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Markets and Reliability Committee

Below is a summary of the issues scheduled to be brought to a vote at the PJM Markets and Reliability Committee 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 in Valley Forge, Pa., covering the discussions and votes. See next Tuesday’s newsletter for a full report.

Consent Agenda (9:10-9:15)

The MRC will be asked to endorse proposed revisions to:

B. PJM Manual 10: Pre-Scheduling Operations, regarding generator outage reporting. The changes include clarifications for outage ticket end dates for deactivations and outage ticket requirements for black start service.

C. Manual 11: Energy & Ancillary Services Market Operations and Manual 18: PJM Capacity Market, to bring the RTO into compliance with PJM MIC Briefs: July 10, 2019.)

D. Manual 13: Emergency Operations and Manual 14D: Generator Operational Requirements, as part of the clarifications to the non-retail behind-the-meter generation business rules. The changes will clarify the reporting, netting and operational requirements of NRBTMG and PJM’s responsibilities, processes and procedures. (See “BTM Generation Clarifications,” PJM OC Briefs: Aug. 6, 2019.)

E. Manual 18B: Energy Efficiency Measurement & Verification, resulting from a periodic review.

1. PJM Manual 14B Amendments (9:15-10:15)

After eight months of discussion, PJM will present “compromise” revisions to Manual 14B that expand upon how the RTO prioritizes projects in the Regional Transmission Expansion Plan. The RTO said that it “commits to implement” the manual changes if they are approved by the MRC.

In its presentation, PJM said the language doesn’t address all of the concerns raised by LS Power and other stakeholders at the special Planning Committee meetings held since January about how and when supplemental projects move in and out of the RTEP.

The revisions are intended “to ensure that the manual faithfully documents its existing planning processes, integrates new processes or procedures consistent with recent regulatory orders/compliance directives, and provides a platform for the future that incorporates stakeholder desires, duties and future direction,” according to PJM’s presentation, posted online last week.

LS Power will also review its original main motion that’s been the center of PC discussions. The company intends to accept language presented at the special Planning Committee session Wednesday as a friendly amendment.

American Municipal Power will also propose friendly amendments to the Wednesday proposal.

2. RTEP Operating Agreement Revisions (10:15-10:30)

Greg Poulos, executive director of the Consumer Advocates of PJM States (CAPS), will review OA revisions proposed by the D.C. OPC concerning updates to the RTEP.

The language would prevent PJM from unilaterally shelving endorsed rule changes without any recourse for disgruntled members, as it did in January with stakeholder-endorsed transparency language that PJM found inconsistent with FERC rulings. (See Tensions Boil over on PJM’s Supplemental Projects.)

The committee may be asked to endorse the proposed changes.

– Christen Smith