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The Markets and Reliability Committee approved the sunset of the Regulation Performance Senior Task Force, which has completed all of the tasks in its charter. The task force was created in 2011 to create ways to grade and compensate regulation sources based on performance as well as optimizing their deployment.
The Market Implementation Committee will consider changes to PJM’s real-time pricing mechanism, which RTO officials say is depressing energy and reserve prices. The Markets and Reliability Committee approved PJM’s request for a problem statement and issue charge by acclamation Thursday. The initiative would allow system operators to increase reserve requirements under certain...
ORLANDO — A top EPA official told state regulators the agency is still in listening mode in drafting its greenhouse gas rules on existing power plants, while some regulators said their customers could face double-digit rate increases as a result. The Environmental Protection Agency is expected to issue its proposed...
More than 1,800 people from 200 industry and government organizations, including about two dozen PJM staffers, took part in the North American Electric Reliability Corp.’s two-day cyber and physical security drill Nov. 13-14. GridEx II tested utilities’ and transmission providers’ crisis response plans through a series of mock cyber and...
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission last week gave final approval to Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) standards that for the first time cover all bulk power system assets according to their impact on the grid. Version 5 of the CIP cybersecurity standards replace the current “in or out” designations with a...
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission last week approved a rule sought by the solar industry to streamline interconnections for the growing segment of small generators. 1.1 MW Solar Array at University of Toledo (Plug Smart) The final Small Generator Interconnection Agreements and Procedures rule (Docket #RM13-2) expands the field of...
ORLANDO — MISO officials last week signaled their opposition to PJM’s new limits on generation imports but said they will be capacity buyers in the near term as they face a shortfall that could result in load shedding as early as 2016. MISO CEO John Bear said officials hope generation...
PJM CEO Terry Boston and Federal Energy Regulatory Commissioner Cheryl LaFleur kicked off PJM’s third annual Grid 20/20 conference in Philadelphia last night. In keeping with the theme of this year’s conference, LaFleur told an audience of about 100 about the need to create a “culture of resiliency.” “When there...
PJM is changing the way it estimates Tier 1 Synchronized Reserves and is open to lifting the cap on demand response participation in Tier 2, officials told the Operating Committee last week. A review of more than 40 Synchronous Reserve events since January 2012 found that only 71% of estimated...
PJM TO/TOP Task Matrix Endorsed The Operating and Planning committees last week endorsed an updated Transmission Owner/Transmission Operator matrix of shared and assigned tasks. The matrix, an index between NERC reliability standards and PJM manuals, is used as an audit tool. Reason for changes: Update to reflect reliability standards enacted...
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