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NOTICE DATE: September 16, 2020

NOTICE TYPE: W-A091620-01 Settlements

SHORT DESCRIPTION: EROF Fourth Quarter 2020 Invoices

INTENDED AUDIENCE: QSEs representing Load

DAYS AFFECTED: September 28, 2020

LONG DESCRIPTION: In accordance with the June 17, 2008, decision of the ERCOT Board of Directors regarding the collection of the Texas Reliability Entity Fee, the invoicing and collection of the Electric Reliability Organization Fee (EROF) will occur prior to the payment to the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC). 

ERCOT posted the ERO Invoices (EMIL ID NP12-311-M, Report ID 13023) for the fourth quarter of 2020 on September 16, 2020 on the Market Information System (MIS) under the Ad Hoc Information and Invoices portlet.

ACTION REQUIRED: NERC sends Invoices to ERCOT on a quarterly basis, forty-five calendar days before ERCOT is required to pay the Invoice. ERCOT issues EROF Invoices no less than thirty calendar days prior to the date that ERCOT must pay NERC. The EROF Invoice Payments are due to ERCOT from Qualified Scheduling Entities (QSEs) no later than September 28, 2020.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: The Electric Reliability Organization Fee Assessment and Collection Guide is attached. QSEs may opt to wire funds to ERCOT by federal wire or mail a check to ERCOT Austin (Attn: Treasury) per instructions on the invoice. As required by the ERO Fee Assessment and Collection Guide, ERCOT posts the Adjusted Metered Load (AML) data for each Load Serving Entity (LSE) by August 1 for the previous calendar year for use in calculating the Net Energy for Load (NEL) for the following year (January 1 through December 31). ERCOT has posted each LSE’s load data for calendar year 2018 in the ERO Fee Assessment LSE Share Report (EMIL ID COMS-805-M, Report ID 1036) on the MIS, under Data Aggregation Reports and Extracts (Certified) – LSE.

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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