AGENDA
Wholesale Market Subcommittee (WMS) Meeting
ERCOT Austin / 7620 Metro Center Drive / Austin, Texas / 78744
Wednesday, November 1, 2017 – 9:30am
http://ercot.webex.com
Teleconference: 1-877-668-4493
Meeting number: 626 240 223
Meeting password: WMS
1. / Antitrust Admonition / D. Kee / 9:30 a.m.2. / Agenda Review / D. Kee
3. / Approval of WMS Meeting Minutes (Vote)
· September 27, 2017 / D. Kee
4. / Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) Update and Assignments / D. Kee / 9:35 a.m.
· Market Education on Real-Time Co-optimization
5. / ERCOT Operations and Market Items / ERCOT / 9:45 a.m.
· Proposed Changes to AS Methodology for 2018 (Vote) / S. Sharma
· Review of Reliability Unit Commitment (RUC) Activity / D. Woodfin/D. Maggio
· Greens Bayou RMR Final Update / ERCOT
6. / New PRS Referrals (Vote) / D. Kee / 10:40 a.m.
· NPRR848, Separate Clearing Prices for RRS
· NPRR850, Market Suspension and Restart
7. / Revision Requests Tabled at PRS, Referred to WMS (Possible Vote) / D. Kee / 11:00 a.m.
· NPRR807, Day-Ahead Market Price Correction (QMWG)
· NPRR819, Resettlement Clean-Ups (QMWG)
· NPRR828, Include Fast Frequency Response as a Subset of Responsive Reserve (QMWG)
· NPRR832, Disallow PTP Obligation Bids and DAM Energy Bids that Sink at Private Use Network Settlement Points Without a Load Distribution Factor - Urgent
· NPRR835, Removing the Capacity Limits from Resources Providing Fast Responding Regulation Service (FRRS) (QMWG)
· NPRR837, Regional Planning Group (RPG) Process Reform (CMWG)
· NPRR838, Updated O&M Cost for RMR Resources (RCWG)
· NPRR841, Real-Time Adjustments to Day-Ahead Make Whole Payments due to Ancillary Services Infeasibility Charges (QMWG)
· NPRR842, Study Area Load Information (CMWG)
· NPRR844, Clarification to Outage Report (QMWG)
· NPRR845, RMR Process and Agreement Revisions (QMWG) (RCWG)
· NPRR847, Exceptional Fuel Cost Included in the Mitigated Offer Cap (QMWG)
8. / Congestion Management Working Group (CMWG) / I. Haley / 11:20 a.m.
9. / Demand Side Working Group (DSWG) / T. Carter / 11:30 a.m.
· DSWG Leadership (Vote)
Vice Chair: Mona Tierney-Lloyd, EnerNOC
10. / Market Credit Working Group (MCWG) / B. Barnes / 11:40 a.m.
11. / Qualified Scheduling Entity (QSE) Managers Working Group (QMWG) / E. Goff / 11:50 a.m.
12. / Supply Analysis Working Group (SAWG) / B. Sams / 12:05 a.m.
· NERC process for updating Reserve Margin
13. / Other Business / D. Kee / 12:25 p.m.
· Protocol Section 6.5.1.1 and the Procedure for Procuring Emergency Capacity / B. Barnes
· Review of Open Action Items
· 2018 Membership/Segment Elections / ERCOT
· No Report
o Emerging Technologies Working Group (ETWG)
o Metering Working Group (MWG)
o Resource Cost Working Group (RCWG)
Adjourn / D. Kee / 12:40 p.m.
Open Action Items / Responsible / Assigned /
Transmission losses in Real-Time Settlement / CMWG / 04/05/2017
Process for economic consideration for Outage Scheduling / CMWG / 07/12/2017
TAC Assignment: Alternative Solutions to issues in NPRR821, Elimination of the CRR Deration Process / CMWG / 08/02/2017
Non-ERS deployments of ERS Generators / CMWG/QMWG/DSWG / 09/06/2017
Directive #7 (Southern Cross Transmission Assignment) – Congestion Management (anticipated Discussions Q2-18) / CMWG/QMWG / 9/27/2017
Integration of ERS and Load Shed in price formation intended in NPRR626/Validations for Telemetry / DSWG/QMWG / 01/07/2015 / 07/06/2016
Review testing requirements for all Resources and impact on price formation / QMWG / 03/05/2014
Notification requirements of Resources switchable to other Control Areas / QMWG / 10/29/2014
Market Transparency Notification for Market Model Error / QMWG / 09/02/2015
Quick Start Generation Resources impact to operational reserves / QMWG / 11/04/2015
TAC Assignment: Ancillary Service Enhancements (System Inertia, NonSpin issues, etc.) / include LR Percentage in RRS / QMWG / 06/08/2016 / 07/06/2016
RMR Issue: Obligation or Incentive For Early Notification / QMWG / 07/06/2016
RMR Issue: Transmission Planning Assumptions – should ERCOT forecast retirements
· Develop potential alternatives to potential retirements / QMWG/PLWG / 07/06/2016
RMR Issue: ORDC capacity calculation / QMWG / 07/06/2016
Switchable Generation Resource Demand Side Working Group (DSWG) Whitepaper / QMWG/RCWG / 07/06/2016
Evaluate concerns with bringing RUC units earlier than required / QMWG / 10/17/2016
Regional Reserves Concept / QMWG / 11/02/2016
TAC Assignment: Reliability Unit Commitment (RUC) for Capacity / QMWG / 02/01/2017
Address the related issues of curtailments during watch (related to NPRR818) / QMWG / 03/01/2017
Constraint Definitions / QMWG/NDSWG / 07/12/2017
NPRR845, RMR Process and Agreement Revisions / QMWG / 07/12/2017
Directive #10 (Southern Cross Transmission Assignment) – Price formation in Emergency conditions (consider 10/27/17) / QMWG / 09/27/2017
Review removal of PPA applied in Verifiable Cost from Protocol / RCWG / 10/29/2014
TAC Assignment: Alternative to NPRR664, Fuel Index Price for Resource Definition…
· Aging Projects – NPRR664, Index Fuel Price / RCWG / 01/07/2015
Coal Index – Long Term Solution / RCWG / 06/08/2016
RMR Issue: Contract length
· “significant investment” language / RCWG / 07/06/2016
Define scope of Real-Time Co-optimization / SAWG / 04/05/2017
Monitor RDF re PRC vs ORDC (Annual Review - 2018) / WMS / 06/08/2016
MRA Issues (Reconsider in September) / WMS / 07/06/2016
RMR Issue: Get rid of transmission exit strategy for RMRs / WMS / 07/06/2016
RMR Issue: RMR for capacity criteria / WMS/ROS / 07/06/2016
TAC Assignment: 2% Resettlement Rule / WMS/COPS / 12/01/2016
Market education on Real-Time Co-optimization / WMS / 09/28/2017
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