NOTICE
DATE:
December 2, 2009
NOTICE
TYPE: W-A120209-01 Operations
SHORT
DESCRIPTION:
ERCOT has determined the Congestion Management (CM) Zone and Shadow Price names
for 2010. The ERCOT test environment will be available for market participant
year-end testing.
INTENDED
AUDIENCE:
QSE Operations and Settlements Personnel
DAYS
AFFECTED:
December 15 and 17, 2009 – Test Days
LONG
DESCRIPTION: ERCOT
has determined the short names for the 2010 Congestion Management Zones and the
recorder names for the 2010 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 |
NORTH2010 |
N10 |
HOUSTON2010 |
H10 |
SOUTH2010 |
S10 |
WEST2010 |
W10 |
The Shadow
Price Recorder names are as follows:
Congestion
Path Name |
Recorder
Name |
WEST-NORTH |
MCPESPC_W10N10 |
NORTH-WEST |
MCPESPC_N10W10 |
SOUTH-NORTH |
MCPESPC_S10N10 |
NORTH-SOUTH |
MCPESPC_N10S10 |
NORTH-HOUSTON |
MCPESPC_N10H10 |
ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION: The
ERCOT Market Operations Test Environment (MOTE) will be available for two test
days on December 15 and 17, 2009 according to the schedules below.
MOTE
2010 CM Zone Testing – Test Day #1 December 15 |
||
Real-time |
Simulated time |
|
12/15/09
8:00 |
12/31/09
17:00 |
Start test;
Day-Ahead and AS Market Open for Trade Day January 1, 2010 |
12/15/09
11:00 |
12/31/09
20:00 |
AS Market
Close for Trade Day January 1, 2010 |
12/15/09
12:00 |
12/31/09
21:00 |
Day-Ahead
Market Close for Trade Day January 1, 2010. Run RPRS for January 1, 2010 |
12/15/09
15:00 |
12/31/09
24:00 |
New Year
Transition to January 1, 2010 |
12/15/09 18:00 |
1/01/10
03:00 |
Close of
test |
MOTE
2009 CM Zone Testing – Test Day #2 December 17 |
||
Real-time |
Simulated time |
|
12/17/09
8:00 |
12/31/09
17:00 |
Start test;
Day-Ahead and AS Market Open for Trade Day January 1, 2010 |
12/17/09
11:00 |
12/31/09
20:00 |
AS Market
Close for Trade Day January 1, 2010 |
12/17/09
12:00 |
12/31/09
21:00 |
Day-Ahead
Market Close for Trade Day January 1, 2010. Run RPRS for January 1, 2010 |
12/17/09
15:00 |
12/31/09
24:00 |
New Year
Transition to January 1, 2010 |
12/17/09
18:00 |
1/01/10
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 third week of December 2009.
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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