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Below is a summary of the issues scheduled to be brought to a vote at the Markets and Reliability and Members committees 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...
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission last week approved a new reliability standard that will allow PJM and other transmission planners to plan for “non-consequential” load loss following a single contingency. The rules, part of the North American Electric Reliability Corp.’s Transmission Planning Reliability Standard (TPL-001-4), includes limitations on the maximum...
Generation owners that do not qualify for a connection to the PJMNet private communication network would be able to purchase as many as five under a proposal approved by the Operating Committee. PJM currently pays for at least one PJMNet connection for each transmission owner considered important to system reliability...
The Operating Committee last week endorsed changes to Manuals 3, 10 and 14D. Manual 3: Transmission Operations – Adds language regarding approval of emergency rating changes; added applicability for individual generators greater than 20 MVA; clarified reference to voltage coordination; revised outdated references. Manual 10: Pre-Scheduling Operations – Annual Review.
The Planning Committee last week endorsed changes to Manual 14B: PJM Region Transmission Planning Process to improve the procedure for analyzing and addressing short circuits. Reason for Change: PJM currently analyzes short circuit cases for the current year +1 and +5. System modifications are difficult for transmission owners to implement...
PJM is planning changes to the way it estimates Tier 1 synchronized reserves after SR performance fell far short of expectations during the Sept. 10 heat spike. The RTO wants to make at least some of five proposed changes by the end of the year. On Sept. 10, PJM received...
(Source: PJM Interconnection, LLC) Six sponsors submitted proposals to relieve 15 transmission constraints in the “market efficiency” window that closed Sept. 26, officials told the Transmission Expansion Advisory Committee last week. To win approval, developers of regional market efficiency projects must produce at least $1.25 in savings for every $1...
PJM has narrowed the list of favored solutions to the Artificial Island stability problems, officials told the Transmission Expansion Advisory Committee last week. Eight companies proposed 26 potential solutions ranging from $100 million to $1.5 billion in the window that closed June 28. Salem and Hope Creek Nuclear Reactors on...
Capacity imports could clear at lower prices than internal resources under proposed import limits being considered by PJM. PJM officials are planning to create an RTO-wide import limit as well as individual limits for PJM interfaces with the North, South and West, Stu Bresler, vice president of market operations, told...
The PJM Board of Managers last week approved $1.2 billion in transmission reliability projects. CEO Terry Boston said the projects in the 2013 Regional Transmission Expansion Plan (RTEP) will enhance grid resiliency and respond to the shift of generation from coal to natural gas. PJM has approved more than $24.2...
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