| NPRR956 |
Designation of Providers of Transmission Additions |
This Nodal Protocol Revision Request (NPRR) modifies Section 3.11.4.8 to align with section 37.056 of the Texas Utilities Code, as amended by SB1938 86(R), which became effective on May 16, 2019. As amended, section 37.056 authorizes the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) to grant a Certificate of Convenience and Necessity (CCN) only to a Transmission Service Provider (TSP) that owns the Facilities to which a proposed Transmission Facility addition will interconnect, or to the lawful designee of such a TSP. If more than one TSP owns Facilities to which a proposed addition will interconnect, the PUCT may issue a CCN to each such TSP to construct the needed Facilities in “separate and discrete equal parts,” unless the TSPs agree to a different allocation of responsibility. SB1938’s allocation of project responsibility based on ownership of the Facilities to which an addition interconnects is consistent with the Protocols’ longstanding assignment of responsibility based on ownership of the Facility endpoints. For the sake of consistency, however, ERCOT proposes to revise Section 3.11.4.8 to more closely comport with the language of the statute. ERCOT notes that revised Section 3.11.4.8 applies not only to those projects requiring a CCN, but also to other Tier 1 projects that may not require a CCN and therefore do not come within the coverage of section 37.056. This is consistent with the Protocols’ existing allocation rules, which have long assigned responsibility for all Tier 1 and 2 projects. ERCOT proposes to incorporate section 37.056’s assignment rules into a new paragraph (2). ERCOT proposes to modify paragraph (1) to recognize that ERCOT’s role, upon completing an independent review, is simply to identify the owners of the existing facilities, rather than to formally designate transmission providers. ERCOT also proposes to remove language from paragraph (1) which contemplates that ERCOT may determine project responsibility in the event of a disagreement between TSPs and may assign responsibility to a new TSP when the originally assigned TSP has not diligently pursued the project. Both of these provisions are inconsistent with SB1938, which contemplates no such role for ERCOT. ERCOT also proposes new paragraph (3), which would establish an explicit mandate that the TSP diligenty pursue the project. Although such a mandate is already implicit in provisions that establish the designation of providers, ERCOT suggests that stating this more explicitly will provide greater transparency that responsibility for a project entails a duty to pursue the completion of that project. ERCOT notes that “TSP” as used in the Protocols includes Municipally Owned Utilities (MOUs) and Electric Cooperatives (ECs). Finally, ERCOT proposes revisions to Section 3.11.4.9, Regional Planning Group Acceptance and ERCOT Endorsement, to provide that ERCOT will issue a Market Notice instead of sending an acceptance letter or endorsement letter, following Regional Planning Group (RPG) acceptance of Tier 3 projects, and ERCOT’s endorsement of Tier 1 and Tier 2 projects. This change will ensure that all TSPs (and other Market Participants) receive documentation showing completion of the ERCOT review process. ERCOT notes that because SB1938 is already effective, ERCOT must comply with the amended statute irrespective of the status of this NPRR. Thus, to the limited extent ERCOT’s existing Protocols conflict with the statute, ERCOT is already precluded from complying with those provisions. ERCOT is currently developing independent review reports for several projects and will ensure that its processes comport with the amended statute as it develops those reports over the next few months. |
07/02/2019 |
ERCOT |
No |
3.11.4.1, 3.11.4.8, 3.11.4.9 |
Pending |
|
| NPRR1255 |
Introduction of Mitigation of ESRs |
This Nodal Protocol Revision Request (NPRR) introduces Mitigated Offer Cap (MOC) curves below the System-Wide Offer Cap (SWCAP) for Energy Storage Resources (ESRs) when the Resource, through its Qualified Scheduling Entity (QSE), has the potential to exploit market power, as evaluated in the Security-Constrained Economic Dispatch (SCED) Constraint Competitiveness Test (CCT) process. |
10/02/2024 |
ERCOT |
No |
3.8.5, 4.4.9.4.1 |
Pending |
|
| NPRR1278 |
Establishing Advanced Grid Support Service as an Ancillary Service |
