The Operating Committee last week endorsed changes to Manuals 3A and 13 while the Market Implementation Committee endorsed revisions to Manual 28.
PJM will approve only one of 17 congestion relief proposals submitted in September, saying most failed to provide sufficient benefits or targeted problems that were already addressed.
PJM will consider relaxing rules for up-to congestion transactions under a problem statement approved last week.
Members gave final approval to rules allowing more generation owners to obtain PJMNet communication links and an initiative to clarify rules on withdrawing from PJM membership.
The MIC approved the sunset of the Financial Transmission Rights Task Force.
It took three tries Dec. 9 before the Members Committee reached consensus on Tariff changes that will allow PJM operators more flexibility in dispatching demand response.
Members agreed to develop rules for demand response providers requesting maintenance outages.
News briefs on companies in PJM Interconnection: AEP, ComEd, Pepco and PPL.
Our summary of the issues scheduled for votes at the PJM MRC on 12/19/13. Each item is listed by agenda number, description and projected time of discussion, followed by a summary of the issue and links to prior coverage.
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The volume and magnitude of changes PJM is attempting to impose on demand response raise the question of whether the high-flying sector is still a growth business or one in retreat.