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NOTICE DATE:  March 6, 2017
NOTICE TYPE:  W-A030616-01 Operations
SHORT DESCRIPTION:  Annual Constraint Management Plans Review
INTENDED AUDIENCE:  Transmission Operators and/or Resource Entities with Transmission Facilities, impacted by existing Constraint Management Plans (CMP) or those proposing new CMPs.
DAY AFFECTED:  March 21, 2017
LONG DESCRIPTION:  ERCOT is initiating its annual Constraint Management Plans Review which includes Remedial Action Plans (RAPs), Mitigation Plans (MPs), and Pre-Contingency Action Plans (PCAPs). The study case which will be used for this review has been posted on the Market Information System (MIS) Long-Term Planning page at the link below:
Submitted Special Protection Systems (SPS) and Remedial Action Plans (RAPS)<https://mis.ercot.com/misapp/GetReports.do?reportTypeId=11419&noOfDaysofArchive=365&reportTitle=Submitted%20Special%20Protection%20Systems%20(SPS)%20and%20Remedial%20Action%20Plans%20(RAPS)&showHTMLView=undefined&mimicKey=%20%20>
Transmission Operators and/or Resource Entities with Transmission Facilities that are impacted by existing CMPs, or that are proposing new CMPs, are requested to review this case and provide any comments and/or case updates (including details about any planned equipment outage that is expected to last more than 30 days in the Summer Season) to ERCOT no later than March 21, 2017.

Additionally, if any CMPs are to be proposed for 2017, these must be sent using the attached templates to ERCOT by March 21, 2017. Furthermore, if any submitted CMPs are developed using a power flow case that is different from the one provided, please include the case file along with your submission (in RAW or PowerWorld format).

All correspondence related to the 2017 Annual Constraint Management Plan Review must be sent to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>.

Existing Constraint Management Plans are posted on the Market Information System (MIS) | Long-Term Planning page in the Approved Remedial Action Plans (RAPS)<https://mis.ercot.com/misapp/GetReports.do?reportTypeId=13021&noOfDaysofArchive=365&reportTitle=Approved%20Remedial%20Action%20Plans%20(RAPS)&showHTMLView=undefined&mimicKey=> report.
ACTION REQUIRED:  Review the study case and provide updates by March 21, 2017.
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]>.
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