NOTICE DATE:  March 21, 2013

NOTICE TYPE:  W-B032113-01 NPRR

SHORT DESCRIPTION:  Implementation details for NPRR477

INTENDED AUDIENCE:  QSE settlement personnel

DAY AFFECTED: January 23, 2012

LONG DESCRIPTION:  ERCOT is settling a granted dispute pertaining to the Board approved Nodal Protocol Revision Request (NPRR) 477, Exception for Block Load Transfers at Presidio, which was approved by the ERCOT Board on September 18, 2012.

Per Section 6.6.3.5(3) of the ERCOT Protocols, Real-Time Payment for a Block Load Transfer Point, for the purpose of Settlement, ERCOT shall treat the energy associated with the Presidio Exception like energy delivered to an ERCOT Load through a BLT Point that is moved from the ERCOT Control Area to a non-ERCOT Control Area in response to a VDI during a declared Emergency Condition, by allowing for compensation of verified costs associated with the energy.  After receipt and verification of the invoiced cost associated with the Presidio Exception, ERCOT shall compensate for the energy associated with the Presidio Exception using the monthly verified cost multiplied by the Cost Adder for Block Load Transfer defined in paragraph (1) above.  ERCOT shall uplift the cost to QSEs representing Load using the monthly LRS per QSE as defined in Section 7.5.7, Method for Distributing CRR Auction Revenues.  Costs associated with the Presidio Exception must be submitted to ERCOT within 90 days of the last day of the month that the costs were incurred.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:  The following bill determinant will be reflected on Market Participants statements and be provided in the extracts. The Final for operating date January 23, 2013 will reflect this bill determinant with a Statement posting date of March 25, 2013.                                          

Bill Determinant	Short Description	Extract	Extract Table
RTMISCAMT	Real Time Miscellaneous Amount	RTM CODE	RTMOUTPUTHEADER RTMOUTPUTINTERVAL

NPRR477 and associated documents can be found on the ERCOT website, under Market Rules, at

http://www.ercot.com/mktrules/issues/nprr/476-500/477/index

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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