Texas Regional Entity Report

TEXAS REGIONAL ENTITY

AN INDEPENDENT DIVISION OF ERCOT

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Texas Regional Entity Report

November 2007



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Performance Highlights

ERCOT’s Control Performance Standard (NERC CPS1) score for September – 128.83

Initial scores for September indicate all non-wind-only QSEs passed the PRR 525 measure This is the third straight month all non-wind-only

QSEs have passed this measure

Overall control performance score using the PRR 525 measure (SCPS) for non-wind-only QSEs > 95%



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Texas RE Monthly Summary

For October………. Protocol & Operating Guides violations

1 new alleged

NERC Standards violations Several reported in Self-Certifications; now under review

Final on-site Compliance Audit completed for 2007 2 registration appeals denied by NERC Board of

Trustees Compliance Committee 1 pending registration appeal 1 registration appeal remanded to Texas RE



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“High Interest” NERC Standards

Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) – Applies to all Entities listed in the NERC Compliance Registry in accordance with Implementation Plan for CIP Standards.

Protection and Control (PRC) – One or more PRC Standards apply to most Entities listed in the NERC Compliance Registry.

FAC-003: Transmission Vegetation Management Program – Prevent and report vegetation-related outages. Applies to all Transmission Owners with transmission lines that operate at 200 kV and above. Zero tolerance policy.



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Texas RE Delegation Agreement Amended and Restated Regional Delegation

Agreement (RDA) between Texas RE and NERC as approved by the Texas RE Board sent to NERC on October 2nd

NERC Staff seeking an extension for the FERC Filing of the RDAs FERC Filing was to be made on October 16th Allows the NERC Board of Trustees more time to

review the 8 RDAs NERC Board of Trustees to approve on October 23rd

NERC will file NERC Board of Trustees approved RDAs at FERC



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Texas RE Fall Workshop Held November 2nd – Austin Met Center Updated participants on the 2007 Compliance Monitoring

& Enforcement Program – provide a “sneak peek” at the 2008 Compliance Program

Proposed topics Texas RE Organization and Entity roles

NERC Compliance Monitoring & Enforcement Program ERCOT Protocol and Operating Guides compliance

Organization Registration Standards overview Assessing compliance Enforcement and sanctions Q & A

Speakers included Texas RE and NERC Staff



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2008 Annual ERCOT Operations Training Seminar

Planning of the 2008 seminar – cooperative effort between the Seminar Working Group and Nodal Training Team.

Seminar will meet many training needs: Focus to be on Nodal Basic Training (Basic Training

Program) NERC Training Requirements – PER-002 (Mandatory

requirement for BA & TOP Operators – 5 days) ERCOT Operating Guide Requirements – Section 1.8.2 ( 40

hours of System Emergency Training for ERCOT ISO, ERCOT Transmission, and QSE Operators)

NERC Continuous Education Hours (CEH’s) for RC, BA, TOP, & IA Operators.



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2008 Annual ERCOT Operations Training Seminar

Priority given to target group of Operators – ERCOT ISO, TDSP, & QSE

Six (6) sessions – March 24th through May 2nd

Course length – 4 ½ days; Mondays, 9:00 am through Fridays, noon

Location – Austin Met Center Registration fee still being reviewed - <$200,

possibly considerably less Registration will be through ERCOT’s Learning

Management System Attendees are responsible for making their own

hotel reservations



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Texas Regional Entity

Report Details



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NERC CPS1 Performance

ERCOT’s CPS1 Performance September Performance

September performance comparison September 2007: 128.83 September 2006: 142.51

12 month rolling average comparison October 2006 September 2007: 131.47 October 2005 September 2006: 141.50

PRR 525 Performance Scores for September indicate all 34 non-wind-only

QSEs passed the measure Scores posted on the ERCOT Compliance Website

SCE Performance Scores



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ERCOT CPS1 Performance Comparison

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QSE PRR 525 10-Minute Interval Scoring

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PRR 525 Passing 10-Min Interval Percentage Trends

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September 2007 Resource Plan Performance Metrics

DK BT DE IP AP AO HA BY BC JA AY AM AR BR HJ DF BP CI AE AD BJ BH CJ CF ETResource Status 100 - 100 100 100 100 99 100 100 100 95 99 100 99 - 100 100 100 - 100 100 - 100 100 93LSL HSL Percent 80 - 100 100 98 95 95 99 100 93 100 100 98 98 - 100 100 98 - 99 98 - 100 100 100DA Zonal Schedule 100 98 100 100 100 99 99 100 100 100 85 100 100 100 99 100 100 100 - 100 100 100 97 98 91AP Zonal Schedule 100 95 99 99 100 100 99 99 99 100 99 97 100 98 99 100 100 98 - 100 100 98 98 98 93Down Bid & Obligation 92 96 79 97 99 97 99 97 98 97 98 97 96 96 93 85 99 97 - 97 91 96 97 97 100Total Up AS - - 98 - 100 96 94 100 99 - 97 94 100 94 - 100 - - 100 - - - 96 99 99

DA GR GS BF BE DP EU BG CX FK HW IN IZ JB BX CC CD FS AC CQ IV IO FYResource Status 100 - - - - 97 100 98 99 99 99 99 100 - 99 100 99 100 100 99 - 100 -LSL HSL Percent 100 - - - - - 100 99 100 99 100 100 90 - 100 100 92 100 - 92 - 100 -DA Zonal Schedule 98 99 95 100 100 - 100 100 98 99 100 100 100 100 99 93 99 100 - 100 100 100 -AP Zonal Schedule 99 99 95 99 99 - 100 99 91 100 99 100 100 98 99 100 98 100 - 99 99 98 -Down Bid & Obligation 94 97 88 96 95 - 92 98 95 99 95 98 100 100 94 99 92 - - 98 99 93 -Total Up AS 93 - - - - 100 97 99 99 98 98 76 - - 99 100 98 - - 100 - - 99

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Organization Registration Status

Of 227 entities registered in the ERCOT Region, 8 entities officially appealed their registration 4 appeals resolved by the Texas RE 3 Registered Entity appeals heard by NERC Board of

Trustees Compliance Committee (BOT CC) – both appeals denied 1 entity appealed their registration as a Transmission

Owner 1 entity appealed their registration as a Transmission

Owner/Planner 1 remanded to TRE to attempt resolution between 2

parties 1 appeal remains pending and will go before the BOT

CC for resolution of Generator Operator registration



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Violations of ERCOT Protocols Reported by Month

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NERC Standards Self-Reported Violations

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Risk Factors for Self-Reported Violations

Pre-June 18th

High, 36, 19%

Medium, 58, 30%

Lower, 100, 51%

Risk Factors are being assigned to each NERC Standard as part of the Standard Development Process



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Self-Reported Violation Categorization

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Documents

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