▶️2 - ERCOT Updates and System Operation Report - ERCOT Staff
Unofficial ERCOT peak demand for January 2025 was 77,478 megawatts, occurring on January 22.
This demand was 871 megawatts less than the all-time January record of 78,349 megawatts set on January 16 of the previous year.
Three renewable records were set in January:
An all-time wind generation record of 28,373 megawatts on January 4.
An all-time solar generation record of 22,092 megawatts on January 24.
A new all-time renewable record of 39,021 megawatts on January 24.
On January 24, during the all-time renewable record, there was a corresponding penetration of 64%.
▶️3 - Texas Reliability Entity Report - Texas RE Staff
Discussion on the EOP-012 cold weather standards; NERC board invoked authority due to drafting team delays.
Proposed changes to EOP-012 posted for comment; finalization expected at ERCOT board meeting in March.
Joint FERC and NERC review announced for recent cold weather events in January affecting ERCOT and Eastern Interconnection.
Outreach and data requests planned for ERCOT to assess system reliability during cold weather events.
Second drafting team meeting held for SAR to modify BAL-001-TRE frequency response standard.
Discussion on incorporating frequency response for energy storage systems; updates to be provided as progress continues.
Upcoming events include GridEx planning meeting and discussion on small modular reactors on the Texas RE calendar.
Quarterly board and MRC meetings scheduled for the nineteenth of the month.
▶️4 - NPRR1070 Planning Criteria for GTC Exit Solutions – Tabled. No updates required at this time - R. Floyd
NPRR1070 has been tabled.
No updates have been provided yet but they are getting close.
▶️5 - NPRR1238 Voluntary Registration of Loads with Curtailable Load Capabilities - Golden Spread – Joe Wilson
Comments for NPRR1238 and NOGRR265 were filed last Thursday.
Section 2 was revised to better align definitions, moving some content to Section 16.2.
In Section 6.5.9.4.1, significant revisions were made for ECL deployment to rely on real-time data instead of initial proposals.
Requirement for QSE to notify Oncor of ECL failure removed due to real-time system awareness.
Section 16.20 updated to include requirements for ECL real-time telemetry data for monitoring and performance.
Potential for remote disconnection by QSE emphasized if ECL fails to comply.
Blake Holt raised a question about direct QSE disconnection in collocated scenarios.
Bob Wittmeyer inquired about differences in treatment between ECL and ERS loads.
Joe Dan Wilson supported the revisions and requested further resolution on ECL-ERS participation queries.
Discussion on routing the NPRR back to ROS for further discussion was proposed.
Martha Henson from Oncor suggested minor language amendments in Section 16.20.
Consensus achieved on current comments to move back to ROS, with possible formal comments to address language changes.
▶️6 - NOGRR265 Related to NPRR1238, Voluntary Registration of Loads with Curtailable Load Capabilities - Golden Spread – Joe Wilson
The changes in section 4.5.3.1 are designed to align with NPRR sections.
Notable changes include the removal of the requirement for a QSE load share table to allow the deployment of the ECL based on real-time available quantities.
Edits were made to clarify the exclusion of the ECL portion from the Transmission Operator's (TO) load share calculation upon ECL registration.
If there's a change to ECL registration impacting the TO load share calculation, it will be reviewed and updated as needed.
There were no comments or questions raised regarding the removal of the load share table or edits made by ERCOT.
No objections were noted to report consensus to ROS on NOGRR265 based on ERCOT's comments.
Decision to report consensus to ROS on the ERCOT comments was finalized without objections.
