PJM doesn’t plan to allow generators to make hourly market offers for winter 2015/16, despite a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission order that such flexibility be developed by Nov. 1. Officials said the RTO cannot accept such offers until it revamps its market system and that the new software cannot be...

By Rich Heidorn Jr. WILMINGTON, Del. — PJM is proposing to relax confidentiality rules regarding uplift payments and generator outages, saying they are inhibiting stakeholder discussions. The RTO on Thursday presented the Markets and Reliability Committee a problem statement and proposed changes to section 3.5 of PJM Manual 33. PJM...

WILMINGTON, Del. — PJM likely will recommend reducing a proposed $30,000 fee for studying transmission projects of $20 million or more. PJM has deferred filing the plan with FERC pending further review, Paul McGlynn, general manager of system planning, told the Markets and Reliability Committee on Thursday. McGlynn said that...

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 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...

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 (Click to zoom) PJM and its Transmission Owners filed a 65-page response Dec. 23 to address what the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission deemed deficiencies in their plan to integrate multi-driver projects into the regional transmission expansion plan (RTEP) (ER14-2864, ER14-2867). PJM proposed the concept in response to...

(Click to zoom.) PJM wants a one-time waiver to avoid releasing 2,000 MW of capacity for the 2015/16 delivery year, when the RTO fears it may run short of resources due to retirements of coal-fired generation. PJM officials told the Markets and Reliability Committee Dec. 18 that they would seek...

The following items were approved unanimously by the Markets and Reliability Committee Thursday with little discussion or debate. Tariff Revisions to Metered Load Aggregates The MRC approved an alternate method for establishing bus distribution factors for zonal and residual metered load aggregates used by the day-ahead energy market. If there...

By Suzanne Herel PJM is planning an effort to identify discrepancies among its governing documents, an initiative prompted by a lawsuit that officials say could have harmed the RTO’s credit rating and increased its insurance costs. At last week’s Markets and Reliability Committee meeting, General Counsel Vince Duane presented the...