Market Guides

Locate the manual which describes the process for Resources to submit verifiable costs to ERCOT. View related forms for revision requests as well.

Find the implementation guides for the Texas Standard Electronic Transaction procedures; proposed and adopted changes; and the business process lifecycle for retail transactions.

Locate the standards and procedures for ERCOT-polled settlement (EPS) metering; and find or submit requests for changes.

Get the reference guide for the retail market's rules and structure; and find or submit requests for changes.

The Resource Registration Glossary provides the name, description and supporting information for any data field that may be required from a Resource as part of the Resource Registration process.

View the guides that provide ERCOT stakeholders and market participants with information and documentation concerning the ERCOT transmission planning process.

Locate ERCOT processes and procedures for reliable daily grid operation and emergency actions.

Find the nodal guide that describes how ERCOT will interact with qualified scheduling entities, transmission operators, resource entities and load serving entities in the nodal market; and find or submit request for revisions.

Find the responsibilities and processes associated with load profiling; and find or submit requests for changes.

Find inactive Market Guides and related documents.

Read about ERCOT's standards for secure data transport, including the North American Energy Standards Board Electronic Delivery Mechanism and ERCOT's alternative to FTP.

Find the reference guide for commercial operations; and locate or submit requests for revisions.