EPE COMPLIANCE & RELIABILITY NEWSLETTER: NERC/TRE/ERCOT EDITION – Week of August 08 – 12, 2022
IMPORTANT ENERGY, COMPLIANCE, & REGULATORY NEWS:
- ERCOT Confident In Grid As Heat Blankets Texas Again
- Integrating Bitcoin Miners into ERCOT: Critical Issues Come into Focus for Large Flexible Load Task Force
- There’s an explanation for your skyrocketing energy bill
- Why the Texas grid causes the High Plains to turn off its wind turbines
- One way Bitcoin miners can make money: Selling electricity back to Texas
- Broad Reach Power gets US$160 million financing for battery storage projects
- Who benefits from renewable energy subsidies? It’s often fossil fuel companies fighting clean energy elsewhere
- Offshore wind to the rescue! Texas proposal could keep us cool when inland wind farms can’t.
- Renewable Tax Credits, ‘Environmental Justice’ Grants Included in $369 Billion ‘Inflation Reduction Act’
- Spearmint Acquires Energy Storage Project Tied to Texas Wind Farm
- Experts Develop Cybersecurity Systems to Detect Attacks on Renewable Sources Sending Power to the Grid
- Bitcoin Miner Riot Blockchain Earned $9.5M for Curtailing Operations in Texas
- Texas Grid Came Very Close To Failure Last Month
- Chesapeake eyes sale of south Texas shale oil assets, focuses on gas
- FERC, NERC urge North American Energy Standards Board to help boost gas-electric coordination
- ‘Batteries aren’t going to do it’: NERC’s Moura calls for gas investment to maintain reliability
- FERC Approves $249K Penalties in SERC, RF, Texas RE
- Texas RE Warns Utilities Not to Wait on CIP Compliance
- FERC Allows MISO to Exclude Tx Projects from Competition
HELPFUL LINKS:
- EPE’s NEWS, Events, & Publications Repository
- 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
- 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
- P2800-Standard for Interconnection and Interoperability of Inverter-Based Resources Interconnecting with Associated Transmission Electric Power Systems – Timeline and Milestones
- CIP Risk Factor Changes Informal Webinar materials posted
UPCOMING NERC & REGULATORY EVENTS
Upcoming NERC Events:
- 08/08/2022 – Security Integration & Technology Enablement Subcommittee (SITES) Monthly Meeting
- 08/09/2022 – 08/11/2022 – ESIG, NAGF, NERC and EPRI Joint Generator Interconnection Virtual Workshop
- 08/09/2022 – 08/10/2022 – Project 2021-04 Modifications to PRC-002 Standard Drafting Team Meeting
- 08/09/2022 – Project 2019-04 Modifications to PRC-005 Standard Drafting Team Meeting
- 08/10/2022 – Electromagnetic Pulse Working Group (EMPWG): quarterly touchbase
- 08/10/2022 – Project 2021-02 Modifications to VAR-002 Standard Drafting Team Meeting
- 08/11/2022 – Reliability Issues Steering Committee (RISC) Meeting
- 08/11/2022 – Board of Trustees Open Meeting
- 08/10/2022 – 08/19/2022 – Project 2020-03 – Supply Chain Low Impact Revisions | Draft 3 – Ballot
- 06/21/2022 – 09/07/2022 – Project 2017-01 – Modifications to BAL-003 – Phase II | Draft 1 – Ballot
- 07/25/2022 – 08/23/2022 – Project 2017-01 – Modifications to BAL-003 – Phase II | Draft 1 – Ballot
- 07/06/2022 – 08/19/2022 – Project 2020-03 – Supply Chain Low Impact Revisions – Comments
- 07/26/2022 – 08/24/2022 – Draft 2023–2025 Reliability Standards Development Plan – Comments
- 07/25/2022 – 09/07/2022 – Project 2017-01 – Modifications to BAL-003 – Phase II | Draft 1 – Comments
- 07/29/2022 – 08/12/2022 – Comment Period Open for Draft White Paper |recent cyber security events – Comments
- 06/21/2022 – 08/20/2022 – IRPS Approved Draft Reliability Guidelines – Comments
- 06/29/2022 – 08/13/2022 – Draft Reliability Guideline: Parameterization of the DER_A Model for Aggregate DER – Comments
- 07/06/2022 – 08/19/2022 – Project 2020-03 – Supply Chain Low Impact Revisions – Comments
