Issues

NPRR111

Summary
Action
Voting Record
Background
Key Documents

Summary

Title	Timelines for Response by ERCOT to TSP Requests
Next Group
Next Step
Status	Approved on 07/15/2008
Effective Dates	12/01/2010 or per the Nodal Protocol Transition Plan http://www.ercot.com/mktrules/protocols (08/01/08 Nodal Protocols Library)

Action

Date	Gov Body	Action Taken	Next Steps
07/15/2008	BOARD	Approved
06/26/2008	TAC	Recommended for Approval	Board of Directors consideration
06/19/2008	PRS	Recommended for Approval	TAC consideration
05/22/2008	PRS	Recommended for Approval	PRS consideration of the Impact Analysis
05/06/2008	TPTF		PRS consideration of the initial language
03/20/2008	PRS	Referred	TPTF consideration

Date

Gov Body

Action Taken

Next Steps

07/15/2008

BOARD

Approved

06/26/2008

TAC

Recommended for Approval

Board of Directors consideration

06/19/2008

PRS

Recommended for Approval

TAC consideration

05/22/2008

PRS

Recommended for Approval

PRS consideration of the Impact Analysis

05/06/2008

TPTF

PRS consideration of the initial language

03/20/2008

PRS

Referred

TPTF consideration

Voting Record

Date	Gov Body	Motion	Result
07/15/2008	BOARD	To approve NPRR111 as recommended by TAC.	Passed
06/26/2008	TAC	To recommend approval of NPRR111 as recommended by PRS.	Passed
06/19/2008	PRS	To endorse and forward the PRS Recommendation Report and Impact Analysis to TAC.	Passed
05/22/2008	PRS	To recommend approval of NPRR111 as submitted.	Passed
05/06/2008	TPTF
03/20/2008	PRS	To refer NPRR111 to the Texas Nodal Transition Plan Task Force (TPTF) for review.	Passed

Date

Gov Body

Motion

Result

07/15/2008

BOARD

To approve NPRR111 as recommended by TAC.

Passed

06/26/2008

TAC

To recommend approval of NPRR111 as recommended by PRS.

Passed

06/19/2008

PRS

To endorse and forward the PRS Recommendation Report and Impact Analysis to TAC.

Passed

05/22/2008

PRS

To recommend approval of NPRR111 as submitted.

Passed

05/06/2008

TPTF

03/20/2008

PRS

To refer NPRR111 to the Texas Nodal Transition Plan Task Force (TPTF) for review.

Passed

Background

Status:	Approved
Date Posted:	Mar 4, 2008
Sponsor:	Woody Rickerson, ERCOT
Urgent:	No
Sections:	3.1.5.3, Timelines for Response by ERCOT for TSP Requests
Description:	This Nodal Protocol Revision Request (NPRR) proposes two revisions in the table in Section 3.1.5.3(1): The first revision proposes changing "three" to "four" to make the timeline internally consistent. The current wording could require approval of an Outage six hours prior to its submission. The second revision proposes increasing the "approval window" for the 45-day timeline from five days to 15 days (as it is in Zonal Protocols).
Reason:	The reason for first revision is to add clarity and internal consistency. The reason for the second revision is that the approval window for the 45-day timeline does not allow sufficient time to analyze the complicated Outages that typically occur during this time. The five-day window for any given Outage can include weekends and holidays during which Transmission Service Providers (TSPs) do not provide support to the Outage coordinators. As a result, ERCOT’s effective approval window is often reduced to two or three days. (An Outage submitted Friday afternoon must be approved on the following Tuesday). Overall, this results in an increased percentage of Outages submitted in the 45-day process being rejected or moved into the nine-day process due to insufficient information. This approval window, therefore, needs to be expanded. ERCOT Staff recommends that it be lengthened to 15 days, similar to the Zonal Protocols.