The Planning Committee endorsed PJM staff’s recommendation to increase the Installed Reserve Margin (IRM) to 16.2% for delivery year 2014/15 (up from 15.9% in the 2012 analysis).

PJM will flag potential upgrade requirements earlier in the transmission study process under manual changes outlined last week to the Planning Committee.

PJM has narrowed the list of favored solutions to the Artificial Island stability problems, officials told the Transmission Expansion Advisory Committee.

The capacity market and the role of demand response dominated the discussion as more than 170 state regulators, PJM staff and stakeholders gathered here for the OPSI annual meeting last week.

State regulators and the PJM Board of Managers publicly buried the hatchet over the RTO's contract with Monitoring Analytics. But some tensions remain.

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

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

Maryland and CPV officials aren’t saying what their next move is in the wake of a federal court ruling that voided the state’s contract with developers of a 725 MW combined cycle plant in St. Charles.

PJM officials said they are pleased with the response to their request for additional black start resources, as more than 50 generators responded with offers.

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