1 Market Trials Call Bi-Weekly Update December 11, 2009

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Market Trials Call

Bi-Weekly Update

December 11, 2009


Antitrust Admonition

ANTITRUST ADMONITION

ERCOT strictly prohibits Market Participants and their employees who are participating in ERCOT activities from using their participation in ERCOT activities as a forum for engaging in practices or communications that violate the antitrust laws. The ERCOT Board has approved guidelines for members of ERCOT Committees, Subcommittees and Working Groups to be reviewed and followed by each Market Participant attending ERCOT meetings. If you have not received a copy of these Guidelines, copies are available at the Client Relations desk. Please remember your ongoing obligation to comply with all applicable laws, including the antitrust laws.

DISCLAIMER

All presentations and materials submitted by Market Participants or any other Entity to ERCOT staff for this meeting are received and posted with the acknowledgement that the information will be considered public in accordance with the ERCOT Websites Content Management Operating Procedure.


Agenda

• Anti-trust Admonition

• Standing reports and updates– General Reminders / Updates– Readiness Outreach Update (posted but not presented)– Focused Input Testing (posted but not presented)

• Deep Dive Topic (different topics each meeting as needed)- Congestion Revenue Rights (CRR) Kick-Off Presentation

• Question and Answers / General Discussion

ERCOT asks that Market Participants log into the WebEx session using their company name and then their name. This will allow ERCOT to take roll-call offline


Standing reports and updates: General Reminders / Updates

• Notice: Starting in Jan 2010, ERCOT will ask that MPs use the [email protected] email address for questions– This will begin the phasing out of [email protected], [email protected] and

[email protected] email addresses.– A centralized email address will no longer require MPs to “guess” which email

to use for their questions.– We have implemented a more effective method of routing and responding to

emails using this address– The old eds emails can continue to be used until 2009 hold over efforts are

completed (such as telemetry outreach)

• Reminder: Bi-weekly market calls will be held WEEKLY starting on Jan 8, 2010– Calls will be split by functional area (e.g. CRR, RTM, DAM/RUC, Outage

Scheduler)– Calls that will start in January are:

• QSE / QSE w/ Resources Qualification call: Every Friday at 9:00 AM. This call will address topics applicable to Market Submission Qualification for ALL QSEs. In Feb, this call will become focused on the Real Time Market / LFC.

• CRR Call: Every Friday at 10:30 AM. This call will focus initially on CRRAH qualification in Jan, 2010. The focus will shift to CRR Auction and Trading Activities in Feb, 2010.

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Standing reports and updates: General Reminders / Updates

• FAQ – What reports will become available from EIS section 4..0 (Market Information) with Phase 3.0?(see included spreadsheet)

• Reminder: Market Trials Handbooks– ERCOT will release the following Handbooks In December

• Real Time Market / LFC covering Phase 3.0 http://nodal.ercot.com/readiness/markettrials/rtm/index.html

• Outage Scheduler covering Phase 3.0 http://nodal.ercot.com/readiness/markettrials/os/index.html

• CRR covering release Phase 3.0 http://nodal.ercot.com/readiness/markettrials/crr/index.html

• Settlements / COMs covering Phase 3.0 http://nodal.ercot.com/readiness/markettrials/coms/index.html

• Day Ahead Market (note that this contains only reference data to the 2.1 qualification as there is no Phase 3.0 scope) http://nodal.ercot.com/readiness/markettrials/dam/index.html

– The Phase 4.0 release of the Market Trials Handbooks will occur in early February.

http://nodal.ercot.com/readiness/markettrials/rtm/index.html

Nodal 2010 Roadmap through Go-Live



Recap of QSE Qualification

• ERCOT will qualify QSEs based on their proven ability to submit, query and cancel the specified market transactions– QSE w/ Resources: Web Services– QSE w/o Resources: Web Services or Market Manager

• Mandatory qualification will take place between Jan. 4, 2010 and Jan. 28, 2010

• QSEs who completed qualification during the 2007/2008 market trials:– Will self-qualify and are not required to conduct a conference call with a

member of the Market Trials testing team. – Self-qualification will consist of completing a transaction checklist (see sample

– next slide) stating the date / time of each submittal– Send completed checklists to [email protected] for verification

• New QSEs (since 2008)– Will qualify during a conference call with the ERCOT Market Trials team– These QSE’s will be able to pose questions and be supported through the

conference call– Typical conference call will last 1 – 2 hours– ERCOT will begin reaching out to new QSEs the week of 12/14/2009 to

schedule these calls– QSEs that have qualified previously may elect to have a conference call as an

option. Request this by emailing [email protected]


Recap of QSE Qualification

• Sample checklist:– Note that the far right column details who that transaction applies to – Blank cells indicate that transaction applies to all QSE’s

