Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT)

Operations Messages

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Date Message Type Status
Feb 08 2012 12:35:57 CST ERCOT has cancelled the following notice: ERCOT is issuing an Advisory due to Physical Responsive Capability being below 3000 MW Advisory Cancelled
Feb 08 2012 10:01:34 CST Physical Responsive Capability < 3000 MW: ERCOT is issuing an Advisory due to Physical Responsive Capability being below 3000 MW Advisory Active
Feb 08 2012 07:27:21 CST No sudden loss of generation greater than 450 MW occurred on 02/07/12. Operational Information Active
Feb 08 2012 05:24:33 CST DAM OD 2/9/2012 will be using West to North (W_TO_N) generic constraint limits of 2317 MW for HE 1-4 and 1947 MW for HE 5-24. OCN Active
Feb 08 2012 02:40:26 CST ERCOT has cancelled the following notice: ERCOT is constraining for the West-North stability limit. Operational Information Cancelled
Feb 07 2012 19:17:46 CST West-North Stability Limit: ERCOT is constraining for the West-North stability limit. Operational Information Active
Feb 07 2012 11:50:14 CST ERCOT has cancelled the following notice: At 16:20 on February 8, 2012, ERCOT will perform a site failover of its Energy Market Management Systems. During this time, market communications will be unavailable for about 40 minutes, and real-time communications will be unavailable for about 5 minutes. All systems should re-establish communications automatically. This event will be preceded by a "hot line" call shortly before beginning. Operational Information Cancelled
Feb 07 2012 11:49:19 CST At 16:20 on February 8, 2012, ERCOT will perform a site failover of its Energy Market Management Systems. During this time, market communications will be unavailable for about 40 minutes, and real-time communications will be unavailable for about 5 minutes. All systems should re-establish communications automatically. This event will be preceded by a "hot line" call shortly before beginning. Operational Information Cancelled
Feb 07 2012 11:37:37 CST At 16:20 on February 8, 2012, ERCOT will perform a site failover of its Energy Market Management Systems. During this time, market communications will be unavailable for about 40 minutes, and real-time communications will be unavailable for about 5 minutes. All systems should re-establish communications automatically. This event will be preceded by a "hot line" call shortly before beginning. Operational Information Active
Feb 07 2012 07:21:53 CST Planned Outage scheduled on the RailRoad DC Tie including associated circuit breakers and disconnects from Monday 02/13/2012 at 08:30 until 18:00 Tuesday 02/14/2012. Operational Information Active
Feb 07 2012 07:15:45 CST No sudden loss of generation greater than 450 MW occurred on 02/06/12. Operational Information Active
Feb 07 2012 05:40:07 CST DAM OD 2/8/2012 will be using West to North (W_TO_N) generic constraint limits of 2158 MW for HE 1-5 and 1580 MW for HE 6-24. OCN Active
Feb 06 2012 06:29:26 CST No sudden loss of generation greater than 450 MW occurred on 02/05/12. Operational Information Active
Feb 06 2012 05:25:57 CST DAM OD 2/7/2012 will be using West to North (W_TO_N) generic constraint limits of 2153 MW for HE 1-5,24 and 1576 MW for HE 6-23. OCN Active
Feb 05 2012 07:17:18 CST No sudden loss of generation greater than 450 MW occurred on 02/04/12. Operational Information Active
Feb 05 2012 04:48:25 CST DAM OD 2/6/2012 will be using West to North (W_TO_N) generic constraint limits of 2153 MW for HE 1-4,24 and 1576 MW for HE 5-23. OCN Active
Feb 04 2012 16:10:33 CST Test Message on Notice Builder/Twitter: This is a test of the ERCOT notification service. Operational Information Active
Feb 04 2012 06:20:10 CST No sudden loss of generation greater than 450 MW occurred on 02/03/12. Operational Information Active
Feb 04 2012 05:22:03 CST DAM OD 2/5/2012 will be using West to North (W_TO_N) generic constraint limits of 2150 MW for HE 1-7,16,17,24 and 1573 MW for HE 8-15,18-23. OCN Active
Feb 03 2012 23:08:46 CST ERCOT has cancelled the following notice: ERCOT is constraining for the West-North stability limit. Operational Information Cancelled
Feb 03 2012 19:29:03 CST ERCOT has cancelled the following notice: ERCOT is taking manual action for SAJORIO5 constraint. Operational Information Cancelled
Feb 03 2012 19:22:48 CST West-North Stability Limit: ERCOT is constraining for the West-North stability limit. Operational Information Active
Feb 03 2012 11:37:26 CST ERCOT is taking manual action for SAJORIO5 constraint. Operational Information Active
Feb 03 2012 06:40:40 CST No sudden loss of generation greater than 450 MW occurred on 02/02/12. Operational Information Active
Feb 03 2012 06:09:43 CST ERCOT has cancelled the following notice: ERCOT is constraining for the West-North stability limit. Operational Information Cancelled
Feb 03 2012 06:04:43 CST ERCOT has cancelled the following notice: ERCOT is taking manual action for SAJORIO5 constraint. Operational Information Cancelled
Feb 03 2012 05:25:46 CST DAM OD 2/4/2012 will be using West to North (W_TO_N) generic constraint limits of 2150 MW for HE 1-18,22-24 and 1573 MW for HE 19-21. OCN Active
Feb 03 2012 02:56:51 CST ERCOT is taking manual action for SAJORIO5 constraint. Operational Information Active
Feb 03 2012 00:25:55 CST ERCOT has cancelled the following notice: ERCOT is taking manual actions for the SAJORIO5 constraint. Operational Information Cancelled
Feb 02 2012 18:38:34 CST ERCOT is taking manual actions for the SAJORIO5 constraint. Operational Information Active
Feb 02 2012 11:21:47 CST West-North Stability Limit: ERCOT is constraining for the West-North stability limit. Operational Information Active
Feb 02 2012 05:39:52 CST DAM OD 2/3/2012 will be using West to North (W_TO_N) generic constraint limits of 2150 MW for HE 1-7,9-10,23-24 and 1573 MW for HE 8,11-22. OCN Active
Feb 02 2012 05:04:23 CST No sudden loss of generation greater than 450 MW occurred on 02/01/12 Operational Information Active
Feb 01 2012 05:39:48 CST DAM OD 2/2/2012 will be using a Valley Import limit value of 400MW for all hours. OCN Active
Feb 01 2012 05:39:10 CST DAM OD 2/2/2012 will be using West to North (W_TO_N) generic constraint limits of 2148 MW for HE 1-6,23-24 and 1572 MW for HE 7-22. OCN Active
Feb 01 2012 04:56:22 CST No sudden loss of generation greater than 450 MW occurred on 01/31/12 Operational Information Active