AGENDA
Wholesale Market Subcommittee (WMS) Meeting
7620 Metro Center Drive / Austin, Texas / 78744
Wednesday, August 5, 2015 – 9:30am
http://ercot.webex.com
Meeting Number: 626 125 137
Meeting Password: WMS123!!!
Audio Dial-in: 1.877.668.4493
1. / Antitrust Admonition / S. Cochran / 9:30 a.m.2. / Approval of WMS Meeting Minutes (Vote)
· July 8, 2015
3. / Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) Update and Assignments
· Value of Parameter T5 / S. Cochran
4. / PRS Referrals
· NPRR712, Clarification of RUC Process (Vote)
· NPRR715, Clarification of Generator Modeling in the Market System / S. Cochran / 9:45 a.m.
5. / ERCOT Operations and Market Items
· NPRR650, Clarification of Real-Time Telemetry for Split Generation Resources
· EMS Coding Issue / N. Bigbee
C. Seely / 10:00 a.m.
6. / Outage Coordination Improvement Task Force (OCITF)
· Transmission Outage Submission
· Options for Considering Economic Impact of Outages on the Market (Vote) / L. Jones
S. Cochran
L. Jones / 10:15 a.m.
7. / QSE Managers Working Group (QMWG)
· NPRR663, Ancillary Service Insufficiency Actions (Vote)
· NPRR689, Settlement of Ancillary Service Assignment in Real-Time Operations
· NPRR696, Price Correction Process Following a SCED Failure Price Correction Policy During SCED Failure
· NPRR705, Provides Consistency for References to the End Date of the Generation Interconnection Process (Vote)
· NPRR708, Clarifying ERCOT Actions During Energy Emergency Alerts (Vote)
· ORDC and RUC Buy Back
· Regulation Bias in Generation To Be Dispatched
· Application of Wind Chill for short-term capacity sufficiency – MWs at Risk / E. Goff / 11:15 a.m.
Lunch / 12:00 p.m.
8. / Supply Analysis Working Group (SAWG)
· Update – NERC LTRA & LOLE Study
· Update – Real-Time Co-Optimization and Multi-Interval RT Market
· RFI for Coal Generation / B. Whittle / 1:00 p.m.
9. / Congestion Management Working Group (CMWG)
· CRR Balancing Account Short Fall
· Monitor bid results upon implementation of SCR 779 increase in bid limits
· Notice of GTLs Related to New Generation Interconnection
· Pricing and Stability Limits / M. Soutter / 1:30 p.m.
10. / Demand Side Working Group (DSWG)
· Update - Loads In SCED v2 Subgroup - LMP-G Policy / T. Carter
B. Barnes / 1:45 p.m.
11. / Emerging Technologies Working Group (ETWG)
· Update – PVGR Forecasting Implementation
· Update – Defining Distributed Energy Resources
· SolarCity on DER Market / C. Blevins / 2:00 p.m.
12. / Market Credit Working Group (MCWG)
· Electricity Forward Curves
· NPRR702, Flexible Accounts, Payment of Invoices, and Disposition of Interest on Cash Collateral
· DRAFT NPRR Phase II NPRR484, Revisions to Congestion Revenue Rights Credit Calculations and Payments
· DRAFT NPRR, Credit Clarification and Credit updates
· T5 component of the Minimum Current Exposure (MCE) Calculation
· Enhanced Seasonal Adjustment Factor White Paper / B. Barnes / 2:15 p.m.
13. / Resource Cost Working Group (RCWG) / P. Vinson / 2:30 p.m.
14. / Other Business
· Review of 2015 WMS Projects
· Review of Open Action Items
· No Updates
o Metering Working Group (MWG) / S. Cochran / 2:45 p.m.
Adjourn / S. Cochran / 3:00 p.m.
Future WMS Meetings:
· September 2, 2015
· October 7, 2015
Open Action Items / Responsible / Assigned
Notice of GTLs Related to New Generation Interconnection / CMWG / 4/06/2014
Monitor bid results upon implementation of SCR 779 increase in bid limits / CMWG / 03/04/2015
CRR Balancing Account short falls / CMWG / 05/06/2015
Alternative Implementation for NPRR455, CRR Shift Factors Report / CMWG / 06/03/2015
Pricing and Stability Limits / CMWG / 07/08/2015
Integration of ERS and Load Shed in price formation intended in NPRR626 / DSWG / 01/07/2015
Review testing requirements for all Resources and impact on price formation / QMWG / 03/05/2014
NPRR684, Remove Annual RUC Impact Report Requirement / QMWG / 04/06/2014
Market Impact of Voltage Reduction / QMWG / 10/29/2014
Notification requirements of Resources switchable to other Control Areas / QMWG / 10/29/2014
Alternatives for extreme cold weather RUC / QMWG / 01/07/2015
Impact on RRS from NERC-BAL-003, Ancillary Service Procurement / QMWG / 01/07/2015
Review application of Wind Chill for short-term capacity sufficiency / QMWG / 03/04/2015
NPRR649, Lost Opportunity Payments for HDL Manual Overrides / QMWG / 04/06/2015
Review Price Correction Policy During SCED Failure / QMWG / 04/06/2015
Ancillary Service Replacement due to Transmission Constraints / QMWG / 07/08/2015
Develop case examples in order to assess the potential dollar impact of utilizing separate MOCs for power augmentation and quick start unit modes / RCWG / 02/05/2014
Review removal of PPA applied in Verifiable Cost from Protocol / RCWG / 10/29/2014
Selection process for Fuel Index Vendor / RCWG / 10/29/2014
Alternative to NPRR664, Fuel Index Price for Resource Definition… / RCWG / 01/07/2015
Real-Time Co-optimization – Multi-interval SCED / SAWG / 10/29/2014