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WMS Meeting

October 12, 2011
09:30 AM - 04:00 PM
ERCOT Austin
8000 Metropolis (Building E), Suite 100
Austin, TX 78744
Room 206
Teleconference: 888-894-0587
Meeting number: 654 526 783
Meeting password: WMSm123!!

Agenda

1.

Antitrust Admonition 

E. Goff

9:30 a.m.

2.

Approval of Meeting Minutes (Vote)

  • September 14, 2011

E. Goff

9:35 a.m.

3.

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

E. Goff

9:40 a.m.

4.

TAC Assignments (Possible Vote)

  • Long-Term Study Assignments
  • 2012 Block Schedule for WMS
  • Review of Reliability Must-Run (RMR) Protocol for Capacity Shortage - Assigned to RDTF
  • Review of ROS Congestion Cost Report - Assigned to CMWG
  • Constraint Competitiveness Test Modification - Assigned to CMWG
  • NPRR334, Incorporate Resource Limit for the Amount of Regulation Service that may be Provided from a Generation Resource During any Operating Hour

E. Goff

W. Lasher

10:00 a.m.

5.

ERCOT Operations and Market Items:

  • Security Constrained Economic Dispatch (SCED) Look-ahead  - Update
  • Recap of Abacus Default Uplift
  • Cross State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR) - ERCOT Report to PUCT - Assigned to RDTF
  • ERCOT Application of Transient Security Analysis Tool (TSAT) for Real-time W-N Limit Calculation
  • Day-Ahead Market (DAM) De-commitments
  • Value of q for QSGRs per Section 3.8.3 (8)

E. Goff

S. Moorty 

M. Bauld

W. Lasher 

B. Blevins 

I. Gonzalez

10:15 a.m.

6.

NPRR351, Calculate and Post Projected Non-Binding LMPs for the Next 15 Minutes - Option 2 (Possible Vote) 

S. Looney

10:40 a.m.

7.

NPRR381, Registration Requirements for Interconnecting Entities (Possible Vote) 

S. Looney

10:45 a.m.

8.

NPRR385, Security Violation Analysis and Reporting and Negative Price Floor (Possible Vote) 

S. Looney

11:50 a.m.

9.

NPRR393, SCED Constraint Management Transparency (Possible Vote)

 

S. Looney

11:55 a.m.

 

Lunch

 

 

12:00 p.m.

10.

NPRR394, Outage Reporting (Possible Vote) 

S. Looney

1:00 p.m.

11.

NPRR397, Balance of the Day Ancillary Service Market (Possible Vote) 

S. Looney

1:05 p.m.

12.

NPRR407, Credit Monitoring Credit Parameters Posting Requirements (Possible Vote) 

S. Looney

1:10 p.m.

13.

NPRR410, Definition of an Energy Storage Resource Storage Workshop (Possible Vote

S. Looney

1:15 p.m.

14.

NPRR402, Clarification of Pre-DAM RUC Instruction Sequence (Possible Vote) 

E. Goff

1:20 p.m.

15.

NPRR405, Clarification of DC Tie Load into Operational Systems and Processes (Possible Vote) 

E. Goff

1:25 p.m.

16.

NPRR408, Clarification of ERCOT Authority to Deny Energization of Non-Compliant Generators (Possible Vote) 

E. Goff

1:30 p.m.

17.

NPRR412, Quick Start Generation Resource Compliance Metric Adjustments (Possible Vote) 

E. Goff

1:35 p.m.

18.

NPRR416, Removal of the RUC Clawback Charge for Resources Other than RMR Units (Possible Vote) 

E. Goff

1:40 p.m.

19.

Reliability Deployments Task Force (RDTF) - Update

  • General Update
  • Draft NPRR, EOC Requirements for Generation Resources Assigned Regulation Up and Responsive Reserve Services (Possible Vote)
  • Draft NPRR, RUC Deployment for Capacity Insufficiency at SWCAP (Possible Vote)
  • Draft NPRR, Online NSRS and QSGR Offers in SCED (Possible Vote)
  • RMR Protocol Review in light of system capacity issues
  • RDTF To-do List (Possible Vote)
  • WMS Recommendations (Possible Vote) 

R. Comstock

R. Stephenson

1:45 p.m.

20.

Congestion Management Working Group (CMWG)

  • PGRR011, Planning Criteria Clarifications and Enhancements To Narrow The Gap Between Operations and Planning (Possible Vote)
  • NPRR327, State Estimator Data Redaction Methodology - Recommendation on Redacting Process (Possible Vote)
  • South Hub Definition- Recommendation for Defining New Hub (Possible Vote)
  • Constraint Competitiveness Test (CCT) Modification - Proposed Timeframe (Possible Vote) 
  • West - North Stability Limit based on 9-26-11 Posted  Matrix and Impact to Operations, DAM, and CRR Auction
  • Review of Methodology Deriving the Monthly ROS Congestion Cost Report. 

M. Wagner

2:30 p.m.

21.

Demand Side Working Group (DSWG)

  • General Demand Response Update
  • Responsive Reserve Service (RRS) Contribution Limit for Load Resources
  • Long-Term Study Group Update 

T. Carter

3:00 p.m.

22.

Market Credit Working Group (MCWG)

  • General Update
  • Proposal for Rolling CRR Auctions
  • Review of Creditworthiness Standard
  • Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Update
  • Central Counter-Party Subgroup- Update
  • Letter of Credit - Provider/Bank Diversity 

T. Coffing

 

3:20 p.m.

23.

QSE Managers Working Group (QMWG)

  • General Update 

S. Looney

 

3:35 p.m.

24.

Generation Adequacy Task Force (GATF) (Possible Vote)

  • GATF Discussion from 10/7/2011 Concerning Potential Changes to CDR and Implementation of the SARA
  • Proposed Timing of CDR and SARA
  • SARA Reporting Format.
  • Potential Changes to Planning Guides Based on GATF Discussions
  • Recommendations to WMS 

A. Pieniazek

3:45 a.m.

25.

WMS 2011 Goals Update 

E. Goff

4:15 p.m.

26.

Other Business

  • North to Houston Interface Stability Limit
  • Re-pricing (Special Protection Systems at Austrop) - Assigned to CMWG 

E. Goff

 

4:20 p.m.

 

Verifiable Cost Working Group - No Update 

H. Lookadoo

 

 

Metering Working Group (MWG) - No Update 

D. DiSanto

 

Quick Start Task Force (QSTF) - No Update 

Emerging Technology Working Group (ETWG) - No Updatge

R. Prentice

B. Gedrich

 

 

Adjourn

 

Future WMS Meetings

  • November 9, 2011

 

4:30 p.m.

Scheduled WMS Meetings

Key Documents

Oct 11, 2011 - doc - 85 KB
Jan 13, 2012 - doc - 163.5 KB
Oct 5, 2011 - zip - 1.2 MB
Oct 5, 2011 - doc - 146 KB
Oct 4, 2011 - xls - 76 KB
Oct 11, 2011 - ppt - 318 KB
Oct 21, 2011 - ppt - 206.5 KB
Oct 12, 2011 - ppt - 212.5 KB
Oct 21, 2011 - ppt - 135.5 KB
Oct 27, 2011 - doc - 67 KB
Oct 27, 2011 - doc - 101.5 KB
Oct 27, 2011 - doc - 75 KB
Oct 21, 2011 - ppt - 304.5 KB
Oct 21, 2011 - ppt - 245.5 KB
Oct 27, 2011 - ppt - 109.5 KB
Oct 11, 2011 - ppt - 424 KB

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