VALLEY FORGE, Pa. — PJM received 118 transmission proposals during the competitive window that closed in February, including 92 market efficiency projects and 26 to address reliability problems. Nineteen transmission owners and non-incumbent developers submitted proposals, led by ITC Holdings, FirstEnergy, Commonwealth Edison and American Electric Power with at least...

VALLEY FORGE, Pa. — PJM generators performed much better during this winter’s cold than a year ago, with forced outage rates limited to 12.3% on Feb. 20, when PJM set a new record winter peak load of 143,826 MW. About 22,800 MW of generation was unavailable due to forced outages.

PJM is proposing a change to the way it estimates demand response in its load deliverability analysis. Current practice looks at the amount of DR that has cleared in the last Base Residual Auction to project DR available five years in the future. But Tom Falin, PJM manager of resource...

Markets and Reliability Committee PJM to Drop Fees for Tx Projects under $20M WILMINGTON, Del. — PJM will not charge transmission developers fees on any projects estimated to cost less than $20 million under a revised proposal it plans to file with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. FERC last month...

Below is a summary of the issues scheduled to be brought to a vote at the Markets and Reliability Committee on Thursday. Each item is listed by agenda number, description and projected time of discussion, followed by a summary of the issue and links to prior coverage in RTO Insider.

By Suzanne Herel Boston When Terry Boston took the helm of PJM seven years ago, the RTO was in turmoil, its reputation as the model for running competitive deregulated electricity markets in the balance. Top management was battling allegations by PJM’s electricity price watchdog that the system was allowing generators...

VALLEY FORGE, Pa. — PJM planners again pushed back a decision on the stability fix for New Jersey’s Artificial Island and said they could offer no timeframe for a recommendation to the RTO’s board. PJM has hired a consultant to review studies of four finalists’ proposals. (See Further Study Delays...

By Rich Heidorn Jr. VALLEY FORGE, Pa. — An attempt by PJM officials and the Independent Market Monitor to complete what they called unfinished business ran into a roadblock last week as several stakeholders questioned their authority, saying members should consider a new problem statement. Officials are seeking manual changes...

VALLEY FORGE, Pa. — PJM is developing design, engineering and construction standards for non-incumbent transmission developers who can win “designated entity” status under the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s Order 1000. PJM’s Suzanne Glatz told Thursday’s Planning Committee meeting that the RTO is seeking a balance between “innovative designs” and reliability.

VALLEY FORGE, Pa. — Software problems have led PJM to delay implementation of an eMKT tool allowing gas-fired generators to make intraday changes in price schedules, Chantal Hendrzak, PJM general manager of Applied Solutions, told the Operating Committee last week. The optional system, called the Intraday Cost Schedule Update, had been set...