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ERCOT’s Demand Side Working Group

ERCOT’s Demand Side Working Group. Mark W. Smith Sifuentes, Drummond & Smith Austin, Texas. What Is the DSWG?. Created in 2001 by directive of the Public Utility Commission of Texas Reports to ERCOT’s Wholesale Market Subcommittee

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ERCOT’s Demand Side Working Group

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  1. ERCOT’s Demand Side Working Group Mark W. Smith Sifuentes, Drummond & Smith Austin, Texas

  2. What Is the DSWG? • Created in 2001 by directive of the Public Utility Commission of Texas • Reports to ERCOT’s Wholesale Market Subcommittee • Begun as a WMS Task Force, it was converted in 2002 into a permanent Working Group LaaR Seminar, March 24, 2003

  3. Who Heads Up the DSWG? • A Chairman is elected annually by the WMS • One or more Vice-Chairmen are elected annually by the DSWG • 2003 Chairman – Mark W. Smith • 2003 Vice Chairmen – Jay Zarnikau and Henry Vadie LaaR Seminar, March 24, 2003

  4. What is the DSWG’s Mission? The Demand Side Working Group’s mission is to identify and promote opportunities for demand-side resources to participate in ERCOT markets, and to recommend adoption of Protocols and Protocols revisions that foster optimum load participation in all markets. LaaR Seminar, March 24, 2003

  5. How Do You Participate? • Membership is not limited to ERCOT members – Anyone can join • The only thing you need do to participate is attend the DSWG meetings • Every member has a vote • A single entity can have multiple members but they collectively count as only one vote LaaR Seminar, March 24, 2003

  6. Some Current LaaR Issues • Is the LaaR Responsive Reserve cap at the right level? • Are the performance bands for LaaRs providing Responsive Reserve service appropriately set? • Is LaaR Responsive Reserve performance being measured in all cases at the QSE level, and should it be? • Can LaaRs provide RMR, Non-Spinning Reserve and Replacement Reserve, and if so, how might the Protocols be revised to optimize their ability to do so? • Can LaaRs use a separate QSE for bidding Ancillary Services? If not, should they be able to? • The list goes on … LaaR Seminar, March 24, 2003

  7. Why Is Your Participation Important? • What is done in 2003 will likely fix your options for the next few years • There are many Protocols issues that will be addressed by DSWG this year that will affect whether your load is suitable, physically and /or financially, for providing Ancillary Services • If you have a stake, you cannot afford not to play LaaR Seminar, March 24, 2003

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