NOTICE DATE: November 24, 2008
NOTICE TYPE: W-A112408-01
Operations
SHORT DESCRIPTION: ERCOT has determined the
Congestion Management (CM) Zone Shadow Price names for 2009. The ERCOT test
environment will be available for market participant year-end testing.
INTENDED AUDIENCE: QSE Operations and Settlement
Personnel
DAYS AFFECTED: December 11 and 16, 2008
– Test Days
LONG DESCRIPTION: ERCOT has determined the short names
for the 2009 Congestion Management Zones and the recorder names for the 2009
Congestion Shadow Prices.
The Short Names are the identifiers
that Market Participants will see in their Data Extracts designating the CM
Zone in billing determinants. These values are:
CM Zone Name |
Short Name |
NORTH2009 |
N09 |
HOUSTON2009 |
H09 |
SOUTH2009 |
S09 |
WEST2009 |
W09 |
The Shadow Price Recorder names are as follows:
Congestion Path Name |
Recorder Name |
WEST-NORTH |
MCPESPC_W09N09 |
NORTH-WEST |
MCPESPC_N09W09 |
SOUTH-NORTH |
MCPESPC_S09N09 |
NORTH-SOUTH |
MCPESPC_N09S09 |
NORTH-HOUSTON |
MCPESPC_N09H09 |
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: The ERCOT Market Operations Test
Environment (MOTE) will be available for two test days on December 11 and 16,
2008 according to the schedules below.
MOTE 2009 CM Zone Testing – Test
Day #1 December 11 |
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Real-time |
Simulated time |
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12/11/08 8:00 |
12/31/08 17:00 |
Start test; Day Ahead and AS Market Open for Trade Day
January 1, 2009 |
12/11/08 11:00 |
12/31/08 20:00 |
AS Market Close for Trade Day January 1, 2009 |
12/11/08 12:00 |
12/31/08 21:00 |
Day Ahead Market Close for Trade Day January 1, 2009. Run
RPRS for January 1, 2009 |
12/11/08 15:00 |
12/31/08 24:00 |
New Year Transition to January 1, 2009 |
12/11/08 18:00 |
1/01/09 03:00 |
Close of test |
MOTE 2008 CM Zone Testing – Test
Day #2 December 16 |
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Real-time |
Simulated time |
|
12/16/08 8:00 |
12/31/08 17:00 |
Start test; Day Ahead and AS Market Open for Trade Day
January 1, 2009 |
12/16/08 11:00 |
12/31/08 20:00 |
AS Market Close for Trade Day January 1, 2008 |
12/16/08 12:00 |
12/31/08 21:00 |
Day Ahead Market Close for Trade Day January 1, 2009. Run
RPRS for January 1, 2009. |
12/16/08 15:00 |
12/31/08 24:00 |
New Year Transition to January 1, 2009 |
12/16/08 18:00 |
1/01/09 03:00 |
Close of test |
ACTION REQUIRED: ERCOT requests participants
to assess the impact on their systems and prepare accordingly. ERCOT will be
conducting a simulation test of year-end transition in the second week of
December 2008.
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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