NOTICE DATE:  December 5, 2013

NOTICE TYPE:  W-B091213-03 Operations

SHORT DESCRIPTION:  Revised suspension date for Martin Lake Unit 3

INTENDED AUDIENCE:  ERCOT Market Participants

DAYS AFFECTED:  December 11-14, 2013

LONG DESCRIPTION:  On December 5, 2013, ERCOT received an amended Notification of Suspension of Operations (NSO) from Luminant Generation Company LLC (Luminant) for Martin Lake Unit 3 (MLSES_UNIT3).  The amended NSO extends the suspension date provided in the original September 12, 2013 NSO from December 11, 2013 to December 14, 2013.  The amended NSO states that the reason for the delayed suspension is to allow the unit “to be available for dispatch in light of the recently forecasted winter storm.”

Because ERCOT has already determined that the Resource is not needed to support transmission system reliability for the period of suspension defined in the original NSO (see Market Notice W-B091213-02, attached below), no further study or determination is required. 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:  ERCOT has posted the amended NSO on the Generation page of the Market Information System (MIS) Secure Area.  An ERCOT Digital Certificate is required to access the MIS.

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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NOTICE DATE:  October 10, 2013

NOTICE TYPE:  W-B091213-02 Operations

SHORT DESCRIPTION:  Initial and Final determination of RMR status for Martin Lake Unit 3

INTENDED AUDIENCE:  ERCOT Market Participants

DAY AFFECTED:  December 11, 2013

LONG DESCRIPTION:  On September 12, 2013, ERCOT received a Notification of Suspension of Operations (NSO) for the following Generation Resource with a proposed effective date of December 11, 2013:

 

 

The NSO proposes that this Generation Resource will suspend operation on a year-round basis and begin operation on a seasonal basis with a Seasonal Operation Period beginning May 15, 2014 and ending September 30, 2014.  ERCOT has completed its analysis and determined that Martin Lake Unit 3 is not needed to support ERCOT transmission system reliability (i.e., voltage support, stability or management of localized transmission constraints under first contingency criteria) during the defined suspension period.  Pursuant to Section 3.14.1.2.1(3), this Notice will also serve as the final determination, and the Resource may be mothballed according to the schedule in the NSO.  During the defined mothball period, ERCOT will continue to include this Generation Resource in its models, but Luminant Generation Company LLC will be required to designate it as being on Seasonal Resource in the Outage Scheduler.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:  ERCOT has posted the analysis performed to arrive at its determination on the Generation page of the Market Information System (MIS) Secure Area.  An ERCOT Digital Certificate is required to access the MIS.

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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