The [name] RAP has been [taken out of service/removed from RTCA] due to a [Planned/Forced Outage]. If the RAP has changed status (taken out or placed in service): Send e-mail for notification and have RTCA updated, Status Support Engineering” “OPS Change ERCOT System Operators” “1 “DAMTeam” LOG Log all actions. Pre-Contingency Action Plan (PCAP) Pre-Contingency Action Plans (PCAPs) are designed to be enacted CAUTION before the contingency occurs. WHEN: RTCA shows a post-contingency overload and a PCAP exists to resolve it; THEN: Review the PCAP with the impacted Transmission Operator, Notify the Shift Supervisor of the anticipated actions, Instruct the execution of the PCAP with the impacted 1 Transmission Operator. Typical Script to appropriate TO: is ERCOT Operator [first and last name]. At [xx:xx], ERCOT is “This giving an Operating Instruction [TO] to implement the ****PCAP and [open/close] [breaker(s)]. [TO] please repeat this back to me.” If repeat back is CORRECT, is correct, you.” “That If INCORRECT, repeat the process until the repeat back is correct. If necessary, use congestion management methods for post contingency NOTE loading after initiating the PCAP. WHEN: A PCAP is no longer needed; THEN: Instruct the impacted Transmission Operator to return the system 2 to: Its normal status, OR Its status prior to implementation of the PCAP. IF: A PCAP is used to alleviate the identified problem regardless of 3 the contingency listed on the PCAP; THEN: Make log entry. LOG Log all actions.
The [name] RAP has been [taken out of service/removed from RTCA] due to a [Planned/Forced Outage]. Status Change If the RAP has changed status (taken out or placed in service): Send e-mail for notification and have RTCA updated, “OPS Support Engineering” “1 ERCOT System Operators” “DAMTeam” LOG Log all actions. Pre-Contingency Action Plan (PCAP) CAUTION Pre-Contingency Action Plans (PCAPs) are designed to be enacted before the contingency occurs. 1 WHEN: RTCA shows a post-contingency overload and a PCAP exists to resolve it; THEN: Review the PCAP with the impacted Transmission Operator, Notify the Shift Supervisor of the anticipated actions, Instruct the execution of the PCAP with the impacted Transmission Operator. Typical Script to appropriate TO: “This is ERCOT Operator [first and last name]. At [xx:xx], ERCOT is giving an Operating Instruction [TO] to implement the ****PCAP and [open/close] [breaker(s)]. [TO] please repeat this back to me.” If repeat back is CORRECT, “That is correct, you.” If INCORRECT, repeat the process until the repeat back is correct. NOTE If necessary, use congestion management methods for post contingency loading after initiating the PCAP. 2 WHEN: A PCAP is no longer needed; THEN: Instruct the impacted Transmission Operator to return the system to: Its normal status, OR Its status prior to implementation of the PCAP. 3 IF: A PCAP is used to alleviate the identified problem regardless of the contingency listed on the PCAP; THEN: Make log entry. LOG Log all actions.