Quick Start Task ForceUpdate to WMS

April 8, 2011Austin, Texas

March 28 QSTF Meeting

• Verifiable Cost White Paper

• Draft NPRR: Using SCED to produce LMP Projections

• Real-Time Co-optimization

Verifiable Cost White Paper

• Expected minimum online time used to calculated Step 2 mitigated cap for QSGRs

• Suggested changes– Establish floor of 30 minutes– May use generic if >= 1 hour– Must have approved VC if < 1 hour– Need not be reflective of historical operation or

RARF

SCED LMP Projections draft NPRR

• Language added introducing LDL/HSL• Interest expressed in disclosure of Ramp Rate

constrained SCED capacity• Procedural guidance:– WMS– QSTF– Market Participant

Real Time Co-optimization

• Reviewed history• Discussion points:– Consider trade-offs between centralized decision

making versus QSE-level– What to include• Energy, URS, DRS, RRS, NSRS

Future Work

• To do:– Real Time Co-optimization– Long Term SCED Look-Ahead– Augmentation Technologies

• Next meeting: Monday, April 18