NOTICE DATE: December 16, 2008 NOTICE TYPE: M-C060308-02 Settlements SHORT DESCRIPTION: Implementation of LPGRR030 and LPGRR031 INTENDED AUDIENCE: All Market Participants DAY AFFECTED: January 1, 2009 LONG DESCRIPTION: The ERCOT Board of Directors approved LPGRR030, Distributed Renewable Generation Modifications, on May 20, 2008. In a market notice sent on June 3, ERCOT notified the market that the DRG profile types would go into effect on January 1, 2009. LPGRR031, Profile Decision Tree Changes for Distributed Renewable Generation was approved by the ERCOT Board of Directors on November 17, 2008. LPGRR031 removed IDRRG (approved in LPGRR030) as a valid profile segment because it is now addressed by other profile segments. The new profile types for which load profiles will be published and used in settlement are: BUSHIPV BUSHIWD BUSMEDPV BUSMEDWD BUSLOPV BUSLOWD BUSNODPV BUSNODWD BUSOGFPV BUSOGFWD RESHIPV RESHIWD RESLOPV RESLOWD An implementation plan can be found in the key documents at: http://www.ercot.com/mktrules/issues/lpgrr/025-049/030/index.html <http://www.ercot.com/mktrules/issues/lpgrr/025-049/030/index.html> . Additionally, a revised Profile Decision Tree (Appendix D of the LPG) has been posted with the LPG, and has an effective date of January 1, 2009. The forecasted load profiles will include the new profile types for the eight weather zones for all days in the forecast beginning with the forecasted load profiles posted on December 29, 2008. The backcasted load profiles will include the new profile types for the eight weather zones beginning with Operating Day January 1, 2009, which will be found in the backcasted load profile extract posted on January 2, 2009. ACTION REQUIRED: Market Participants whose automated systems process forecasted and backcasted load profiles need to make sure that their systems will handle the inclusion of the new load profiles. TDSPs may submit to ERCOT the information specified on the DRG tab of the Profile Decision Tree. The preferred method for submission of these requests and the required documentation is via email to the following address: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> . ERCOT will coordinate with TDSPs on DRG sites for which the above-referenced information has already been submitted. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Additional information can be obtained from the Load Profiling Guide website at: http://www.ercot.com/mktrules/guides/loadprofiling/index.html During the first week of January 2009, 60 days (11/02/08 thru 12/31/08) of historical DRG backcasts will be posted in the Key Documents section of the Load Profiling page at http://www.ercot.com/mktinfo/loadprofile/. 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] If you are receiving e-mail from an ERCOT distribution list that you no longer wish to receive, please follow this link in order to unsubscribe from this list: http://lists.ercot.com <http://lists.ercot.com/> . sg