PJM’s plan to implement new demand response rules in time for the May capacity auction are in doubt following a FERC order requiring the RTO to provide more information to support its proposal.

PJM stakeholders reacted warily last week to a proposal that would allow dispatchers to reduce interchange ramp limits to reduce price volatility and uplift. PJM would like to implement the change by summer.

News briefs from the states within the PJM footprint. This week we include Delaware, the District of Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia.

Lobbyists from Exelon have descended on Illinois lawmakers, warning that current energy prices and what renewable energy subsidies could force them to shut down three nuclear stations in the state.

PJM won’t seek additional compensation for black start generators in the face of stakeholder opposition, officials told members Friday. Instead, members of the task force studying the issue will be polled to determine their next step.

News briefs on companies in PJM Interconnection: this week featuring three stories on Public Service Electric and Gas (PSEG).

PJM members voted to begin work on rule changes to allow residential customers to participate in the synchronized reserve market through demand response.

PPL announced a special protection scheme to prevent overloads on its Susquehanna-Jenkins 230kv transmission line.

PJM will conduct training April 17 for transmission developers who want to submit proposals in the RTO’s second “market efficiency” window in November.

PJM told FERC that it should reject an attempt by Consolidated Edison Co. to avoid paying for more than half of a $1.2 billion transmission upgrade to address a short circuit problem in the PSE&G transmission zone.