The PJM Markets and Reliability Committee endorsed by acclamation an issue charge to explore how the performance of demand response and price-responsive demand resources can be improved.

PJM stakeholders are to vote on a record-breaking number of proposals on how the RTO should integrate large loads without impacting resource adequacy.

PJM’s Markets and Reliability Committee will be asked to endorse revisions to the RTO's tariff, Reliability Assurance Agreement and Operating Agreement.

PJM has withdrawn its non-capacity backed load proposal, shifting the focus of its solution for rising large load additions to creating a parallel resource interconnection queue and reworking price-responsive demand.

NYISO made significant updates to its assumptions as part of its final Reliability Needs Assessment, which now shows no concern of a capacity deficiency and a loss-of-load expectation of less than 0.1 in 2034.

PJM's MIC OK'd rules on accounting for PTC/REC revenue and dealing with long-term market suspensions and discussed a loophole allowing CTs to ignore dispatch.

The PJM MIC discussed rules on including environmental credits in energy offers, setting pricing during market suspensions and DR for weather-sensitive load.

PJM stakeholders at the MRC rejected two proposals aimed at addressing a dispute over black start units' capital recovery factor.

A summary of the issues scheduled to be brought to a vote at the PJM Markets and Reliability and Members committees on Jan. 27, 2021.