The PJM Market Monitor's mid-year report detailed rebounding energy prices and coal generation in the first half of 2013 as natural gas costs increased from record lows.

Below are the new market monitor recommendations included in the PJM Market Monitor’s State of the Market report for the first half of 2013.

RTO Insider: PJM Members hit the brakes Wednesday on a proposed new product for coordinated transaction scheduling trades between PJM and the New York ISO.

PJM TOs flexed their muscles Wednesday, uniting to reject proposals to allow network load customers more frequent opportunities to switch to nodal pricing.

In a split decision for financial traders, an appellate court Monday sent a dispute regarding PJM’s line-loss collections back to FERC.

PJM members will be asked tomorrow to approve a new power scheduling option for transactions into the New York ISO to reduce uneconomic power flows.

The PJM Members Committee met on Thursday, August 1st and approved four issues by acclimation. See our story for details.

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

Below is a summary of the issues scheduled to be brought to a vote at the Markets and Reliability Committee and Members Committee meetings Thursday, 6/27.

Below is a summary of problem statements and manual, Operating Agreement and Tariff changes approved by the PJM Markets and Reliability Committee (MRC).