Admin Monitor
The Texas Public Utility Commission’s staff are drafting a rule codifying a process for exemption requests from ERCOT reliability requirements.
News briefs from the states within the footprint of RTOs.
News briefs on companies and firms doing business with RTOs.
News briefs on FERC and the federal agencies that impact RTOs.
National Grid
The Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities has ordered major changes to the state’s program for addressing pipe leaks, aiming to better align the program with its long-term decarbonization strategy.
PJM
PJM presented additional details about the projects selected for expedited interconnection studies through the Reliability Resource Initiative to the Planning Committee.
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PJM’s Market Implementation Committee discussed a proposal to revise its governing documents to allow DR resources to participate in the regulation market when there may be energy injected at the customer’s point of interconnection
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PJM’s Members Committee voted not to reelect two incumbent members of the RTO’s Board of Managers: Chair Mark Takahashi and Terry Blackwell.
NYPA
Federal policy changes and slow buildout of emissions-free generation may change the timetable for the retirement of New York Power Authority gas-fired peaker plants in New York City.
PJM
The preliminary results of PJM’s look ahead at the capacity available for this summer and the expected peak loads suggest that about 5.4 GW of demand response could be needed to maintain the 3.5-GW real-time primary reserve requirement.
