Issues

NPRR185

Summary
Action
Voting Record
Background
Key Documents

Summary

Title	Cancellations of RUC-Committed Resources
Next Group
Next Step
Status	Approved on 09/15/2009
Effective Dates	12/01/2010 or per the Nodal Protocol Transition Plan http://www.ercot.com/mktrules/protocols (10/01/09 Nodal Protocols Library)

Action

Date	Gov Body	Action Taken	Next Steps
07/23/2009	PRS	Recommended for Approval	PRS Impact Analysis review
09/15/2009	BOARD	Approved
08/25/2009	PRS	Recommended for Approval	TAC consideration of NPRR185
09/03/2009	TAC	Recommended for Approval	ERCOT Board consideration of NPRR185

Date

Gov Body

Action Taken

Next Steps

07/23/2009

PRS

Recommended for Approval

PRS Impact Analysis review

09/15/2009

BOARD

Approved

08/25/2009

PRS

Recommended for Approval

TAC consideration of NPRR185

09/03/2009

TAC

Recommended for Approval

ERCOT Board consideration of NPRR185

Voting Record

Date	Gov Body	Motion	Result
07/23/2009	PRS	To recommend approval of NPRR185 as submitted.	Passed
09/15/2009	BOARD	To approve NPRR185 as recommended by TAC in the 9/3/09 TAC Recommendation Report.	Passed
08/25/2009	PRS	To endorse and forward the 7/23/09 PRS Recommendation Report and Impact Analysis for NPRR185 to TAC.	Passed
09/03/2009	TAC	To recommend approval of NPRR185 as recommended by PRS in the 8/25/09 PRS Recommendation Report.	Passed

Date

Gov Body

Motion

Result

07/23/2009

PRS

To recommend approval of NPRR185 as submitted.

Passed

09/15/2009

BOARD

To approve NPRR185 as recommended by TAC in the 9/3/09 TAC Recommendation Report.

Passed

08/25/2009

PRS

To endorse and forward the 7/23/09 PRS Recommendation Report and Impact Analysis for NPRR185 to TAC.

Passed

09/03/2009

TAC

To recommend approval of NPRR185 as recommended by PRS in the 8/25/09 PRS Recommendation Report.

Passed

Background

Status:	Approved
Date Posted:	Jul 6, 2009
Sponsor:	Heddie Lookadoo for the Verifiable Cost Working Group (VCWG) on behalf of the Wholesale Market Subcommittee (WMS)
Urgent:	No
Sections:	2.1, 5.6.4 (new), 5.7.3
Description:	This Nodal Protocol Revision Request (NPRR) will provide units that are cancelled after being Reliability Unit Commitment (RUC)-committed in the Day-Ahead RUC (DRUC) or Hourly RUC (HRUC) a process to recover costs that they incur between the time of RUC commitment and the cancellation of the RUC. These costs would include actual fuel and Operations and Management (O&M) expenses that were incurred by the cancellation.
Reason:	To allow for recovery of costs incurred when RUC-committed units are cancelled prior to breaker close.