ERCOT NODAL (LATEST UPDATE) REAL QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS | 100% CORRECT | ALREADY GRADED
Adjusted Metered Load (AML) Ans✓✓✓ Retail Load usage data that
has been adjusted for Unaccounted for Energy (UFE), Transmission
Losses, Distribution Losses, and Direct Current Tie (DC Tie) exports
(except for the Oklaunion Exemption)
Adjusted Static Models Ans✓✓✓ Load Profiles that are generated from
statistical models that are based on static historical Load data, and
adjusted for conditions of the day (e.g., weather, Season, etc.)
Adjustment Period Ans✓✓✓ For each Operating Hour, the time
between 1800 in the Day-Ahead up to the start of the hour before that
Operating Hour
Advanced Meter Ans✓✓✓ Any new or appropriately retrofitted meter
that functions as part of a system that includes such meters and the
associated hardware, software, and communications devices, that
collects time-differentiated energy usage, and that is deployed pursuant
to P.U.C. SUBST. R. 25.130, Advanced Metering.
Advanced Metering System (AMS) Ans✓✓✓ A system, including
Advanced Meters and the associated hardware, software, and
communications devices, that collects time-differentiated energy usage
and is deployed pursuant to P.U.C. SUBST. R. 25.130, Advanced
Metering.
,Advisory Ans✓✓✓ The second of four levels of communication issued
by ERCOT in anticipation of a possible Emergency Condition.
Agreement Ans✓✓✓ A signed written agreement between ERCOT and
a Market Participant using one of the standard form agreements in
Section 22, Attachments, including those agreements containing changes
to the standard form, which changes have been approved by the ERCOT
Board.
Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Ans✓✓✓ Procedures, outlined in
Section 20, Alternative Dispute Resolution Procedure, for settling
disputes by means other than litigation.
Ancillary Service Ans✓✓✓ A service necessary to support the
transmission of energy to Loads while maintaining reliable operation of
the transmission system using Good Utility Practice.
Ancillary Service Assignment Ans✓✓✓ Ancillary Service Resource
Responsibility assigned to an On-Line Resource pursuant to paragraph
(4) of Section 6.5.9.3.3, Watch.
Ancillary Service Capacity Monitor Ans✓✓✓ A set of processes
described in Section 8.1.1.3, Ancillary Service Capacity Compliance
Criteria, to determine the Real-Time capability of Resources to provide
Ancillary Service.
,Ancillary Service Obligation Ans✓✓✓ For each Ancillary Service, a
Qualified Scheduling Entity's (QSE's) ERCOT-allocated share of total
ERCOT System needs for that Ancillary Service.
Ancillary Service Offer Ans✓✓✓ An offer to supply Ancillary Service
capacity in the Day-Ahead Market (DAM) or a Supplemental Ancillary
Service Market (SASM).
Ancillary Service Plan Ans✓✓✓ A plan produced by ERCOT, as
described in Section 4.2.1, Ancillary Service Plan and Ancillary Service
Obligation, which identifies the types and amount of Ancillary Service
necessary for each hour of the Operating Day.
Ancillary Service Resource Responsibility Ans✓✓✓ The MW of an
Ancillary Service that each Resource is obligated to provide in Real-
Time rounded to the nearest MW.
Ancillary Service Schedule Ans✓✓✓ The MW of each Ancillary
Service that each Resource is providing in Real-Time and the MW of
each Ancillary Service for each Resource for each hour in the Current
Operating Plan (COP).
Ancillary Service Supply Responsibility Ans✓✓✓ The net amount of
Ancillary Service capacity that a QSE is obligated to deliver to ERCOT,
by hour and service type, from Resources represented by the QSE.
, Ancillary Service Trade Ans✓✓✓ A QSE-to-QSE transaction that
transfers an obligation to provide Ancillary Service capacity between a
buyer and a seller.
Applicable Legal Authority (ALA) Ans✓✓✓ A Texas or federal law,
rule, regulation, or applicable ruling of the PUCT or any other regulatory
authority having jurisdiction, an order of a court of competent
jurisdiction, or a rule, regulation, applicable ruling, procedure, protocol,
guide or guideline of the Independent Organization, or any Entity
authorized by the Independent Organization to perform registration or
settlement functions.
Area Control Error (ACE) Ans✓✓✓ A calculation of the MW correction
needed to control the actual system frequency to the scheduled system
frequency.
Authorized Representative Ans✓✓✓ The person(s) designated by an
Entity during the registration process in Section 16, Registration and
Qualification of Market Participants, who is responsible for authorizing
all registration information required by ERCOT Protocols and ERCOT
business processes, including any changes in the future, and will be the
contact person(s) between the registered Entity and ERCOT for all
business matters requiring authorization by ERCOT.
Automatic Voltage Regulator (AVR) Ans✓✓✓ A device on a
Generation Resource or a control system at the Facility of a Generation
Resource used to automatically control the voltage to an established
Voltage Set Point.
