ERCOT TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE (TAC) MEETING

ERCOT Met Center /7620 Metro Center Drive, Austin, Texas 78744

March 23, 2017 / 9:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.

Meeting Number: 623 611 956

Meeting Password: TAC

Audio Dial-In: 1.877.668.4493

1. / Antitrust Admonition / B. Helton / 9:30 a.m.
2. / Approval of TAC Meeting Minutes (Vote)
  • January 23, 2017
/ B. Helton / 9:35 a.m.
3. / February ERCOT Board Update / B. Helton / 9:40 a.m.
4. / 2017 TAC Goals and Strategic Initiatives (Vote) / B. Helton / 9:45 a.m.
5. / Protocol Revision Subcommittee Report (Vote)
  • NPRR776, Voltage Set Point Communication
  • NPRR799, Updates to Outages of Transmission Facilities
  • NPRR802, Settlements Clean-up
  • NPRR804, Remove Posting Requirement for Private Use Network Diagrams
  • NPRR808, Three Year CRR Auction
  • NPRR809, GTC or GTL for New Generation Interconnection
  • NPRR810, Applicability of RMR Incentive Factor on Reservation and Transportation Costs Associated with Firm Fuel Supplies
  • NPRR812, Alignment of Currently Published Reports
  • NPRR813, Updated Terminology Related to Annual Market Settlement Operations Audits
  • NPRR818, Allow Curtailment of Certain DC Tie Load Prior to Declaring Emergency Condition - URGENT
  • 2017 PRS Goals
  • Other Binding Document List
  • Notice of Revision Requests Rejected
  • NPRR798, Additional CRR Accounts Request
/ M. Henson / 10:00 a.m.
6. / Revision Request Previously Tabled by TAC (Possible Vote)
  • PGRR052, Stability Assessment for Interconnecting Generation
  • Appeal of NOGRR149, Revision to Definition of Transmission Operator (Tabled until August TAC Meeting)
/ B. Helton / 10:40 a.m.
7. / Reliability and Operations Subcommittee Report(Vote)
  • PGRR054, Stability Limits in the Full Interconnection Study
  • PGRR055, Planning Guide Revision Request Process
  • NOGRR166, Removal of the Daily Grid Operations Summary Reports
  • NOGRR167, Alignment with NPRR776, Voltage Set Point Communication
  • ROS Procedures
  • ROS Goals
/ A. Bern / 10:50a.m.
8. / Retail Market Subcommittee Report (Vote)
  • RMGRR144, Elimination of REP-Specific Switch Hold Lists
/ K. Scott / 11:10 a.m.
9. / Commercial Operations Subcommittee Report (Vote)
  • LPGRR060, Load Profiling Guide Clean Up Related to LPGRR057
  • LPGRR061, Modifications to Annual Validation Timelines
  • COPS Goals
/ M. Trenary / 11:30 a.m.
10. / Wholesale Market Subcommittee Report
  • WMS Goals (Vote)
  • Multi-Interval Real-Time Market Feasibility Study(Vote)
  • ERCOT Update
  • Switchable Generation Resources Update
/ J. Carpenter
K. Ogelman / 11:50 a.m.
11. / ERCOT Reports
  • Virtual Weather Zone Discussion
  • 2017 Seasonal Adjustment Factor
  • Market Continuity Framework
  • Greens Bayou RMR Update
  • Review of Transmission Loss Factors
  • Annual ERS Report to TAC (Q&A Only)
/ C. Opheim
M. Ruane
M. Ruane
M. Ruane
D. Jones
M. Patterson / 12:20 p.m.
12. / Other Business
  • UFLS Workshop Update
  • DER Whitepaper Update
/ 1:20 p.m.
13. / Adjourn / 1:30 p.m.
Future TAC Meetings
  • April 27, 2017
  • May 25, 2017

Open Action Items from Previous Meeting(s) / Responsible Party
  • 2/27/14 – Review Operating Procedure that ERCOT uses to determine when they need RUC (specifically RUC for bad weather)
/ ERCOT
  • 4/24/14 – Evaluate concerns with bringing RUC units earlier than required because of start-up failures
/ ROS/WMS
  • 5/29/14 – Review post NPRR589 SASM Performance
/ ERCOT
  • 12/18/14 – Consider alternative implementation options for automation of NPRR664, Fuel Index Price for Resource Definition and Real-Time Make-Whole Payments for Exceptional Fuel Cost Events. (Report back to TAC in March 2015)
/ WMS
  • 12/1/16 – Market Continuity Principals – March TAC Meeting
/ ERCOT
  • 12/1/16 – Revisit 2% threshold and whether there is a more appropriate way to consider resettlements
/ COPS/WMS

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