IMPORTANT ENERGY, COMPLIANCE, & REGULATORY NEWS:
- Broad Reach Power and CATL Announce Large Purchase of Battery Storage Systems for Texas
- ERCOT Now Requires Cryptocurrency Miners to Provide Information on Their Impact to the Texas Power Grid
- Two Day Programme Exploring Fundamentals of The Texas ERCOT Electric Power Market
- Jupiter Power closes USD 6m financing for ERCOT storage portfolio
- Texas gas demand from power hits 11-year low on high gas prices, wind generation
- Wind was second-largest source of S. electricity generation on March 29
- Fitch Revises Outlook of South Texas Electric Cooperative, TX to Stable; Affirms IDR at ‘A+’
- CyrusOne Purchases Solar and Wind Energy in North Texas from Gexa Energy
- Wind-Powered Electricity Gains New Prominence but Still Long Way From Natural Gas, EIA Says
- Energy sector on high alert after discovery of new malware targeting industrial control systems
- DOE Announces Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Opportunities for Rural America
- Deadly Texas storm motivates Florida Power & Light to prepare for extreme winter weather
- Wind energy needs dramatic increase to hit net-zero goals, new report says
- Orsted taps breakneck renewables growth
- Weekly renewables M&A round-up
- Enel Green Power begins construction of 300MW onshore wind farm in Oklahoma
- Dover solar farm project to be considered – again
- Texas solar project secures financing
- National Grid Announces Historic Fossil-Free Plan, Launching Bold Clean Energy Vision
- One Massachusetts Company Has a Big Sustainability Story to Tell on Earth Day
- Record amounts of zero-carbon electricity generation and storage now seeking grid interconnection
HELPFUL LINKS:
- NERC Lessons Learned
- Updated Registered Entity Self-Report and Mitigation Plan User Guide
- ERCOT Roadmap to Improving Grid Reliability
- NERC Reliability Guidelines
- NERC Compliance Guidance web page
- Compliance Monitoring & Enforcement Program One-Stop Shop
- ERO Enterprise Program Alignment Process
- Consistency Reporting Tool (EthicsPoint)
- Risk-Based Registration Initiative
- Reliability Standard Audit Worksheets
- Enforcement & Mitigation: Enforcement Actions
- Align Project (formerly CMEP Technology Project)
- Reliability Guideline: Gas and Electrical Operational Coordination Considerations
- NERC Training Site
- Texas RE Resource Hub
- NERC Webinar – Project 2020-03 – Supply Chain Low Impact Revisions Slide Deck & Recording
- FERC and ERO Enterprise Joint Report on Real-Time Assessments
- FERC and ERO Enterprise Webinar on Real-Time Assessments
- SERC Real-Time Assessment Training Module
- Overheard at the 2022 Texas Energy Summit
UPCOMING REGULATORY EVENTS
Upcoming NERC Events:
- 04/26/2022 – 04/27/2022 – System Planning Impacts from DERs Working Group (SPIDERWG)
- 04/26/2022 – Project 2017-01 Phase II Modifications to BAL-003 Standard Drafting Team Meeting
- 04/26/2022 – ERO Monitoring Subcommittee (EROMS) Meeting April 2022
- 04/26/2022 – Project 2021-07 Extreme Cold Weather Grid Operations, Preparedness, & Coordination SDT Meeting
- 04/27/2022 – Organization Registration and Certification Subcommittee (ORCS) Meeting April 2022
- 04/27/2022 – Project 2020-02 Transmission-connected Dynamic Reactive Resources Drafting Team Meeting
- 04/27/2022 – Compliance and Certification Committee (CCC) April 2022 Meeting Day 1 – Hybrid
- 04/27/2022 – Project 2021-05 Modifications to PRC-023 Standard Drafting Team
- 04/27/2022 – Joint Resources Subcommittee (RS) and Real Time Operating Subcommittee (RTOS) Meeting
- 04/28/2022 – Compliance and Certification Committee (CCC) Meeting Day 2 – Hybrid
- 04/28/2022 – Project 2021-02 Modifications to VAR-002 SAR Drafting Team
- 04/28/2022 – Project 2021-07 Extreme Cold Weather Grid Operations, Preparedness, & Coordination SDT Meeting
- 04/29/2022 – Project 2019-04 Modifications to PRC-005-6 Standard Drafting Team Meeting
Upcoming NERC Standards for 2022:
Upcoming Texas RE Events:
- 04/26/2022 – Texas RE Member Representatives Committee Conference Call
