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By Rich Heidorn Jr. New gas-fired generation and a near doubling of imports caused a big price drop in PJM’s annual capacity auction, the RTO announced late Friday. Prices ranged from $59 to $119/MW-day — down 29% to 68% — in most of PJM, although the Public Service Electric and...
By Rich Heidorn Jr. WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, WV — Public interest groups Tuesday scolded PJM for excluding them from the MOPR stakeholder process and for setting its annual meeting at the exclusive Greenbrier resort here. At their annual meeting with the PJM Board of Managers, the public interest groups and...
The Operating Committee voted last week to consider certification requirements for resources providing Tier 2 synchronized reserves and increased penalties for those that fail to perform. Tier 2 resources, which include combustion turbines operating at low capacity and demand response that can drop load, receive payments for being available to...
PJM said Thursday it is pressing on with an inquiry into demand response providers’ ability to fulfill their commitments, despite resistance from members. PJM said its Capacity Senior Task Force would proceed with the inquiry although the MRC Thursday rejected a problem statement that would have considered the need for...
FERC ruled Friday that PJM must seek commission approval for new rules requiring demand response providers to provide officer certifications and additional information on their customers. Acting on a complaint by three demand response providers, FERC said the changes required amendments to the PJM tariff and not just its manuals.
The Market Implementation Committee approved changes to Manuals 1 and 18 Wednesday to implement an automated process that will allow Curtailment Service Providers to provide operational data to -- and receive dispatch instructions from -- PJM. The new Load Response System (eLRS) process replaces the current manual methods, which rely...
Three demand response providers asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission April 2 to block new PJM rules requiring them to provide officer certifications and additional information on their customers. Comverge, Inc., Viridity Energy and Energy Curtailment Specialists said the rules create unnecessary barriers to demand response participation in PJM's capacity...
PJM expects to call on its demand response resources from five to nine times per year starting in the 2014/15 delivery year, up from an expected one to five calls in 2013/14. The projection reflects the increasing volume of DR clearing in PJM capacity auctions and the impact of plant...
WILMINGTON — A proposal to study potential “fatigue” among demand response resources met strong opposition Thursday, March 28, with curtailment service providers suggesting anticompetitive motives by the sponsor. Ken Carretta, of PSEG, told the Markets and Reliability Committee that stakeholders should explore whether PJM has sufficient safeguards to ensure that...
Demand response providers will face increased scrutiny and be required to provide additional documentation under changes given final approval by the Markets and Reliability Committee March 28. The new rules require Curtailment Service Providers bidding into the capacity auction to have a company officer sign a certification attesting to the...
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