Unavailability Submission Form

General Information

The Unavailability Submission Form is used to notify ERCOT regarding all periods of time for which the committed Sites for an ERSResourceare not available.

  • Loads - The form should be submitted for initial notification of Scheduled Unavailability, PowerInterruptions, andfor any subsequent revisions or cancellationsof previously submitted notices.
  • Generators - The form should be submitted for initial notification of Power Outages, Self-Testschedules and Planned Maintenance and for any subsequent revisions of previously submitted notices.

Up to 2% of the contracted 15-minute intervals in the ERS Contract Period may be excluded from the Availability Factor calculation for an ERS Load or Generator.

Loads

New Submission –Scheduled Unavailability and Power Interruptions

  • Power Interruptions are submitted after the fact with verification of power interruption from the TDSP or meter reading entity.
  • Scheduled Unavailability must be submitted 3 calendar days prior to the first day of the period of unavailability.

Revision - Changing the start date/interval or the end date/interval of previously submitted notice.

  • You may not revise both the start and end information.
  • If both the start and end dates/intervals need to be changed first enter a Cancellation for the original “new submission” then enter changes as a New Submission.
  • If a revision results in additional15-minute intervalseither prior to or following the previously identified 15-minute intervals, those 15-minute intervalswill be eligible for the 2% exclusion only if ERCOT receives at least three (3) calendar days of advanced notice.
  • Revisions which result in fewer15-minute intervalswill be treated as available only if ERCOT receives at least one (1) calendar day of advanced notice.

Cancellation - Canceling previously submitted notice.

  • The 15-minute intervalsfor the cancellation will be treated as available only if ERCOT receives at least one (1) calendar day of advanced notice.

Generators

New Submission – Power Interruptions, Planned Maintenance and Self-Test Schedules

  • Power Interruptions are submitted after the fact with verification of power interruption from the TDSP or meter reading entity.
  • Planned Maintenance and Self-Test Schedules must be submitted 2 days prior to the start of the SCT.

Revision - Changing the start date/interval or the end date/interval of previously submitted notice notices.

  • A modification to planned maintenance or self-test schedule may decrease the number of 15-minute intervalsbut may not increase the number of 15-minute intervalsof planned maintenance or the number of scheduled tests.
  • A modification will be eligible for the 2% exclusion only if ERCOT receives at least three (3)calendar days of advanced notice.

Section in blue must be filled out for all Submissions.
Column Titles / Description of the Contents
Date Received / Blank - ERCOT will populate with date form is received
Submission Type /
  • Scheduled Unavailability
  • Power Interruption
  • Self-Test Schedule
  • Planned Maintenance

Reason /
  • New Submission - Submitting a new notice of scheduled unavailability, power interruption, self test schedule or planned maintenance.
  • Revision - Modifying a previous submission.
  • Cancellation - Cancellingpervioussubmission.

Self-Test Using Load Bank? / Answered only by Generators when submitting a Self-Test Schedule
Self Test Gen Output (kW) / Answered only by Generators when submitting a Self-Test Schedule
Resource Name / Name of ERS Resource
ESI-ID / ERCOT ESIID (one row for each ESI-ID in an aggregation)
Unique Meter ID / QSE Unique Meter ID (one row for each Unique Meter ID in an aggregation)
Resource ID (Generators) / Resource ID required for Generators only
Start Date (mm/dd/yy) /
  • New Submission
  • Revision
  • Cancellation
/ Start Date
Start Date specified on the original submission
Start Date specified on the original submission
Start Interval (Interval Ending) /
  • New Submission
  • Revision
  • Cancellation
/ Start Interval
Start Interval specified on original submission
Start Interval specified on original submission
Stop Date (mm/dd/yy) /
  • New Submission
  • Revision
  • Cancellation
/ Stop Date
Stop Date specified on original submission
Stop Date specified on original submission
Stop Interval (Interval Ending) /
  • New Submission
  • Revision
  • Cancellation
/ Stop Interval
Stop Interval specified on original submission
Stop Interval specified on original submission
Section in Yellow along with the section in light blue must be filled out for Revisions of Scheduled Unavailability, Self-Testor Maintenance Schedules.
Column Titles / Type of Submission / Response Based on Type of Submission
Revised Start Date (mm/dd/yy) /
  • Revision
/ Modified Start Date
Revised Start Interval (Interval Ending) /
  • Revision
/ Modified Start Interval
Revised Stop Date (mm/dd/yy) /
  • Revision
/ Modified Stop Date
Revised Stop Interval (Interval Ending) /
  • Revision
/ Modified Stop Interval

Revised 12/3/15