Martha Henson called the March 9, 2017 PRS meeting to order at 9:30 a.m. Antitrust Admonition Ms. Henson directed attention to the Antitrust Admonition, was displayed. Approval of Minutes (see Key Documents) February 9, 2017 Bob Helton to approve the February 9, 2017 PRS meeting minutes as submitted. Blake Gross seconded the motion. The motion carried unanimously. Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) and Board Report (see Key Documents) Ms. Henson reminded Market Participants that TAC did not meet in February 2017, however Commercial Operations Market Revision Request (COPMGRR) 044, Alignment with NPRR794, Relocation of Unregistered DG Reporting Requirements, was approved by an email vote. Ms. Henson reported the disposition of Revision Requests considered at the February 14, 2017 Board meeting. Project Update and Summary of Project Priority List (PPL) Activity to Date (see Key Documents) Troy Anderson provided a project update and summary of PPL activity, reviewed the 2017 Release results and project spending and presented the priority and rank options for Revision Requests with impacts. Mr. Anderson noted that the Network Model Management System (NMMS) Upgrade project target release go-live date is in Q2 of 2017. Mr. Anderson reviewed the Annual Project Reporting and highlighted documents available to Market Participants to access project information. Annual Review of Other Binding Document List (see Key Documents) Ms. Henson reminded Market Participants of the PRS annual obligation to review the list of Other Binding Documents and presented the current list of Other Binding Documents. Eric Goff moved to recommend approval of the current list of Other Binding Documents. David Kee seconded the motion. The motion carried unanimously. Review PRS Reports, Impact Analyses, and Prioritization (see Key Documents) Nodal Protocol Revision Request (NPRR) 776, Voltage Set Point Communication Market Participants expressed concern for the need for a Full Time Equivalent (FTE) for the additional voltage point. Steve White reviewed the staffing impacts as presented in the revised Impact Analysis and stated that ERCOT could not absorb the operational impacts for the additional voltage point and the management of permissions between the Transmission Service Provider’s (TSP’s) Inter-Control Center Communications Protocol (ICCP) system, which is open and accessible to all Market Participants and the Qualified Scheduling Entity’s (QSE’s) system which is managed on a point to point basis to ensure confidentiality.
Martha Henson called the March 9, 2017 PRS meeting to order at 9:30 a.m. Antitrust Admonition Ms. Henson directed attention to the Antitrust Admonition, was displayed. Approval of Minutes (see Key Documents) February 9, 2017 Bob Helton to approve the February 9, 2017 PRS meeting minutes as submitted. Blake Gross seconded the motion. The motion carried unanimously. Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) and Board Report (see Key Documents) Ms. Henson reminded Market Participants that TAC did not meet in February 2017, however Commercial Operations Market Revision Request (COPMGRR) 044, Alignment with NPRR794, Relocation of Unregistered DG Reporting Requirements, was approved by an email vote. Ms. Henson reported the disposition of Revision Requests considered at the February 14, 2017 Board meeting. Project Update and Summary of Project Priority List (PPL) Activity to Date (see Key Documents) Troy Anderson provided a project update and summary of PPL activity, reviewed the 2017 Release results and project spending and presented the priority and rank options for Revision Requests with impacts. Mr. Anderson noted that the Network Model Management System (NMMS) Upgrade project target release go-live date is in Q2 of 2017. Mr. Anderson reviewed the Annual Project Reporting and highlighted documents available to Market Participants to access project information. Annual Review of Other Binding Document List (see Key Documents) Ms. Henson reminded Market Participants of the PRS annual obligation to review the list of Other Binding Documents and presented the current list of Other Binding Documents. Eric Goff moved to recommend approval of the current list of Other Binding Documents. David Kee seconded the motion. The motion carried unanimously. Review PRS Reports, Impact Analyses, and Prioritization (see Key Documents) Nodal Protocol Revision Request (NPRR) 776, Voltage Set Point Communication Market Participants expressed concern for the need for a Full Time Equivalent (FTE) for the additional voltage point. Steve White reviewed the staffing impacts as presented in the revised Impact Analysis and stated that ERCOT could not absorb the operational impacts for the additional voltage point and the management of permissions between the Transmission Service Provider’s (TSP’s) Inter-Control Center Communications Protocol (ICCP) system, which is open and accessible to all Market Participants and the Qualified Scheduling Entity’s (QSE’s) system which is managed on a point to point basis to ensure confidentiality.