A summary of the recommendations from PJM’s report on the operational challenges from the winter of 2014.

Members agreed to consider an easier method for transmission owners to access real-time generator data, an effort intended to improve situational awareness and emergency response.

A summary of the six requirements included in the NERC draft reliability standard for physical security of the grid.

NERC stakeholders last week approved draft regulations to protect the electric grid from physical threats even as many criticized the rules as rushed and poorly defined.

Stakeholders endorsed manual changes to implement dispatch rules for demand response and lessons learned from the extreme weather of the last year.

PJM is planning a system-wide drill Sept. 23 to simulate simultaneous physical attacks on critical substations, cyber attacks and loss of SCADA.

Calpine announced SPS to accommodate Susquehanna-Roseland construction while PPL posted new line designations.

PJM is considering boosting its capacity payments to nuclear plants and others with firm winter fuel supplies, the RTO told a FERC technical conference Tuesday.

PJM is considering ways to simplify the sharing of real-time generator data to improve situational awareness and help transmission operators respond more quickly in emergencies.

PJM members endorsed updates to PJM’s Regional Transmission and Energy Practices in support of the RTO’s new ExSchedule application.