Protocol Revision Subcommittee

January 17, 2003 Meeting Minutes

Attendees:

Troy Anderson / ERCOT / Robert Kelly* / Brazos
Brad Belk* / LCRA / Steve Madden* / Oxy
Smith Day* / Republic Power / Joel Mickey / ERCOT
Henry Durrwachter / TXU / Cheryl Moseley / ERCOT
Terri Eaton* / Green Mountain / Kenan Ögelman* / OPUC
Isabel Flores / ERCOT / Kenneth Ragsdale / ERCOT
Andrew Gallo / ERCOT / Richard Ross* / AEP
Jim Galvin / ERCOT / Marty Ryan / Texas Genco
Beth Garza* / FPL / Cesar Seymour* / Tractebel Energy
Clayton Greer* / Constellation / Fred Sherman* / Garland P & L
Kevin Gresham* / Reliant / Srini Sundhararajan / ERCOT
Larry Gurley* / TXU / Jack Thormahlen / LCRA
Brenda Harris / Reliant / Thane Thomas Twiggs / APX
Barry Huddleston / Dynegy / Jerry Watson / TECO Energy
Hal Hughes / DME / Randy Wind / ERCOT
Dan Jones* / CPS / Jun Yu / ERCOT

*Standing Representatives

Next Meeting: February 20, 2003 9:30 AM to 3:30 PM at the ERCOT Austin Offices

Election of PRS Chair & Vice-Chair

Kevin Gresham was nominated by Beth Garza; seconded by Richard Ross. The nomination was approved by a unanimous voice vote.

Dan Jones was nominated by Robert Kelly; seconded by Brad Belk. The nomination was approved by a unanimous voice vote.

Minutes

A motion was made by Clayton Greer and seconded by Cesar Seymour to approve the minutes from the December 20, 2002 meeting. The motion was approved by a unanimous voice vote.

Discussion Items

PRR357 – Market Solution Definition Revision

Discussed. A motion was made by Brad Belk and seconded by Larry Gurley to table discussion of PRR357 until the end of the agenda. The motion was approved by a unanimous voice vote.

PRR374 – RMR Text Changes

Discussed. A motion was made by Larry Gurley and seconded by Brad Belk to approve PRR374 as revised by the ERCOT comments. The motion passed by a majority voice vote with one abstention by AEP.

PRR375 – AS Schedule Times

Discussed. The sponsor withdrew PRR375. A reformatted version is to be submitted.

PRR376 – Procure Total Ancillary Service from ERCOT

Discussed. A motion was made by Larry Gurley and seconded by Richard Ross to approve PRR376 as submitted. The motion was approved by a unanimous voice vote.

PRR378 – RMR Units Mandatory Down Balancing Bids

Discussed. A motion was made by Beth Garza and seconded by Richard Ross to approve as revised and to assign an urgent timeline. The motion was approved by a unanimous voice vote.

PRR380 – Black Start Service

Discussed urgency. A motion was made by Brad Belk and seconded by Richard Ross to assign an urgent timeline to PRR380. The motion was approved by a unanimous voice vote.

Comments due: 2/03/2003

PRS Review: 2/20/2003

TAC Consideration: 3/06/2003

Board Consideration: 3/18/2003

PRR381 – Update QSE Designation

Discussed. Comments for this PRR are due by February 4th. PRS will review PRR381 at its February 20th meeting.

PRR357 – Market Solution Definition Revision

Discussed, again. PRS believes that further discussion of PRR357 should be tabled and that ERCOT should re-draft the PRR to address the procedures being performed.

At the next meeting PRS would like a status of PRRs on hold and PIPs remaining as boxed text in the Protocols.

PRRs currently on hold are:

PRR371 – Minimum Energy OOME When OOMC Issued

Dan Jones provided a status update; the parties assigned to re-drafting this PRR have not had an opportunity to meet.

PRR281 – Allowance for Aggregated Site-Specific Resource Dispatch Instructions (v2)

Part of this PRR was addressed by PRR369; should this PRR go away?

PRR293 – Uncontrollable Renewable Resources

A definition for “uncontrollable renewable resources” is needed.

PRR320 – Loads Participation in the AS Market

ROS discussed at its January 15th meeting.

PRR340 – Define OOME as an Instructed Deviation

Parts of the issues addressed by this PRR have been approved in other PRRs.

PRR356 – SCE Performance Requirement

PRR358 – Negative Impact SCE

Need to see the impact of PRR349, UBES & DBES Ramp Rates, and PRR350, Smoothing Algorithm, on SCE. PRS would like an update on when PRRs 349 and 350 will be implemented.

Project Prioritization

No items were prioritized at this meeting.

Other Business:

ü  Scheduled meetings for the rest of 2003 as follows:

February 20 – ERCOT offices

March 20 - Hilton

April 25 – ERCOT offices

May 22 – ERCOT offices

June 19 – ERCOT offices

July 24 – ERCOT offices

August 21 & 22 – ERCOT offices

September 25 – ERCOT offices

October 23 – ERCOT offices

November 20 – ERCOT offices

December 18 – ERCOT offices