Unit Description Interval Source Variable Frequency BSSAMT q, r $ standby payment to QSE for the 1 / hour Calculated Yes Start Service Amount per QSE per Resource by hour—The q Black Start Service (BSS) provided by Resource for the hour r, h. BSSPR q, r $ per standby price of BSS Resource represented by 1 / hour No Start Service Price per QSE per Resource—The r hour QSE as specified in the BSS Agreement. q, BSSARF q, r none availability 1 / hour Yes Black Start Service Availability Reduction Factor per QSE per Resource by hour—The reduction factor of Resource represented by QSE under the BSS Agreement, for the hour r q h. BSSHREAF q, r none 1 / hour Yes Black Start Service Hourly Rolling Equivalent Availability Factor per QSE per Resource by equivalent availability factor of the BSS Resource represented by QSE over 4380 hours, for r q the hour h. BSSEH q, r none number of the TBD Yes Black Start Service Elapsed number of Hours per QSE per Resource by hour—The elapsed hours of BSS Resource represented by QSE since the beginning of the BSS Agreement, for r q the hour h. BSSAFLAG q, r, hr none flag of the availability of 1 / hour Yes Black Start Service Availability Flag per QSE per Resource by hour—The BSS Resource represented by QSE 1 for available and 0 for unavailable, for the hour r q, h. BSSAMTQSETOT q $ total of the payments to QSE for BSS provided 1 /hour Yes Black Start Service Amount QSE Total per QSEThe q by all the BSS Resource represented by this QSE for the hour h. Black Start Capacity Charge Description ERCOT shall allocate the total Black Start Service Capacity payment to the QSEs representing Loads based on a Load Ratio Share. The resulting charge to each QSE for a given hour is calculated as follows: (PR 6.6.8.2) Payment is calculated by QSE for each Operating Hour of the Operating Day within the Real-Time Market. Calculation Unit Description Interval Source Variable Frequency
Variable Unit Description Interval Frequency Source BSSAMT q, r $ Start Service Amount per QSE per Resource by hour—The standby payment to QSE q for the Black Start Service (BSS) provided by Resource r, for the hour h. 1 / hour Calculated Yes BSSPR q, r $ per hour Start Service Price per QSE per Resource—The standby price of BSS Resource r represented by QSE q, as specified in the BSS Agreement. 1 / hour No BSSARF q, r none Black Start Service Availability Reduction Factor per QSE per Resource by hour—The availability reduction factor of Resource r represented by QSE q under the BSS Agreement, for the hour h. 1 / hour Yes BSSHREAF q, r none Black Start Service Hourly Rolling Equivalent Availability Factor per QSE per Resource by equivalent availability factor of the BSS Resource r represented by QSE q over 4380 hours, for the hour h. 1 / hour Yes BSSEH q, r none Black Start Service Elapsed number of Hours per QSE per Resource by hour—The number of the elapsed hours of BSS Resource r represented by QSE q since the beginning of the BSS Agreement, for the hour h. TBD Yes BSSAFLAG q, r, hr none Black Start Service Availability Flag per QSE per Resource by hour—The flag of the availability of BSS Resource r represented by QSE q, 1 for available and 0 for unavailable, for the hour h. 1 / hour Yes BSSAMTQSETOT q $ Black Start Service Amount QSE Total per QSEThe total of the payments to QSE q for BSS provided by all the BSS Resource represented by this QSE for the hour h. 1 /hour Yes Black Start Capacity Charge Description ERCOT shall allocate the total Black Start Service Capacity payment to the QSEs representing Loads based on a Load Ratio Share. The resulting charge to each QSE for a given hour is calculated as follows: (PR 6.6.8.2) Payment is calculated by QSE for each Operating Hour of the Operating Day within the Real-Time Market. Calculation Variable Unit Description Interval Frequency Source
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