NPRR218

Title:	Resolution of Alignment Item A71 - Add Protocol Description of the Power Balance Penalty Factor used in the SCED
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Status:	Approved on 08/17/2010

Date	Gov Body		Next Steps
08/17/2009	Board of Directors	Approved
08/05/2010	TAC	Recommended for Approval	Board consideration
07/22/2010	PRS	Recommended for Approval	TAC consideration
06/17/2010	PRS	Recommended for Approval	PRS
05/20/2010	PRS	Referred	NATF and WMS
04/22/2010	PRS	Deferred/Tabled	PRS consideration
04/22/2010	PRS		PRS language consideration

Date	Gov Body	Motion	Result	Abstentions
08/17/2009	Board of Directors	To approve NPRR218 as recommended by TAC in the 8/5/10 TAC Report.	Passed
08/05/2010	TAC	To recommend approval of NPRR218 as recommended by PRS in the 7/22/10 PRS Report.	Passed
07/22/2010	PRS	To endorse and forward the 6/17/10 PRS Report and Impact Analysis for NPRR218 to TAC.	Passed	1 Consumer Market Segment
06/17/2010	PRS	To recommend approval of NPRR218 as amended by the 6/16/10 WMS comments as revised by PRS.	Passed	1 Consumer Market Segment
05/20/2010	PRS	To refer NPRR218 to the Nodal Advisory Task Force (NATF) and WMS.	Passed
04/22/2010	PRS	To table NPRR218	Passed

Status:	Approved
Date Posted:	03/23/2010
Sponsor:	ERCOT
Urgent:	No
Sections:	6.5.7.1.11, 6.5.7.3
Description:	This Nodal Protocol Revision Request (NPRR) will add a description of the power balance penalty factor to the Nodal Protocol sections that describe the implemented constraint set utilized in the Security-Constrained Economic Dispatch (SCED) optimization.
Reason:	This change conforms the Nodal Protocols to the as-built Nodal system.