Retrofits and other planned outages will make it challenging to maintain reserve margins in 2014 and 2015 and PJM will likely need to reschedule some outage requests as a result.

PJM’s assessment for the 2013-14 winter months identified no reliability issues.

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.

PJM TO/TOP Task Matrix Endorsed The Operating and Planning committees last week endorsed an updated Transmission Owner/Transmission Operator matrix of shared...

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.

The Operating Committee last week endorsed changes to Manuals 3, 10 and 14D.  Manual 3: Transmission Operations – Adds language regarding approval of emerg...

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.

PJM will perform a cost-benefit analysis before proceeding with a combined-cycle bidding model expected to cost up to $1 million.

The Operating Committee and Market Implementation Committee endorsed manual changes to Manuals 12 and 27. See article for details.

PJM plans $30 million in capital budget spending next year, a $2 million reduction from 2013, under a preliminary budget that will be presented to the Board of Managers for approval.