EPE COMPLIANCE & RELIABILITY NEWSLETTER: NERC/TRE/ERCOT EDITION – May 9, 2022
IMPORTANT ENERGY, COMPLIANCE, & REGULATORY NEWS:
- ERCOT’s Transmission & Security Desk Procedure was revised (effective 05/05/2022)
- ERCOT, TX Power Gird, Under Constant Russian Cyber Threats While Facing Peak Demand as Temps Rise
- ERCOT Predicts Larger Demand with Record Heat Forecast This Weekend
- ERCOT observers warn of increased generation forced outages with rule change
- While Texas Froze Part 4: LNG needs monitoring and regulation
- Equilibrium/Sustainability – Texas stares down the barrel of summer grid failure
- State builds massive map to get in front of power outages
- SpaceX is expanding the solar farm at its South Texas launch facility
- Renewables supplied ⅓ of Texas’ electricity in Why that gives us hope for reliability
- Crypto miners in Texas will be using as much energy as the city of Houston by mid-2023, ERCOT says
- Opinion: America’s power grid facing real trouble
- Texas Gets Power Supply-Chain Map to Aid Disaster Response
- Reduce High Energy Costs With Solar Power – Texas Edition
- Utility scale solar inverters need improved commissioning and upkeep
- Supply Challenges Push Renewables Prices Higher, Due Dates Later
- Are pipeline companies too powerful? Texas’ unusual gas market faces fight over winter storm costs
- TotalEnergies adds 4GW to renewable energy portfolio with S. acquisition
- Broad Reach Power LLC’s Procurement of 900 MWh Battery Systems
- Perceptual Robotics Set to Inspect, Analyze Blades for Enel Turbine Fleet
- Ørsted makes final investment decision on 201-MW wind farm in Kansas
- Texas Bitcoin Miners Seek Cheap Power, Land and a Place to Stay
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
- 05/09/2022 – Technical & Security Committee Closed Meeting
- 05/09/2022 – Board of Trustees Closed Meeting
- 05/10/2022 – Industry Webinar – Multiple Solar PV Disturbances in CAISO Disturbances between June & August 2021
- 05/10/2022 – Project 2016-02 Modifications to CIP Standards Drafting Team Meeting
- 05/10/2022 – Project 2021-07 Extreme Cold Weather Grid Operations, Preparedness, and Coordination SDT Meeting
- 05/10/2022 – Finance & Audit Committee Closed Meeting
- 05/10/2022 – Certification Committee Closed Meeting
- 05/10/2022 – Joint ERO Board Leadership Meeting
- 05/10/2022 – Nominating Committee Closed Meeting
- 05/11/2022 – Finance & Audit Committee Open Meeting
- 05/11/2022 – Technical & Security Meeting Open Meeting
- 05/11/2022 – Corporate Governance & Human Resources Open Meeting
- 05/11/2022 – Project 2022-02 Modifications to TPL-001 and MOD-032 SAR SDT Meeting
- 05/11/2022 – Member Representatives Committee Meeting
- 05/12/2022 – Board of Trustees Closed Meeting
- 05/12/2022 – Board of Trustees Open Meeting
- 05/12/2022 – Project 2017-01 Phase II Modifications to BAL-003 Standard Drafting Team Meeting
- 05/12/2022 – Project 2016-02 Modifications to CIP Standards Drafting Team Meeting
- 05/12/2022 – Project 2021-07 Extreme Cold Weather Grid Operations, Preparedness, and Coordination SDT Meeting
- 05/12/2022 – Electric Gas Working Group (EGWG) Meeting
- 05/13/2022 – Energy Reliability Assessment Task Force (ERATF) Meeting
- 05/13/2022 – Project 2021-05 Modifications to PRC-023 Standard Drafting Team
Upcoming NERC Standards for 2022:
Upcoming Texas RE Events:
- 05/10/2022 – Talk with Texas RE: FERC & ERO Joint Review of Protection System Commissioning Programs Report
- 05/11/2022 – NERC Board of Trustees Meeting
- 05/12/2022 – NERC Board of Trustees Meeting
Upcoming PUCT Events:
- 05/12/2022 – Open Meeting
UPCOMING ERCOT EVENTS
Upcoming Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT ISO) Events:
- 05/10/2022 – Voltage Profile Working Group (VPWG) Meeting by Webex Only
- 05/10/2022 – Planning Geomagnetic Disturbance Task Force (PGDTF) Meeting by Webex Only
- 05/11/2022 – Planning Working Group (PWG) Meeting by Webex Only
- 05/11/2022 – Protocol Revision Subcommittee (PRS) Meeting
- 05/12/2022 – Operations Training Working Group (OTWG) Meeting by Webex Only
- 05/12/2022 – PUCT Meeting
- 05/12/2022 – NPRR1093 MOTE Q&A Session
- 05/12/2022 – NPRR1093 MOTE Q&A Session
- 05/13/2022 – Supply Analysis Working Group (SAWG) 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
- 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
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