Service availability SLA's were met for both retail and MDT incidents and maintenance.
Maintenance was conducted on the 25th for retail and the 22nd for non-retail.
Potential changes discussed to align retail and non-retail maintenance schedules.
MarkeTrak performance: Monthly averages were below the 12-month average post-upgrade.
ListServ activity: 3950 posts, 448,000 emails sent; WMS had 55 posts, 6 new subscriptions, and 1 unsubscription; TDTMs had 4 posts with no new subscriptions or unsubscriptions.
Issues with unsubscribes due to cybersecurity actions were discussed.
Specific issue with Oncor folks automatically being unsubscribed was acknowledged; a conference call will be set up to address this.
Transition to on-prem for listserv identified automatic unsubscribes caused by cybersecurity barriers.
Troubleshooting and potential solutions for the listserv unsubscribes problem were discussed.
Corey provided a progress update on the 2024 annual demand response survey.
86% of responses were received from retail electric providers as of last week.
All responses from reps received. All responses except for one received from non-opt entities.
Total of 111 reps required to report; 59 indicated active participation in demand response programs.
Reported data covers about 6.15 million ESI IDs, similar to last year.
21 non-opt in entities reported active demand response programs.
Participation was seen from 10 LSEs and 20 TDSPs.
ESI ID extract files to be sent to reps by the end of the next day.
October 15 is the deadline for initial submission of participation data.
October 31 is the final submission deadline, including corrections and event data.
November 7 is the final corrections deadline for customer counts and event data for non-opt in entities.
Feedback: No changes in product categories; referred to binding documents for further details.
Question regarding the relationship with a rulemaking PUC project (56966) looking to reduce average residential load. No direct correlation identified.
Clarification provided on the definition of '111 reps' as '111 DUNS'.
Question about the 2023 final report: Not produced yet due to issues identifying crypto mining loads. A more thorough job to be done before presentation.
6 - Texas Standard Electronic Transaction Texas SET Working Group - Kyle Patrick
Provided an update on the Texas Standard Electronic Transaction (Texas SET) Working Group.
Conducted a flight track presentation to help attendees understand navigation and usage, which lasted around 20-30 minutes.
Discussion on handling the current test version compared to previous ones.
Test beds are scheduled for the next week with day one on September 23 (9/23).
Highlighted successful engagement and participation for the flight exercise, leading to some cleanup with retailers.
Mentioned the voting item on the 2025 flight schedule, previously tabled last month, to be revisited.
Next meeting scheduled for next week as a joint MCT and Texas SET WebEx session at 09:30 a.m. on Tuesday.
6.1 - 2025 Flight Schedule - Possible Vote - Paul Yockey
Discussion on the proposed 2025 flight schedule.
No changes were made to the schedule since the last discussion.
Concerns were raised previously about turnaround times for providing connectivity scheduling.
Market participants mentioned Juneteenth as a new holiday, impacting schedule but manageable.
No significant feedback received other than previous concerns.
Consensus reached to move the proposed 2025 flight schedule to the combo ballot.
7 - Market Coordination Team - MCT - Kathryn Thurman
Reviewed 814_04 implementation guide redlines from change control 851.
Reviewed updated business requirements for TXSETCC850 and TXSETCC851
Reminded about available documentation on the MCT page (business requirements, TDSP ESIID extract, Siebel Service order extract, change controls, draft redlines, SEF files, implementation plan).
Discussed changes to be handled next week regarding moving the 814_20s from TDSPs to Saturday morning prior to the shutdown.
Addressed the county name addition to the 814_20 in version 4.08, noting potential issues if transactions are not processed correctly before the version change.
Proposed moving the suspension time for 814_20s transactions to 6:00 AM Saturday for better processing adjustment.
Discussed LSE files processing during the transition, noting that ERCOT requests no LSE files should be sent during this time.
Centerpoint will hold ERCOT's LSE files from being sent but will continue to send to SMT, leading to a two-day gap for ERCOT.
Requested a vote on this transition plan before October’s WMS meeting; discussion and vote will happen at MCT and Texas SET on the 17th.
Plan for an email vote after Texas SET meeting for quick approval.
Mentioned the necessity of clearing out queue to avoid issues with switch-hold transactions potentially being stuck unprocessed.
The importance of aligning transition schedules and ensuring no backlog of transactions impacting ERCOT processes after the update.
