Meeting ·
RCWG & WMWG Joint Workshop on Reliability Unit Commitment (RUC) and Verifiable Costs
LocationERCOT Austin 8000 Metropolis (Building E), Suite 100 Austin, TX 78744 Rooms A, B and C
VirtualWebEx / Teams
Dial-in877-668-4493
Agenda 35 items
- 1. Antitrust Admonition — Ino Gonzalez/ John Ritch · 9:30 AM
- 2. Reliability Unit Commitment (RUC)
- RUC – Introductory comments and context for current discussion — John Ritch · 9:35 AM
- When, why, how does ERCOT use RUC — ERCOT Staff · 9:50 AM
- What about the current RUC process is/isn’t working from ERCOT’s perspective
- Existing plans to reduce RUC
- DRRS
- Other
- Review economics and other RUC data — Carrie Bivens · 10:10 AM
- Self-commitment decision factors — David Detelich · 10:30 AM
- 3. Open discussion focused on impact and consequences of RUC (good and bad) — Ino Gonzalez/ John Ritch · 10:40 AM
- LUNCH · 11:40 AM
- 4. Verifiable Costs (VC) · 12:40 PM
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What isn’t or hasn’t been working and why
— Ino Gonzalez
- VC Summary - 2023 RUC and VC Workshop · Meeting Minutes
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Recent changes to VC and expected impact
— Ino Gonzalez
- VC Summary - 2023 RUC and VC Workshop · Meeting Minutes
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5.
Open discussion focused VC (good and bad)
— Ino Gonzalez/ John Ritch
· 1:10 PM
- VC Summary - 2023 RUC and VC Workshop · Meeting Minutes
- 6. Potential incentives and changes to reduce RUC and improve VC process – general stakeholder discussion — Ino Gonzalez/ John Ritch
- Shorter-term considerations · 1:40 PM
- Potential change to RUC clawback (see NPRR 1172) — Comments by Eric Goff
- Improve RUC make-whole process
- Permanent solution to Exceptional Fuel Costs
- Potential changes to RUC commitment timeframes
- Review minimum online reserve level (from IMM report)
- Address alternatives to the use of RUC
- Change forecast selection alternatives
- Longer-term market incentives · 3:10 PM
- Potential DAM upgrades/changes
- DAM and RTM energy offer restrictions/mitigation rules
- Ongoing activities that impact RUC/VC not for workshop discussion
- Bridge Solution
- DRRS
- Potential fuel contract language targeted discussion
- Other topics/items for consideration
- 7. Next steps · 3:55 PM
- Adjourn · 4:30 PM
Documents 2
| Name | Doc Type | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rcwg Wmwg Ruc Rc Workshop Agenda Final 20230807 | Meeting Agenda | docx | Aug 7 '23 |
| RUC VC Workshop Followup | Forms and Templates | xlsx | Sep 21 '23 |