Program Manual and Submittal Application

Q. Will participating in the Load Management program stop my facility from being curtailed by ERCOT during any future blackout events?

A. The Load Management program is a stand alone program that has no connection to any ERCOT action. Load Management uses the ERCOT Emergency plan as a trigger to initiate an Load Management curtailment event. Please refer to the ERCOT protocols for the EECP procedures.

Q. If ERCOT’s EECP Step 3 Notice was in effect for more than 4 hours, would there be a problem if the load came back up early?

A. No, this program has no contractual obligations to ERCOT.

Q. If an EECP Step 3 notice occurred on a weekend or holiday, would we still perform the curtailment for Oncor?

A. No, only summer peak demand days, as defined in the Program Manual would be when Oncor will request you to perform a curtailment.

Q.Will it be difficult to hold a participant to their exact bid amount, since their future load levels (and thus their baseline) cannot be known with certainty?

A. Yes, which is why the Program Agreement and the Program Manual state that Oncor will adjust the estimated kW proposed in the Application if it is greater than the actual kW savings achieved in the first scheduled curtailment (e.g., if a service pprovider proposes 200kW in its application and only accomplishes 180kW in savings during the first scheduled curtailment, Oncor will revise the estimated demand savings to reflect the actual performance of the curtailment).

Q. What if we perform better than proposed in the Application, do we get paid for the additional curtailed load?

A. Possibly. If a service provider under-performs in the first scheduled curtailment in comparison with its estimated goal, those incentives would be returned to the program incentive budget and made available to the waiting list. If no one is on the waiting list or no one on the waiting list chooses to participate, these incentives may be made available, at the sole discretion of Oncor, on a non-discriminatory basis to those service providers who over-performed.

Q. Will the Contract be for 1 year or 10 years?

A. Signing of the program Contract is a 10-year commitment, with incentives paid each year based on performance. Curtailable Load must be available for curtailment for the 10-year Contract term.

Q. If there is a scheduled curtailment, but no Step 3 of the EECP in a given year that necessitates an unscheduled curtailment, will the full "Performance Period Payment" still be made?

A. Yes, in such case the verified kW savings of the scheduled interruption will be the amount used to calculate the "Performance Period Payment."

Q. When will we be paid for curtailments?

A. The "Scheduled Curtailment Payment" for savings related to the scheduled curtailment will typically be paid in July, and the "Performance Period Payment" for savings related to unscheduled curtailment(s) will typically be paid in November.

Q. When will the scheduled curtailment be performed each year?

A. The scheduled curtailment will be performed at the beginning of the summer peak demand period, usually sometime during the middle of April to the middle of May.

For additional information about the Load Management Program, please call 1.800.273.8741 ext. 6 or email: Load ManagementInfo@oncor.com.