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:

• A. Manual 11: Energy & Ancillary Services Market Operations and Manual 12: Balancing Operations. Revisions to account for the updated regulation requirement developed by the Regulation Market Senior Issues Task Force. (See “Regulation Requirement Changing from ‘Peak’ to ‘Ramp,’” PJM Operating Committee Briefs.)
• B. Manual 27: Open Access Transmission Tariff Accounting. Revisions developed as part of an annual review of the manual.
• C. Manual 38: Operations Planning. Revisions developed as part of a periodic review to provide more clarity on outage coordination.
• D. Manual 40: Training and Certification Requirements. Revisions proposed to reduce the grace period for completing operator training. (See “Manual 40 Revisions Approved with Exelon’s Addendum,” PJM Operating Committee Briefs.)

3. PJM Capacity Problem Statement/Issue Charge (9:30-10:00)

Members will be asked to endorse a proposed problem statement and issue charge regarding PJM’s Reliability Pricing Model. (See “Stakeholders Remain Skeptical of Campaign to Revisit CP,” PJM Markets and Reliability Committee Briefs.)

4. Underperformance Risk Management Senior Task Force (URMSTF) (10:00-10:15)

Members will be asked to endorse proposed revisions to the Tariff and Reliability Assurance Agreement specifying requirements for external resources seeking qualification under Capacity Performance rules. (See No End in Sight for PJM Capacity Market Changes.)

5. Energy Market Uplift Senior Task Force (EMUSTF) (10:15-10:45)

Members will be asked to endorse a Phase 1 proposal endorsed by the task force and to discuss whether to proceed with a vote on the Phase 2 proposal in light of FERC issuing a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on the topic last week. (See related story, FERC Proposes More Transparency, Cost Causation on Uplift.)

6. Market Operations Price Transparency (10:45-11:00)

Members will be asked endorse a proposed problem statement and issue charge regarding increased information releases under the NOPR.

7. Operating Parameters (11:00-11:15)

Members will be asked endorse proposed revisions to the PJM Tariff, Manual 11: Energy & Ancillary Services Market Operations, Manual 12: Balancing Operations and Manual 28: Operating Agreement Accounting regarding operating parameters. (See “Operating Parameters, ARR Enhancements Endorsed,” PJM Market Implementation Committee Briefs.)

8. Governing Documents Enhancement & Clarification Subcommittee (GDECS) (11:15-11:30)

Members will be asked endorse proposed Tariff, Operating Agreement and RAA revisions that clean up definitions.

Members Committee

Consent Agenda (2:20-2:25)

Members will be asked to endorse:

• B. Operating Agreement revisions associated with residual auction revenue rights enhancements.
• C. Revisions to the Tariff resulting from discussions at special Planning Committee sessions regarding new service request cost allocation and study methods. (See PJM Considering Injection Rights for Demand Response.)
• D. Tariff and Operating Agreement revisions developed by the GDECS.

1. Security & Resilience Advisory Committee (1:25-1:40)

Members will be asked to approve a proposed charter for a new Security & Resiliency Committee. (See “Preview of Security Committee Receives Tepid Response,” PJM Markets and Reliability and Members Committees Briefs.)

2. Underperformance Risk Management Senior Task Force (URMSTF) (1:40-2:00)

Members will be asked to endorse proposed Tariff and RAA revisions specifying requirements for external resources seeking qualification under CP rules. (See MRC item 4 above).

– Rory D. Sweeney