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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...

By Suzanne Herel PSEG Nuclear says some of the proposed transmission fixes for Artificial Island would pose risks to the Salem and Hope Creek nuclear plants, above. PJM planners won’t be ready after all to recommend a stability fix for New Jersey’s Artificial Island in time for the Board of...

By Rich Heidorn Jr. and Suzanne Herel (Click to zoom.) Some coal-fired power plants at risk of retirement under the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed carbon emission rule could survive thanks to unlikely saviors: energy efficiency and renewable energy. That is a surprising conclusion of a PJM economic and reliability analysis...

The Market Implementation Committee will review modeling practices that PJM said may be shortchanging loads with transmission agreements that pre-date the RTO’s capacity market. The MIC last week approved an issue charge proposed by Stu Bresler, vice president of market operations. Bresler said the issue arose last year after a...

(Click to zoom.) PJM generation owners conducted winter preparation tests of 156 infrequently used power plants between Dec. 5 and Jan. 2, cranking up 7,549 of a possible 9,349 MW for a success rate of 81%. Units failed to start due to problems with fuel-handling systems and emission systems, as...

(click to zoom.) PJM will seek stakeholders’ input on ways to encourage interconnection customers to file their requests earlier, officials told the Planning Committee last week. A more granular review of PJM’s interconnection queue over the past 14 years indicates that about 80% of requests are for new generation projects,...