December 3, 2013 Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) Update to RMS
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December 3, 2013 December 3, 2013 Technical Advisory Committee Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) Update to RMS(TAC) Update to RMS
Kathy Scott
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ERCOT Board Update ERCOT Board Update ERCOT Strategic Plan for 2014-2018
Final: ◦ ERCOT Strategic Pillars:
Operational Reliability Flexible Market Design Data Transparency and Access Committee Strategic Alignment – ERCOT Staff
Assignment TAC Brad Jones
COPS Mandy Bauld PRS Kristy Hobbs and Troy Anderson RMS Mandy Bauld ROS Dan Woodfin WMS John Dumas
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ERCOT Board Update ERCOT Board Update User Fee Policy:
Several Protocols revisions are needed to clarify when and how fees are applied and collected by ERCOT, such as: Section 7 – CRR Auction Fee and Point to Point (PTP)
Option Award Fee Section 9- several areas where fees are referenced
requires clean-up including Administrative Fees that must be approved by PUCT
Section 17.4 – MIS Adhoc report(s) fees will be continued per the Board, however, clarifying language needed for MPs to be aware of when these fees would be requested, collected and how.
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ERCOT Board Update ERCOT Board Update ◦Process for Finalizing the Load Forecast
Methodology for the Capacity, Demand and Reserves (CDR) Report The Board didn’t approve the Load Forecast
Methodology for Capacity, Demand and Reserves (CDR)
ERCOT is requesting TAC guidance on moving forward, TAC’s recommendation is to schedule a joint ROS/WMS workshop for MPs to discuss and understand ERCOT’s proposal and allow MP(s) an opportunity to comment.
ROS/WMS Workshop on Monday, December16, 2013
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PRS Initiatives and Votes PRS Initiatives and Votes Nodal Protocol Revision Requests (NPRRs) (Vote):
◦ NPRR563, Credit Lock Standards (Vote) - Unanimously Approved ◦ NPRR567, Stakeholder Review of Resource Registration Data
Requirements (Vote) –TAC Unanimously Approved with ERCOT comments as modified by TAC
◦ NPRR569, Retail Clarification and Cleanup (Vote) – Unanimously Approved
◦ NPRR571, ERS Weather-Sensitive Loads Requirements – URGENT (Vote) – Approved with Priority and Rank as recommended by PS
◦ NPRR575, Clarification of the RUC Resource Buy-Back Provision for Ancillary Services – URGENT (Vote) – Impact Analysis corrected by ERCOT – TAC Unanimously Approved.
◦ NPRR578, Restores RUC Decommitment Charge Language Deleted in NPRR416 – URGENT(Vote) - Unanimously Approved
◦ NPRR579, Amendment to the Minimum PTP Option Bid Price Approval Timeline – URGENT (Vote) - Unanimously Approved
◦ Notice of PRS Rejection of NPRR537, ERS Clearing Price – No Action
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Additional TAC Votes Additional TAC Votes Tabled Revision Requests (Vote):
◦ NOGRR113, Synchronization with NPRR536, ERS Time Obligation Certainty (Vote) - Unanimously Approved
◦ COPMGRR036, Alignment with NPRR570, Reduce RTM Settlement Timeline to Operating Day Plus Five – URGENT (Vote) - Unanimously Approved
2014 Ancillary Service Methodology (Vote):◦ Motion: ERCOT recommends that TAC approve the
proposed changes to the Ancillary Services Methodology for 2014 as the changes were endorsed during the 11/14/2013 ROS meeting. These changes will be effective on February 1, 2014. TAC also required ERCOT to provide quarterly updates to TAC concerning this change. Motion was Unanimously approved by TAC
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ROS Initiatives and VotesROS Initiatives and VotesReliability and Operations Subcommittee Report *
◦ NOGRR121, ERCOT Operator Certification Program and ERCOT Fundamentals Manual (Vote)– Unanimously Approved
◦ NOGRR122, CRR Network Model Clarification for Accepted Outages (Vote) – Unanimously Approved
◦ PGRR031, Implement 95% Facility Rating Limit in the Planning Criteria (Vote) – A lot of discussion at TAC that required roll-call voting: Motion to Approve PGRR031 as recommended by ROS originally Failed 18-
9-3, but ERCOT re-evaluated their voting calculations where an error was discovered, after correcting the calculation error the motion was approved by TAC.
◦ PGRR032, Stakeholder Review of Resource Registration Data Requirements (Vote)– Unanimously Approved
◦ RRGRR001, Section 2, Resource Registration Glossary – URGENT (Vote) – Unanimously Approved.
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WMS/COPS/RMS Initiatives & WMS/COPS/RMS Initiatives & VotesVotesWholesale Market Subcommittee Report*
◦ Protocol Required Annual Review of Minimum Point to Point Option Bid Price (Vote) – Unanimously Approved
Commercial Operations Subcommittee Report*◦ Update only concerning Market Information System User
Group Kick-off meeting held on November 12, 2013
Retail Market Subcommittee Report*◦ Update only, interest continued from TAC members
concerning TX SET Mass Transition discussions, mainly : 75,000 ESI IDs Per Day Mass Transition Volume Limitation Reduction in Mass Transition timelines where possible
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ERCOT Operations, Planning & IT ERCOT Operations, Planning & IT ReportReport
NPR568, Real Time Reserve Price Adder Based on Operating Reserve Demand Curve, Update:
◦ November 2013 Team Mobilized Review of NPRR
◦ December 2013 Requirement Definitions System Design & Test Planning Planning Complete
◦ January 2014 Development commences
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2014 TAC Goals2014 TAC Goals
Align TAC and subcommittee goals with the strategic vision of the ERCOT Board of Directors
Maintain market rules that support ERCOT system reliability consistent with PURA, PUCT and NERC standards.
Implement any appropriate Resource Adequacy related market changes.
Explore market design enhancements Pursue the appropriate incorporation of load participation Pursue the appropriate incorporation of emerging
technologies Implement Retail Market enhancements
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2014 TAC Goals2014 TAC GoalsFacilitate market enhancements necessary to leverage the
benefits of TDSP’s deployment of Advanced Metering Systems (AMS) in the retail market
Improve settlement process to better accommodate changes in the ERCOT market design
Collaborate with ERCOT on the review of Ancillary service needs and implement changes as necessary
Maintain market rules that support open access to ERCOT markets
Work with ERCOT to develop protocols and improvements that support increased data transparency and data availability to the market
Work with ERCOT to insure appropriate credit and collateral rules that recognize market changes.
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Other Business Other Business Next Steps: Revised Settlement Timelines and Collateral Requirements: ◦The market is leaving benefits on the table
with only changing settlement timelines if the collateral requirements don’t catch-up with the new shorten settlement timelines. ERCOT will provide a report to TAC at the next
meeting of changes that the Credit Working Group should focus upon to obtain collateral benefits. Any changes that TAC considers a benefit to collateral requirements may necessitate an NPRR to be drafted.
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Other Business Other Business January 2014 TAC Meeting Schedule:
◦January 7, 2014 meeting cancelled in lieu of conducting only one TAC meeting on January 30th. This cancellation of the January 7th meeting still allows voting
items to be considered by the Board during their February 11th BOD meeting since the Board isn’t scheduled to meet in January 2014.
NPRR584 - Alignment with TAC Procedures to Shorten the Appeals Timeline :
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