Capacity imports could clear at lower prices than internal resources under proposed import limits being considered by PJM.

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

The Planning Committee last week endorsed changes to Manual 14B: PJM Region Transmission Planning Process to improve the procedure for analyzing and addressi...

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 PJM Board of Managers last week approved $1.2 billion in transmission reliability projects.

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.

Members agreed to consider new rules to allow batteries, flywheels and other advanced storage technologies to bid in the capacity market.

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.

A 2010 white paper by the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) identified 10 applications for energy storage across the entire electricity supply chain.

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.