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PRR830

Summary

Title Reactive Power Capability Requirement
Next Group
Next Step
Status Approved on 11/17/2009
Effective Dates
12/01/2009

Action

Date Gov Body Action Taken Next Steps
11/17/2009 BOARD Approved
11/05/2009 TAC Recommended for Approval ERCOT Board for consideration.
10/22/2009 PRS Recommended for Approval TAC for conisderation.
09/17/2009 PRS Deferred/Tabled PRS for consideration.

Voting Record

Date Gov Body Motion Result
11/17/2009 BOARD To approve PRR830 as recommended by TAC in the 11/5/09 TAC Recommendation Report and rejected the NextEra Energy Resources appeal. Passed
11/05/2009 TAC To recommend approval of PRR830 as recommended by PRS in the 10/22/09 PRS Recommendation Report and as amended by the 10/29/09 ERCOT comments. Passed
10/22/2009 PRS To recommend approval of PRR830 as endorsed by ROS. Passed
09/17/2009 PRS To table PRR830 for one month and to encourage ROS to provide comments on PRR830.

Background

Status: Approved
Date Posted: Sep 8, 2009
Sponsor: ERCOT
Urgent: Yes
Sections: 2.1, 2.2, 6.5.7, 6.5.7.1, 6.7.6
Description: This PRR clarifies the Reactive Power capability requirement for all Generation Resources, including existing WGRs who are not able to meet the 0.95 lead/lag requirement with the Generation Resource’s Unit Reactive Limit (URL). WGRs that commenced operation on or after February 17, 2004, and have a signed Standard Generation Interconnection Agreement (SGIA) on or before November 1, 2009 may met the Reactive Power requirements through a combination of the WGR’s URL and/or automatically switchable static VAR capable devices and/or dynamic VAR capable devices.
Reason: Clarification of Reactive Power capability requirements on a going-forward basis and path to compliance for certain WGRs that are not able to meet the 0.95 lead/lag requirement at the Point of Interconnection based on Generation Resource’s URL.

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