions will be incorporated into this NPRR.