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TAC Meeting

April 07, 2006
09:00 AM - 04:00 PM
ERCOT Austin
8000 Metropolis (Building E), Suite 100
Austin, TX 78744
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Agenda

1.

Antitrust Admonition

R. Comstock

9:00 a.m.

2.

Approval of the Draft March 9, 2006 TAC Meeting Minutes (Vote)*

R. Comstock

9:05 a.m.

3.

ERCOT Board Update *

R. Comstock

9:10 a.m.

4.

Protocol Revisions Subcommittee Report *

  • Protocol Revision Requests:
    • PRR648 - Prevent IDR Removal from Customers Served at Transmission Voltage (Vote)*
    • PRR651 - RPRS Cost Recovery Process Clarification - URGENT (Vote)*
  • Project Prioritization:
    • PRR601 - 15 Minute Ramping for BES and Base Power Schedule (Vote)*
    • Commission Staff Appeal of PRS Decision to Maintain Prioritization of PRR590 - Update Unit Telemetry Requirement (Vote)*
  • Notice of PRR Rejection:
    • PRR541 - Regulation Deployment Ramp Rate*
    • PRR472 - ERCOT Meter Read Transaction Validation Reinstatement*
  • Board Retreat Action Items

K. Gresham

9:20 a.m.

5.

Texas Nodal Implementation

9:45 a.m.

  • Review of TPTF Charter and ERCOT Nodal Transition Plan*

M. Dreyfus

  • NMMS Modeling Forum Update

T. Doggett

  • CenterPoint Appeal of TPTF Approval of NMMS Requirements Document (Vote)*

M. Dreyfus

  • TPTF Report*

T. Doggett

  • Subcommittee Assignments for Nodal Action/Review (Possible Vote)*
  • Accomplishment of Major Milestone - Approval of NMMS Requirements Document (Possible Vote)*
  • ERCOT Report

K. Hager

6.

Retail Market Subcommittee Report*

  • RMGRR032 - Transaction Timing Matrix Correction (Vote) *
  • RMGRR033 - Process for Retail Market Guide Revisions (Vote)*
  • RMS Procedures (Vote)*
  • Status of Mass Transition Long-Term Solution

S. Bowling

11:00 a.m.

7.

Reliability and Operations Subcommittee Report *

  • PRR649 - Correct "K" Factor in Compliance SCE Formula (Vote)*

P. Breitzman

11:30 a.m.

Lunch

 

12:00 p.m.

8.

Wholesale Market Subcommittee Report*

  • LaaRs Bidding Negative into the RRS Market
  • Combined Cycle RPRS Task Force Update
  • Frequency Control Task Force Update
  • Criteria for Economic Transmission Additions
    (Possible Vote)*

B. Belk

D. Woodfin/
S. Caraway

1:00 p.m.

9.

Commercial Operations Subcommittee Report*

  • COPS Procedures (Vote)*
  • LPGRR009 - Changes to Governing Subcommittee (Vote)*
  • LPGRR010 - Load Profile Type Responsibility Change (Vote)*

BJ Flowers

2:00 p.m.

10.

ERCOT Project Management Update

  • Organizational Changes
  • Budget Impacts of MarkeTrak (FasTrak)

R. Connell
A. Martinez

2:15 p.m.

11.

Credit Working Group Update on Mass Transition Review

C. Yager

2:45 p.m.

12.

Operations Update

  • ERO Implementation
  • Update on February Scores Related to SCE Performance and Monitoring
  • Entergy Texas Integration Study - Preliminary Findings

S. Jones
L. Grimm

B. Bojorquez

3:00 p.m.

13.

Other Business

R. Comstock

3:50 p.m.

14.

Adjourn

R. Comstock

4:00 p.m.

15.

Future TAC Meetings

  • May 4, 2006
  • June 1, 2006

 

 

Open Action Items from Previous Meeting(s)

Responsible Party

  • Emergency Demand Service - Demand Side Working Group

WMS

  • Review of Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA) Methodology and Process

PRS

  • WMS to look at long-term solutions to market issue of LaaRs submitting bid prices less than zero to ensure participation in the RRS market

WMS

  • ROS to continue examining Hurricane Rita and Lessons Learned and report back to TAC after May hurricane preparedness drills

ROS

  • CWG to report their findings i.e. exposure and collateral effects post implementation of PRR568 and PRR638 at the May 2006 TAC Meeting

CWG

  • RMS to include retail outage statistics post implementation of SCR745 in monthly report to TAC

RMS

  • ERCOT Compliance update related to SCE Performance beginning with January scores at the March TAC meeting

ERCOT

  • RMS and COPS Communications Working Group to review communication issues related to ERCOT December System Outage/Storage Failure and provide recommendations.  In the interim, TAC and RMS should be notified of any system outage issues.

COPS

  • TPTF to consider (1) Cost-Based offers in Transition Period to Nodal and (2) Implementation of Orders issued from Project 31540

TPTF

  • Review of Market Guides (use, naming convention, authority)

TAC

  • Prepare a list of the advantages and disadvantages of Market Participants funding certain PRRs

PRS

  • Review priorities of PRR590 and PRR601 (related to Potomac Recommendations) in light of discussion at 03/08/06 PUCT Open Meeting

PRS

  • Develop strawman for TAC consideration of Board Action items (Board oversight in Protocols and possibility of only sending PRRs with priority/ranking above cut line to Board)

TAC Leadership;
M. Walker;
N. Fehrenbach

  • RMS to report back to April TAC the status of the mass transition long-term solution, timeline for implementation, and what could be done a quicker timeline to reduce transition time

RMS

  • ROS to review PPR649 and report to April TAC

ROS

  • Coordinate with ERCOT project management the review of 2007 projects at TAC

K. Gresham

  • Subcommittee Assignments for Nodal Action/Review requested by TPTF

TAC

  • TPTF to report back to TAC after NMMS business process document discussions with ROS and WMS

TPTF

Scheduled TAC Meetings

Key Documents

Apr 5, 2006 - doc - 93 KB
Mar 30, 2006 - zip - 469.3 KB
Mar 31, 2006 - doc - 174.5 KB
Apr 4, 2006 - ppt - 152 KB
Mar 31, 2006 - doc - 138 KB
Mar 31, 2006 - doc - 87.5 KB
Apr 7, 2006 - ppt - 443.5 KB
Mar 24, 2006 - doc - 52 KB
Mar 24, 2006 - doc - 286 KB
Mar 30, 2006 - doc - 34.5 KB
Mar 31, 2006 - doc - 302 KB
Mar 30, 2006 - ppt - 37 KB
Apr 5, 2006 - ppt - 57 KB
Mar 30, 2006 - ppt - 100 KB
6. RMS Update to TAC 4-7-06 v2
Updated April 6, 2006
Apr 6, 2006 - ppt - 56.5 KB
Mar 31, 2006 - doc - 139.5 KB
May 1, 2006 - ppt - 75 KB
Mar 30, 2006 - ppt - 88 KB
Mar 31, 2006 - doc - 56.5 KB
Mar 30, 2006 - ppt - 539.5 KB
Apr 5, 2006 - ppt - 26 KB
Mar 31, 2006 - ppt - 116.5 KB
Apr 7, 2006 - ppt - 145.5 KB
Apr 7, 2006 - ppt - 367 KB
Apr 4, 2006 - ppt - 88 KB
Apr 5, 2006 - ppt - 166 KB
Apr 7, 2006 - ppt - 358 KB
May 1, 2006 - zip - 2.8 MB
May 8, 2006 - doc - 172 KB
Apr 7, 2006 - xls - 90.5 KB

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