agenda_wms_110615_v6.doc

Wholesale Market Subcommittee (WMS) Meeting Agenda
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June 15, 2011 - 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Location: ERCOT Austin, Metro Center, Room 206 A/B
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Meeting Number: 656 086 596
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1. / Antitrust Admonition / E. Goff / 9:00 a.m.
2. / Approval of Meeting Minutes (Vote)
  • April 15, 2011 Special Meeting
/ E. Goff
3. / ERCOT Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) and Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) Updates
  • Nodal Publication of Disclosure (48 hour, 61 Day) Reports
/ E. Goff / 9:05 a.m.
4. / TAC Assignments (Possible Vote)
  • SPP Floor During Irresolvable Congestion by SCED
  • NPRR340, Introduction and Definition of Duration-Limited Resources
/ E. Goff / 9:20 a.m.
5. / ERCOT Operations Issues:
  • Review ERCOT Implementation of ERCOT Protocol Section 6.5.7.1.10, Network Security Analysis Processor and Security Violation Alarm
  • Recent RUC Procurement Performance
  • SCED Look-ahead
/ E. Goff / 9:35 a.m.
6. / Congestion Management Working Group (CMWG)
  • General Update
/ M. Wagner / 10:20 a.m.
7. / NPRR369, Black Start Service Requirement Revisions (Possible Vote) / E. Goff / 10:30 a.m.
8. / NPRR370, Supplementary Ancillary Services Market Modifications (Possible Vote) / E. Goff / 10:40 p.m.
9. / Maximum Number of CRR Transactions Exceeded for Balance of Year Auction (Possible Vote)
  • NPRR376, CRR Volume Limitation Enhancements
/ S. Reedy / 10:50 a.m.
10. / NPRR379, EILS Dispatch Sequence and Performance Criteria Upgrades (Possible Vote) / P. Wattles / 11:00 a.m.
11. / Generic Minimum Energy Heat Rates (Possible Vote) / I. Gonzalez / 11:20 a.m.
12. / Power Bulletin 526 – Manual Nodal Reliability Unit Commitment (Possible Vote) / E. Goff / 11:35 a.m.
13. / System Change Requests (SCRs)
  • SCR766, Load Zone Price Distributed by ICCP, IA Approval (Vote)
/ S. Mingo / 11:50 a.m.
Lunch / 12:00 p.m.
14 / Non-Spin Deployments and Real-Time Market Outcomes / E. Goff / 1:00 p.m.
15. / Business Integration – Project Priority
  • Parking Deck Impact Assessment (Possible Vote)
  • 2012 Project Prioritization (Possible Vote)
/ T. Anderson / 1:20 p.m.
16. / NPRR364, Clarify Active and Inactive SCED Constraint Reporting (Possible Vote) / E. Goff / 1:40 p.m.
17. / Emerging Technology Working Group (ETWG)
  • General Update
  • Quarterly Emerging Technologies Integration Plan (Possible Vote)
/ M. Patterson / 1:45 p.m.
18. / Market Credit Working Group (MCWG)
  • NPRR347, Counter-Party and Single Daily Settlement Invoice (Possible Vote)
  • DAM Collateral Parameters Process document (Possible Vote)
  • NPRR357, Multi-Month CRR Auction and Revisions to Collateral Requirements (Possible Vote)
  • Collateral impact from CRR Balance-of-Year Auction results
  • Update – CFTC, Guarantees & LOCs
/ T. Coffing / 1:55 p.m.
19. / QSE Managers Working Group (QMWG)
  • DRAFT NPRR - Application of NPRR321 to broader segment, Change Energy Offer Curve MW Amounts in the Adjustment Period (Possible Vote)
  • NPRR360, Summary Report of HDL and LDL (Possible Vote)
  • NPRR365, Change in Resource Outage Approvals (Possible Vote)
  • Ancillary Services clearing and capability reported in COP
  • Implementation of NPRR282, Telemetered Ramp Rates
  • Status of NPRRs and SCRs from MISUG
  • Sharing emergency information normally considered confidential
/ S. Looney / 2:30 p.m.
20. / Verifiable Cost Working Group (VCWG)
  • VC Manual Changes (Possible Vote)
  • Review Process for Including Actual Resource Costs in RUC decision (Possible Vote)
/ H. Lookadoo / 3:00 p.m.
21. / State Estimator Task Force
  • NPRR327, State Estimator Data Redaction Methodology (Possible Vote)
  • NPRR373, Revised State Estimator Reports on Individual transmission Load on Electrical Buses (Possible Vote)
/ R. Stephenson / 3:15 p.m.
22. / Oscillating Constraints and SCED Rates / D. Jones / 3:30 p.m.
23. / Congestion Irresolvable by SCED Task Force
  • Task Force Recommended Approach (Possible Vote)
/ B. Clemenhagen / 3:45 p.m.
24. / NSRS Deployment for Congestion vs. RUC Commitments / E. Goff / 4:00 p.m.
25. / Guidelines for Use of Load Forecast in the Capacity, Demand and Reserves (CDR) Report / E. Goff / 4:15 p.m.
26. / WMS 2011 Goals Update / E. Goff / 4:20 p.m.
27. / Other Business
  • Fuel Oil or Alternative Fuel Service Discussion and Possible Assignment
  • North to Houston Interface Stability Limit
/ E. Goff
B. Barnes / 4:35 p.m.
Metering Working Group (MWG) – No Update / D. DiSanto
Generation Adequacy Task Force (GATF) No Update / A. Pieniazek
Quick Start Task Force (QSTF) – No Update / R. Prentice
Demand Side Working Group (DSWG) – No Update / T. Carter
Adjourn
Future WMS Meetings
  • July 13, 2011
/ 4:50 p.m.