PJM is reducing its load forecast for 2018 by 2.6%, due in part to a temporary change in modeling that aims to address over-forecasting in recent years.

The electric and natural gas industries remain divided over the start of the gas day, nine months after FERC proposed changing the start time from 9 a.m. CT to 4 a.m. CT.

A round-up of news from the PJM Planning Committee on Dec. 4, 2014.

U.S. Solicitor General Donald Verrilli said he will ask the Supreme Court to review an appellate court ruling voiding the FERC’s authority over DR in wholesale energy markets.

The DOJ is investigating the interconnection process in PJM’s MAAC sub-region as part of its anti-trust review of Exelon’s $6.8 billion takeover of Pepco.

PJM’s Board of Managers will file its Capacity Performance proposal this week with FERC to increase the reliability expectations of capacity resources with a “no excuses” policy.

Utilities and independent power producers said the EPA should delay or eliminate the interim goals in its proposed Clean Power Plan.

Janet McCabe said last week that the EPA had met with more than 300 groups since releasing its proposed Clean Power Plan in June.

RGGI generally supported the EPA's proposed Clean Power Plan and suggested other areas of the country could follow its lead.

PJM called for a reliability “safety valve” in the EPA's proposed Clean Power Plan to ensure provisions for minimizing reliability impacts on the grid.