NOTICE DATE: November 22,
2010
NOTICE TYPE: M-B112210-01
Operations
SHORT DESCRIPTION:
Resource Entity registration of Resource Transmission Facilities Outage
Submittal Contact
INTENDED AUDIENCE:
Resource Entities
DAY AFFECTED: November
22, 2010
LONG DESCRIPTION: A Notice
of Change of Information (NCI) Form is required to designate the Resource
Transmission Facilities Outage Submittal Contact from the Resource Entity
registered with ERCOT. The NCI Form is posted on the ERCOT website at http://www.ercot.com/services/rq/.
ACTION REQUIRED: All Resource Entities are to submit an NCI confirming
whether the Transmission Service Provider (TSP) or ERCOT will be submitting
Resource Entity owned Transmission Facility outage requests in the Outage
Scheduler. Before ERCOT begins entering outage requests on behalf of Resource
Entities, ERCOT expects to have an NCI as confirmation.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Resource
Entities are to fill out the attached NCI form to designate their Resource
Transmission Facilities Outage Submittal Contact and return the form to ERCOT
per the instructions included on the form.
All Resource Entities are to submit
an NCI confirming whether the TSP or ERCOT will be submitting Resource Entity
owned Transmission Facility outage requests in the Outage Scheduler. Before
ERCOT begins entering outage requests on behalf of Resource Entities, ERCOT
expects to have an NCI as confirmation.
To complete the NCI form, follow these steps:
1.
Enter Market Participant Account Name as registered on
Standard Form Agreement
2.
Enter DUNS Number associated with Market Participant
Account Name
3.
Check ‘RE’ as Market Participant Type
4.
Check the ‘Other’ box for the designations
being made
5.
Enter Effective Date of Change
6.
Enter Explanation of Change as one of the following:
a.
“This Resource Entity designates ERCOT to submit
Resource Transmission Outages on their behalf.”
b.
“This Resource Entity forgoes requiring ERCOT to
submit Resource Transmission Facilities outages and designates [TSP Name] to
submit Resource Transmission Outages on their behalf.”
i. Then
on page 2, select ‘Other’ as Contact type and enter ‘Resource
Transmission Facilities Outage Submittal Contact’ as the explanation and
provide the requested contact information.
7.
Complete Authorized Representative or Officer Signature
section.
It is important for the Resource Entity to specify an effective date (on
NCI) that considers any transition from previous practice of coordinating
outages for Resource Entity owned Transmission Facilities.
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 email at [log in to unmask].
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