This Nodal Protocol Revision Request (NPRR) creates an Advanced Grid Support Service (AGSS), which will incent Inverter-Based Resources (IBRs), particularly Energy Storage Resources (ESRs), to provide valuable stability support to the ERCOT grid and will do so more quickly and efficiently than a mandate, as qualifications are clearly stated, without punitive and unclear compliance mechanisms, which may slow technology growth altogether. This NPRR defines Resource capabilities and provides for compensation based on an annual bidding process, similar to Black Start Service (BSS). |
03/30/2025 |
Joint Sponsors |
No |
2.1, 2.2, 3.14, 3.14.6 (new), 6.6.15 (new), 6.6.15.1 (new) 6.6.15.5 (new), 8.1.1.2.1.8 (new), 16.20 (new), 22Q (new), and 22R (new) |
Pending |
|
| NPRR1295 |
GTC Exit Solutions |
This Nodal Protocol Revision Request (NPRR) requires ERCOT to review Generic Transmission Constraint (GTC) exit alternatives filed on or after January 1, 2025 at least once every three years and to update the exit alternatives for the GTC if appropriate. ERCOT will review reports filed before January 1, 2025 at its discretion. |
08/19/2025 |
Joint Sponsors |
No |
3.10.7.6, 3.11.2 |
Pending |
|
| NPRR1296 |
Residential Demand Response Program |
This Nodal Protocol Revision Request (NPRR) implements a Residential Demand Response (RDR) Program for Retail Electric Providers (REPs) and Non-Opt-In Entities (NOIEs). |
08/26/2025 |
ERCOT |
No |
2.1, 2.2, 3.6.1, 3.7.1.2, 3.14.3.1, 3.14.3.4, 3.14.4, 3.26 (new), 3.26.1 (new), 3.26.2 (new), 3.26.3 (new), 3.26.4 (new), 3.26.5 (new), 6.9 (new), 6.9.1 (new), 6.9.2 (new), 6.9.3 (new), 8.1.4 (new), 8.1.4.1 (new), 8.1.4.2 (new), 8.1.4.3 (new), 8.1.4.4 (new), 9.5.3, 9.5.13 (new), and 22O |
Pending |
|
| NPRR1310 |
Dispatchable Reliability Reserve Service Plus Energy Storage Resource Participation and Release Factor |
This Nodal Protocol Revision Request (NPRR) develops Dispatchable Reliability Reserve Service (DRRS) as a new Ancillary Service. |
11/20/2025 |
ERCOT |
Yes |
2.1, 2.2, 3.2.3, 3.9.1, 3.17.5 (new), 3.18, 4.4.7.1, 4.4.7.2, 4.4.7.3, 4.4.12, 4.5.1, 4.6.2.3, 4.6.2.3.1, 4.6.4.1.6 (new), 4.6.4.2.6 (new), 5.5.2, 5.6.2, 5.7.1, 5.7.1.1, 5.7.1.2, 5.7.1.3, 5.7.1.4, 5.7.2, 5.7.4.1.1, 6.1, 6.5.7.3, 6.5.7.3.1, 6.5.7.5, 6.5.7.6.2.5 (new), 6.6.1.6, 6.6.9.1, 6.6.12.1, 6.7.1, 6.7.2.7 (new), 6.7.2.7, 6.7.2.8, 6.7.3, 8.1.1.2.1.8 (new), 8.1.1.3.5 (new), 8.1.1.4.5 (new), 9.2.3, 9.14.10, 9.19.1, 16.11.4.3.1, and 16.11.4.3.2 |
Pending |
|
| NPRR1312 |
Revisions to the Standard Form Agreement (SFA) |
This Nodal Protocol Revision Request (NPRR) amends the Standard Form Market Participant Agreement (“SFA”) for several reasons (see Justification for Revision below) and transfers certain sections of the SFA to the Protocols. Specifically, this NPRR: • Clarifies the definition of the ERCOT Protocols; • Establishes a new section regarding Notice, and modernizes the Notice language; • Transfers Breach and Default language from the SFA to the Protocols; • Amends the definition of a Force Majeure Event; • Amends sections in the SFA to conform with the Texas Supreme Court’s rulings in CPS Energy v. ERCOT; and • Amends the Standard Form Black Start Agreement and Standard Form Must Run Agreement to algin with revisions to the SFA by eliminating any duplicative language. |
11/26/2025 |
ERCOT |
No |
1.1, 1.7, 1.8 (new), 1.10 (new), 2.1, 16.2.6.1, 16.20 (new), 16.20.1 (new), 16.20.2 (new), 16.21 (new), 16.3, 20.1, 20.6, 22A, 22B, 22D, and 22E |
Pending |
|
| NPRR1317 |
Creation of Non-Settled Generator (NSG) and Clarification of the Types, Usage, and Registration of Distributed Generation |
This NPRR clarifies the term “Distributed Generator” (DG) and, introduces the categories of “Distributed Generator,” which include: Unregistered Distributed Generator; Distribution Generation Resource; Settlement Only Distribution Energy Storage System; Settlement Only Distribution Generator; and Non-Settled Distribution Generator. This NPRR also clarifies the Resource Registration process for Resource Entities. Additionally, this NPRR updates DG interconnection, registration, and reporting requirements to ensure consistency throughout the ERCOT System as it relates to DG. |
12/19/2025 |
ERCOT |
No |
1.6, 1.6.5, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1.4.3, 3.1.5.1, 3.6.2, 3.8.1, 3.8.7, 3.8.9, 3.10.7.2, 3.14.1, 3.14.1.8, 3.14.1.9, 3.14.1.10, 3.14.1.19, 3.14.4.1, 3.15, 6.5.5.2, 10.2.2, 10.2.3, 10.3.2.1, 16.5, 16.5.1, 16.5.1.1, 16.5.2, 16.5.3, 23C, and 23Z (new) |
Pending |
|
| NPRR1332 |
Related to PGRR146, Rename Quarterly Stability Assessment and Modify the Assessment Schedule |
