PJM’s proposed changes to the deployment of demand response could cost consumers billions, members said last week as the RTO and generators squared off against load-serving entities and industrial customers.

Briefs from federal agencies governing PJM Interconnection and other national organizations. This week's news include stories from FERC, Congress, and the EPA.

The Market Implementation Committee last week endorsed the sunset of a task force created in 2012 to develop a process for limiting compensation when resourc...

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.

Six sponsors submitted proposals to relieve 15 congested facilities in the “market efficiency” window that closed Sept. 26, officials told the Transmission Expansion Advisory Committee.

Company briefs on some of the companies doing business in PJM: Constellation, Exelon, and FirstEnergy, as well as news on the MISO South integration and on ESCO revenues.

Emergency demand response produced 85% to 97% of promised reductions during the July heat wave.

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.