1.

Antitrust Admonition

Owens

9:30  a.m.

2.

ROS Meeting Report ROS remanded NOGRR109 back to OWG and referred NPRR542 back to OWG

Owens

3.

OWG meeting notes approval:  May’s meeting notes, review and approval.

All

4.

NOGRRs for review and language changes:

• 104NOGRR Removal of Transmission Operator Definition from the Nodal Operating Guide. This Nodal Operating Guide Revision Request (NOGRR) proposes deleting the definition of Transmission Operator from the Nodal Operating Guides. [ERCOT] Language Review New Comments?
• 109NOGRR Revisions to Definition of Credible Single Contingency for Operations Planning.  This Nodal Operating Guide Revision Request (NOGRR) revises the definition of Credible Single Contingency for Operations Planning to align with actual practice. [OWG] Remanded back to OWG by ROS
• 110NOGR Synchronization with NPRR529, Congestion Management Plan.  This Nodal Operating Guide Revision Request (NOGRR) synchronizes the Nodal Operating Guide with revisions proposed by NPRR529, Congestion Management Plan. [ERCOT] Language Review
• 111NOGRR Synchronization with NPRR527, Required Combined Cycle Telemetry for Operational Awareness and PDCWG Analysis.  This Nodal Operating Guide Revision Request (NOGRR) synchronizes the Nodal Operating Guide with NPRR527, Required Combined Cycle Telemetry for Operational Awareness and PDCWG Analysis, requires Combined Cycle Generation Resources to telemeter individual High Sustainable Limits (HSLs) for gas and steam turbines.  The HSLs for combustion and steam turbines were previously submitted in zonal and ERCOT requests this practice be resumed in the nodal. [ERCOT] Language Review
• 113NOGRR Synchronization with NPRR536, ERS Time Obligation Certainty.  This Nodal Operating Guide Revision Request (NOGRR) synchronizes the Nodal Operating Guide with revisions proposed by NPRR536, ERS Time Obligation Certainty, by clarifying that, upon deployment, Qualified Scheduling Entities (QSEs) shall instruct Emergency Response Service (ERS) Resources to perform at contracted levels consistent with the criteria described in Protocol Section 8.1.3.1.4, Event Performance Criteria for Emergency Response Service Resources, until ERCOT releases the ERS deployment or the ERS Resources have reached their maximum deployment time. [DSWG] IA Review.
• 114NOGRR Synchronization with NPRR540, Clarification of Credible Single Contingency.  This Nodal Operating Guide Revision Request (NOGRR) revises the use of Credible Single Contingency to align with actual practice and with NPRR540. [OWG] IA Review.
• 115NOGRR Update to List of CREZ Circuits and Stations.  This Nodal Operating Guide Revision Request (NOGRR) updates the list of Competitive Renewable Energy Zone (CREZ) circuits and stations to align with installed 345kV circuits and stations.  Non-substantive revisions are also proposed to 7.1. [OWG] IA Review.
• 116NOGRR Synchronization with NPRR542, Clarification of the Use of Emergency Condition.  This Nodal Operating Guide Revision Request (NOGRR) clarifies the use of Emergency Condition and synchronizes the Nodal Operating Guides with NPRR542. [OWG] IA Review. NPRR542 was tabled at PRS, may need to table until next month.
• 528NPRR Clarification of Assessment of Chronic Congestion.  This Nodal Protocol Revision Request (NPRR) consolidates into one section, the steps ERCOT will take when active or binding transmission constraints are identified. [ERCOT] Review and respond to ROS in June.  Review comments submitted
• 529NPRR Congestion Management Plan.  This Nodal Protocol Revision Request (NPRR) defines Congestion Management Plan (CMP) and several subcategories such as a Mitigation Plan and a Remedial Action Plan (RAP) and clarifies actions to be taken when Security-Constrained Economic Dispatch (SCED) is unable to resolve a constraint causing a security violation. [ERCOT] Review and respond to ROS in June. Review comments submitted
• 536NPRR ERS Time Obligation Certainty.  This Nodal Protocol Revision Request (NPRR) strikes language which has the effect of creating an uncertain and indefinite obligation to provide ongoing Demand response capacity in an emergency. [DSWG] Review
• 540NPRR Clarification of Credible Single Contingency.  This Nodal Protocol Revision Request (NPRR) revises the use of Credible Single Contingency to align with actual practice. [OWG]
• 542NPRR Clarification of the Use of Emergency Condition.  This Nodal Protocol Revision Request (NPRR) clarifies the use of Emergency Condition in the Nodal Protocols.  [OWG] Review
• Draft Subsynchronous Resonance Requirements (ERCOT)
• SCR774 Enhancement to Outage Scheduler and Reports.  This System Change Request (SCR) adds fields to the Outage Scheduler in order to provide information on changes to approved Outages, and adds a report on cancelled Outages. [Edison Mission] CNP wants to discuss SCR 774. PRS is scheduled to consider the SCR at their June 20th meeting.

All

5.

Operations Report

• Monthly Operations Report Summary/Questions

ERCOT

6.

Operations Task Force Report

• Action Items: Assignments Pending.

Morris/Blackmer

7.

Texas RE Update Report 

Penny

8.

System Operations Report

• Operating Procedure changes that impact market participants.

ERCOT

9.

Seminar Task Force Report

• Report and Evaluation on the 2013 Operations Training Seminar.

ERCOT/Allgower

10.

Other Items:

1. For group discussion We may have a sample from OTF for verifying RARF data vs Real-time Reactive testing each calendar year. Final Scorecard
2. ERCOT has submitted NPRRs 528 & 529 to move their internal procedures for RAPs, PCAPs, TOAPs and MPs into the Protocols.   At its meeting last week, ROS asked OWG to consider the NPRRs and provide comments to ROS at either their May or June meeting.   Friday, WMS assigned them to CMWG with a request for them to return their comments to WMS in May. 

a)      Proposed: we would like the official comment from OWG to go to ROS in June to give us more time to get comments from OWG members. Final Discussion on the CMP package.

All

11.

Future Meeting Date: Wednesday July 17th, 2013 at the ERCOT Met Center room 168.

Owens

Adjourn

Owens

3:00  p.m.