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...

By Rich Heidorn Jr. VALLEY FORGE, Pa. — PJM’s plan to change the definition of the IMO interface with Ontario’s Independent Electricity System Operator received a lukewarm review from Market Monitor Joe Bowring, who said it would not correct what he has called “sham scheduling.” “We think it’s an improvement.

VALLEY FORGE, Pa. — A senior PJM official acknowledged last week that a proposal to allow load-serving entities such as the Illinois Municipal Energy Agency to use external resources to meet their capacity requirements could be construed as “somewhat preferential.” Stu Bresler, vice president of market operations, outlined a proposal...

By Rich Heidorn Jr. PJM CEO Terry Boston, left. PJM CEO Terry Boston opened 2015’s first Markets and Reliability Committee meeting last week with a plea for compromise. Boston lamented that PJM took unilateral action on several contentious proposals sent to federal regulators in 2014 after stakeholders were unable to...

Below is a summary of the issues scheduled to be brought to a vote at the Markets and Reliability and Members committees 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...