PRS 1/13/22

PRS 1/13/22

Executive Summary In today’s Protocol Revision Subcommittee (PRS) meeting three protocol changes incited significant discussion and ERCOT proposed a new working group. Troy gave his usual update on project statuses, now with an implementation date of October 4th for FFR Advancement, which changes the ERCOT interface.  Three NPRRs caused some stir;  NPRR1112, which would eliminate…

Visualizing ERCOT Outages

Visualizing ERCOT Outages

Using our data pipeline and CIM Insight tool, we present the following visualizations of ERCOT outages in plotly. The plots display outages as aggregate power reductions at points in time for a trailing 30-day period in stacked line charts. The charts have many interactive features, including zooming in on selected ranges, removing or highlighting data…

Non-spin Procurement by ERCOT in 2021

Non-spin Procurement by ERCOT in 2021

Non Spin procurement changed significantly in 2021. This chart presents both this size of the changes caused by ERCOT’s conservative operations and the change in what type of resources are supplying Non Spin. The visualizations presented here are presented as is, for demonstration purposes only, and no warranties or guarantees are expressed or implied. Please…

Daily Cost/Value of Non-Spin Procurement by ERCOT in 2021

Daily Cost/Value of Non-Spin Procurement by ERCOT in 2021

Expanding on our previous look at Non Spin procurment in 2021, this chart loks at the value (quantity * price) of Non Spin. We started the chart in March of 2021 because the Winter Storm Uri numbers make everything else seem tiny and indistinguishable if they are included. The visualizations presented here are presented as…

WMWG 1/28/22
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WMWG 1/28/22

Executive Summary A long WMS meeting covered topics important to generators (NPRR1084- require outages for derates; NPRR1108- ERCOT to approve or deny all resource outages, possible RMR of resource owned transmission equipment), batteries (NPRR1100-Allow emergency microgridding, NPRR1096-battery duration for NonSpin and ECRS) and everyone connected to the grid (how do exceptional fuel costs affect mitigation,…

NPRR1113 Elimination of Double Counting FFR RegUp in AS Imbalance

NPRR1113 Elimination of Double Counting FFR RegUp in AS Imbalance

The Gist ERCOT noticed that RegUp was being double counted in the regulation up component of Controllable Load Resources (CLRs).  This resulted in overpayment to some QSEs (around $13k total).  This NPRR fixes that double counting  Important Actions 1/13/22 CNPRR1113 introduced to PRS and quickly passed on the combo ballot Reference NPRR1113 (ERCOT) Meeting Notes…

PRS 1/13/22
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PRS 1/13/22

Executive Summary In today’s Protocol Revision Subcommittee (PRS) meeting three protocol changes incited significant discussion and ERCOT proposed a new working group. Troy gave his usual update on project statuses, now with an implementation date of October 4th for FFR Advancement, which changes the ERCOT interface.  Three NPRRs caused some stir;  NPRR1112, which would eliminate…