State regulators and PJM transmission owners plan to meet to narrow their differences over rules for “multi-driver” transmission projects.

Our summary of the issues scheduled for votes at the PJM MRC and MC on 03/27/14. 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.

The scheduling tool that would be used to optimize power trading between PJM and NYISO is accurate within $5/MWh more than two-thirds of the time, according to a new analysis provided to members last week.

PJM won’t seek additional compensation for black start generators in the face of stakeholder opposition, officials told members Friday. Instead, members of the task force studying the issue will be polled to determine their next step.

The Electric Power Research Institute will lead an educational session on smart inverters March 31 as the Planning Committee begins work on developing standards for the devices.

PJM said it will change Manual 11’s rules regarding compensation for demand response despite a lack of stakeholder support.

PJM Members last week approved revisions to the Operating Agreement to allow PJM to share non-public operational information with natural gas pipelines and local distribution companies.

Black start generators anticipating increased compensation came away empty handed Thursday as stakeholders rejected two proposals that would have boosted payments to existing units by at least 40%.

PJM transmission owners will publicly post the calculations they use to allocate energy, capacity and transmission costs under a plan outlined to the Markets and Reliability Committee.

PJM officials told members last week they want to accelerate the schedule of the quadrennial review of the Cost of New Entry (CONE) by two months.