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VALLEY FORGE, Pa. — PJM staff on Thursday unveiled to the Planning Committee a proposed new fee structure for a more involved cost-containment process. The proposal suggests charging a $5,000 nonrefundable flat fee to all developers who submit competitive projects. Itemized study costs will be added as necessary. Mark Sims,...

VALLEY FORGE, Pa — PJM’s Merchant Transmission and Offshore Wind Task Force will soon bring potential rule changes for offshore wind development to the Planning Committee for consideration, RTO staff said Thursday. John Reynolds, of PJM’s resource adequacy department, said stakeholders have so far offered three packages that address how...

VALLEY FORGE, Pa. — PJM Planning Committee Chairman Ken Seiler said the new executive director of systems operations, Dave Souder, will replace him as committee chair in July. Souder currently heads the Operating Committee. Seiler is becoming PJM’s vice president of planning. (See related story, "New Chair Come July," PJM...

VALLEY FORGE, Pa. — PJM’s existing Market Efficiency Process Enhancement Task Force will tackle concerns raised by the Independent Market Monitor over its benefit-cost analyses for transmission projects. PJM Director of Infrastructure Planning Sue Glatz told the Planning Committee on Thursday that staff agreed the issues raised in the Monitor’s...

By Christen Smith PJM wants stakeholder feedback about whether its Distributed Energy Resource Ride Through Task Force should pivot in a new direction. Susan McGill, manager of interconnection analysis, said Tuesday staff will poll members of both the Task Force and the Planning Committee in order to build a solutions...

VALLEY FORGE, Pa. — PJM’s Planning Committee endorsed capacity generation rule changes for Manual 21, save for the controversial effective load-carrying capability (ELCC) calculations deferred for a vote until next month. The endorsed revisions include a new section devoted to obtaining, maintaining or losing capacity interconnection rights (CIRs), as well...

By Christen Smith VALLEY FORGE, Pa. — The American Wind Energy Association on Thursday said that PJM’s proposal to change how wind and solar capacity values are calculated does not account for the technologies’ performance improvements over the last decade. Jerry Bell, PJM | © RTO Insider After a year...

VALLEY FORGE, Pa. — PJM last week scheduled two meetings in the coming weeks to discuss rules for removing projects from the Regional Transmission Expansion Plan. Aaron Berner, PJM’s manager of transmission planning, told the Planning Committee on Thursday that the RTO crafted a problem statement for a holistic review...

VALLEY FORGE, Pa. — PJM’s Planning Committee on Thursday unanimously approved a problem statement to consider granting merchant transmission developers capacity interconnection rights (CIRs) for offshore wind. Sue Glatz, PJM | © RTO Insider Current rules allow merchant transmission developers to obtain transmission injection and withdrawal rights for DC facilities...

By Rich Heidorn Jr. PJM Ponders Rules for Offshore Wind Transmission VALLEY FORGE, Pa. — PJM is considering changing interconnection rules to accommodate transmission serving offshore wind generation. Current rules allow merchant transmission developers to obtain transmission injection and withdrawal rights for DC facilities or controllable AC facilities connected to...