1.

Antitrust Admonition

S. Cochran

9:30 a.m.

2.

Approval of September 11, 2013 Meeting Minutes (Vote)

S. Cochran

9:35 a.m.

3.

ERCOT Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) and Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) Updates

S. Cochran

9:40 a.m.

4.

ERCOT Operations and Market Items:

• Update RARF Completion Project

A. Deller

9:50 a.m.

5.

Referrals

• PRS: NPRR563, Credit Lock Standards (Vote)
• TAC: ERCOT Business Practice: Non-Spinning Reserve Service Deployment and Recall Procedure (Vote)

S. Cochran

10:00 a.m.

6.

Congestion Management Working Group (CMWG)

• CRR Activity Calendar (Vote)

M. Wagner

D. Maggio

10:15 a.m.

7.

Demand Side Working Group (DSWG)

• Other Binding Document: ERS Procurement Methodology (Vote)
• NPRR571, ERS Weather-Sensitive Loads Requirements (Vote)
• Update Price Responsive Load

T. Carter

M. Patterson

10:45 a.m.

8.

Generation Adequacy Task Force (GATF)

• Confirm GATF Chair (Vote)
• Review of New ERCOT Load Forecast Methodology
• Status Report on the Updated 2012 LOLE Study based on Revised Load Models.
• Discussion on ELCC of Wind
• Discussion of Economically Optimal Reserve Margin

A. Pieniazek

11:15 a.m.

9.

Market Credit Working Group (MCWG)

• Review Concept of Reducing M1
• Discuss Concept of Settlement Point Based Forward Real-Time and Day Ahead Market Exposure: Seasonality and Price Caps
• Review Dollar-Based Minimum Collateral for Counter-Parties with No Load or Generation
• Update NPRR484, Revisions to Congestion Revenue Rights Credit Calculations and Payments

L. Martin

11:45 a.m.

Lunch

12:00 p.m.

10.

QSE Managers Working Group (QMWG)

• Annual Review of A/S Methodology (Vote)
• NPRR564, Thirty-Minute Emergency Response Service (ERS) and Other ERS Revisions (Vote)
• Supplementary Ancillary Service Market (SASM) Offers
• NPRR535, Resource Status Startup - Shutdown
• Regulation Bias re SCR773, Addition of Regulation Feedback to Generation to be Dispatched Calculation
• NDCRC upgrade for Reactive Test submittal
• Load Resource Disconnect in DAM
• WGR Concerns with Commissioning Check List
• Draft NPRR, Enable Regulation Status During RUC Opt-Out Intervals

S. Looney

B. Blevins

1:00 p.m.

11.

Resource Cost Working Group (RCWG)

• Options for Incremental vs. Total Fuel Expenses (re NPRR 485, Clarification for Fuel Adder Provisions) (Vote)
• Power Augmentation Cost in Mitigated Offer Cap

B. Hellinghausen

1:45 p.m.

12.

Resource Adequacy Task Force (RATF)

• Update NPRR568, Real-Time Reserve Price Adder Based on Operating Reserve Demand Curve

R. Stephenson

2:15 p.m.

13.

No Updates

• Emerging Technologies Working Group (ETWG) 
• Meter Working Group (MWG)

M. Bruce

D. DiSanto

14.

Other Business

• 2014 ERCOT Membership/Segment Representative Elections
• 2014 Meeting Calendar
• Upcoming Workshops/Trainings:

o   October 11, 2013 Workshop: NPRR533, Clarification of PCRR Eligibility Requirements

o   October 14, 2013 Workshop: NPRR562, Subsynchronous Resonance

o   October 21, 2013 Workshop: Load Resource Disconnection

o   October 24, 2013 Workshop: Future Ancillary Services in ERCOT

S. Cochran

 B. Albracht

2:45 p.m.

Adjourn

S. Cochran

3:00 p.m.