Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT)

TAC Meeting

April 08, 2010
9:30 AM - 4:00 PM
ERCOT Austin Room 206
7620 Metro Center Dr.
Austin, TX 78744
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Agenda

1.

Antitrust Admonition

B. Jones

9:30 a.m.

2.

Antitrust Training

D. Siebert

9:35 a.m.

3.

ERCOT Board Update

  • Generation Adequacy Task Force Recommendation (Vote)
  • Data Response to Board: Wind Cost Allocation

B. Jones

J. Dumas

9:50 a.m.

4.

Approval of Draft March 4, 2010 TAC Meeting Minutes (Vote)

B. Jones

10:20 a.m.

5.

Webcast of TAC Meetings (Possible Vote)

B. Jones

10:25 a.m.

6.

Texas Nodal Implementation

  • ERCOT Program Update
    • Status
    • Market Participant Readiness

 

 
J. Iacobucci
V. Gates

10:40 a.m.

7.

Nodal Advisory Task Force Report*

  • Bid Limit Determination per Nodal Protocol Section 7.5.2, CRR Auction Offers and Bids - Discussion

D. Blackburn
ERCOT

11:20 a.m.

8.

Protocol Revisions Subcommittee Report

  • Protocol Revision Request (PRR) (Vote):
    • PRR844, Transmission and/or Distribution Service Provider (TDSP) Definition Revision
  • Nodal Protocol Revision Requests (NPRRs) (Vote):
    • NPRR205, Transmission and/or Distribution Service Provider (TDSP) Definition Revision
    • NPRR208, Registration and Settlement of Distributed Generation (DG) Less Than One MW
  • PRS Recommendation (Vote) and NPRR Request for Withdrawal (Vote):
    • NPRR210, Wind Forecasting Change to P50, Synchronization with PRR841

S. Morris

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11:40 a.m.

9.

Revision Requests Tabled at TAC (Vote):

  • PRR833, Primary Frequency Response Requirement from Existing WGRs
  • NPRR146, ICCP Telemetry Information Submittals
  • OGRR233, Backup Control Plan Submission Process
  • NOGRR028, Synchronization Â? Backup Control Plan Submission Process
  • NPRR207, Hour Start Unit Deselection and Half Hour Start Unit RUC Clawback

B. Jones

12:00 p.m.

 

Lunch

 

12:30 p.m.

 

Continued - Revision Requests Tabled at TAC (Vote)

 

1:00 p.m.

10.

Wholesale Market Subcommittee Report*

  • NPRR091, Scarcity Pricing and Mitigated Offer Cap During the Period Commencing on the Nodal Market Implementation Date and Continuing for a Total of 45 Days (Vote)
  • Defining Day Ahead Market Collateral Parameters called for in NPRR206, Nodal Market Day-Ahead Market Credit Requirements (Vote)

B. Clemenhagen

1:30 p.m.

11.

Commercial Operations Subcommittee Report*

  • COPMGRR016, Update to Section 12, Renewable Energy Credits due to PRR 808, Clean-up and Alignment of RECs Trading Program Language with PUCT Rules (Vote)
  • LPGRR036, Delete Document Control Section (Vote)

D. McKeever

2:30 p.m.

12.

Reliability and Operations Subcommittee Report *

  • OGRR232, Revise the Process for Submitting Biennial Unit Reactive Limits (Lead and Lag) (Vote)
  • NOGRR027, Revise the Process for Submitting Biennial Unit Reactive Limits (Lead and Lag) (Vote)

K. Donohoo

2:45 p.m.

 

13.

2010 TAC Goals (Vote)

B. Jones

3:00 p.m.

 

14.

Retail Market Subcommittee Report*

K. Patrick

3:10 p.m.

 

15.

Renewable Technology Working Group Report

M. Bruce

3:20 p.m.

 

16.

Texas RE Separation Update

Don Jones

3:40 p.m.

 

17.

ERCOT Operations, Planning, and IT Report

ERCOT

4:00 p.m.

 

18.

Other Business

  • Future Agenda Items

o        Guiding Principles of the Nodal Market

o        Economic vs Reliability Team Report

o        PRR791, Shortage Pricing Mechanism

B. Jones

4:10 p.m.

 

 

Adjourn

B. Jones

4:30 p.m.

 

 

Future TAC Meetings

  • May 6, 2010
  • June 3, 2010

 

 

 


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