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PJM wasn’t the only place the winter of 2013-14 made its mark in the record books. MISO, the Southwest Power Pool and NYISO also hit all-time winter peaks during January’s polar vortex, while ISO New England came up just short. January 2014 holds eight of PJM’s top 10 winter demand...

PJM officials have identified several changes they’d like to make before next winter, including winter start testing for generators and better controls on generation imports (see related story, PJM May Offer Firm Fuel Premium.) Executive Vice President for Operations Mike Kormos said Tuesday that the RTO also needs to improve...

By David Jwanier and Ted Caddell WASHINGTON — The 2013 PJM State of the Market was, to quote that noted economist Yogi Berra, mostly “déjà vu all over again.” The 2012 report had called for substantial changes to the capacity market, demand response and the treatment of uplift. The 2013...

By David Jwanier and Ted Caddell The 2013 PJM State of the Market was, to quote that noted economist Yogi Berra, mostly “déjà vu all over again.” The 2012 report had called for substantial changes to the capacity market, demand response and the treatment of uplift. The 2013 report, which...

By Rich Heidorn Jr. PJM’s plan to implement new demand response rules in time for the May capacity auction is in doubt following a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission order requiring the RTO to provide more information to support its proposal. The March 6 deficiency notice (ER14-822) shows that commission staff...

The Market Implementation Committee approved an issue charge directing the Demand Response Subcommittee to consider ways to allow residential customers to participate in the synchronized reserve market through demand response. The MIC approved a problem statement on the topic  last month. (See Members to Review Rules on Residential DR, SR...

PJM said it will change Manual 11’s rules regarding compensation for demand response despite a lack of stakeholder support. In an unusual move, the Markets and Reliability Committee last month balked at endorsing the manual changes, which outline when Economic Demand Response qualifies for payment. In an email to the...

In a highly unusual move, members Thursday balked at endorsing proposed manual changes governing when Economic demand response qualifies for payment. The changes to Manual 11 received only 57% in a sector-weighted vote of the Markets and Reliability Committee, with no End Use Customers and less than half of Other...

Members will consider relaxing metering requirements to make it more practical for residential customers to offer demand response into the synchronous reserve market under a problem statement approved by the Market Implementation Committee Friday. Frank Lacey, of curtailment service provider Comverge, proposed the problem statement, saying DR has proven to...

Members endorsed rules describing when economic demand response is eligible for compensation, over the objections of some demand response providers, who said they are unfair. The changes to Manual 11: Energy & Ancillary Services Market Operations specify that economic DR will be compensated at full Locational Marginal Pricing for “demand...