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Load Resource Participation in the ERCOT Markets
Customers who are capable of changing their load in response to an instruction and can meet certain performance requirements may qualify to become Load Resources (LRs). Qualified LRs may participate in ERCOT’s real-time energy market (Security-Constrained Economic Dispatch, or SCED) and/or may provide operating reserves in the ERCOT ancillary services (AS) markets. In the ERCOT markets, the value of a Load Resource’s load reduction is equal to that of an increase in generation by a generating plant. Load Resources in SCED submit bids to buy power "up to" their specified level, and are instructed by ERCOT to reduce Load if wholesale market prices equal or exceed that level. Load Resources that are scheduled or selected in the ERCOT Day-Ahead AS Markets are eligible to receive a capacity payment regardless of whether they are actually curtailed.
A Load Resource needs to register with ERCOT as a Resource Entity and must be represented in the ERCOT markets by a Qualified Scheduling Entity. Links to registration and qualification forms are provided below.
Load Resource Supporting Information
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Monthly ERCOT Demand Response from Load Resources
View monthly response from load resources.
Key Documents
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Controllable Load Qualification Test Procedure for Ancillary Services
(Apr 28, 2016 – docx – 233.8 KB) -
DSWG Loads in SCEDv1.pptx
Refresher:042314
(May 06, 2014 – ppt – 1.4 MB) -
NOIE Authorization Form for QSEs Representing ERS & LR
(Jun 27, 2018 – docx – 48.4 KB) -
Non-Controllable Load Resource Qualification and Testing Procedure
(Apr 28, 2016 – docx – 206.9 KB) -
PR117-01 Data Submission Requirements 14
(Sep 16, 2015 – doc – 408.5 KB) -
QSE Qualification and Testing Procedures
(Jul 28, 2011 – doc – 167 KB) -
Resource Asset Registration Forms
Forms package required for the registration of a Resource.
(Aug 06, 2018 – zip – 4 MB) -
Requirements for Aggregate Load Resource Participation
(Jun 02, 2014 – zip – 68.4 KB)
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