The Markets and Reliability Committee approved a charter for a task force it created in March to study potential reliability problems resulting from PJM’s increasing dependence on gas-fired generation.

The charter calls on the Gas Electric Senior Task Force (GESTF) to provide education, prioritize issues and draft problem statements and solutions.

The task force is expected to continue work last through the 2016/2017 delivery year, during which PJM expects the significant additions of gas-fired generating capacity to replace coal retirements.

All PJM stakeholders may appoint representatives to the task force. Sean McNamara will be the chairperson and Rami Dirani the secretary.