Nodal Protocol/Reliability Standards Alignment Task Force

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Nodal Protocol/Reliability Standards Alignment
Task Force
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Mission Statement

• The goal of the Task Force is to review and
  recommend revisions to the Nodal Protocols that
  more accurately reflect the regulatory and
  corporate restructuring that has occurred due to
  Section 215 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005,
  while not altering the market operations and
  activities defined in current Nodal Protocols.
  For example, the Task Force will identify Nodal
  Protocol provisions that purport to restate NERC
  Reliability Standards and modify the Nodal
  Protocols to delineate the appropriate
  relationships of the ERCOT Independent System
  Operator, the Market Participants, and the Texas
  Regional Entity. The Task Force envisions
  delivering the changes on a section by section
  basis. The sections would be posted to a website
  for review by Market Participants as the process
  proceeds. The Task Force envisions providing
  notice of the changes to PRS and TPTF. The
  changes will be implemented through a single NPRR
  at the end of the process (anticipated in 4Q2008).

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NPRRs Reviewed

• 1 Overview
• 5 Transmission Security Analysis and RUC
• 7 Congestion Revenue Rights
• 9 Settlement and Billing
• 10 Metering
• 12 Market Information System
• 13 Transmission and Distribution Losses
• 16 Registration and Qualification of MPs
• 17 Market Monitoring and Data Collection
• 22 A C - Standard Forms

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TSP to Transmission Owner

• TSP in ERCOT An Entity under the jurisdiction
  of the PUCT that owns or operates Transmission
  Facilities used for the transmission of
  electricity and provides transmission service in
  the ERCOT Transmission Grid.
• TSP in NERC The entity that administers the
  transmission tariff and provides Transmission
  Service to Transmission Customers under
  applicable transmission service agreements.
• Transmission Owner in NERC The entity that owns
  and maintains transmission facilities.

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LSE to Customer Service Entity

• LSE in ERCOT An Entity that provides electric
  service to Customers and Wholesale Customers.
  Load Serving Entities include Retail Electric
  Providers, Competitive Retailers, and Non-Opt In
  Entities that serve Load.
• LSE in NERC Secures energy and transmission
  service (and related Interconnected Operations
  Services) to serve the electrical demand and
  energy requirements of its end use customers.

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Non-Spinning Reserve

• NSR in ERCOT A service that is provided through
  utilization of the portion of off-line generation
  capacity capable of being synchronized and ramped
  to a specified output level within thirty (30)
  minutes (or Load that is capable of being
  interrupted within thirty (30) minutes) and that
  is capable of running (or being interrupted) at a
  specified output level for at least one (1) hour.
  Non-Spinning Reserve Service (NSRS) may also be
  provided from unloaded on-line capacity that
  meets the above response requirements and that is
  not participating in any other activity,
  including ERCOT markets, self-generation and
  other energy transactions.
• NSR in NERC
• 1. That generating reserve not connected to the
  system but capable of serving demand within a
  specified time.
• Interruptible load that can be removed from the
  system in a specified time. LSE in NERC Secures
  energy and transmission service (and related
  Interconnected Operations Services) to serve the
  electrical demand and energy requirements of its
  end use customers.

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Other Examples of Terms

• DSP to Distribution Provider
• Are you a QSE or a Resource QSE?
• Emergency Condition and Alerts
• Control Area to Interconnection
• Transmission Element to Transmission Equipment

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Input Needed from TPTF

• Section 6.4.2.2
• (1) A Resource QSE representing a Resource Entity
  with a DSR may update the Output Schedule for a
  dispatch interval at any time before the SCED
  process for that interval.
• Question
• For a DSR, does the generation and load have to
  have the same QSE?

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Where next???

• Current Work
• 6 Adjustment Period and Real-Time Operations
• Next Sections
• 4 Day-Ahead Market
• 17 Market Monitoring and Data Collection