FERC 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.

How PJM Interconnection practices cyber security. An attack is a question of when, not if, says an RTO official.

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.

The Markets and Reliability Committee heard first reading last week on the following PJM manual changes. Members will be asked to endorse the changes at the MRC’s next meeting.

PJM should be able to absorb the more than 7,000 MW of capacity imports that cleared in May’s auction for 2016-17, officials said.

FERC's technical conference on capacity markets elicited sharply differing views on a variety of design concepts and technical issues.

Some of the changes PJM is considering in the wake of September's unexpected heat wave include: more conservative reserve calculations, quicker and more granular demand response deployments and optimizing trades with neighboring regions.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission last week approved a final rule extending reliability standards to generator tie-lines and a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on standards regarding generator verification.

State briefs from around PJM's territory. Included this week are Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.

Generator start and notification rules will be implemented in eMKT beginning Sept. 26, PJM told the Market Implementation Committee last week.