By Michael Brooks Reversing a prior decision, FERC ruled Tuesday that PJM transmission owners should pay all of the cost of projects that solely address a TO’s local planning criteria (ER15-1387). The commission accepted the proposal by PJM Transmission Owners, saying it had erred in its May 2015 order rejecting...

Five market efficiency projects, all in the ComEd zone, will be presented to the Board of Managers for its approval when it meets this week. However, planners are holding off on recommending advancing the Hanover Pike baseline project while the need for it as a reliability project is evaluated, Transmission Expansion...

Cold-weather testing continued into the second week of January due to the region experiencing one of the mildest Decembers on record. The cost of the testing was cheaper than the previous year — $3.4 million compared with $4.9 million. Two out of three eligible units declined to test, which Operating...

VALLEY FORGE, Pa. — Stu Bresler, senior vice president for market operations, told the Market Implementation Committee Wednesday that discussions with market participants and among staff have highlighted the need for manual changes to clarify rules regarding capacity bilateral transactions. “Neither the Tariff nor the manual provides clarity about those...

By Suzanne Herel PJM and its Independent Market Monitor asked FERC Thursday to revise Capacity Performance rules to address concerns that generators might ignore dispatch instructions to avoid penalties. FERC’s June 2015 order approving PJM’s tougher capacity requirements directed the RTO to eliminate language that would allow generator parameter limitations...

By Suzanne Herel The Supreme Court's stay of the Clean Power Plan won’t affect PJM's planned analysis of the economic and reliability implications of complying with the federal program. “Our main concern is reliability. We don’t have a position on the Clean Power Plan as far as merits, but we...

By William Opalka ITC Holdings, the largest independent transmission operator in the U.S., agreed to be acquired by Canadian utility operator Fortis in a deal valued at $11.3 billion, the companies announced Tuesday. ITC is based in Novi, Mich., where it will remain as an independent company. It has been...

Faster Path to Market for Distributed Resources to be Studied WILMINGTON, Del. — A problem statement and issue charge that initially focused on the path for distributed battery storage systems to enter PJM markets failed to gain support at the Markets and Reliability Committee on Thursday until presenter Drew Adams...

Below is a summary of the issues scheduled to be brought to a vote at the Markets and Reliability and Members committees Thursday, January 28, 2016. Each item is listed by agenda number, description and projected time of discussion, followed by a summary of the issue and links to prior...

PJM will implement a new process for ensuring compliance with training and certification requirements effective Feb. 1. The Operating Committee unanimously approved changes to Manual 40 to enable the new process, which stems from an August problem statement to improve compliance by generation dispatchers, demand response providers and energy storage...