Market Protocols
Revisions
Revision / Date / Description of Modification0.a / 05/28/2004 / Draft
0.b / 06/29/2004 / Added additional diagrams and explanatory wording
0.c / 08/23/2004 / Settlement section and comments added
0.d / 08/27/2004 / Update to the Settlement Section
0.e / 09/08/2004 / Incorporated all comments from members
0.f / 09/23/2004 / Comments from Conference Call
1.0 / 10/05/2004 / Comments from MWG meeting
1.a / 11/10/2004 / Additional Comments incorporated
1.b / 11/18/2004 / Comments from MWG meeting
1.c / 11/23/2004 / Replaced diagrams and cleaned up references
1.d / 12/01/2004 / MWG review and modifications
2.0 / 01/06/2005 / MWG adjustments to open items
2.1 / 03/11/2005 / Incorporation of PRR001, 002, and 003
2.1a / 04/11/2005 / Incorporation of PRR016
2.1b / 05/25/2005 / Incorporation of approved PRRs from 05/10 MWG meeting
2.2 / 07/12/2005 / 2.1b approved by the MOPC
2.3 / 09/01/2005 / Approval/Incorporation of PRRs by the MOPC
2.3a / 09/21/2005 / Incorporation of PRRs from 9/6 and 9/20 MWG meetings
2.4 / 10/21/2005 / Approval of PRRs by the MOPC
2.4a / 10/21/2005 / Incorporation of PRR #s 30 and 37 from the 10/04 MWG meeting
2.4b / 11/21/2005 / Incorporation of PRR #38 and 46 from the 11/5 MWG meeting
2.5 / 12/02/2005 / Incorporation of PRR #49 from 11/22 MWG conference call
2.5a / 12/14/2005 / Incorporation of PRR #050 from 12/6 MWG meeting
2.5b / 01/27/2006 / Incorporation of PRR #044 from 1/10/06 MWG meeting and removal of PRR #050 due to MOPC rejection
2.5c / 02/22/2006 / Incorporation of PRR #040, 052-053 and 060-061 from 02/07/06 MWG meeting and PRR #055-059 and 063 from the MWG Conference Call on 02/21/06
2.6 / 04/13/2006 / Approval of the previous PRR’s in the 3/09/2006 MOPC meeting
2.6a / 4/21/06 / Incorporation of PRR #065, 069-071, 073, 075, 077-078 from the April 17-18, 2006 MWG meeting
2.6b / 5/5/06 / Incorporation of PRR #062, 067, 086, and 087 from the May 2-3, 2006 MWG meeting
2.6c / 5/8/06 / Incorporation of PRR #083, 088, 090, 092, 093, 096 and 098 from the May 8, 2006 MWG conference call
2.7 / 5/16/06 / Approval of the previous PRR’s in the 5/16/06 MOPC meeting.
2.7a / 06/14/06 / Incorporation of PRR #066, 084, 085, 089, 091, 094, 095, 099, 100, 102, and 103 from the June 6-7, 2006 meeting and June 9, 2006 conference call.
2.8 / 07/15/06 / Approval of previous PRR’s in the 7/11-12/06 MOPC meeting.
2.8a / 07/17/06 / Incorporation of PRR #041 from the June 26, 2006 MWG conference call and PRR #111 from the July 18-19, 2006 MWG meeting, and PRR #094, which was not approved by MOPC in the 7/11-12/06 meeting.
2.9 / 7/24/06 / Approval of PRR #094 and 111 in the 7/20/06 MOPC conference call, without PRR #041 included as it was not approved by the MOPC in the 7/11-12/06 or the 7/20/06 MOPC meetings.
2.9a / 9/21/06 / Incorporation of PRR 041, 094, 095, 104 and 106 from the August 8-9, 2006 and September 5-6, 2006 MWG meetings. This version does NOT include PRR’s 074, 081, 097, 101, 107, 109, 110, and 113 that were approved by the MWG but require Impact Analysis before additional approval and incorporation.
PRR 080 was approved in the October 3-4, 2006 MWG meeting but it also awaiting an impact analysis so the language is not yet incorporated.
