To recommend approval of NPRR560 as amended by the 10/8/14 Chamisa Energy comments and for a revised Impact Analysis be developed for PRS review at the next regular PRS meeting.
To endorse the 1/16/14 PRS Report as amended by the 4/14/14 Chamisa Energy comments and to request ERCOT bring a revised Impact Analysis back to PRS for review.
This Nodal Protocol Revision Request (NPRR) creates a definition of Energy Storage Resource and specifies values for the various caps and floors used in the mitigation and make-whole calculation processes for such Resources.
Reason:
The Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) rule to implement Senate Bill 943 (Act of the 82nd Texas Legislature), which specifies that Energy Storage Resources should be registered as Generation Resources (see Final Order, PUCT Project No. 39657, Rulemaking to Implement SB 943, Relating to Electric Energy Storage Equipment or Facilities) when offering into the competitive energy market. All Generation Resources are required to have these caps and floors specified for each Resource type before a Resource can offer into the ERCOT market. The Protocols do not currently specify these values for Energy Storage Resources.