EPE COMPLIANCE & RELIABILITY NEWSLETTER: NERC/TRE/ERCOT EDITION – May 16, 2022
IMPORTANT ENERGY, COMPLIANCE, & REGULATORY NEWS:
- Energy prices in Greater Houston soared into the thousands on Monday
- Ongoing heat expected to test power grid again
- Power generators, providers are making summer preps, but are hamstrung by ERCOT’s caution
- ERCOT monitoring aftermath of fire at power plant in Fort Bend County, officials say
- RWE Renewables wind farm in Texas begins commercial operations
- Texas adopts electricity supply chain map
- Texas Power Generator Talen Energy Files for Bankruptcy
- Texas solar project pushes petroleum operator toward renewables
- How the war in Ukraine could slow Texas’ energy transition
- Crypto Mining Strains Energy Grid and Creates Fresh Demands for Housing in Texas
- ERCOT Projects Meeting Demand for Power Without Rolling Outages, Conservation Alerts
- Texas Gets Power Supply-Chain Map to Aid Disaster Response
- Amazon begins installing charging stations in North Texas for electric delivery fleet
- Texas power demand hits monthly record in heatwave
- Capacity, Flexibility and Resilience with BESS
- Entergy Texas and Lamar University Partner to Expand Electric Vehicle Access
- Entergy Texas Energizes New Substation in Huntsville
- Addressing the SCADA Skills Gap
- Data Spurs Big Change in Wildfire Mitigation
- Are Aggressive Energy Storage Policies a Sound Strategy?
- Capacity, Flexibility and Resilience with BESS
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)
- 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
- Project 2020-06 – Verifications of Models and Data for Generators Industry Webinar materials posted
- Utilizing Excess Capability of BPS-Connected Inverter-Based Resources for Frequency Support Informational Webinar materials posted
- CIP Risk Factor Changes Informal Webinar materials posted
UPCOMING REGULATORY EVENTS
Upcoming NERC Events:
- 04/20/2022-06/03/2022 – 2022 Periodic Review Standing Review Team – Standards Grading – Comment Period
- 05/16/2022 – Project 2021-01 Modifications to MOD-025 and PRC-019 Drafting Team Meeting
- 05/16/2022 – Project 2020-03 Supply Chain Low Impact Revisions Drafting Team Meeting
- 05/17/2022 – Personnel Certification Governance Committee Meeting
- 05/17/2022 – Credential Maintenance Working Group Meeting
- 05/17/2022 – Project 2020-04 Modifications to CIP-012 Standard Drafting Team Meeting
- 05/17/2022 – Standards Committee Process Subcommittee Teleconference WebEx
- 05/18/2022 – Project 2020-03 Supply Chain Low Impact Revisions Drafting Team Meeting
- 05/18/2022 – Standards Committee Teleconference WebEx
- 05/18/2022 – Project 2021-02 Modifications to VAR-002 Standard Drafting Team
- 05/19/2022 – Project 2019-04 Modifications to PRC-005-6 Standard Drafting Team Meeting
Upcoming NERC Standards for 2022:
Upcoming Texas RE Events:
- 05/16/2022 – Align Release 3 Hands-On Training
- 05/18/2022 – Member Representatives Committee Meeting
- 05/18/2022 – Audit, Governance, & Finance Committee Meeting
- 05/18/2022 – Board of Directors Meeting
- 05/19/2022 – NSRF Meeting
- 05/19/2022 – Talk with Texas RE: Battery Storage in the Texas Interconnection
- 05/20/2022 – SAR-012 Standard Drafting Team Meeting
UPCOMING ERCOT EVENTS
Upcoming Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT ISO) Events:
- 05/16/2022 – Congestion Management Working Group (CMWG) Meeting by Webex Only
- 05/16/2022 – Update to Reports Related to Photo Voltaic (PV) Forecasts & Implementation of PV Regions Workshop
- 05/17/2022 – Network Data Support Working Group (NDSWG) Meeting by Webex Only
- 05/17/2022 – Regional Planning Group (RPG) Meeting
- 05/17/2022 – Planning Working Group (PLWG) Meeting
- 05/18/2022 – Texas Standard Electronic Transaction (SET) WG Meeting
- 05/18/2022 – Credit Working Group (CWG)/Market Credit Working Group (MCWG) Meeting by Webex Only
- 05/18/2022 – Performance, Disturbance, Compliance Working Group (PDCWG) Meeting
- 05/18/2022 – Large Flexible Load Task Force (LFLTF) Meeting
- 05/19/2022 – MarkeTrak Technical Refresh Training Workshop by Webex Only
- 05/19/2022 – Operations Working Group (OWG) Meeting by Webex Only
- 05/19/2022 – Texas Data Transport and MarkeTrak Systems Working Group (TDTMS) Meeting by Webex Only
- 05/19/2022 – Technology Working Group (TWG) Meeting by Webex Only
- 05/20/2022 – Wholesale Market Working Group (WMWG) Meeting by Webex Only
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
- NPRR1130 – Weatherization Inspection Fees Sunset Date Extension
- NPRR1131 – Controllable Load Resource Participation in Non-Spin
- NPRR1132 – Communicate Operating Limitations during Cold and Hot Weather Conditions
- NPRR1133 – Clarify Responsibilities for Submission of Planning Model Data for DC Ties
- NPRR1134 – Related to RMGRR168, Modify ERCOT’s Mass Transition Responsibilities
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
- PGRR101 – Related to NPRR1133, Clarify Responsibilities for Submission of Planning Model Data for DC Ties