– Qualification will be tracked via a dashboard posted weekly tohttp://nodal.ercot.com/readiness/mt21/index.html

– Note that DC Tie has been removed from the qualification requirements

Scenario – Description Timestamp Comments CRR Offer ONLY NOIEs CRR Offer Submit – Market Manager CRR Offer Submit - Webservice XML PTP Obligation PTP Obligation Submit – Market Manager PTP Obligation Submit - Webservice XML PTP Obligation Query & Update – Market Manager PTP Obligation Query & Update - Webservice XML PTP Obligation Cancel - Market Manager PTP Obligation Cancel - Webservice XML Three Part Supply Offer ONLY QSEs WITH RESOURCES Three Part Supply Offer Submit - Market Manager Three Part Supply Offer Submit - Webservice XML Capacity Trade Capacity Trade Submit - Market Manager Capacity Trade Submit - Webservice XML

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Outreach Program Overview

Market Call

Completed Site Visits Market Participant Date Market Participant Date

Lower Colorado River Authority

October 9th American Electric Power

November 12th

Calpine October 14th Constellation Energy November 17th

Austin Energy October 20th PSEG Energy November 18th

Garland Power & Light

October 21st J Aron/Goldman Sachs November 19th

GDF Suez October 29th Fulcrum Power Services December 2nd

IPA November 3rd EDF Trading December 3rd

Luminant Energy November 5th STEC December 9th

Invenergy Wind Development

November 10th BP Energy December 10th

Exelon November 11th


• Confirmed Scheduled Site Visits through January

• NRG (December 15th)• CPS Energy (January 6th)• Direct Energy (January 7th)• Occidental (January 20th)• Tenaska Power (January 26th)• Optim Energy (January 27th)

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Market Participant “Menu” Topics: All materials are available on the Nodal Readiness Center.

(http://nodal.ercot.com/readiness/outreach/index.html)

• Nodal Program Update (mandatory) – (75 min)

• Readiness Center and Readiness Scorecard – (45 min)

• Day-Ahead Market Implementation – (60 min)

• Congestion Revenue Rights (CRR) Auction Implementation – (60 min)

• Reliability Unit Commitment Implementation – (60 min)

• Telemetry & Load Frequency Control (LFC) – (30 min)

• Real Time Market Processes & Systems – (60 min)

• Nodal Settlement and Billing Processes – (60 min)

• Reports and Data Extracts – (30 min)



Any questions please contact Nodal Outreach at [email protected]




Tentative Scheduled Site Visits Market Participant Date Market Participant Date

NRG December 15th Nextera Energy February 11th

CPS Energy January 6th Wind Panel February 16th

Direct Energy January 7th Retail Panel February 17th

BTU January 13th Tri-Eagle Energy February 18th

APX January 19th XTEND March 3rd

Occidental January 20th Topaz Power March 4th

Shell Energy January 21st EC and R March 9th

Tenaska Power January 26th Brazos Electric Power March 10th

Optim Energy January 27th Formosa Utility March 11th

E.ON February 9th


FIT Update: FIT III Week 21 Results






Q&A

Q&A / Open Forum


Appendix


Test Digital Certificate request(originally presented 9/18/09)

General Reminders / Updates

• Reminder: ERCOT is requesting test digital certificates issued by voluntary MP’s:– See appendix for details

• Reminder: Sandbox EIS1.19 available for testing– See appendix for details

• Reminder: Market Trials / MRS– Date / Time: 10/8 9:00am – 1:00pm– Austin Met Center Rm #206– Agenda and presentation to be posted 10/2 to the ERCOT calendar:

http://www.ercot.com/calendar/2009/10/20091008-EDS

• Reminder: Request for Updates to QSE Nodal Contact Information– See appendix for details


Telemetry Issue Resolution and ICCP Change Process

(originally presented 9/18/09)


FIT Update: Current Telemetry Issue Process

ERCOT or Market Participant detects Telemetry, ICCP or other System Issue

Market Participant investigates to

determine correct ability

Requires ERCOT assistance to

resolve?

Contact ERCOT ANA by email

[email protected] for assistance

Yes

No

ERCOT Analyzes Issue and determines

corrective action

ERCOT Contacts MP to Affect Correction

Issue Resolved?

Done

Yes

NoMP Corrects Issue

During FIT? No

Yes

Contact ERCOT Shift Engineer @

512-248-6345

For telemetry issues during FIT, contact a Shift Engineer at 512-248-6345.

For telemetry issues outside of FIT, contact [email protected].

