Issues

NPRR1020

Summary
Action
Voting Record
Background
Key Documents

Summary

Title	Allow Some Integrated Energy Storage Designs to Calculate Internal Loads
Next Group
Next Step
Status	Approved on 08/11/2020
Effective Dates	03/15/2021

Action

Date	Gov Body	Action Taken	Next Steps
08/11/2020	BOARD	Approved
07/29/2020	TAC	Recommended for Approval	Revision Request Consideration
07/16/2020	PRS	Recommended for Approval	Revision Request Consideration
06/11/2020	PRS	Deferred/Tabled	Language Consideration

Date

Gov Body

Action Taken

Next Steps

08/11/2020

BOARD

Approved

07/29/2020

TAC

Recommended for Approval

Revision Request Consideration

07/16/2020

PRS

Recommended for Approval

Revision Request Consideration

06/11/2020

PRS

Deferred/Tabled

Language Consideration

Voting Record

Date	Gov Body	Motion	Result
08/11/2020	BOARD	to approve NPRR1020 as recommended by TAC in the 7/29/20 TAC Report	Passed
07/29/2020	TAC	to recommend approval of NPRR1020 as recommended by PRS in the 7/16/20 PRS Report, as amended by the 7/28/20 ERCOT comments as revised by TAC, and the Impact Analysis with a recommended priority of 2021 and rank of 3220; and a recommended effective date of upon system implementation and upon implementation of necessary revisions to the SMOG	Passed
07/16/2020	PRS	to grant NPRR1020 Urgent status, to recommend approval of NPRR1020 as amended by the 7/15/20 Luminant comments as revised by PRS, and to forward NPRR1020 to TAC	Passed
06/11/2020	PRS	to table NPRR1020	Passed

Date

Gov Body

Motion

Result

08/11/2020

BOARD

to approve NPRR1020 as recommended by TAC in the 7/29/20 TAC Report

Passed

07/29/2020

TAC

to recommend approval of NPRR1020 as recommended by PRS in the 7/16/20 PRS Report, as amended by the 7/28/20 ERCOT comments as revised by TAC, and the Impact Analysis with a recommended priority of 2021 and rank of 3220; and a recommended effective date of upon system implementation and upon implementation of necessary revisions to the SMOG

Passed

07/16/2020

PRS

to grant NPRR1020 Urgent status, to recommend approval of NPRR1020 as amended by the 7/15/20 Luminant comments as revised by PRS, and to forward NPRR1020 to TAC

Passed

06/11/2020

PRS

to table NPRR1020

Passed

Background

Status:	Approved
Date Posted:	Apr 28, 2020
Sponsor:	Tesla
Urgent:	Yes
Sections:	2.1, 2.2. 10.2.3.1, 10.2.4 (new), 10.2.4.1 (new), 10.3.2.3, 10.9.1, and 11.1.6
Description:	This NPRR clarifies that emerging storage technologies can be interconnected and operated as a Resource and avail of Wholesale Storage Load (WSL) rules. Specifically, the NPRR proposes to allow Energy Storage Resources (ESRs) with integrated Loads that cannot be metered as designed, to alternatively calculate these Loads using internal sensors. This process will require an annual attestation from the Resource Entity.
Reason:	Meets Strategic goals; Market efficiences or enhancements; Other: Some recent battery innovations, such as the Tesla Megapack, are an emerging design characterized by a modular (prefabricated) and easy-install form factor, where many of the components of the system typically found outside the battery storage device are instead tightly integrated inside the device. These prefabricated products are not always designed to have internal metering. This NPRR will allow these devices to instead calculate a Load value using internal sensors with the approval from ERCOT. This NPRR also proposes that Resources that receive this treatment must also be compliant with requirements in the SMOG. Tesla recommends NPRR1020 not be implemented until ERCOT determines that any necessary amendments to the SMOG have been implemented.