3.0 / 11/27/06 / Approval of PRR #094, #104, and #106 in the 10/10/06 MOPC meeting. The group withheld action on PRR #041 and #095 so those have been removed from this version.
3.0a / 11/27/06 / Incorporation of PRR #116, 120 and 128 from the November 8-9 and 17th, 2006 MWG meetings.
3.0b / 12/15/06 / Correct excel illustrations throughout document and incorporation of PRR #109, 114, 119, 120, 121, 125, 127, 128, 129, 132, 134 and 135.
4.0 / 2/9/07 / Approval of PRR #109, 114, 116, 119, 120, 121, 125, 127, 128, 129, 132, 134 and 135 in the January 16, 2007 MOPC meeting.
4.0a / 2/9/07 / Incorporation of PRR #137 approved in the February 6-7, 2007 MWG meeting.
4.0b / 2/21/07 / Approval of PRR #123, 124, 136 and 138 in the February 16, 2007 MWG conference call.
4.0c / 3/2/07 / Approval of PRR #139, 140, 143 and 144 in the February 23, 2007 MWG conference call.
4.0d / 3/22/07 / Approval of PRR #142 in the March 6-8, 2007 MWG meeting.
5.0 / 4/25/07 / Approval of PRR #107, 110, 124, 134, 140 and 143 in the April 10-11, 2007 MOPC meeting. Incorporation of PRR #095 that was approved in the January 16-17, 2007 MOPC meeting.
6.0 / 7/18/07 / Approval of PRR #081, 113, 122, 123, 126, 130, 131, 136, 139, 142, 144, 151 and 159 in the July 9 -11, 2007 MOPC meeting.
7.0 / 5/1/08 / Incorporation of PRRs 138, 146, 154, 160,163, 167, 170 and 171 that were language changes approved by MOPC in their April 8, 2008 meeting. This version removes PRRs 081, 113, 130, 131 and 137 as they are still pending projects and will be incorporated into Protocols v7.0a (except for 113).
7.0a / 5/1/08 / Incorporation of PRRs 068, 081, 097, 101, 130, 131, 147, 148, 153, 155, 156, and 172. These items will be grey boxed and provide project numbers and any known completion dates.
7.0b / 6/5/08 / Incorporation of PRR 113 (Impact Analysis was approved in the 5/21/08 MWG meeting)
7.0c / 6/9/08 / Incorporation of PRR 141, 152, 166 and 169 that are pending FERC approval.
8.0 / 8/5/08 / Incorporation of PRR 161, 179 and 180 that were language changes approved by the MOPC in their July 15 -16, 2008 meeting.
8.0a / 8/5/08 / Incorporation of PRR 157, 161, 165, 173, 174, 175, 178, 181 and 185. These items will be grey boxed and provide project numbers or FERC submittal information and any known completion dates.
8.0b / 10/6/08 / Incorporation of PRR 137a as it was supposed to be incorporated into 7.0a but was missed.
9.0 / 11/10/08 / PRR 113 was implemented on October 28, 2008 so this version is incorporating the PRR. PRR 184 is the correction to the language in PRR 113 but is pending FERC approval for the related Tariff changes. It will be added once FERC has approved.
9.0a / 11/10/08 / Incorporation of PRRs 184 and 186 which are pending FERC filing and approval.
10.0 / 4/30/09 / Incorporation of PRR 141, 152 and 185. FERC approval on December 27, 2008. Approval of PRRs 192, 197 and 198 in the April 14-15, 2009 MOPC meeting. PRR 189 gray boxed until Future Market.
10.0a / 4/30/09 / PRRs 166 and 169 received FERC approval on December 27, 2008. PRRs 176, 184 and 186 filed with FERC; docket # ER09-748; awaiting FERC approval. PRR 196 approved at April 14-15, 2009 MOPC meeting. Awaiting Board and FERC filing for approval of language revision.
10.0b / 6/17/09 / Incorporation of PRR 081, 172, 174, 191, 193. All completed and operational.
