Texas Administrative Code › Title 16 - ECONOMIC REGULATION › Part 2 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION OF TEXAS › Chapter 25 - SUBSTANTIVE RULES APPLICABLE TO ELECTRIC SERVICE PROVIDERS › Subchapter O - UNBUNDLING AND MARKET POWER › Division 2 - INDEPENDENT ORGANIZATIONS › Section 25.361 - Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT)

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Applicability. This section applies to
					 the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT). It also applies to
					 transmission service providers (TSPs) and transmission service customers, as
					 defined in §
											RSA 25.5
					 of this title (relating to Definitions), with respect to interactions with
					 ERCOT. For the purpose of this section and §
											RSA
					 25.362 of this title (relating to Electric
					 Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) Governance), an ERCOT rule is a market
					 protocol, operating guide, market guide, or other procedure that constitutes a
					 statement of general policy and that has an impact on the governance of the
					 organization or on reliability, settlement, customer registration, or access to
					 the transmission system in the ERCOT region.
(b) Functions. ERCOT shall perform the
					 functions of an independent organization under the Public Utility Regulatory
					 Act (PURA) §39.151 to ensure access to the transmission and distribution
					 systems for all buyers and sellers of electricity on nondiscriminatory terms;
					 ensure the reliability and adequacy of the regional electrical network; ensure
					 that information relating to a customer's choice of retail electric provider is
					 conveyed in a timely manner to the persons who need that information; and
					 ensure that electricity production and delivery are accurately accounted for
					 among the generators and wholesale buyers and sellers in the region. ERCOT
					 shall:
(1) administer, on a daily basis, the
					 operational and market functions of the ERCOT system, including procuring and
					 deploying ancillary services, scheduling resources and loads, and managing
					 transmission congestion, as set forth in this chapter, commission orders, and
					 ERCOT rules;
(2) administer
					 settlement and billing for services provided by ERCOT, including assessing
					 creditworthiness of market participants and establishing and enforcing
					 reasonable security requirements in relation to their responsibilities under
					 ERCOT rules;
(3) serve as the
					 single point of contact for the initiation of transmission services;
(4) maintain the reliability and security of
					 the ERCOT region's electrical network, including the instantaneous balancing of
					 ERCOT generation and load and monitoring the adequacy of resources to meet
					 demand;
(5) provide for
					 non-discriminatory access to the transmission system, consistent with this
					 chapter, commission orders, and ERCOT rules;
(6) accept and supervise the processing of
					 all requests for interconnection to the ERCOT transmission system from owners
					 of new generating facilities;
(7)
					 coordinate and schedule planned transmission facility outages;
(8) perform system screening security
					 studies, with the assistance of affected TSPs;
(9) plan the ERCOT transmission system, in
					 accordance with this section;
(10)
					 establish and administer procedures for the registration of market
					 participants;
(11) manage and
					 operate the customer registration system;
(12) administer the renewable energy program,
					 unless the commission designates a different person to administer the
					 program;
(13) monitor generation
					 planned outages;
(14) disseminate
					 information relating to market operations, market prices, and the availability
					 of services, in accordance with this chapter, commission orders, and the ERCOT
					 rules;
(15) operate an electronic
					 transmission information network; and
(16) perform any additional duties required
					 under this chapter, commission orders, and ERCOT rules.