This Nodal Protocol Revision Request (NPRR) renames the stability assessment from quarterly stability assessment to qualifying stability assessment. |
05/20/2026 |
ERCOT |
No |
3.10.7.6 |
Pending |
|
| NPRR1333 |
Establish an Incentive Program for Advanced Grid Support |
This Nodal Protocol Revision Request (NPRR) establishes a one-time advanced grid support incentive program to encourage Inverter-Based Resources (IBRs) that would not otherwise be required to provide advanced grid support to implement advanced grid support within 18 months of receiving the award notification. |
05/26/2026 |
ERCOT |
No |
3.26 (new) and 23V (new) |
Pending |
|
| NPRR1334 |
Revision to Cybersecurity Incident Notification |
This Nodal Protocol Revision Request (NPRR) expands the scope of Cybersecurity Incidents and requires a Market Participant to notify ERCOT upon determination of a Cybersecurity Incident on: (1) The Market Participant’s vendor’s computer network or system that interfaces with the ERCOT Wide Area Network (WAN), the Market Information System (MIS), or any other ERCOT computer network or system; or (2) The Market Participant’s or its vendor’s computer network or system that could foreseeably jeopardize the Market Participant’s reliable operation under the Protocols, an Other Binding Document, or Agreement. |
05/26/2026 |
ERCOT |
No |
2.1 and 16.18 |
Pending |
|
| NPRR1340 |
Dispatchable Reliability Reserve Service Ancillary Service with Energy Storage Resource Participation |
This Nodal Protocol Revision Request (NPRR) adds Energy Storage Resource (ESR) participation to the Dispatchable Reliability Reserve Service (DRRS) Ancillary Service. In addition to eligible Off-Line Generation Resources and On-Line Generation Resources, this provides the framework for ESRs to provide DRRS. ESR participation in DRRS would only be permitted using the discharge capability, not the charging capability (i.e., positive High Sustained Limit (HSL)). |
05/29/2026 |
ERCOT |
No |
3.17.5 (new), 3.18, 4.5.1, 4.6.4.1.2, 5.7.4.1.1, 6.5.7.3, 6.5.7.5, and 6.7.2.7 |
Pending |
|
| NPRR1343 |
Introduction of PTP Obligation Bid Fee in DAM |
This Nodal Protocol Revision Request (NPRR) proposes the introduction of a bid fee for each inefficient hourly Point-to-Point (PTP) Obligation bid in the Day-Ahead Market (DAM). The fee will be assessed per inefficient PTP hourly bid and will be modifiable. Changes to the fee will be recommended by WMS, approved by TAC, and communicated to Market Participants in advance of the DAM run in which the change will take effect. |
06/30/2026 |
ERCOT |
No |
4.6.3., 7.9.3.1, 9.2.3, and 16.11.4.3.1 |
Pending |
|
| NPRR1345 |
Extend NPRR1279 Sunset Date for Exceptional Fuel Cost Process |
This Nodal Protocol Revision Request (NPRR) extends the sunset date established by NPRR1279, Reinstate Enhancements to the Exceptional Fuel Cost Process, from April 1, 2027 to April 1, 2030. The extension preserves the existing review and validation framework for Exceptional Fuel Cost submissions, including supporting documentation and fuel supply contracts submitted under the Exceptional Fuel Cost process, and provides additional time for ERCOT and stakeholders to evaluate long-term enhancements to the treatment of contractual fuel costs while maintaining an existing and operational process that has been actively used since implementation of NPRR1279. |
08/10/2026 |
Vistra |
No |
2.1 and 4.4.9.4.1 |
Pending |
|
| NPRR1346 |
Updates to the Fuel Oil Price (FOP) |
This Nodal Protocol Revision Request (NPRR) revises the transportation-cost allowance incorporated into the Fuel Oil Price (FOP) by increasing the adder from $0.05 per gallon to $0.10 per gallon. The NPRR updates the FOP definition in Section 2.1, Definitions. The revision maintains the existing fuel oil index methodology and conversion factor while updating a transportation-cost assumption that has remained substantially unchanged since implementation of the Nodal market more than 15 years ago. The proposed change improves the accuracy of fuel oil pricing assumptions used for reliability services and cost recovery calculations by better reflecting current transportation costs associated with the delivery and replenishment of fuel oil inventories. |
08/17/2026 |
Vistra |
No |
2.1 |
Pending |
|
| NPRR1348 |
Telemetry Offsetting for Provisional Controllable Load Resources |
