NOTICE DATE:  December 18, 2015

NOTICE TYPE:  W-B112415-02 Operations

SHORT DESCRIPTION:  Initial and final determination of RMR status for Calpine Corporation (RE), CTL_GT_103

INTENDED AUDIENCE:  ERCOT Market Participants

DAY AFFECTED:  February 22, 2016

LONG DESCRIPTION:  On November 24, 2015, ERCOT received a Notification of Suspension of Operations (NSO) for the following Generation Resource:



*       Calpine Corporation (RE) CTL_GT_103

The proposed effective date for the suspension of CTL_GT_103 is February 22, 2016.

ERCOT has completed its review and is issuing this initial determination that this Resource is not required to support ERCOT transmission system reliability (i.e. voltage support, stability, or management of localized transmission constraints under first contingency criteria). Pursuant to ERCOT Protocol Section 3.14.1.2(5), this Market Notice will also serve as ERCOT's final determination that the Resource may be mothballed according to the schedule in the NSO.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:  In support of this determination, ERCOT has posted the analysis on the Generation page<https://mis.ercot.com/pps/tibco/mis/Pages/Grid+Information/Generation> of the Market Information System (MIS) Secure Area.  An ERCOT Digital Certificate is required to access the MIS.

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