FERC rejected PSEG’s challenge to PJM’s transmission modeling, saying the company had failed to prove that PJM’s method was “black box decision-making.”
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Thursday gave final approval to one of several reliability standards and opened for comment two others.
PJM offshore wind took one step forward and one step back as BOEM announced the auction of 112,800 acres off Virginia while the NJ BPU rejected Fishermen's Energy.
FERC's ancillary services rule should help renewable generators with service balancing and enable electric storage providers to be more competitive in PJM.
PJM wants to eliminate incentives for generators and demand response providers that fail to perform when called on for spinning (synchronized) reserve.
PJM said it plans to seek an MIC endorsement in August of the Coordinated Transaction Scheduling (CTS) proposal, designed to improve interchange scheduling efficiency between NYISO and PJM.
PJM expects to open a proposal window for market efficiency transmission projects later this year, PJM officials told members at last week's TEAC meeting.
The OC approved changes to PJM manuals 1 & 12; while the PC learned about proposed changes to Manual 21 & the MIC heard about changes to Manual 28.
PJM transmission planners identified more than $800 million in reliability upgrades for inclusion in the PJM RTEP for 2013. Costs may exceed $1 billion.
Responding to marketers’ requests, PJM has begun posting temporary ratings changes from all transmission owners on the PJM OASIS System Information page.
