PPL Electric Utilities
PJM presented additional details about the projects selected for expedited interconnection studies through the Reliability Resource Initiative to the Planning Committee.
PJM presented a $97 million increase to a project included in the 2022 Regional Transmission Expansion Plan that would remove two 230-kV lines and reroute them.
Spiking capacity prices in PJM have PPL and Exelon pushing for a potential return to utility-owned generation in Pennsylvania, which three former PUC chairs warned would be harmful to consumers.
FERC received comments on its recent technical conference on co-located load in which parties offered suggestions for how the commission should move forward in dealing with the emerging issue.
Pennsylvania regulators hosted several panels to discuss PJM's tightening reserve margins and how the PUC should respond to the situation, which at least promises more high prices in the near future before new supplies can come online.
PJM’s Planning Committee endorsed an issue charge to examine a “disconnect” around risk modeling showing loss of load risk has shifted from summer peaks to the winter and the calculation of zonal capacity emergency transfer limits.
FERC last week approved settlements by NPCC and ReliabilityFirst leveraging $490,000 in penalties for violations of NERC reliability standards.
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