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2705 West Lake Drive Taylor, Texas 76574 (512) 248-6800 HTTP://WWW.ERCOT.COM Combined-Cycle Unit Modeling in the Nodal Design Bill Blevins 03-26-07 Table of Contents Table of Contents 2 Background: 2 Discussion of alternative models of Combined Cycle plants 2 Aggregate CCP Modeling 2 Configuration-Based Modeling 2 Physical unit-based modeling 2 IDA Recommendations 2 High Level Approach: 2 Registration: 2 Metering: 2 NMMS: 2 EMS: 2 CRR: 2 MMS: 2 Outage schedules and Derating: 2 Power Augmentation: 2 Data Requirements: 2 SCED: 2 Deployments: 2 Settlements: 2 Appendix A 2 Appendix B 2 Note: This is an updated version of the original whitepaper on Combined Cycle modeling. This version reflects discussions between ERCOT, the MMS vendor ABB and the various stakeholders with CC assets in the ERCOT Market. Background: A Combined Cycle generating station consists of one or more combustion turbines (CT), each with a heat recovery steam generator (HRSG). Steam produced by each HRSG is used to drive steam turbines (ST). Each steam turbine and each combustion turbine have an electrical generator that produces electric power (CTG and STG). Typical configurations (Appendix A Figure 1-Figure 7) contain one, two, or three combustion turbines each with a HRSG and a single steam turbine. Because of high thermal efficiency, low initial cost, high reliability, relatively low gas prices and low air emissions, combined-cycle gas turbines have been the new resource of choice for bulk power generation for well over a decade. ERCOT relies on a diverse mix of generation resources to meet the demand needs of the electrical system in Texas and approximately 20% of ERCOT’s total generation capability comes from Combined-Cycle Plants (CCPs). ). There is a variety of CCPs in ERCOT, the most complex consists of four CT and two ST generating units. Some of CCPs are capable of power augmentation. The CCPs create unique challenges for ERCOT because they can operate in a number of different configur