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NPRR544

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Summary

Title	Energy Offer Curve Requirements for Generation Resources Assigned Non-Spin Responsibility
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Status	Rejected on 07/02/2013

Action

Date	Gov Body	Action Taken	Next steps
07/02/2013	TAC	Rejected
06/20/2013		Under Appeal	TAC consideration of 6/20/13 GDF Suez NA appeal

Date

Gov Body

Action Taken

Next steps

07/02/2013

TAC

Rejected

06/20/2013

Under Appeal

TAC consideration of 6/20/13 GDF Suez NA appeal

Voting Record

Date	Gov Body	Motion	Result
07/02/2013	TAC	To grant the 6/20/13 GDF Suez NA appeal, grant NPRR544 Urgent status, recommend approval of NPRR544 as amended by the 6/11/13 GDF Suez NA comments, and forward NPRR544 to the ERCOT Board.	Failed
06/20/2013

Date

Gov Body

Motion

Result

07/02/2013

TAC

To grant the 6/20/13 GDF Suez NA appeal, grant NPRR544 Urgent status, recommend approval of NPRR544 as amended by the 6/11/13 GDF Suez NA comments, and forward NPRR544 to the ERCOT Board.

Failed

06/20/2013

Background

Status:	Rejected
Date Posted:	May 14, 2013
Sponsor:	GDF Suez NA
Urgent:	No
Sections:	6.4.3.2
Description:	This Nodal Protocol Revision Request (NPRR) adds a requirement for the Energy Offer Curve to be offered above a linear curve that starts at $120 and ends at $3,000. If the Ancillary Service Resource Responsibility for Non-Spinning Reserve (Non-Spin) is reassigned to a Generation Resource during the Adjustment Period in accordance with Section 6.4.6, QSE-Requested Decommitment of Resources and Changes to Ancillary Service Resource Responsibility of Resources, the Qualified Scheduling Entity (QSE) shall submit an Energy Offer Curve that meets the requirements of Section 6.4.3.2 for the Generation Resource’s newly assigned Ancillary Service Resource Responsibility for Non-Spin prior to the end of the Adjustment Period. If the Ancillary Service Resource Responsibility for Non-Spin is reassigned in accordance with Section 6.4.6 from a Generation Resource that experiences a Forced Outage, Derate, or Startup Loading Failure during the Operating Period, the QSE shall submit an Energy Offer Curve that meets the requirements of Section 6.4.3.2 as soon as reasonably practicable after the event. QSE updates to an Energy Offer Curve entered at the end of the Adjustment Period become effective in ERCOT systems at the next Operating Period. Therefore, if Non-Spin is moved from one Generation Resource to another in the QSE's portfolio during an Operating Hour, any change to the Energy Offer Curve will be effective in the next Operating Period. There will not be any validation rules to verify the requirements added by this NPRR. The onus is on all QSEs to make the submission/telemetry changes needed to implement these new requirements.
Reason:	Currently when the Resource stack becomes scarce, energy prices do not steadily increase in relation to increased reliability risk. Rather, they remain relatively low due to competitive forces, right up to the point of market exhaustion, and then rise sharply to the cap. Cushioning the binary nature of the market will facilitate trading in the ERCOT markets, better supports passive Demand response, and can dampen price reversals that can be caused by emergency Load curtailment.