Monthly

TCR Calculation
DRAFT 3
James J. Teixeira
05/11/02
Also review ERCOT Protocols Section 7
for more details and additional data

Process Overview
SSWG Case Selection
PSSE
Apply IDEVs

MS Access Filter
outages to be
considered

Apply Outages
Change Zone
Numbers to
Reflect CM Zone

MUST

Create PSSE
SAV Case

MUST Load
SAV Case

Create PSSE
RAWD

Multiple Transfers
AC Based FCITC
Calculation

PowerWorld
Simulator
Import RAWD into
PowerWorld
Simulator
Calculate Shift Factors
for each bus for each
CSC (1 line of DCKT)

Outage Scheduler
Query for Study
Month to CSV

MS Access
Tables and
Queries

Monitored
Elements Impact
Analysis
VB
Scripts

TCR.ERCOT.COM
Zonal
ATC

MS Excel
MON02_TTC

Ties
Flow
CSC
Flow

Settlement Adjustment Data

Shift Factor/Case Data

MS Excel
MON02_AWSF

Process Overview
Outage Scheduler
PSSE Version 26.2.3 (Moving to Version 28)
Apply Outages
Change Zone Numbers to CM Zone Number

PowerWorld Simulator Version 8.0

Calculate raw Shift Factors
Copy/Paste raw Shift Factor and Bus Data to MS
Access

Process Overview Contd

MS Access
Set of Tables, Queries, and VB Scripts
Run VB Scripts to calculate AWSF

MUST Version 4.02.02 (Moving to Version 5.0)

Calculate First Contingency Incremental Transfer
Capability (FCITC)
Monitored Elements Impact Analysis (Ties and CSC
flows at FCITC)

Transmission Outage Scheduler

Download Transmission Outages from Outage
Scheduler
CSV format
Load into MS Access

Determine Transmission Outages to use

No Generation Outages or Resource Plan Information Used
Transmission Outage of 5 days or more in Study Month
Group outages to find Period of Month with most/worst
concurrent outages

Outage Grouping
Outage
Group 1

Outage
Group 2

Line
Outages

Beginning
of Month

Study both periods, select group with

most impact on OC0 - CSC TTC.

End of
Month

The modified seasonal base case for a particular month will be based on the most
limiting situation within the corresponding month. This analysis takes into
account all transmission outages of significant duration and impact (Protocols
7.5.2.2)

PSSE
Determine PSSE Seasonal SSWG On Peak Base Case to
use
Apply Applicable IDEVs to Base Case to apply latest
transmission updates to case
Supplied by TDSPs

Apply Selected Transmission Outages to Base Case

Change Zone Numbers in Base Case with applied
outages to CM Zone numbers
Solve, Save, and Create RAWD
Case also provides Online Generation Level for AWSF

PowerWorld Simulator
Import RAWD into PowerWorld and Save
In PowerWorld, calculate a set of raw Shift Factors for
each bus for all four CSCs using TLR Sensitivities
Use Norwood (PSSE Bus #2406) as Transaction Buyer
Calculate raw SFs for one line of CSC double circuit and
multiply by 2 later

Copy raw Shift Factors and Bus data to Microsoft

Access Tables

PowerWorld TLR Sensitivities

MS Access
Run VB scripts to calculate all data found in
MON02_AWSF.xls
Summation of Weighted Shift Factors
Average Weighted Shift Factors
Min, Max, Average, Std Deviation

In MON02_AWSF.xls, run VB script to

move data from Access to Excel

Contingencies/Limits
Types Used
48 Phantom Single
Multiple modeled elements out for single outage/fault

512 Double
Only ones that result in cascade are considered as valid

All Single Branches 130 KV or greater

Limits Used
Rate B
105 % if Graham Parker or Sandow Temple DCKT is the
contingency
Based upon TSDP determination

100 % Otherwise

MUST
Load previously created PSSE save case into MUST
Check/Modify MUST options to use 105% limit for
applicable contingencies, 100% otherwise
In MUST, run Multiple Transfers AC Based FCITC
Calculation
AC is more accurate than DC

Set up Study Transfers using Min of Subsystem

MaxImport and MaxExport

MUST Contd
Calculate Study Transfers
Examine AC FCITC Multiple Transfers Report
to determine lowest AC FCITC where the
limiting element is a CRE or the Contingency is
a CRE (Protocol 7.5.2)
This number is the Zonal ATC found in
MON02_TTC.xls

MUST Contd
Run Monitored Elements Impact Analysis and set
Transfer level to Zonal ATC and Contingency number
to the corresponding contingency causing the Zonal
ATC from the AC FCITC Multiple Transfers Report.
Appropriate Ties and CSC Interfaces are defined in file
02cscinterface.mon
Post-Shift Base Case flow Impacts on Ties and CSC
interfaces are the Ties TTC and OC0 CSC TTC found
in MON02_TTC.xls

MUST Options - Cutoffs

MUST Options - Ratings

Settlement Adjustment
ERCOT will determine the total quantity of TCRs for the monthly
distribution by adjusting the corresponding modified seasonal base
case CSC Limits by the following amount: for each CSC, the sum over
all nodes of the product of the expected level of load at each node
from the modified seasonal base case multiplied by the difference
between the corresponding Shift Factor for that node and CSC and the
Zonal Shift Factor. (Protocol 7.5.2.2)

[L
i1

* (SFi AWSF)]

Where:
n = total number of load buses
L i = MW load at bus i
SF i = ind. shift factor at bus I
AWSF = corresponding zonal
shift factor for bus i

TCR Calculation Results

Zonal Flow Direction

Limiting Element

Contingency
Zonal ATC
Ties TTC
OC0 - CSC TTC -double circuit
line flow - MW
delta CSC - adjustment for
Settlement Calculation
total TCR (following Protocols)

COMMERCIALLY
SIGNIFICANT
CONSTRAINT #1 GRAHAM TO PARKER

COMMERCIALLY
SIGNIFICANT
CONSTRAINT #2 SANDOW TO TEMPLE

COMMERCIALLY
SIGNIFICANT
CONSTRAINT #3 STP TO DOW

COMMERCIALLY
SIGNIFICANT
CONSTRAINT #4 PARKER TO GRAHAM

WEST TO NORTH

SOUTH TO NORTH

SOUTH TO HOUSTON

NORTH TO WEST

1624 LEON 138 1640

LNGLVL M 138 1
GRAHAM-PARKER &
GRAHAM-PARKER
3247
1380
1130

3430 SANDOW 138

3675 ROGERS 138 1
TEMPSSLT-SANDOW &
TEMP SS-SANDOW
3443
-462
792

42500 DOW345 5 345

42510 DOW138 8 138 A1
P_H_R_ 5-DOW345 5 &
DOW345 5-WAP_C710
3715
-1674
1421

1640 LNGLVL M 138

1641 STPHVIL 138 1
GRAHAM-PARKER &
GRAHAM-PARKER
3247
245
366

726

638

756

237

57
783

-46
592

-54
702

-57
180

Posted Information
TCR.ERCOT.COM

PTI PSSE save case and RAWD

MUST configuration files
MON02_AWSF.xls
MON02_TTC.xls
MON02_IM.xls & MON02LoadMappingCMzones.xls

CSC Development Information at

WWW.ERCOT.COM/Participants/CSC/

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