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The PJM Planning Committee on Tuesday endorsed the RTO’s proposed "quick fix" solution to extend its deadline for responding to new transmission service requests, acting a day after FERC urged the RTO to address the rising number of requests for waivers of the RTO’s queue-related deadlines. FERC on Monday reinstated...

ICSA Vote Delayed PJM delayed a vote on a proposal for changes to the pro forma interconnection construction service agreement (ICSA) after stakeholders at last week’s Planning Committee meeting asked the RTO to take more time and use clearer language. Mark Sims, PJM manager of infrastructure coordination, reviewed the proposed problem statement,...

PJM Proposes Effort to Respond to Interconnection Volume PJM is proposing work for the rest of 2021 to address challenges caused by increasing interconnection queue volume. Jason Connell, director of infrastructure planning for PJM, provided a first read of a problem statement and issue charge at last week’s Planning Committee...

Critical Tx Infrastructure Proposals Endorsed Stakeholders last week endorsed PJM’s packages of proposals for mitigating and avoiding designating projects as critical infrastructure under NERC reliability standards after more than a year of work on the issues. The Planning Committee endorsed the avoidance package, including associated manual language, with 77% support...

PJM stakeholders last week heard another first read of the RTO’s proposals for mitigating and avoiding critical infrastructure designations under NERC rules, with some members questioning the stakeholder processes that led to the language in them. Mike Herman, PJM | © RTO Insider Mike Herman of PJM presented a proposal...

Critical Infrastructure Stakeholder Update PJM officials last week postponed a Planning Committee vote on the RTO’s proposals for mitigating and avoiding critical infrastructure designations under NERC rules, saying they needed more time to consider potential language changes in response to FERC’s order last month on the issue. PJM attorney Pauline Foley reviewed...

Stakeholders endorsed PJM’s proposed rules for how storage should be considered in the Regional Transmission Expansion Plan (RTEP) process at last week’s Planning Committee meeting. The PJM proposal, which includes criteria to be used in evaluating storage as transmission assets (SATA) to address reliability, market efficiency, operational performance and public...

Critical Infrastructure Stakeholder Update PJM stakeholders heard a first read of the RTO’s packages for mitigating and avoiding critical infrastructure under NERC rules. Christina Stotesbury of PJM reviewed results from a survey on the proposed packages and background on the Critical Infrastructure Stakeholder Oversight issue at last week’s Planning Committee...

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...