NOTICE DATE:  August 29, 2008

NOTICE TYPE:  M-C082908-01   Operations

CLASSIFICATION: Public

SHORT DESCRIPTION:  ERCOT will implemented two new CREs on Operating Day August 29, 2008.  Two additional CREs will be implemented as part of the October TCR Auction.

INTENDED AUDIENCE:  Market Participants

DAY AFFECTED:  Operation Day August 29, 2008

LONG DESCRIPTION:  Protocol Section 7.2.3, Determining Closely Related Elements (CREs), provides that ERCOT staff may propose modifications to the list of CREs and shall present modifications to TAC for approval; if TAC takes no action within seven days, the proposed modification shall be deemed approved. 

On August 22, 2008, ERCOT proposed modifications to the list of CREs to TAC.  Per the ERCOT Bylaws and TAC procedures, an act of TAC requires affirmative votes of 67% of the eligible Representatives of TAC.  The email vote of the TAC on the ERCOT CRE proposal failed to receive the prerequisite number of votes to be declared an act of TAC.  Therefore, TAC took no action on the proposed CRE modifications, and ERCOT implemented the following change on Operating Day August 29, 2008:

·        Replace current WN and NW CRE, Sweetwater to Graham, with two new CREs (Sweetwater – Long Creek and Long Creek – Graham)

 

The October TCR Auction taking place September 9 – 11, 2008, will contain this additional change:

 

·        Replace current CRE, Graham to Long Creek, with two new CREs (Graham – Cook Field and Cook Field – Long Creek)

 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:  The Cook Field station is currently scheduled to be energized in mid-October 2008.  A market notice describing the operational impacts will be issued closer to the time of its actual in-service.

 

CONTACT:  If you have any questions, please contact your ERCOT Account Manager. You may also call the general ERCOT Client Services phone number at (512) 248-3900 or contact ERCOT Client Services via e-mail at [log in to unmask].

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