At the PJM Operating Committee, the RTO announced that next January it will release an RFP for new black start units intended to begin operation in 2020.

The PJM Operating Committee discussed the coming heavy outage season and the RTO's BAA control error limit, which remains lower than usual.

The PJM Operating Committee discussed how difficult power demand was to forecast in March as a snowstorm was followed by exceptionally warm weather.

The PJM Operating Committee discussed synchrophasors, its recent system restoration drill and NERC's upcoming GridEx exercise.

PJM and NYISO are in a dispute over who should pay to replace a failed phase angle regulator (PAR) in Ramapo, N.Y.

The PJM Operating Committee discussed a recent performance assessment hour simulation and debated replacing a phase angle regulator.

The Super Bowl creates huge, but predictable, swings in NFL electricity demand, PJM officials explained to stakeholders at today's Operating Committee.

PJM has developed a load forecasting process that has improved the grid operator’s prediction accuracy.

The PJM Operating Committee learned that the RTO is expecting “typical” temperatures and almost 50 GW of capacity beyond its projected peak load this winter.

At last week's PJM Operating Committee, members endorsed PJM’s 2016/17 winter weekly reserve targets, but not without first questioning them.