Texas QSE To Pay $21,000 Under Settlement With PUCT Staff

FPL Energy Texas Keir, LLC (Forney QSE) would pay $21,000 under a settlement with Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas to resolve an investigation into Forney QSE's alleged violation of ERCOT Protocol § 6.4.6(1), related to telemetry of status codes.

ERCOT Protocols provide that QSEs shall provide ERCOT with accurate telemetry of the current capability of each Resource including the Resource Status, Ramp Rates, HSL, and LSL.

According to the settlement, Forney QSE asserts that on July 13, 2015, the Real Time Operator for Forney QSE intended to set the FRNYPP_CC2_6 RST code to ONREG, but incorrectly selected ONRUC.

According to the settlement, the Independent Market Monitor (IMM) and the PUCT's Oversight & Enforcement Division determined that Forney QSE failed to accurately telemeter the current capability of the resource FRNYPP_CC2_6 on July 13, 2015 as required by ERCOT Protocols § 6.4.6(1).

According to the settlement, ERCOT used this ONRUC status in two SCED intervals (14:00 and 14:05). The IMM calculated that this caused the real-time reliability adder created pursuant to NPRR 626 to be charged to the market with a total cost of approximately $23,600.

As a result of the use of the ONRUC code, FRNYPP_CC2_6 was dispatched below its expected output resulting in a negative financial impact to La Frontera Generation, LLC, an affiliate of Forney QSE. The IMM estimates that La Frontera Generation, LLC suffered a loss of approximately $2,600 due to the inaccurate telemetry.

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