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FIT Update: High-Level View of the ICCP Change Process

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The TML process for QSE ICCP Service Requests and an example of the ICCP Change Request Form are posted at:

http://nodal.ercot.com/readiness/eds1/documents/index.html


QSE Information Update Request(originally presented 9/04/09)

QSE Information Update Request

• As we near Market Trials, ERCOT is asking that all QSE’s and TSP’s update needed information

• Each MP will receive an email by the end of next week directing them to the attached spreadsheet

• The spreadsheet will have inputs for the following:– Primary / Back-up contact information for each of the functional

areas (e.g. DAM, RTM, ICCP, Settlements, CRR….), Accountable Executive, Authorized Rep and Nodal Project Manager

• We ask that at least 1 back-up be provided for each area• There is space to add up to 3 back-ups

– Listener URL for notifications sent from ERCOT to MP’s (this is to confirm what we already have on file is correct)

– Email address where notification failure alerts will be sent


ERCOT Certificate Request(originally presented 9/04/09)

ERCOT Certificate Request

• ERCOT is requesting test digital certificates issued by voluntary MP’s:– Agenda and presentation to be posted 10/2 to the ERCOT calendar:

http://www.ercot.com/calendar/2009/10/20091008-EDS – Aug 27, 2009 ERCOT released all nodal roles to the production MPIM (Market Participant

Identity Management)– ERCOT is asking for volunteer MP’s to generate a certificate for their company containing only

these Nodal roles for a user called NODALTEST1Note that we have placed a 1 on the user to avoid conflicts with the previously used NODALTEST user.

– NEW: This user should have the “web services” checkbox checked when creating the certificate– Once created, email the NODALTEST1 certificate to [email protected]

Note that Scott Middleton will serve as the central point of control for these certificates– Once we have completed the 168 hour test, MP USA’s may revoke this certificate (ERCOT will

also destroy it)– ERCOT would like a core set of certificates in place by October 1, 2009


NODALTEST Certificates Expiration(originally presented 8/07/09)

Standing reports and updates: Certificates (reminder)

• NODALTEST Certificate Expirations– All NODALTEST certificates will expire over the next several

months– These certificates will not be renewed– In order to continue to test in the sandbox, MP’s may use any valid

ERCOT certificate– When the Nodal Production environment is deployed in October,

MP’s will use their current (zonal) certificate. – MP USA’s will need to add the appropriate Nodal roles depending

on the testing that user will perform– Note: Nodal roles will not have an affect on zonal system usage


Creation of the Nodal Implementation Team(originally presented 6/12/09)

Standing reports and updates

• Program Update – Creation of the Nodal Implementation Team (NIT)– At its June 4, 2009 meeting, TAC created the Nodal Implementation Team

(NIT) which will be a vehicle for stakeholder engagement in the Nodal program.

– In preparation for the NIT initial meeting, the TPTF email distribution list has been discontinued and has been replaced by the NIT distribution list ([email protected])

• If you were previously subscribed to the TPTF distribution list, no action is needed as TPTF subscribers were automatically migrated to the NIT distribution list.

• If you were not previously subscribed to the TPTF distribution list and would like to subscribe to the NIT distribution list, please access the ERCOT distribution list management website at http://lists.ercot.com

– Meeting materials, agenda, and WebEx information will be distributed as soon as they are available

– First Meeting will take place on Monday, June 22, 2009 9:30 am – 4:30 pm– The NIT Charter was distributed via email to [email protected]

• The charter is embedded below for your review:

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Review of Overall Registration Data Project Schedule (originally presented 5/22/09)


Review of Overall Registration Data Project Schedule


• Each window will be broken into 3 iterations with heightening levels of data quality goals• All non-PUN RE’s will submit during 1 of 2 windows (except Wind)• Each non-PUN RE will request one of the two windows between 5/22/09 and 6/5/09 via email to [email protected] • Some RE’s may be moved to a different window based on volume• Planning and Protection data will be rolled in for the remaining windows (see next slide)• All Wind resources will submit during the second window

2009MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC

Private Use Network Transmission Data Collection

Window 1- Non-Wind* RE’s Transmission / Planning / Protection Data Collection

- Iteration 1- Iteration 2- Iteration 3


Private Use Network Planning and Protection Data Collection

Window 2 - Wind RE’s Transmission and Planning / Protection Data Collection


MP-10 Phase 2 Final Validation

SEMGO-LIVE 8/31

EIS 1.19to EDS 8/10

85% Prod Quality

95% Prod Quality

98% Prod Quality

85% Prod Quality

95% Prod Quality

98% Prod Quality

85% Prod Quality

95% Prod Quality

98% Prod Quality

Kick Off Market Call

Kick Off Market Call

Registration Data Collection Update

• Iteration 3 of the Private Use Network Transmission Data Collection closes on 5/19/09

• Current Production Quality Metric is 96.5% (goal is 98% by 5/19)

• 5/22/09 9:30AM – 11:00AM ERCOT will host a kick off for the next leg of the Nodal Registration Data Collection project

