EPE COMPLIANCE & RELIABILITY NEWSLETTER: NERC/TRE/ERCOT EDITION – Week of July 25-29, 2022
IMPORTANT ENERGY, COMPLIANCE, & REGULATORY NEWS:
- Texas Power Use Soars to All-Time High for Ninth Time This Year
- How to know the difference between a local power outage and rolling blackouts
- AEP Texas and ERCOT say better communication will mean improved reliability
- ERCOT, SPP Continue to Battle Extreme Heat
- Texas’ Power Grid Is Straining — And It’s Not Even August
- ERCOT’s new model to make the grid more reliable is working, and Texans are paying for it
- Texas Power Grid on the Edge of Breaking a Historic Record
- ERCOT says it’s equipped to handle Texas’ power grid despite record-breaking demand
- Head of ERCOT tells The Chron slightly caught off guard by temps
- ERCOT breaks demand record for 11th time this summer, reaching 80,000 megawatts
- S. power grid needs to focus on resilience as extreme weather events rise- NERC
- OMG-TotalEnergies JV commissions Texas ethylene plant
- Enel Green Power completes its first large-scale hybrid wind project
- The Solution To Grid Reliability? Go Bigger & Bolder On Renewables & Energy Storage
- Microsoft data center tries out ‘grid-interactive UPS’ battery storage
- Texas electric grid no longer under threat from Limestone power plant fire: Officials
- ‘Things Are Going to Break’: Texas Power Plants Are Running Nonstop
- Offshore wind farm proposed for Gulf of Mexico near Galveston could power 3 million homes
- Fate of the Texas Power Grid Depends on Daily Whims of the Wind
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:
- 07/26/2022 – Project 2021-01 Modifications to MOD-025 and PRC-019 SDT Meeting
- 07/26/2022 – Project 2021-07 Extreme Cold Weather Grid Operations, Preparedness, and Coordination SDT Meeting
- 07/27/2022 – Project 2020-06 Verifications of Models and Data for Generators SDT Meeting
- 07/27/2022 – Project 2021-07 Extreme Cold Weather Grid Operations, Preparedness, and Coordination SDT Meeting
- 07/27/2022 – Energy Reliability Assessment Task Force (ERATF) Meeting
- 07/27/2022 – Project 2021-04 Modifications to PRC-002-2 SDT Meeting
- 07/28/2022 – Project 2021-07 Extreme Cold Weather Grid Operations, Preparedness, and Coordination SDT Meeting
- 07/28/2022 – Project 2020-06 Verifications of Models and Data for Generators SDT Meeting
- 06/09/2022 – 07/25/2022 – Project 2021-04 – Modifications to PRC-002 – Draft 1 – Comment Period
- 06/21/2022 / 08/05/2022 – Comment Period Open for Modifications to Section 1600 Data Request for Generating Availability Data System – Comments
- 06/21/2022 – 08/05/2022 – Comment Period Open for Inverter-Based Resource Performance Subcommittee (IRPS) Approved Draft Reliability Guidelines – Comments
- 06/21/2022 – 08/20/2022 – IRPS Approved Draft Reliability Guidelines – Comments
- 06/22/2022 – 07/21/2022 – Project 2022-03 – Energy Assurance with Energy-Constrained Resources
- 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
- 07/15/2022 – 07/25/2022 – Project 2021-04 – Modifications to PRC-002 – Draft 1 – Balloting & Polls
Upcoming NERC Standards for 2022:
Upcoming Texas RE Events:
- 07/28/2022 – Talk with Texas RE: Supply Chain
- 07/28/2022 – NERC Standards Review Forum (NSRF) Meeting
Upcoming PUCT Events:
- None Scheduled
UPCOMING ERCOT EVENTS
Upcoming Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT ISO) Events:
- 07/25/2022 – Large Flexible Loads Task Force (LFLTF) Meeting
- 07/25/2022 – Implementation Details for Fast-Frequency Response (FFR) Advancement Project by Webex Only
- 07/26/2022 – Wholesale Market Working Group (WMWG) Meeting by Webex Only
- 07/27/2022 – Steady State Working Group (SSWG) Meeting
- 07/27/2022 – Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) Meeting by Webex Only
- 07/28/2022 – Supply Analysis Working Group (SAWG) Meeting by Webex Only
- 07/29/2022 – Urgent Board of Directors Meeting – Teleconference Available by Webcast
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
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
- NPRR1100 – Emergency Switching Solutions for Energy Storage Resources
- NPRR1110 – 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