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VALLEY FORGE, Pa. — Two proposals that would have delayed the disclosure of financial transmission rights ownership following an auction were defeated by the Market Implementation Committee on Wednesday. Bruce Bleiweis of DC Energy offered a package that would have allowed PJM to post aggregate data after an auction, mask...
VALLEY FORGE, Pa. — PJM members last week approved manual and Tariff changes dictating the ramp rates Capacity Performance resources will have to meet to avoid penalties during performance assessment hours. PJM said it found that many generators are able to increase their output faster than reflected in the ramp...
Dominion End-of-Life Facilities Under Review; Proposal Windows Possible
Mar 14, 2016
VALLEY FORGE, Pa. — PJM and Dominion Resources are conducting an end-of-life review to prioritize upgrades on the utility’s system, a project that could result in the creation of proposal windows. Of the 106 facilities being studied, about half are at the 230-kV level, with most of the rest split...
By Suzanne Herel FERC ordered PJM last week to change its method of calculating capacity market offer caps, saying it was inconsistent with its practice in the energy market. “We find that PJM’s Tariff is unjust and unreasonable because it allows the cost-based energy offer cap to be used as...
Ramp Rate Approach Would Excuse Nonperformance Penalties WILMINGTON, Del. — PJM presented a first read of a proposed performance assessment hour ramp rate, which would inform when a generator is vulnerable to nonperformance penalties under the new Capacity Performance model. The approach is a short-term solution that PJM hopes to...
By Suzanne Herel WILMINGTON, Del. — A problem statement and issue charge seeking to develop RTO-wide criteria for end-of-life transmission facilities kicked off a long and heated discussion before being approved by an 80% sector-weighted vote of the PJM Markets and Reliability Committee on Thursday. Just two of 12 Transmission...
By Rich Heidorn Jr. and Michael Brooks WASHINGTON — Lawyers for Maryland and Competitive Power Ventures got little support from Supreme Court justices during oral arguments in their federal-state jurisdiction case Wednesday. The justices also interrogated Paul Clement, attorney for Talen Energy Marketing, which challenged Maryland’s deal for CPV’s combined...
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...
PJM’s first 2016 proposal window for reliability projects opened Feb. 16 and will close March 17. A PJM study found Dominion's Carson–Rogers Rd. 500-kV line will be overloaded if the Carson–Rawlings 500-kV circuit is lost. The RTO is looking to address problems on Dominion Resources’ Carson-Rogers Rd 500-kV and Chesterfield-Messer...
MISO and PJM said last week they’re ready for the March 1 transfer of 300 MW of MISO pseudo-tied resources to PJM, and a 2,000-MW transfer set for June 1. The transitions will result in the creation of 80 new flowgates. The 2,300 MW PJM and MISO will pseudo-tie over...
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