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PJM MRC members heard first reading on a problem statement to review potential changes to the Cost of New Entry (CONE) triennial review process on August 1, 2013.

PJM's MRC approved a tariff amendment so that Wind farms that fail to follow PJM’s electronic dispatch signals will no longer receive lost opportunity cost payments.

Last week FERC accepted PJM’s revised plan for frequency compensation, and rejecting a rehearing request from PSEG Companies.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) endorsed revised business practices and communication standards to comply with commission Orders 890 and 676

FERC moved to improve gas-electric communication by giving gas pipeline operators explicit permission to exchange non-public operational data with PJM.

FERC rejected PSEG’s challenge to PJM’s transmission modeling, saying the company had failed to prove that PJM’s method was “black box decision-making.”

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Thursday gave final approval to one of several reliability standards and opened for comment two others.

The PJM MIC last week soundly rejected a proposal to change the modeling assumptions used in long-term FTR auctions.

PJM expects to open a proposal window for market efficiency transmission projects later this year, PJM officials told members at last week's TEAC meeting.