11.0 / 8/11/09 / Approval of PRR 165. Implementation of PRR 169 on July 29, 2009. Implementation of PRR186, per FERC approval and order, to remove the penalty for not following dispatch instructions for six consecutive intervals. Language changes made in Protocols.
11.0a / 8/11/09 / PRR166 added to Project List on June 22, 2009 with Project Request # PR20090015.
11.0b / 8/28/09 / Incorporation of PRR 156 and 184. Both implemented and operational.
11.0c / 10/22/09 / Removed gray boxed area on PRR 189.
11.0d / 10/22/09 / Updated Protocols with PRR137a (already in progress) to reflect the system operations.
12.0a / 01/22/10 / Incorporation of PRRs 201 and 202 that was language change only and approved at the January 12, 2010 MOPC meeting. PRR202 removes PRR097. PRR195 approved by MOPC on 1/12/10 for additional tariff changes; pending FERC order and approval. PRRs 204 and 205 approved by MOPC on 1/12/10 – pending projects.
Incorporation of PRRs 178 and 181. Both implemented and operational.
13.0a / 02/05/10 / Incorporation of PRRs 130 and 196 Both are implemented and operational.
14.0a / 02/24/10 / Incorporation of PRRs 157, 175 and 188. All were implemented on February 16, 2010 and are operational.
15.0a / 04/16/10 / Incorporation of PRRs 207 and 208. Both became operational April 16, 2010.
16.0a / 05/25/10 / Incorporation and implementation of PRR195 per FERC approval (Docket # ER10-888) on May 3, 2010 with an effective date of May 14, 2010. Language changes made in Protocols.
Incorporation of PRR210 that is pending FERC filing and approval.
17.0a / 07/16/10 / Incorporation of PRRs 212, 217, 219 into the Protocols as approved at the July 13-14, 2010 MOPC meeting. All PRRs are language change only. PRR214 was also approved at the July MOPC meeting but is awaiting Board and FERC approval.
Incorporation of PRR214 approved by SPP Board on July 27, 2010. Awaiting FERC filing and approval.
18.0a / 8/19/10 / Incorporation of PRRs 147, 164, 204 and 205. Gray-boxed text was removed on PRR147, as this PRR is currently operational. PRRs 164, 204 and 205 implemented and operational as of August 15, 2010.
19.0a / 10/18/10 / Incorporation of PRRs 222, 224, 226, 229 and 230 in the Protocols as approved at the October 12, 2010 MOPC meeting. PRR222 was an update of the Dispatchable Range diagram. All other PRRs were language change only. PRRs 211, 213, 223 and 228 were approved by the MOPC and Board, and are awaiting FERC approval due to Tariff revisions.
20.0a / 12/3/2010 / Incorporation of PRRs 153 and 183. Both became operational November 29, 2010.
21.0a / 12/21/2010 / Incorporation of PRR 210 (language change only). Approved by FERC on November 30, 2010 with an effective date of December 14, 2010.
22.0a / 12/28/2010 / Incorporation of PRR 233. Filed at FERC on December 27, 2010 with an effective date of January 1, 2011.
23.0a / 2/7/2011 / Incorporation of PRR 223 per FERC approval (Docket #ER11-2308) on January 31, 2011 with an effective date of February 6, 2011. PRR 200 awaiting FERC filing and approval.
Incorporation of PRR 233 per FERC approval (Docket #ER11-2525) on February 4, 2011 with an effective date of January 1, 2011.
24.0a / 2/22/11 / Incorporation of PRRs 148 and 194. Operational as of February 22, 2011.
Incorporation of PRR 228 per FERC approval (Docket #ER11-1930).
25.0a / 3/28/2011 / Incorporation of PRR 166.
Implementation of PRR 213 per FERC approval (Docket #ER11-2736) on March 17, 2011 with an effective date of March 25, 2011.
