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TAC Meeting

July 06, 2006
09:30 AM - 04:00 PM
ERCOT Austin
8000 Metropolis (Building E), Suite 100
Austin, TX 78744
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Dial-In: 512.225.7280
Dial-In Code: 6046

Agenda
1. Antitrust Admonition R. Comstock 9:30 a.m.
2. Approval of the Draft June 1, 2006 TAC Meeting Minutes (Vote)* R. Comstock 9:35 a.m.
3. ERCOT Board Update *
  • PRR650, Balancing Energy Price Adjustment Due to Non-Spinning Reserve Service Energy Deployment (Vote)*
M. Dreyfus 9:40 a.m.
4. April EECP Follow Up R. Comstock 9:45 a.m.
5. Credit Working Group Update C. Yager 9:50 a.m.
6. Protocol Revisions Subcommittee Report *
  • Nodal Protocol Revision Requests:
    • NPRR001, Section 1, Zonal PRR Synchronization and ERCOT Staff Clarifications (Vote)*
    • NPRR003, Section 5, Zonal PRR Synchronization and ERCOT Staff Clarifications (Vote)*
    • NPRR004, Section 8, Zonal PRR Synchronization and ERCOT Staff Clarifications (Vote)*
    • NPRR005, Section 7 ERCOT Staff and TPTF Clarifications (Vote)*
    • NPRR006, Section 4 ERCOT Staff Clarifications (Vote)*
    • NPRR007, Section 9 Zonal PRR Synchronization and ERCOT Staff Clarifications (Vote)*
  • Protocol Revision Requests:
    • PRR653, OOME Ramp Rate Adherence (Vote)*
    • PRR669, Timing of Calculation of RPRS Under Scheduled Charge- URGENT (Vote)*
    • PRR670, First Available Switch Date (FASD) for Switch Requests- URGENT (Vote)*
    • PRR666, Modification of RPRS Under-Scheduled Capacity Charge Calculation- URGENT (Vote)*
    • PRR667, RPRS Uplift Charge and Under Scheduled Charge Correction- URGENT (Vote)*
K. Gresham 10:15 a.m.
7. 2007 Project Prioritization (Vote)* T. Anderson 11:00 a.m.
Lunch 12:00 p.m.
8. Texas Nodal Implementation
  • TPTF Report*
  • ERCOT Report*
    • Approve Roles of Market Participant
      Executive (Vote)*
  • Post Nodal Implementation Plan (Possible Vote)*
T. Doggett
K. Hager
M. Dreyfus
1:00 p.m.
9. Retail Market Subcommittee Report*
  • RMGRR035, Updates to Retail Market Guide (RMG) for MarkeTrak (Vote)*
  • RMGRR036, Retail Market Transaction Processing Service Availability (Vote)*
  • RMGRR037, Submission of Switch Requests during a Mass Transition Event (Vote)*
  • SCR748, Website Enhancements for ERCOT Outage Notifications (Vote)*
S. Bowling 1:30 p.m.
10. Wholesale Market Subcommittee Report*
  • Draft PRR Update, CPS1 Scaling Factor
  • Nodal Assignments
    • Co-optimization Recommendation (Possible Vote)*
B. Belk 2:00 p.m.
11. Reliability and Operations Subcommittee Report *
  • OGRR179, Under-Voltage Load Shedding Protection (Vote)*
  • Hurricane Preparedness Drills*
  • Hurricane Lessons Learned*
  • Nodal Assignments
    • Telemetry Standards (Vote)*
    • State Estimator Standards (Vote)*
P. Breitzman 2:30 p.m.
12. Commercial Operations Subcommittee Report*
  • LPGRR012, Process for Load Profiling Guide Revisions (Vote)*
  • LPGRR013, Annual Validation Business Timeline Adjustment (Vote)*
  • LPGRR014, Profile Decision Tree Modification and Approval Process (Vote)*
  • LPGRR015, Profile Model Evaluations and
    Changes (Vote)*
  • COPS Recommendation for ERCOT Communication with Market Participants during EECP Events (Possible Vote)*
BJ Flowers 3:00 p.m.
13. Operations Update
  • Load Forecasting Methodology Forum Update*
  • AEPTCC/MEC Western Region Project (Vote)*
  • Q&A on May Scores Related to SCE Performance and Monitoring*
K. Saathoff
D. Woodfin
L. Grimm
3:30 p.m.
14. Other Business R. Comstock 4:30 p.m.
Adjourn R. Comstock 4:35 p.m.

