The ERCOT protocols and their development process [electricity supply industry]

Author

Jones, Bradley C.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Markets & Regul., TXU Energy, Dallas, TX, USA

Volume

1

fYear

2002

fDate

2002

Firstpage

2

Abstract

Pursuant to the provisions of the Public Utility Regulatory Act of Texas ("PURA"), the Electric Reliability Council of Texas ("ERCOT"), operating as the approved independent organization of the ERCOT power region, was required to establish and enforce procedures, consistent with PURA and the Public Utility Commission of Texas ("PUCT") rules, relating to the reliability of the regional electric network and accounting for the production of electricity among generators and all market participants.

Keywords

electricity supply industry; legislation; management; power system reliability; ERCOT protocols; Electric Reliability Council of Texas; Public Utility Commission of Texas; Public Utility Regulatory Act of Texas; USA; development process; electricity production; electricity supply industry; independent organization; market participants; procedures; regional electric network reliability; Councils; Joining materials; Materials reliability; Power generation; Production; Protocols; Standards development; Standards organizations; Technical drawing; Voting;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Engineering Society Winter Meeting, 2002. IEEE

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7322-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PESW.2002.984927

Filename

984927