PLWG Report to RPG

1. PLWG Report to RPG November 22, 2013 Presented by John Moore, PLWG Chair

2. November PLWG Meeting was Rescheduled to Friday, November 22 Items for PLWG Meeting Agenda • Three PGRR’s will be reviewed • PGRR028 will be reviewed to address concerns expressed at November ROS Mtg • PGRR033 will be considered for final review • PGRR035 will be reviewed to develop a final draft • NPRR572 associated with PGRR035 will be reviewed • OneOPSTF issue will be considered

3. PGRRs Submitted and Approved at November 14 ROS Meeting • PGRR031 “Implement 95% Facility Rating Limit in Planning Criteria” • This planning criteria addition to the Planning Guide was developed in response to a request from ROS to address a range of concerns identified in the work of the OPSTF • PGRR032 “Stakeholder Review of Resource Registration Data Requirements” • This PGRR describes the process for review and approval of changes, additions or deletions to the required Resource Registration data • The PGRR clarifies Interconnecting Entity (IE) information submission requirements and to removes obsolete language

4. PGRR Considered at November 14 ROS Mtg and referred back to PLWG • PGRR028 “Evaluation of Compliance of Reactive Requirements” • This PGRR gives ERCOT the authority to determine if a generation resource complies with ERCOT’s reactive power capability and voltage control requirements • Discussion at the November ROS Mtg identified concerns regarding the clarity regarding how ERCOT will perform the Voltage Profile analysis • PGRR028 referred back to PLWG to develop additional language responding to concerns expressed at the ROS Mtg; will be addressed at November PLWG Mtg

5. Active PGRRs Under Consideration • PGRR033 “Dynamics Flat Start Cases Preparation” • Language found acceptable in Oct PLWG Mtg • Impact Analysis will be considered at Nov PLWG Mtg • With final approval, expect to submit to Dec ROS Mtg • PGRR035 “DC Tie Interconnection Policy” Initial review of PGRR034 , Asynchronous Tie Interconnection Process, was held at Oct PLWG Mtg • Oct PLWG Mtg discussion resulted in new direction for Asynchronous Tie Interconnection Process • PGRR034 originally proposed to include DC Tie Interconnection Process in Planning Guide Section 5 • Interconnection Process was renamed DC Tie Interconnection Process anguage • Language was reformatted for a new Planning Guide section, Section 7, and refiled as PGRR035 • Review of revised/refiled language (PGRR035) will be held at Nov PLWG Mtg

6. OPSTF Issues Under Consideration • Issue 5C: Discreet Load Additions • A recommendation was offered in the October PLWG Mtg that no further actions are needed to address consideration of discreet load additions within the current ERCOT transmission planning processes. • Issue 10: Security-constrained deliverability of ancillary services • A subcommittee is anticipated to report on their considerations of whether any additional actions are needed