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Stakeholders received a look at the design components of PJM’s proposal to develop rules for how storage should be considered in the Regional Transmission Expansion Plan (RTEP) process. During last week’s Planning Committee meeting, PJM’s Michele Greening discussed work conducted on storage as transmission assets (SATA). Stakeholders approved an issue...
Installed Reserve Margin Study Results PJM stakeholders last week unanimously endorsed an installed reserve margin (IRM) of 14.4%, down from 14.8% required in 2019, along with new winter weekly reserve targets. During the Oct. 6 Planning Committee meeting, PJM’s Patricio Rocha Garrido reviewed the 2020 Reserve Requirement Study (RRS) results, which...
2020 Installed Reserve Margin Study Results PJM is recommending an installed reserve margin (IRM) of 14.4%, down from 14.8% required in 2019. During the Sept. 1 Planning Committee meeting, PJM’s Patricio Rocha Garrido reviewed the 2020 reserve requirement study (RRS) results, which determine the RTO’s IRM and forecast pool requirement...
Load Model Endorsed The PJM Planning Committee unanimously endorsed the RTO’s recommendation to use a 13-year load model with data from 2002 to 2014 for the 2020 reserve requirement study (RRS), a change from the 10-year model (2003-2012) that has been used for the last several years. The load model,...
PJM stakeholders endorsed "quick-fix" manual revisions to expand the use of synchrophasors and make them a requirement for certain projects under the Regional Transmission Expansion Plan (RTEP). The revisions, which have been debated for several months at the Planning Committee, passed with 89% support and 136 "yes" votes at the...
With Virginia, Maryland and New Jersey committed to building almost 10 GW of offshore wind, PJM is dusting off a never-used mechanism that would allow states to pay for transmission needed to achieve public policy goals. FERC approved PJM’s "state agreement approach" in the RTO’s first Order 1000 compliance filing...
PJM’s Planning Committee postponed a vote by one month on "quick-fix" manual revisions to implement the RTO’s plans to expand the use of synchrophasors and make them a requirement for certain projects under the Regional Transmission Expansion Plan (RTEP). Stakeholders were scheduled to vote on the issue charge and endorse...
Reserve Requirement Study Assumptions The PJM Planning Committee on June 2 unanimously endorsed the 2020 Reserve Requirement Study assumptions, which reset the installed reserve margin (IRM) and forecast pool requirement (FPR) for 2021/22 through 2023/24 and establish the initial levels for 2024/25. Jason Quevada of PJM presented the assumptions, which...
Market Efficiency Process Packages Move to MRC Incumbent transmission owners in PJM won a victory last week as the Planning Committee endorsed creation of a new regional targeted market efficiency project (RTMEP) process that would be excluded from competition. The new process will involve backward-looking analysis to address persistent congestion...
The PJM Planning Committee last week approved an initiative to develop rules for "if and how" storage should be considered in the Regional Transmission Expansion Plan (RTEP) process. The storage as a transmission asset (SATA) issue charge was approved May 12 by an acclamation vote with one objection and no...
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