RTO Insider's monthly preview of the items on the PJM MC and MRC agendas along with a description/explanation and links to our previous coverage.
Advanced energy storage is ready to move beyond pilot projects and into day-to-day operations. But it will take rule changes and cost reductions for the technologies to reach their potential.
State briefs from around PJM's territory. Included this week are Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.
Company briefs on some of the companies doing business in PJM: FirstEnergy, NRG, Duke Energy, and Pepco.
Dominion Virginia Power won the rights to develop 2,000 MW of offshore wind in federal waters. But due to high costs and state policies, the utility is making no promises.
Coal boosters who hope carbon capture technology will ensure the fuel’s future will find little support in a report for planners in the Eastern Interconnection.
Members will consider rules allowing batteries, flywheels and other advanced energy storage technologies to participate in the PJM capacity market.
Two bipartisan bills signed by President Obama this month may open PJM to new generation from hydropower - a source many thought was fully exploited.
FERC's ancillary services rule should help renewable generators with service balancing and enable electric storage providers to be more competitive in PJM.
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.