Table of Contents
Glossary 13
1 Introduction 21
2 Timeline 22
2.1 SPP Operational Information Exchange 22
3 Resource Plans 27
3.1 Introduction 27
3.2 Contents 27
3.3 Timing and Submission Mechanisms 31
3.4 Use of Data 31
3.5 SPP Manual Overrides 32
3.6 Load Forecast 32
3.6.1 Market Participant Load Forecasting 32
3.6.2 SPP Load Forecast 33
3.6.3 Actual Resource Production and Load Actual Gross-up for Demand Response Dispatched 33
4 Ancillary Service Plan 33
4.1 Introduction 33
4.2 Contents 33
4.3 Timing and Submission Mechanism 34
4.4 Use of Data 35
4.5 SPP Manual Overrides 35
5 RESOURCE OFFER CurvesCURVE 35
5.1 Introduction 35
5.2 Contents 35
5.3 Timing and Submission Mechanism 36
5.4 Use of Data 37
6 Energy Schedules 38
6.1 Introduction 38
6.2 Content 38
6.3 Timing and Submission 39
6.4 Use of Data 39
6.5 Schedule Corrections 40
6.5.1 NLPS and Tagged Energy Schedules 40
6.5.2 Tagged Dynamic Schedules 40
6.6 Scheduling Requirements 40
6.6.1 External Resource Tags 40
6.6.2 Load Scheduling Requirements 40
6.6.3 Resource Scheduling Requirements 41
6.6.4 Network/Native Load and Portfolio Scheduling 42
6.6.5 Reserve Sharing Scheduling 46
6.6.6 Loss Compensation 49
6.7 SPP Operational Information Exchange 55
6.8 Schedule Curtailment/Adjustment under SPP Congestion Management 56
6.8.1 SPP Congestion Management under TLR Operations 56
6.8.2 IDC/CAT Schedule/tag Management Identification 57
6.8.3 Market Flow 58
6.8.4 Maintaining Feasibility under TLR Operations 59
6.8.5 NERC IDC Curtailments 60
6.8.6 Market Flow Curtailments/Adjustments 61
6.8.7 NLPS Tool Adjustments for Curtailments 65
6.8.8 SPP Congestion Management Curtailment/Adjustment Notification 67
7 Simultaneous Feasibility Studies 67
7.1 Supply Adequacy 68
7.2 Deliverability 68
7.2.1 Schedule Infeasibility 69
7.2.2 Market Infeasibility 69
8 Inadvertent Management 69
8.1 Management of pre-Market Inadvertent Balances 69
8.2 Management of post-Market Inadvertent Balances 70
8.3 Post-market Implementation Inadvertent Accounting Steps: 71
8.4 Inadvertent Payback Reporting 71
8.5 Uninstructed Deviation 72
8.5.1 Resource Operating Tolerance 74
8.5.2 Uninstructed Deviation Charge Calculations 75
8.5.3 Uninstructed Deviation Calculations during Reserve Sharing Events 77
8.5.4 Other Grounds for Exemption 78
8.5.5 Uninstructed Deviation Charge Payment 79
9 Deployment 81
9.1 Introduction 81
9.1.1 Application of VRLs 81
9.1.2 Impact of VRLs on LIPs and Uninstructed Deviation Charges 82
9.1.3 Determination of VRLs 82
9.1.4 VRL Reporting 83
9.2 Content 83
9.2.1 Dispatch Instruction 83
9.2.2 Out of Merit Energy (OOME) 87
9.2.3 Net Scheduled Interchange 89
9.2.4 Inadvertent Interchange 90
9.2.5 Real-Time Deficit and Excess condition in Dispatchable Ranges 91
9.3 Timing 93
9.4 Use of Data 93
9.4.1 Provision of Data to the Balancing Authority 95
10 Pricing 95
10.1 Introduction 95
10.2 Content 96
10.2.1 Locational Imbalance Pricing 96
10.2.2 Calculation of Settlement Location Prices for Load 96
10.2.3 Calculation of Settlement Location Prices for Resources 97
10.2.4 Calculation of Settlement Locations for External Resources 97
10.3 Timing and Submission 97
10.4 Use of Data 98
11 Settlement and Invoice 98
11.1 Introduction 98
11.2 Settlement Data 99
11.2.1 Metering Standards for Settlement Data 99
11.2.2 Settlement Data Reporting Procedures 99
11.2.3 Schedule Data for Settlements 99
11.2.4 Public Market Data for Settlement 100