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Ann Puckett
ROME Corporation
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
ERCOT SELECTS VENDORS FOR NODAL SYSTEMS
Austin, Texas — June 15, 2006 —ERCOT announced the selection of six key vendors to build requirements for the critical nodal systems supporting the implementation of a new Texas Nodal Market.
Requests for proposals, sent out April 14, 2006, resulted in the selection of the following vendors:
- ROME Corporation (Credit Monitoring)
- Nexant, Inc. Energy Solutions Division (CRR, Network Modeling and Telemetry)
- ABB, Inc. PSN/Power Systems Division (Market Operations and Outage Scheduler)
- Siemens Power Transmission & Distribution Inc. Energy Management & Automation Division (NMMS)
- AWS Truwind, LLC, (RPP forecast)
AREVA T&D, Inc., will remain the provider of the Energy Management System and Load Forecast. Commercial systems, including billing and settlement, will be developed internally by ERCOT Nodal team staff.
“ERCOT’s rigorous selection criteria, consistent with the Nodal Charter, require vendor offerings to align with ERCOT’s focused technology footprint, and select only proven software solutions that are capable of minimizing bugs and integration risk,” said Nodal Program Director Kathy Hager. “The preferred vendor teams consist of exemplary individuals who bring to ERCOT a commitment to excellence in project management and a proven track record of delivery and results.”
Preferred vendors will start joint development of requirements beginning July 5. Upon satisfactory completion of requirements, ERCOT will contract for software purchase, customization and implementation.
In September 2003, the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUC) ordered ERCOT stakeholders to develop a nodal wholesale market design. In April 2006, the PUC signed the order approving the nodal protocols. The Texas Nodal project exists to facilitate the transition from a zonal to a nodal market and affects many business processes and systems. The primary components of the nodal market include a day-ahead market, reliability unit commitment, real-time or security constrained economic dispatch, and congestion revenue rights. In the nodal market, ERCOT will consist of more than 4,000 nodes which will replace the ERCOT region’s current five congestion management zones.
The nodal market is expected to deliver improved price signals, improved dispatch efficiencies and direct assignment of local congestion.
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