Below is a summary of the issues scheduled to be brought to a vote at the Markets and Reliability and Members committees 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 Wilmington, Del., covering the discussions and votes. See next Tuesday’s newsletter for a full report.

Markets and Reliability Committee

2. PJM Manuals (9:10-9:40)

Members will be asked to endorse the following manual changes:

1. Manual 01: Control Center and Data Exchange Requirements. Adds requirements and changes terminology to be consistent with North American Electric Reliability Corp. standards. Makes minor edits for clarity. Removes dated reference to “floppy disk.”
2. Manual 03: Transmission Operations. Changes resulting from bi-annual review include project updates, edits and reorganization of sections.
3. Manual 12: Balancing Operations. Updates due to new instantaneous reserve check implementation. Eliminates mention of MISO as the Interconnection Time Monitor.
4. Manual 13: Emergency Operations. Updates day-ahead scheduling reserve requirement for Reliability First Corp. effective Jan. 1. Other changes made for consistency. Removes requirement that generators connected below 230 kV participate in voltage reduction.
5. Manual 14B: PJM Regional Transmission Planning Process. Changes reflect new process of considering energy market uplift in development of candidate RTEP projects.
6. Manual 14B: PJM Regional Transmission Planning Process. Updates for compliance with NERC standards.

3. LOAD FORECAST UPDATE (9:40-10:10)

1. Revisions to Manual 19: Load Forecasting and Analysis reflect updates to the PJM load forecast model. Adds variables to account for trends in equipment and appliance saturation and energy efficiency; revises weather variables; updates weather station assignment to zones; and revises weather normalization procedure. PJM will be publishing a white paper in 2016 to provide more detail on the forecast model. (See “Manual Changes on Load Forecast Approved Except for Solar Revision” in PJM Planning Committee and TEAC Briefs.)
2. Revisions to Manual 18: PJM Capacity Market and Manual 18B: Energy Efficiency Measurement & Verification to accommodate energy efficiency resources in the capacity market when they are reflected in the peak load forecast.

4. GOVERNING DOCUMENTS ENHANCEMENTS & CLARIFICATION SUBCOMMITTEE (GDECS) (10:10-10:25)

The committee will be asked to endorse modifications, clarifications and revisions to 12 terms in PJM governing documents.

xx. UNDERPERFORMANCE RISK MANAGEMENT IN RPM/CP (10:25-10:40)

Bob O’Connell, on behalf of the Supplier Caucus, will present a proposed problem statement and issue charge related to underperformance risk management in the capacity market. It would expand ways for generators to minimize penalties by netting them against over-performing generators. (See Generators Seek to Reopen PJM Capacity Performance Rules.)

Members Committee

ENDORSEMENTS (1:25-2:05)

1. 2015 IRM STUDY RESULTS (1:25-1:40)

Members will be asked to endorse the installed reserve margin study results, re-setting IRM and the forecast pool requirement for 2016/17, 2017/18 and 2018/19 and establishing initial IRM for 2019/20. The study increases the IRM to 16.4% from 15.5% in the 2014 study. The IRMs also rose for the following two delivery years. (See “Committee Endorses Increase in IRM” in PJM Markets and Reliability & Members Committees Briefs.)

2. 2016/17 THIRD INCREMENTAL AUCTION (1:40-1:55)

As part of the transition to Capacity Performance, the committee will be asked to approve Tariff revisions allowing PJM to sell excess base capacity acquired in the third Incremental Auction for 2016/17 in February. (See “Tariff Change Would Allow PJM to Sell Excess Capacity for 2016/17” in PJM Markets and Reliability & Members Committees Briefs.)

3. ELECTIONS (1:55-2:05)

Members will be asked endorse the following elections:

Finance Committee

• End Use Customer, David Evrard, Pennsylvania Office of the Consumer Advocate
• Generation Owner, Michelle Greening, Talen Energy
• Other Supplier, Marguerite Miller, Credit Suisse
• Transmission Owner, Jim Benchek, FirstEnergy

Sector Whips

• Electric Distribution, Steve Lieberman, Old Dominion Electric Cooperative
• End Use Customer, Susan Bruce, PJM Industrial Customer Coalition
• Generation Owner, Joe Kerecman, Calpine
• Other Supplier, Katie Guerry, EnerNOC
• Transmission Owner, Jodi Moskowitz, Public Service Enterprise Group

Members Committee Vice Chair

• Susan Bruce, PJM Industrial Customer Coalition