This PRR establishes that, in the event the periodical noted fails to publish a daily FIP, the ERCOT Board of Directors will direct ERCOT Settlements on the use of an alternative index.
Reason:
In the Transition Plan Task Force™s (TPT€™s) discussions of the Nodal Protocols containing reference to the FIP, a question arose about whether it was acceptable for ERCOT to continue using an obsolete or non-existent price index and its last value posted. Consensus developed that rather than leaving it to the Protocol revision process to establish a new published price index the Protocols should call for the Board of Directors to direct ERCOT Settlements to use an alternate price source.The TPTF feels that it is best to establish this revision in the Zonal Protocols and the synchronization to the Nodal Protocols can be done in a timely manne