COMPLIANCE & RELIABILITY NEWSLETTER: NERC/TRE/ERCOT EDITION – Week of August 29 – September 2, 2022
IMPORTANT ENERGY, COMPLIANCE, & REGULATORY NEWS:
- Texas grid avoids summer blackouts with $1 billion in extra spending
- By promoting use of clean fossil fuels, Texas can secure its power grid for generations to come
- FlexGen to deliver 100MW ERCOT portfolio for SMT Energy/Susi Partners
- Pablo Vegas, a utility executive in Ohio, named ERCOT’s new CEO
- So, is the Texas power grid ‘fixed’?
- New Braunfels Utilities to hear customer concerns on higher bills
- Texas’ power woes could get an assist under the Democrats’ sweeping Inflation Reduction Act
- How drought zaps electricity production and could raise prices
- Texas leader shut out renewables in planning the power grid’s future
- New Public Utility Commissioner sworn in
- Renewable energy is maligned by It’s a distraction, experts say
- The Inflation Reduction Act Could Push Power Grid Reliability Into a Tailspin
- The Impact of Energy Blackouts on Facility Management
- NERC Reports on Grid Reliability and the Impact of Intermittent Renewables
- FERC, NERC: Gas-electric forum should be established to solve reliability concerns
- The climate law will help red Can it change minds?
- Can you imagine a world powered solely by clean, renewable energy?
- Who benefits from renewable energy subsidies? In Texas, it’s often fossil fuel companies that are fighting clean energy elsewhere
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:
- 08/29/2022 – Project 2021-01 Modifications to MOD-025 and PRC-019 Drafting Team Meeting
- 08/29/2022 – Project 2019-04 Modifications to PRC-005-6 Standard Drafting Team Meeting
- 08/29/2022 – Project 2021-05 Modifications to PRC-023 Standard Drafting Team Meeting
- 08/29/2022 – Project 2020-03 Supply Chain Low Impact Revisions Drafting Team Meeting
- 08/30/2022 – Project 2020-04 Modifications to CIP-012 Standard Drafting Team Meeting
- 08/30/2022 – 09/01/2022 – Probabilistic Assessment Working Group Meeting
- 08/31/2022 – Project 2021-02 Modifications to VAR-002 Standard Drafting Team Meeting
- 08/31/2022 – Project 2021-04 Modifications to PRC-002 Standard Drafting Team Meeting
- 08/31/2022 – Energy Reliability Assessment Task Force (ERATF) Meeting
- 08/31/2022 – 09/01/2022 – Reliability Assessment Subcommittee Meeting
- 09/01/2022 – Project 2021-01 Modifications to MOD-025 and PRC-019 Drafting Team Meeting
- 09/01/2022 – Winter Weather Prep Webinar
- 09/01/2022 – Reliability Issues Steering Committee (RISC) Meeting
- 06/21/2022 – 09/07/2022 – Project 2017-01 – Modifications to BAL-003 – Phase II | Draft 1 – Ballot
- 07/25/2022 – 09/07/2022 – Project 2017-01 – Modifications to BAL-003 – Phase II | Draft 1 – Comments
- 08/23/2022 – 09/01/2022 – Project 2021-07 – Extreme Cold Weather Operations, Preparedness, Coordination – Ballot
- 08/11/2022 – 09/13/2022 – Project 2022-04 – EMT Modeling | SAR – Comments
- 08/17/2022 – 09/30/2022 – Project 2016-02 – Modifications to CIP Standards | Virtualization – Draft 4 – Comments
- 09/21/2022 – 09/30/2022 – Project 2016-02 – Modifications to CIP Standards | Virtualization – Draft 4 – Ballot
Other NERC News:
- GridSecCon 2022 – October 18–19, 2022 | Register
- Project 2020-03 Supply Chain Low Impact Revisions Industry Webinar – Slide Presentation – Recording
- NERC Rules of Procedure Updated
- Recommendations for Simulation Improvement and Techniques Related to DER Planning White Paper
- Panhandle Wind Disturbance: Joint NERC and Texas RE Staff Report
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:
- 08/29/2022 – Supply Analysis Working Group (SAWG) Meeting by WebEx Only
- 08/30/2022 – Wholesale Market Working Group (WMWS) Meeting
- 08/30/2022 – Market Readiness Meeting (QSEs for MOTE/FFRA/FFSS changes) by Webex Only
- 08/31/2022 – Steady State Working Group (SSWG) Meeting
- 09/01/2022 – Reliability and Operations Subcommittee (ROS) Meeting
- 09/01/2022 – Retail Market Training Task Force (RMTTF) by WebEx Only
- 09/01/2022 – Demand Side Working Group (DSWG) Meeting by Webex Only
- 09/01/2022 – MCT Meeting by Webex Only
- 09/01/2022 – Texas SET WG Emergency Change Control Call 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
- NPRR1146 – Credit Changes to Appropriately Reflect TAO Exposure
- NPRR1147 – Update and Improve Notification and Evaluation Processes Associated with Reliability Must-Run (RMR)
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