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NPRR220

Summary

Title Nodal Requirement of Declaring an EEA for Reserves More than 500 MW
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Status Approved on 09/21/2010
Effective Dates
12/01/2010

or per the Nodal Protocol Transition Plan http://www.ercot.com/mktrules/protocols (10/01/10 Nodal Protocols Library)

Action

Date Gov Body Action Taken Next Steps
09/21/2010 BOARD Approved
09/02/2010 TAC Recommended for Approval Board Consideration
08/19/2010 PRS Recommended for Approval TAC Consideration
06/17/2010 PRS Referred PRS Review
07/22/2010 PRS Deferred/Tabled PRS Language Consideration
04/22/2010 PRS Referred PRS Consideration

Voting Record

Date Gov Body Motion Result
09/21/2010 BOARD To approve NPRR220 as recommended by TAC in the 9/2/10 TAC Report Passed
09/02/2010 TAC To recommend approval of NPRR220 as recommended by PRS in the 8/19/10 PRS Report Passed
08/19/2010 PRS To forward NPRR220 and the Impact Analysis to TAC Passed
06/17/2010 PRS To refer NPRR220 to the Nodal Advisory Task Force (NATF) Passed
07/22/2010 PRS To table NPRR220 for one month. All Market Segments were present for the vote Passed
04/22/2010 PRS To refer NPRR220 to the Reliability and Operations Subcommittee (ROS) Passed

Background

Status: Approved
Date Posted: Mar 23, 2010
Sponsor: ERCOT
Urgent: No
Sections: 6.5.7.6.2.2
Description: This Nodal Protocol Request (NPRR) removes the requirement to declare an Energy Emergency Alert (EEA) prior to deploying more than 500 MW of Responsive Reserve (RRS).
Reason: To align the Nodal Protocols with the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) Reliability Standards, specifically EOP-002-2.1, Capacity and Energy Emergencies, which provides in pertinent part: R6. If the Balancing Authority cannot comply with the Control Performance and Disturbance Control Standards, then it shall immediately implement remedies to do so. These remedies include, but are not limited to: R6.1. Loading all available generating capacity. R6.2. Deploying all available operating reserve.…

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