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
  • RMS to include retail outage statistics post-implementation of SCR745 in monthly report to TAC
RMS
  • 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
  • TPTF to report back to TAC after NMMS business process document discussions with ROS and WMS.
TPTF
 

Subcommittee Assignments for Nodal Action/Review

(Responsible subcommittee to provide monthly status reports to TAC):

  • 3.1.1 ERCOT must work with the appropriate TAC Subcommittee to develop procedures for characterizing a Simple Transmission Outage. (Priority: Low)
ROS
  • 3.10.7.4 The appropriate TAC subcommittee shall establish a task force that is open to Market Participants, comprised of technical experts to develop a set of Telemetry Criteria consistent with the minimum requirements of the Protocols. (Priority: High)
ROS
  • 3.10.9 The appropriate TAC subcommittee shall establish a task force that is open to Market Participants, comprised of technical experts to develop a State Estimator Performance Standard consistent with the minimum requirements of the Protocols. (Priority: High)
ROS
  • 3.19(2) An appropriate subcommittee approved by TAC may develop an alternative list through the analysis described below for determining Competitive Constraints. (Priority: Optional)
WMS
  • 3.19(3) The TAC Subcommittee shall perform the following analysis with the goal of developing an objective standard for determining Competitive Constraints. (Priority: Optional)
WMS
  • 5.61(4) The process for determining the verifiable actual costs must be developed by ERCOT, approved by the appropriate TAC subcommittee. (Priority: Low)
WMS
  • 5.6.3(3) The process for determining the verifiable actual costs for a startup attempt under paragraph (2) above must be developed by ERCOT, approved by the appropriate TAC subcommittee. (Priority: Low)
WMS
  • 6.5.7.6.1(2) ERCOT shall develop a methodology, subject to TAC approval, to determine the optimal frequency bias for given system conditions. (Priority: Low)
ROS
  • 6.5.7.6.2.3(1) ERCOT shall develop a procedure approved by TAC to deploy Resources providing Non-Spinning Reserve Service. (Priority: Medium)
ROS
  • 6.5.9.4.1(2)(b) ERCOT shall develop a procedure for determining which Load Resources to interrupt and to equitably allocate Load Resources to one of two deployment stacks to enable a 50% deployment, which procedure must be approved in advance by TAC. (Priority: Low)
WMS
  • 7.2.1 The appropriate TAC subcommittee shall establish a task force that is open to Market Participants, comprised of technical experts, to develop a naming convention for CRRs consistent with the requirements of the Protocols. (Priority: Medium)
WMS
  • 8.0 In some instances Section 8 requires ERCOT to develop other performance measures that must be approved by the TAC. (Priority: Medium)
ROS

  • Determine whether co-optimization is feasible and beneficial to implement in the nodal wholesale market as approved by PUCT in Docket 31540.
  • BOD AI - Give enhanced input to the BOD on the appropriate level of the fee for 2007.
PRS
  • BOD AI - Develop a framework for determining whether to move ahead on future zonal market improvements.
PRS
  • Develop a contact list of persons responsible for implementation at each QSE for use in critical communications and escalations.
TPTF
  • Review reserve margin calculation based on the following (1) previous year?s experience, (2) the forthcoming PUCT rulemaking on resource adequacy, and (3) issues raised by B Bojorquez in 5/4/06 CDR presentation to TAC.
WMS
  • Provide a methodology by August TAC to establish the appropriate level for the scaling factor used in the SCE Performance Charge calculation as defined by PRR661.
WMS
  • Create post Nodal implementation effectiveness evaluation plan
M. Dreyfus
  • Create PRR to address Ancillary Services re-qualification testing deadline.
  • Expeditiously/urgently process the PRRs necessary to correct the RPRS settlement error in the Protocols equations in time for the June ERCOT Board meeting.
PRS
  • Provide update on options for mitigating residual market credit risk at July TAC.
CWG
 

EECP Action Items:

  • Review of EECP Steps
ROS
  • Load forecasting methodology review forum
ERCOT
  • Review of Resource plans and how related to EECP event
WMS
  • Review of Settlement calculations specific to RPRS due to capacity insufficiency situation and OOM Replacement Reserve calculation
WMS
  • Review of LaaR performance during April EECP event and whether other interruptible load responded.
WMS
  • Communication review related to Emergency and Short Supply situations: When to communicate, what to communicate, to whom and how?
COPS
  • Review of scheduling of planned generation outages

Scheduled TAC Meetings

Key Documents

Jun 29, 2006 - doc - 120.5 KB
Jun 30, 2006 - zip - 1.5 MB
Jun 20, 2006 - doc - 165 KB
Jun 28, 2006 - pdf - 299.1 KB
Jul 7, 2006 - ppt - 1.1 MB
Jul 5, 2006 - ppt - 156 KB
Jul 5, 2006 - ppt - 80.5 KB
Jun 29, 2006 - zip - 134.6 KB
Jun 29, 2006 - ppt - 483 KB
8. Nodal Training Course Curriculum Descriptions
Approved by TPTF June 27, 2006
Jun 29, 2006 - doc - 224.5 KB
8. Nodal Training Audience Matrix
Approved by TPTF June 27, 2006
Jun 29, 2006 - xls - 52 KB
Jun 29, 2006 - ppt - 93 KB
Jun 28, 2006 - doc - 36.5 KB
Jun 29, 2006 - ppt - 48 KB
Jun 28, 2006 - ppt - 106 KB
Jun 30, 2006 - ppt - 59.5 KB
Jun 15, 2006 - ppt - 256.5 KB
Jun 28, 2006 - doc - 145 KB
Jun 28, 2006 - doc - 57.5 KB
Jun 28, 2006 - doc - 32.5 KB
Jun 28, 2006 - ppt - 645.5 KB
Jun 28, 2006 - ppt - 158 KB
Jun 29, 2006 - ppt - 1.2 MB
Jun 28, 2006 - ppt - 175 KB
Jul 7, 2006 - zip - 5 MB
Aug 4, 2006 - doc - 181.5 KB

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