NOTICE DATE: September 13, 2022

NOTICE TYPE: M-A081222-02 Operations

SHORT DESCRIPTION: Implementation details for Fast-Frequency Response (FFR) Advancement project

INTENDED AUDIENCE: ERCOT Market Participants

DAYS AFFECTED: October 13, 2022

LONG DESCRIPTION: On October 13, 2022 ERCOT systems will be updated to implement changes related to the Fast-Frequency Response (FFR) Advancement project. The FFR Advancement project is the second phase in the series of work being done to implement Nodal Protocol Revision Request (NPRR) 863, Creation of ERCOT Contingency Reserve Service and Revisions to Responsive Reserve.

This 30-day Market Notice is to provide awareness of the system changes to be implemented on October 13, 2022.  Language related to the following NPRRs and Nodal Operating Guide Revision Request (NOGRR) will be partially implemented as a part of this project,

• NPRR863, Creation of ERCOT Contingency Reserve Service and Revisions to Responsive Reserve

• NPRR1015, Clarification of DAM implementation of NPRR863 Phase 2

• NPRR1079, Day-Ahead Market RRS / ECRS 48-Hour Report Clarification

• NOGRR187, Related to NPRR863, Creation of ERCOT Contingency Reserve Service and Revisions to Responsive Reserve

ERCOT hosted a workshop on July 25, 2022 to outline the implementation details related to this project.  MOTE testing in support of this implementation is currently in progress.   Weekly Market Readiness Meetings (QSEs for MOTE/FFRA/FFSS changes) are currently being held.  The link to the next Weekly Market Readiness meeting is located here.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: FFRA Report changes will be communicated as part of the regular Release Notice information for scheduled releases

ACTION REQUIRED: A QSE that wishes to qualify Resources to provide FFR may submit a request for qualification by contacting its respective ERCOT Account Manager.

CONTACT: If you have any questions, please contact your ERCOT Account Manager. You may also call the general ERCOT Client Services phone number at (512) 248-3900 or contact ERCOT Client Services via email at ClientServices@ercot.com.

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