Three special protection schemes (SPS) are being removed from the PPL and Dominion zones, the Market Implementation Committee was told Wednesday:

• Dominion Harmony Village: The SPS was installed in 2007 to prevent overloads on line #65 during the loss of a tower carrying lines #2016 and #85. The SPS is no longer needed as a result of the completion of a new 230 kV line #2122 from Hayes to Yorktown (B0779).
• Dominion Virginia Beach: The SPS was installed in 2007 to prevent line #27 from overloading due to the loss of two other feeds to Virginia Beach. The SPS is no longer needed due to the completion of a new 230 kV line #2118 from Landstown to Virginia Beach (S0375).
• PPL West Shore 230 KV Automatic Load Shedding SPS: The SPS was installed in 2010 to alleviate an N-1-1 summer peak overload at the Steelton Tap on the Hummelstown-Middletown Junction #2 230 kV line. The SPS is no longer needed due to the energization of a second Brunner Island–West Shore 230 KV line (B0717).