VERIFIED ANSWERS | 100% CORRECT | ALREADY GRADED
Adjusted Metered Load (AML) Ans✓✓✓ Retail Load usage data that
has been adjusted for Unaccounted for Energy (UFE), Transmission
Losses, Distribution Losses, and Direct Current Tie (DC Tie) exports
(except for the Oklaunion Exemption)
Adjusted Static Models Ans✓✓✓ Load Profiles that are generated from
statistical models that are based on static historical Load data, and
adjusted for conditions of the day (e.g., weather, Season, etc.)
Adjustment Period Ans✓✓✓ For each Operating Hour, the time
between 1800 in the Day-Ahead up to the start of the hour before that
Operating Hour
Advanced Meter Ans✓✓✓ Any new or appropriately retrofitted meter
that functions as part of a system that includes such meters and the
associated hardware, software, and communications devices, that
collects time-differentiated energy usage, and that is deployed pursuant
to P.U.C. SUBST. R. 25.130, Advanced Metering.
Advanced Metering System (AMS) Ans✓✓✓ A system, including
Advanced Meters and the associated hardware, software, and
communications devices, that collects time-differentiated energy usage
and is deployed pursuant to P.U.C. SUBST. R. 25.130, Advanced
Metering.
,Advisory Ans✓✓✓ The second of four levels of communication issued
by ERCOT in anticipation of a possible Emergency Condition.
Agreement Ans✓✓✓ A signed written agreement between ERCOT and
a Market Participant using one of the standard form agreements in
Section 22, Attachments, including those agreements containing changes
to the standard form, which changes have been approved by the ERCOT
Board.
Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Ans✓✓✓ Procedures, outlined in
Section 20, Alternative Dispute Resolution Procedure, for settling
disputes by means other than litigation.
Ancillary Service Ans✓✓✓ A service necessary to support the
transmission of energy to Loads while maintaining reliable operation of
the transmission system using Good Utility Practice.
Ancillary Service Assignment Ans✓✓✓ Ancillary Service Resource
Responsibility assigned to an On-Line Resource pursuant to paragraph
(4) of Section 6.5.9.3.3, Watch.
Ancillary Service Capacity Monitor Ans✓✓✓ A set of processes
described in Section 8.1.1.3, Ancillary Service Capacity Compliance
Criteria, to determine the Real-Time capability of Resources to provide
Ancillary Service.
,Ancillary Service Obligation Ans✓✓✓ For each Ancillary Service, a
Qualified Scheduling Entity's (QSE's) ERCOT-allocated share of total
ERCOT System needs for that Ancillary Service.
Ancillary Service Offer Ans✓✓✓ An offer to supply Ancillary Service
capacity in the Day-Ahead Market (DAM) or a Supplemental Ancillary
Service Market (SASM).
Ancillary Service Plan Ans✓✓✓ A plan produced by ERCOT, as
described in Section 4.2.1, Ancillary Service Plan and Ancillary Service
Obligation, which identifies the types and amount of Ancillary Service
necessary for each hour of the Operating Day.
Ancillary Service Resource Responsibility Ans✓✓✓ The MW of an
Ancillary Service that each Resource is obligated to provide in Real-
Time rounded to the nearest MW.
Ancillary Service Schedule Ans✓✓✓ The MW of each Ancillary
Service that each Resource is providing in Real-Time and the MW of
each Ancillary Service for each Resource for each hour in the Current
Operating Plan (COP).
Ancillary Service Supply Responsibility Ans✓✓✓ The net amount of
Ancillary Service capacity that a QSE is obligated to deliver to ERCOT,
by hour and service type, from Resources represented by the QSE.
, Ancillary Service Trade Ans✓✓✓ A QSE-to-QSE transaction that
transfers an obligation to provide Ancillary Service capacity between a
buyer and a seller.
Applicable Legal Authority (ALA) Ans✓✓✓ A Texas or federal law,
rule, regulation, or applicable ruling of the PUCT or any other regulatory
authority having jurisdiction, an order of a court of competent
jurisdiction, or a rule, regulation, applicable ruling, procedure, protocol,
guide or guideline of the Independent Organization, or any Entity
authorized by the Independent Organization to perform registration or
settlement functions.
Area Control Error (ACE) Ans✓✓✓ A calculation of the MW correction
needed to control the actual system frequency to the scheduled system
frequency.
Authorized Representative Ans✓✓✓ The person(s) designated by an
Entity during the registration process in Section 16, Registration and
Qualification of Market Participants, who is responsible for authorizing
all registration information required by ERCOT Protocols and ERCOT
business processes, including any changes in the future, and will be the
contact person(s) between the registered Entity and ERCOT for all
business matters requiring authorization by ERCOT.
Automatic Voltage Regulator (AVR) Ans✓✓✓ A device on a
Generation Resource or a control system at the Facility of a Generation
Resource used to automatically control the voltage to an established
Voltage Set Point.
