NPRR348  Generation Resource Start-Up and Shut-Down process

As part of this Nodal Protocol Revision Request (NPRR), Protocol language concerning the use of the "ONTEST" Resource Status during Start-Up and Shut-Down has been removed. Language has been added to address the Start-Up and Shut-Down processes. For Start-Up, language is added so that Resources are exempt from Base-Point Deviation Charges and Generation Resource Energy Deployment Performance (GREDP) metrics when the Resources average base-point value is below the average telemetered Low Sustainable Limit (LSL). The expectation is that when a Resource is receiving base-points below its LSL, the Resource is starting up/shutting down and not necessarily responding to Security Constrained Economic Dispatch (SCED) instructions. For Shut-Down, a new Resource Status is created called "SHUTDOWN". This status will be used by the Resource Limit Calculator (RLC) to calculate dispatch limits for SCED which ramp a Resource down to 0 MW according to the Resource’s provided ramp rate. Again, a Resource will be exempt from Base-Point Deviation Charges and GREDP metrics when the Resource’s average base-point is below the average telemetered LSL.