Below is a summary of the issues scheduled to be brought to a vote at the PJM Markets and Reliability and Members committees on Wednesday. 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 40: Training and Certification Requirements resulting from a periodic review. The Operating Committee endorsed the revisions Feb. 11. (See “Manual 40 Changes Endorsed,” PJM Operating Committee Briefs: Feb. 11, 2021.)
Endorsements/Approvals (9:10-11:00)
1. Black Start Unit Testing, CRF, Involuntary Termination, MTSL and Substitution (9:10-10)
A. Members will be asked to endorse a proposal addressing black start unit involuntary termination, substitution rules, capital recovery factor (CRF) and minimum tank suction level (MTSL). Greg Poulos, executive director of the Consumer Advocates of the PJM States, introduced the proposal on behalf of the Delaware Division of the Public Advocate at the January MRC meeting after proposals from PJM and Dominion Energy failed to receive endorsement. (See PJM MRC/MC Briefs: Jan. 27, 2021.)
B. Susan Bruce of the PJM Industrial Customer Coalition and Sharon Midgley of Exelon will also ask stakeholders to endorse an alternative PJM proposal on the same issue on first read. The proposal received 43% stakeholder support at the OC in December.
2. Storage as a Transmission Asset (SATA) (10-10:40)
The MRC will be asked to endorse PJM’s proposal for addressing how storage should be considered in the Regional Transmission Expansion Plan, along associated tariff and Operating Agreement revisions. Stakeholders endorsed the proposal at the Planning Committee in December. (See PJM PC OKs RTEP Rules for SATA.)
3. Competitive Exemption OA Revisions for SATA Resources (10:40-11)
Contingent on approval of the SATA proposal, Sharon Segner of LS Power will introduce a friendly amendment with OA revisions specifying, among other things, that SATA resources are ineligible for qualifying as immediate-need reliability projects.
Members Committee
Consent Agenda (1:20-1:25)
B. Stakeholders will be asked to endorse proposed Tariff Attachment K and OA Schedule 1 revisions addressing market rules for real-time values. The package was endorsed with a sector-weighted vote of 4.9 (98%) at the January MRC meeting. (See “Real-time Values Market Rules,” PJM MRC/MC Briefs: Jan. 27, 2021.)
C. The MC will be asked to endorse proposed tariff, OA and Reliability Assurance Agreement (RAA) revisions addressing the disposition of price-responsive demand credits. The package was unanimously endorsed at the January MRC meeting. (See “PRD Credits Disposition,” PJM MRC/MC Briefs: Jan. 27, 2021.)
D. Members will be asked to endorse proposed tariff and OA revisions related to stability limits in markets and operations. The package was endorsed with a sector-weighted vote of 4.05 (81%) at the January MRC meeting. (See “Stability Limits Endorsed,” PJM MRC/MC Briefs: Jan. 27, 2021.)
Endorsements/ Approvals (1:25-2:25)
1. MC Resolutions (1:25-2:25)
Midgley and Jim Davis of Dominion Energy will ask stakeholders to endorse a proposal, along with associated OA revisions, developing rules to address sufficient member approval of a resolution at the MC. Poulos will review an alternative proposal.