- CIP-014-3 RSAW Posted
- Project 2020-03 Supply Chain Low Impact Revisions Industry Webinar – Slide Presentation – Recording
Other NERC News:
- EPRI–ESIG–NAGF–NERC Generator Interconnection Workshop – August 9–11, 2022 | Day 1 Registration | Day 2 Registration | Day 3 Registration
- GridSecCon 2022 – October 18–19, 2022 | Register
Upcoming NERC Standards for 2022:
Upcoming Texas RE Events:
- No meetings scheduled
Upcoming PUCT Events:
- No meetings scheduled
UPCOMING ERCOT EVENTS
Upcoming Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT ISO) Events:
- 08/08/2022 – Congestion Management Working Group (CMWG) Meeting by Webex Only
- 08/09/2022 – Regional Planning (RPG) Meeting by Webex Only
- 08/09/2022 – Planning Working Group (PLWG) Meeting by Webex Only
- 08/10/2022 – Reliability & Operations Subcommittee (ROS) Meeting
- 08/11/2022 – Operations Training Working Group (OTWG) Meeting by Webex Only
- 08/11/2022 – Protocol Revision Subcommittee (PRS) Meeting
- 08/11/2022 – Steady State Working Group (SSWG) Meeting (Cont. of 7/27/2022)
- 08/12/2022 – Inverter Based Resource Task Force (IBRTF) 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
- NPRR1112 – Reduction of Unsecured Credit Limits
- NPRR1118 – Clarifications to the OSA Process
- NPRR1126 – Default Uplift Allocation Enhancement
- NPRR1127 – Clarification of ERCOT Hotline Uses
- NPRR1128 – Allow FFR Procurement up to FFR Limit Without Proration
- 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
- NPRR1135 – Add On-Line Status Check for Resources Telemetering OFFNS for Ancillary Service Imbalance Settlements
- NPRR1136 – Updates to Language Regarding a QSE Moving Ancillary Service Responsibility Between Resources
- NPRR1137 – Updates to Section1
- NPRR1138 – Communication of Capability and Status of Online IRRs at 0 MW Output
- NPRR1139 – Adjustments to Capacity Shortfall Ratio Share for IRRs
- NPRR1140 – Recovering Fuel Costs for Generation Above LSL During RUC-Committed Hours
- NPRR1141 – Require Notary Public for NCI and Notice of Change of Banking Information Forms
- NPRR1142 – ERS Changes to Reflect Updated PUCT Rule Changes re R. 25.507
- NPRR1143 – Provide ERCOT Flexibility to Determine When ESRs May Charge During an EEA Level 3
- NPRR1144 – Station Service Backup Power Metering
- NPRR1145 – Use of State Estimator-Calculated ERCOT-Wide TLFs in Lieu of Seasonal Base Case ERCOT-Wide TLFs for Settlement
Recently Approved NPRRs
- NPRR1130 – Weatherization Inspection Fees Sunset Date Extension
- NPRR1129 – Posting ESI IDs of Transmission-Voltage Customer Opt-Outs
- NPRR1121 – Add a Posting Requirement to the Exceptional Fuel Cost Submission Process
- NPRR1119 – Removal of Extraneous Language Pertaining to the Calculation of Weekly Generation and Load Resource Capacity Forecasts
- NPRR1110 – Allow Generation Resources and Energy Storage Resources to Serve Customer Load When the Customer and the Resource are Disconnected from the ERCOT System
- NPRR1100 – Black Start Requirements Update
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
- NOGRR241 – Related to NPRR1127, Clarification of ERCOT Hotline Uses
- NOGRR242 – Update POIB References
Active Planning Guide Revision Requests
- PGRR073 – Related to NPRR956, Designation of Providers of Transmission Additions
- PGRR101 – Related to NPRR1133, Clarify Responsibilities for Submission of Planning Model Data for DC Ties
Active Other Binding Documents Revision Requests
- OBDRR040 – ORDC Changes Related to NPRR1131, Controllable Load Participation in Non-Spin
- OBDRR041 – Updates to Requirements for Aggregate Load Participation in the ERCOT Markets
- OBDRR042 – Related to NPRR1142, ERS Changes to Reflect Updated PUCT Rule Changes re R. 25.507