- 04/28/2022 – Talk with Texas RE: Texas Public Power Association Update
- 04/28/2022 – NERC Standards Review Forum NSRF Meeting
Upcoming PUCT Events:
- 04/27/2022 – ERCOT HR & Governance Committee Meeting
- 04/27/2022 – ERCOT Finance & Audit Committee Meeting
- 04/27/2022 – ERCOT Reliability & Markets Committee Meeting
- 04/28/2022 – ERCOT Board of Directors Meeting
UPCOMING ERCOT EVENTS
Upcoming Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT ISO) Events:
- 04/25/2022 – NPRR1093 Load Resource Participation in Non-Spinning Reserve Workshop
- 04/26/2022 – Demand Side Working Group (DSWG) Meeting
- 04/26/2022 – Large Flexible Load Task Force (LFLTF) Meeting
- 04/27/2022 – HR and Governance Committee Meeting
- 04/27/2022 – Finance & Audit Committee Meeting
- 04/27/2022 – Reliability and Markets Committee Meeting
- 04/28/2022 – Board of Directors Meeting
Active Nodal Protocol Revision Requests
- NPRR956 – Designation of Providers of Transmission Additions
- NPRR981 – Day-Ahead Market Price Correction Process
- NPRR1058 – Resource Offer Modernization for Real-Time Co-Optimization
- NPRR1067 – Market Entry Qualifications, Continued Participation Requirements, and Credit Risk Assessment
- NPRR1070 – Planning Criteria for GTC Exit Solutions
- NPRR1084 – Improvements to Reporting of Resource Outages and Derates
- NPRR1085 – Ensuring Continuous Validity of Physical Responsive Capability (PRC) & Dispatch through Timely Changes to Resource Telemetry and Current Operating Plans (COPs)
- NPRR1088 – Applying Forward Adjustment Factors to Forward Market Positions and Un-applying Forward Adjustment Factors to Prior Market Positions
- NPRR1089 – Requiring Highest-Ranking Representative, Official, or Officer of a Resource Entity to Execute Weatherization and Natural Gas Declarations
- NPRR1092 – Reduce RUC Offer Floor and Remove RUC Opt-Out Provision
- NPRR1096 – Require Sustained Two-Hour Capability for ECRS and Four-Hour Capability for Non-Spin
- NPRR1100 – Emergency Switching Solutions for Energy Storage Resources
- NPRR1108 – ERCOT Shall Approve or Deny All Resource Outage Requests
- NPRR1110 – Black Start Requirements Update
- NPRR1112 – Reduction of Unsecured Credit Limits
- NPRR1116 – Remove Obsolete Reference to Market Information System (MIS)
- NPRR1117 – Related to SMOGRR025, Modifications to Line Loss Compensation Requirement for EPS Metering
- NPRR1118 – Clarifications to the OSA Process
- NPRR1119 – Removal of Extraneous Language Pertaining to the Calculation of Weekly Generation and Load Resource Capacity Forecasts
- NPRR1121 – Add a Posting Requirement to the Exceptional Fuel Cost Submission Process
- NPRR1122 – Clarifications for PURA Subchapter M Securitization Default Charges
- NPRR1123 – Clarifications for PURA Subchapter N Securitization Uplift Charges
- NPRR1124 – Recovering Actual Fuel Costs through RUC Guarantee
- NPRR1125 – Use of Financial Security for Securitization Default Charge & Securitization Uplift Charge Invoices & Escrow Deposit Requests
- NPRR1126 – Default Uplift Allocation Enhancement
- NPRR1127 – Clarification of ERCOT Hotline Uses
- NPRR1128 – Allow FFR Procurement up to FFR Limit Without Proration
- NPRR1129 – Posting ESI IDs of Transmission-Voltage Customer Opt-Outs
Active Nodal Operating Guide Revision Requests
- NOGRR215 – Limit Use of Remedial Action Schemes
- NOGRR226 – Revision to 5% Transmission Operator (TO) Load Shedding Relay Set Point
- NOGRR230 – WAN Participant Security
- NOGRR239 – WAN Data Protection Responsibilities
- NOGRR240 – Direct Current Tie (DC Tie) Ride-Through Requirements
- NOGRR241 – Related to NPRR1127, Clarification of ERCOT Hotline Uses
Active Planning Guide Revision Requests
- PGRR073 – Related to NPRR956, Designation of Providers of Transmission Additions
- PGRR096 – Achieve Consistent Representation of Distributed Generation in Steady-State Models
- PGRR098 – Consideration of Load Shed in Transmission Planning Criteria
- PGRR100 – Steady-State Case Building Timeline Update
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