Below is a summary of the issues scheduled to be brought to a vote at the PJM Markets and Reliability and Members committees on Thursday. Each item is listed by agenda number, description and projected time of discussion, followed by a summary of the issue and links to prior coverage in RTO Insider.

RTO Insider will be covering the discussions and votes. See next Tuesday’s newsletter for a full report.

Markets and Reliability Committee

Consent Agenda (9:05-9:10)

B. The MRC will be asked to endorse proposed revisions to Manual 14C: Generation and Transmission Interconnection Facility Construction as part of the biennial cover-to-cover review. (See “Manual 14C Endorsed,” PJM PC/TEAC Briefs: Nov. 4, 2020.)

C. The committee will be asked to endorse proposed revisions to Manual 28: Operating Agreement Accounting to comply with FERC directives and address the allocation of real-time and day-ahead uplift to up-to-congestion (UTC) transactions. (See “UTC Uplift Changes,” PJM MIC Briefs: Dec. 2, 2020.) In its order issued in July, FERC determined that PJM’s current uplift allocation rules are unjust because they do not allocate uplift to UTCs (EL14-37). (See FERC Orders Uplift Charges on PJM UTCs.)

Members Committee

Endorsements/Approvals (1:25-1:55)

1. Elections (1:25-1:45)

A. The MC will elect members of the Finance Committee, the sector whips and its vice chair for 2021.

The Finance Committee members to be voted on include: Adrien Ford of Old Dominion Electric Cooperative (Electric Distributors); Greg Poulos of the Consumer Advocates of the PJM States (End-Use Customers); George Kogut of the New York Power Authority (Other Suppliers); and Jim Benchek of FirstEnergy (Transmission Owners).

The sector whips include: Steve Lieberman of American Municipal Power (Electric Distributors); Susan Bruce of the PJM Industrial Customer Coalition (End-Use Customers); Michael Borgatti of Gabel Associates (Generation Owners); Brian Kauffman of Enel North America (Other Suppliers); and Sharon Midgley of Exelon (Transmission Owners).

Erik Heinle of the D.C. Office of the People’s Counsel is the nominee for vice chair.

2. Risk Management Committee Charter (1:45-1:55)

The committee will be asked to endorse the charter establishing the Risk Management Committee (RMC) as a new standing committee. Stakeholders unanimously endorsed the charter at the MRC meeting in August, but PJM later determined the charter also needed the MC’s approval. (See “Risk Management Committee Charter,” PJM MRC Briefs: Aug. 20, 2020.)