Stakeholders continued to question PJM's stance on vaccinations for its employees during its Operating Committee meeting.

PJM stakeholders endorsed tariff language revisions to exclude the right of first refusal process from evaluation of non-firm transmission service requests.

Stakeholders challenged PJM on the methodology the RTO used in its 2021 fuel security analysis, saying it may not be capturing all risks from severe weather.

PJM closely monitored the situation surrounding the cyberattack that shut down Colonial Pipeline last week, as stakeholders encouraged the RTO to spearhead discussions on improving cybersecurity among utilities, RTO officials said. Paul McGlynn, PJM executive director of system operations, updated members on the pipeline closure impacts on the RTO during...

PJM stakeholders unanimously endorsed an issue charge aimed at developing a cost recovery mechanism for generators forced to upgrade their facilities to comply with certain NERC Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) standards regarding interconnection reliability operating limits (IROLs). Darrell Frogg, senior engineer for generation at PJM, reviewed the problem statement and...

PJM stakeholders unanimously endorsed an issue charge that seeks to improve the deployment of synchronized reserves during a spin event. The acclamation vote at last week’s Operating Committee meeting came a month after some members questioned whether the timing of the issue was appropriate given major changes coming in the...

PJM proposed allowing generators deemed to be critical for determining interconnection reliability operating limits to recover their required upgrade costs. PJM has proposed developing a cost recovery mechanism for generators forced to upgrade their facilities to comply with certain NERC Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) standards regarding interconnection reliability operating limits...

PJM is looking to improve the deployment of synchronized reserves during a spin event, but some stakeholders are questioning whether the timing of the issue is appropriate given major changes in the reserve market next year. Mike Zhang, PJM senior engineer of markets coordination, provided a first read of a...