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NOTICE DATE:  April 9, 2018
NOTICE TYPE:  W-A040918-01 Operations
SHORT DESCRIPTION:  Commissioning of Tule Canyon Synchronous Condenser
INTENDED AUDIENCE:  ERCOT Market Participants
DAY AFFECTED:  April 9, 2018
LONG DESCRIPTION:  Sharyland Utilities has completed its initial tuning for the synchronous condenser at the Tule Canyon substation.  The synchronous condenser will be placed in service for continual operation on April 9, 2018.  At that time, ERCOT will begin considering the synchronous condenser in its calculation of limits for the Panhandle Generic Transmission Constraint (GTC).  The purpose of this notice is to provide contemporaneous notification to all ERCOT Market Participants of the topology change in the Panhandle, as it may have an impact on the limits associated with the Panhandle GTC.
Details associated with all existing GTCs can be found on the ERCOT MIS Secure Area in the "Generic Transmission Constraints" portlet.  A Digital Certificate is required to access the MIS Secure Area.
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