Antitrust Admonition

Owens

9:30 AM

1.      

ROS meeting Report ROS will meet on Feb 18^th.

Owens

2.      

OWG meeting note’s approval

ALL

3.      

NOGRRs for review and language changes:

·         ROS approved the NOGRR043 (OWG comments) as amended by ROS.  ROS directed OWG to resolve the issue relating to the language change made in Section 2.9.1, 1)b): (note turbines was revised to WGRs) A draft NOGRR will be submitted to address this issue. ERCOT Planning and Wind Coalition.

·         054NOGRR Change Facilitator for the Annual Operations Seminar This Nodal Operating Guide Revision Request (NOGRR) changes the responsibility of the annual Operations Training Seminar from the Texas Reliability Entity (TRE) to ERCOT. [CNP] IA Review

·         055NOGRR Deletion of an Invalid Reference to a Non-Existent NERC Term This Nodal Operating Guide Revision Request (NOGRR) removes an invalid reference to a non-existent North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) term. [ERCOT] IA Review

·         056NOGRR Synchronization with NPRR291, Reduce the Comment Period for NPRRs and SCRs.  This Nodal Operating Guide Revision Request (NOGRR) reduces the comment period for NOGRRs from 21 days to 14 days and removes the requirement for the comment period to end at least three Business Days prior to the next regularly scheduled Operations Working Group (OWG) meeting. [ERCOT] Language Review

·         058NOGRR Deletion of Section 5, Planning. This Nodal Operating Guide Revision Request (NOGRR) deletes Section 5 from the Nodal Operating Guide, which is being relocated to Section 5 of the Planning Guide via PGRR005, New Planning Guide Section 5, Planning Criteria.   [PLWG] Language Review

·         059NOGRR Administrative Changes for March 1, 2011 Nodal Operating Guides.  This Administrative Nodal Operating Guide Revision Request (NOGRR) updates Protocol references in the Nodal Operating Guides. [ERCOT] Administrative

ALL

4.      

Operations Report 

·         Monthly Operations Report Summary/Questions

ERCOT

5.      

Nodal Operating Guides Review and Revision Task Force Report.

Owens

6.      

Operations Task Force Report update on Voltage Profile issues with +/- 2 % or +/- 5 % of nominal. Action for OTF to complete assignment.

Morris &

Blackmer

7.      

Black Start Task Force Report

S. Zaragoza

Kelly Blackmer

8.      

Compliance Report

Texas RE

9.      

System Operations Review and Discuss Feb 2^nd cold weather event.

ERCOT

10.   

Other items.

·         Discussion of Adverse Weather Operations during Feb 2^nd cold weather event. Please be ready to discuss the cold weather event and what your company learned from the event.

·         Some questions for OWG and TRE to consider as we implement PER-005 here in ERCOT are:

a)     Do all System Operators operating in ERCOT (the TRE Region) have authority or control over Facilities with or affecting IROLs?

b)    What is the subset of System Operators in ERCOT that this requirement applies to?

c)     What applications or forms of technology that replicates the operational behavior of the BES during normal and emergency conditions would be considered acceptable simulation technology by TRE and NERC?

ALL

11.   

Adjourn

ALL

3:00 PM

Future Meeting Dates: Mar 7, Apr 20, May 18, Jun 15, July 20, Aug 17, Sept 21, Oct 19, Nov 16, Dec 14, 2011.