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PJM’s Market Monitor told the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission last week that rule changes approved by PJM stakeholders to increase the flexibility of demand response are insufficient and that the commission should impose a must-offer requirement similar to that for generation resources. Monitoring Analytics asked that its complaint (EL14-20) be...

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved PJM’s request to cap the quantity of Limited and Extended Summer demand response that clears in the annual base capacity auction, rejecting protests of opponents, who said it will increase costs and stunt the growth of DR. The commission’s 4-0 ruling late Thursday (ER14-504)...

The Markets and Reliability Committee last week endorsed changes to Manuals 14B and 18 to implement proposed capacity import limits and clarify rules on substitution of demand response resources. Manual 14B: PJM Region Transmission Planning Process Reason for Change: The MRC endorsed changes to Manual 14B to implement PJM’s proposed...

A proposed manual change on compensation for demand response prompted a protest from curtailment service provider Icetec Energy Services Thursday. Icetec representative John Webster said one of the changes proposed by PJM goes beyond the ministerial detail included in manuals and should receive a full stakeholder hearing as a potential...

Below is a summary of the issues scheduled to be brought to a vote at the Markets and Reliability Committee on 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 Insider.

Plunging temperatures sent natural gas spot prices soaring again this week, prompting PJM to seek approval from federal regulators to lift the $1,000/MWh price cap on generation. Natural gas prices for generators in PJM peaked at $140/mmBtu Tuesday, pushing operating costs for generators above the price cap. As a result,...

PJM’s dispatch of demand response helped avoid the need to shed load during the polar vortex Jan. 7, when the RTO set a new winter demand record of about 141,500 MW. PJM dispatched DR for both the morning and evening peaks. An estimated 2,029 MW responded for hour ending...

Time is growing short for stakeholders hoping to reach consensus on rules banning capacity market speculation before May’s auction. After two meetings last week, the Capacity Senior Task Force was still debating nine “replacement capacity” proposals — almost as many as the 11 packages the panel was considering when it...

Sub-zero temperatures from Toledo to Tennessee pushed PJM to its limits last week as the RTO overcame the loss of nearly 40,000 MW of generation during an arctic blast that set a new winter demand record. (Source: PJM Interconnection, LLC) Demand response, voluntary conservation and imports helped PJM avoid shedding...