This Nodal Protocol Revision Request (NPRR) introduces a Telemetry Offset framework to bridge the attributability gap between co-located Load and generation. It permits a Qualified Scheduling Entity (QSE) to dynamically raise the telemetered Low Power Consumption (LPC) limit of a Provisional Controllable Load Resource (PCLR) to match the Real-Time Market (RTM) availability of a paired, equivalent mitigating Resource (e.g., Energy Storage System (ESR) or natural gas) on a separate meter. This dynamic telemetry pairing temporarily firms the Load from Security-Constrained Economic Dispatch (SCED) curtailment while the offsetting capacity is actively offered on an equivalent, offsetting basis. To clear uninstructed Resource deviation flags resulting from this shielded operation, a post-Operating Day Settlement is run, proving the shielded megawatts (MW) were physically backed by the paired Resource. The paired Resource is subjected to the same automatic bid capping methodology as the paired PCLR, ensuring economic equivalency. Finally, it establishes deterministic yielding Protocols requiring the telemetry shield to drop, exposing the Load to curtailment, during system-wide macro-scarcity events. |
09/29/2026 |
Global Capacity Alliance |
No |
2.1, 3.8.9 (new), 3.9.1, 4.4.9.4.4, 6.6.5.6, 8.1.1.2, 8.1.1.5 (new), 8.1.2, 16.5.6 (new), 23W, and 23AA (new) |
Pending |
|
| NPRR1349 |
765kV Transmission Outage Priority and Modeling Timelines |
This Nodal Protocol Revision Request (NPRR) establishes timelines for the modeling of new 765kV and its supporting transmission in the ERCOT Network Operations Model and allows ERCOT to give priority to transmission Outages in support of 765kV transmission construction, commissioning, and energization. |
09/29/2026 |
ERCOT |
No |
3.1.5.8 and 3.10.1 |
Pending |
|
| NPRR1350 |
Revisions to Section 22 Attachments A through N for the Market Participant Service Portal (MPSP) |
This Nodal Protocol Revision Request (NPRR) continues the automation of outdated email-based form submissions by Market Participants to ERCOT, facilitating streamlined digital processing of these submissions via the Market Participant Service Portal (MPSP). These previously emailed forms will now be entered by MPs directly into the new portal. The forms themselves will remain in the Protocols so that stakeholders can see a visual of the information they will be prompted to enter into the portal and make revisions to the forms as needed. This NPRR also adds a yes/no checkbox and response line to Form 22E, Notification of Suspension of Operations, and Form 22H, Notification of Change of Resource Designation, to indicate a change in Pre-Assigned Congestion Revenue Rights (PCRR) eligibility. |
09/29/2026 |
ERCOT |
No |
22A, 22B, 22C, 22D, 22E, 22G, 22H, 22I, 22J, 22K, 22L, 22M, and 22N |
Pending |
|
| NPRR1351 |
Revisions to Section 23 Forms for the Market Participant Service Portal (MPSP) |
This Nodal Protocol Revision Request (NPRR) continues the automation of outdated email-based form submissions by Market Participants to ERCOT, facilitating streamlined digital processing of these submissions via the Market Participant Service Portal (MPSP). These previously emailed forms will now be entered by MPs directly into the new portal. The forms themselves will remain in the Protocols so that stakeholders can see a visual of the information they will be prompted to enter into the portal and make revisions to the forms as needed. |
09/29/2026 |
ERCOT |
No |
23A, 23B, 23C, 23D, 23F, 23G, 23H, 23I, 23J, 23K, 23L, 23M, 23N, 23O, 23P, 23Q, 23R, and 23U |
Pending |
|
| NPRR1352 |
QSE Receipt and Payment of Weatherization Inspection Fee Invoices |
This Nodal Protocol Revision Request (NPRR) revises the ERCOT Fee Schedule to permit a Resource Entity to designate a Qualified Scheduling Entity (QSE) representing one or more of its Resources to receive the Resource Entity’s weatherization inspection fee Invoice and make payment on the Resource Entity’s behalf. |
10/27/2026 |
TCPA |
No |
ERCOT Fee Schedule |
Pending |
|
| NPRR1353 |
SCED Constraint Data and Shift Factor Reports |
This Nodal Protocol Revision Request (NPRR) revises the posting timeline on the Market Information System (MIS) Secure Area of Security-Constrained Economic Dispatch (SCED) output from hourly to after every SCED interval in Section 6.5.7.1.13. The proposed change would improve market transparency and operational efficiency by publishing data ERCOT already calculates at the same cadence as the underlying SCED process, enabling Market Participants to respond to system conditions in Real-Time. |
11/05/2026 |
Vistra |
No |
6.5.7.1.13 |
Pending |
|