NPRR 1344 would move Texas Market Test Plan language into Section 19
The impact analysis, dated July 28, 2026, estimates no cost or budgetary impact and identifies no impacts to ERCOT staffing, systems, or operations. The change requires no project and can take effect following Public Utility Commission of Texas approval.
Why it matters → NPRR 1344's title describes the change as moving Market Test Plan language from OBD to Section 19.■ No impacts to ERCOT staffing, computer systems, business functions, or grid operations and practices were identified.■
NPRR 1344 is titled "Move OBD to Section 19 – Texas Market Test Plan."1
The impact analysis is dated July 28, 2026.2
No cost or budgetary impact is estimated for the change.3
No impacts to ERCOT staffing, computer systems, business functions, or grid operations and practices were identified.4
The change requires no project and can take effect following Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) approval.5
No interim solutions or alternatives for a more efficient implementation were offered.6
No comments are recorded.7
Coverage notes
Gridlight’s notes on what we looked for and did not find; these statements are Gridlight’s own and are not claim-checked against archived sources.
- As of 2026-08-15, Gridlight did not identify the operative rule, order, or tariff section (or a recorded reason none exists yet) for this story in the sources it monitors; this article is based on the documents listed in Sources.
- As of 2026-08-15, Gridlight did not identify the agency's most recent action on it for this story in the sources it monitors; this article is based on the documents listed in Sources.
- As of 2026-08-15, Gridlight did not identify a Protocol Revision Subcommittee, Technical Advisory Committee, or ERCOT Board vote date for NPRR 1344 in the sources it monitors; no vote or implementation date has been set on the record reviewed.
- As of 2026-08-15, affected parties are not yet determinable from the filing; this article is based on ERCOT staff's July 28, 2026 impact analysis of NPRR 1344.
- As of 2026-08-15, Gridlight did not identify a document addressing whether relocating the Market Test Plan language from OBD to Section 19 changes how it is referenced or enforced elsewhere in ERCOT's Protocols.