PWG WebEx Conference - DRAFT
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Participants
Richard Beasley, CenterPoint Energy
Bill Boswell, ERCOT
Justin Gass, First Choice Power
Adrian Marquez, ERCOT
Calvin Opheim, ERCOT
Ernie Podraza, Direct Energy
Carl Raish, ERCOT
Sandra Tindall, ERCOT
Lloyd Young, AEP
Agenda Item 1: Meeting Open
Ernie Podraza welcomed everyone and read the ERCOT antitrust admonition and the disclaimer that materials submitted to ERCOT staff for this meeting will be considered public information.
Agenda Item 2: COPS Meeting Update
No one from the PWG attended the December 8 COPS meeting. (Ernie was on vacation.)
Agenda Item 3: Approval of November 12 Meeting Notes
The draft notes from the November 12 PWG meeting were approved without modification.
Agenda Item 4a: Draft LPGRR - Change Decision Tree for Missing Language
Sandra Tindall talked about the draft LPGRR to add language (to the Profile Decision Tree) that was part of LPGRR035, but had been truncated by the time the .xls file went to TAC and the Board for approval.
Adrian Marquez stepped through the draft LPGRR’s proposed Profile Decision Tree (PDT) and noted that text that had been truncated in the LPGRR035 .xls file is identified by red or green font. The text in red font is what had been in previously approved versions of the PDT, while the text in green font represents changes proposed in LPGRR035.
Sandra suggested putting the LPGRR on an urgent timeline, and Ernie would be the sponsor.
Carl to forward to Ernie the draft LPGRR documents that were modified during the WebEx.
Ernie to file the LPGRR for the PDT missing language.
Agenda Item 4b: Draft LPGRR – Document Control
Sandra discussed the second draft LPGRR. Its goal is to delete LPG Section 1.1, Document Control because this information is already captured in a link on the LPGRR webpage (under Reports, All LPGRRs).
Agenda Item 5: Draft Language for Annual Validation Suspension by TDSP
This item was not discussed because Ed Echols did not participate in the WebEx. Ernie will put this on the agenda for next month.
Agenda Item 6: AMS Implementation
Calvin Opheim said that data from Advanced Meters have now been utilized in settlement. He said last night’s settlement included more than 26,000 ESI IDs with Advanced Meters, and that number should be up to 100,000 by this weekend.
Mr. Opheim also said the Retail Metering Working Group has a WebEx tomorrow and they will try to finalize language for a PRR that focuses on IDRs and how they relate to Advanced Meters.
Calvin brought the group up to date on some language the NOIE DRG Settlements Task Force has worked on. The language that has load profiling implications is the change from ‘Distributed Renewable Generation’ (DRG) to ‘Distributed Generation’ (DG). This means that eventually sites with non-renewable DG can be assigned the various ‘WD’ profile segments. Also, up to 1 MW of installed DG capacity would not have to get a Resource ID and could be assigned one of the DG profile segments.
Agenda Item 7: Interim Solution Update
Due to subject overlap, please see agenda item 6.
Agenda Item 8: Load Research Project Update and Timeline
Bill Boswell gave an update on the LRS Project. Bill said December 31, 2009 is when the LRS sample ends, but it would probably be mid-February before ERCOT receives all of the data it is going to receive.
Agenda Item 9: Any New Issues from ERCOT or Market Participants
Bill stated that ERCOT web content staff had contacted him about the size of the file for the ‘presentations’ link on the PWG web page. The group discussed this and Bill is now going to check into the feasibility of whether another web page or Word document can be made in which there would be a short description and link to the original location for each of the presentations. Ernie said he would put this issue on the agenda for the next meeting. Also, Ernie asked the Load Profiling staff to look at what other presentations might be included in the significant presentations section.
Bill to look at options for posting the presentations.
Load Profiling staff to look at including other significant presentations.
Agenda Item 10: Review Goals, Action Items, and Open/Closed Items List
Ernie reviewed the PWG’s list of goals. After discussion, some changes were made to the list.
Ernie will update the list of PWG goals.
Next Meeting
Ernie is working on getting a meeting set up for January. He will send out a notice when that information is known.
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