• Changes to Load Resource Registration

• The kick off meeting will cover the following topics:– Transmission data collection (review for non-PUNs / non-Wind)– Planning and Protection data review (inclusive of Private Use

Networks)– Review of registration activities for the remainder of 2009


Nodal API sub-group Report, by Transaction, Completion

Confidence(originally presented on 2/6/09)


Standing reports and updates: Nodal API sub-group(originally presented on 2/6/09)

• TPTF Action – Report, by Transaction, Completion Confidence– Each Transaction will be classified into 3 confidence levels– RED – Confidence low – high risk of change in the 1.18 and/or 1.19

releases– YELLOW – Changes should be limited to non-structural changes

(e.g. enumeration changes)– GREEN – Any Changes will be limited to defects.– Note that if there are no changes in 1.18 and significant change in

1.19, a transaction will be marked as RED for both. It will retain that color until all changes are complete.


Standing reports and updates: Nodal API sub-group (originally presented on 2/6/09)

EIS Section EIS Interface DescriptionEIS Version 1.18

EIS Version 1.19

3 Market Transaction Service3.3.1. Three-Part Supply Offer3.3.2. Self-Arranged Ancillary Service Quantities3.3.3. Incremental and Decremental Energy Offer Curves3.3.4. Ancillary Service Offer3.3.5. Ancillary Service Trade3.3.6. Capacity Trade3.3.7. Congestion Revenue Rights (CRR) Offer3.3.8. Current Operating Plan (COP)3.3.9. DC Tie Schedule3.3.10. DAM Energy Bid3.3.11. DAM Energy-Only Offer3.3.12. Energy Trade3.3.13. Output Schedule3.3.14. PTP Obligation Bid3.3.15. Self-Schedule

4 Market Information

5 Notifications5.3.1. Notices and Alerts5.3.2. Offer and Bid Set Acceptance5.3.3. Offer and Bid Set Errors5.3.4. Confirmed and Unconfirmed Trades5.3.5. Energy Offer Awards5.3.6. DAM Energy-Only Offer Awards5.3.7. DAM Energy Bid Award5.3.8. Ancillary Service Awards5.3.9. CRR Awards5.3.10. PTP Obligation Awards5.3.11. Ancillary Service Obligations5.3.12. Outage Notifications5.3.13. Startup/Shutdown Instructions5.3.14. Wind Generation Forecast5.3.15. DAM Ancillary Service Offer Insufficiency Report

Several changes in this area - will break out into


Standing reports and updates: Nodal API sub-group (originally presented on 2/6/09)

EIS Section EIS Interface DescriptionEIS Version 1.18

EIS Version 1.19

6 Acknowledgement of Alerts

7 Outage Scheduling Interfaces7.2.1. Outage Creation7.2.2. Outage Query7.2.3. Outage Update7.2.4. Outage Cancellation

8 Utility Interfaces8.2.1. Get mRID8.2.2. System Status8.2.3. Request Test Notification8.2.4. Change Active Notification URL

9 Reports9.1.1. Get Reports

10 Resource Parameter Transaction Service10.3.1. Generator Resource Parameters10.3.2. Controllable Load Resource10.3.3. Non Controllable Load Resource10.3.4. Resource Parameters

11 Registration Interfaces11.2.1. Dispute Creation

12 Verbal Dispatch Instruction12.3.1. Verbal Dispatch Instruction Structure

Although no changes are anticipated for OS, there is 6-8 weeks until a stable product.


Verifiable Cost Submission(originally presented on 4/17/09)


Verifiable Cost Submission(originally presented on 4/17)

• WMS Approved Verifiable Cost Submission Timelines:

• Simple Cycle Greater than 90MW June 30, 2009

• Simple Cycle Less than or Equal to 90MW July 31, 2009

• Gas Steam Non-Reheat Boiler Aug 31, 2009

• Gas Steam Reheat Boiler Sep 30, 2009

• Gas Steam Super Critical Boiler Oct 31, 2009

• Combined Cycle Less than or Equal to 90MW Nov 30, 2009

• Combined Cycle Greater than 90MW Dec 31, 2009

• Coal, Lignite Jan 31, 2010

• Nuclear, Hydro and Renewable Feb 28, 2010

• Reciprocating Engines Feb 28, 2010


Verifiable Cost Submission

• ERCOT plans to roll out verifiable cost training:

• Verifiable Cost Training will cover:– What are Verifiable Costs– What data need to be submitted– Who is required to submit the data forms and supporting information– Where, when and how are Verifiable Costs used

• Current Plans:– Instructor Led Training during May/June– One session each in Austin, Houston and Dallas

• Please send any comment to [email protected]

Documents

1 Market Trials Call Bi-Weekly Update December 11, 2009