NOTICE DATE: July 31, 2023

NOTICE TYPE: M-B073123-01- Contracts/RFP

SHORT DESCRIPTION: Request for Proposal for Firm Fuel Supply Service for the Contract Term of November 15, 2023 through March 15, 2024

INTENDED AUDIENCE: QSEs, TAC, and PRS Subscribers

DAY AFFECTED: September 1, 2023

LONG DESCRIPTION: Consistent with directives from the Legislature requiring ancillary or reliability services to address reliability during extreme cold weather conditions and the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) order for ERCOT to develop a firm-fuel product that provides additional grid reliability and resiliency during extreme cold weather and compensates generation resources that meet a higher resiliency standard, ERCOT has issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) for Firm Fuel Supply Service (FFSS) for the obligation period of November 15, 2023, through March 15, 2024. FFSS Competitive Offers are due September 1, 2023.

ACTION REQUIRED: Please visit the Firm Fuel Supply Service page of the ERCOT website for the RFP and all other documents associated with this procurement.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: ERCOT will communicate awarded offers to Qualified Scheduling Entities (QSEs) no later than September 30, 2023. Additional information regarding the development of FFSS can be found at the ERCOT webpage for Nodal Protocol Revision Requests (NPRR) 1120, Create Firm Fuel Supply Service; NPRR1167, Improvements to Firm Fuel Supply Service Based on Lessons Learned; and NPRR1169, Expansion of Generation Resources Qualified to Provide Firm Fuel Supply Service in Phase 2 of the Service.

CONTACT: If you have any questions, please contact Mark Patterson via email at [log in to unmask] or by phone at 512-569-5539 or 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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