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 (9:10-9:30)

Members will be asked to endorse the following manual changes:

1. Manual 19: Load Forecasting and Analysis. Revisions remove outdated rules for legacy air conditioner and water heater cycling programs and correct formulas for end-use/weather variables.
2. Manual 12: Balancing Operations. Manual, Tariff and Operating Agreement changes incorporate business rules for dynamic transfers.

3. Governing Documents Enhancement and Clarification Subcommittee (GDECS) (9:30-9:40)

Changes eliminate redundant definitions and list definitions in alphabetical order.

4. Demand Response Emergency Energy Settlement Measurement and Verification (9:40-9:55)

New method changes the emergency energy default customer baseline (CBL) from the hour before to the current default economic CBL. (See “Members Endorse New Way to Measure Emergency DR,” PJM Market Implementation Briefs.)

5. External Capacity Performance Enhancements (9:55-10:15)

Members will be asked to endorse a problem statement and issue charge studying the challenges of the pseudo-tie construct for external CP resources.

Members Committee

Consent Agenda (1:20-1:25)

1. Members will be asked to approve revisions to governing documents related to updated definitions developed by the GDECS.

Endorsements (1:25-1:55)

1. Governing Documents Enhancements and Clarification Subcommittee (GDECS) (1:25-1:35)
2. Members will consider revised definition of “capacity import limit.”
3. See MRC item 3 above.