NOTICE DATE: December 12, 2013 NOTICE TYPE: W-A121213-01 Settlements SHORT DESCRIPTION: Implementation details for NPRR553 INTENDED AUDIENCE: QSEs DAY AFFECTED: December 1, 2013 LONG DESCRIPTION: ERCOT has implemented settlement changes for Nodal Protocol Revision Request (NPRR) 553, Monthly BLT Payment and Charge for Presidio Exception, which was approved by the ERCOT Board on November 19, 2013 with an effective date of December 1, 2013. ERCOT has discontinued using the bill determinant RTMISCAMT for the settlement of the monthly Presidio cost and began using the methodology specified in Protocol section 6.6.3.5(3) effective with the Settlement Statements that posted on December 10th, 2013. Settlement impacts include addition of new bill determinants. ACTION REQUIRED: Implement changes to shadow settlement systems in compliance with NPRR553. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Settlement Matrix reflecting NPRR553 was posted on December 12, 2013 New Settlement Bill Determinants: Bill Determinant Short Description Extract Extract Table MBLTAMT Monthly Block Load Transfer Amount per QSE per Settlement Point*The payment to QSE q for the delivered energy to Load Zone p for the month. RTM CODE RTMOUTPUTHEADER RTMOUTPUTINTERVAL VEPMBLT Verified Monthly Energy Cost*The ERCOT verified monthly cost for the energy delivered to an ERCOT Load as determined by an invoice submitted to ERCOT. RTM CODE RTMOUTPUTHEADER RTMOUTPUTINTERVAL MBLTAMTQSETOT Monthly Block Load Transfer Amount QSE Total per QSE*The total of the payments to QSE q for energy delivered into the ERCOT System for the month. RTM CODE RTMOUTPUTHEADER RTMOUTPUTINTERVAL MBLTAMTTOT Monthly BLT Amount ERCOT wide Total-The total monthly BLT charge for all QSEs. RTM CODE RTMOUTPUTHEADER RTMOUTPUTINTERVAL LAMBLTAMT Load-Allocated Monthly BLT Amount per QSE-Monthly BLT charge for QSE q. RTM CODE RTMOUTPUTHEADER RTMOUTPUTINTERVAL 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]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>. If you are receiving email 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. dg