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 proposed manual changes:
A. Manual 1: Control Center and Data Exchange Requirements. Revisions developed to comply with NERC reporting requirements. Transmission operators will be required to maintain certain data during outages, including bus voltages for all 345-kV stations or higher, and megawatt flows for tie lines and all lines 345 kV or higher.
B. Manual 11: Energy & Ancillary Services and Manual 18: PJM Capacity Market. Clarifies language on what is needed to qualify for exempt or bonus megawatts during performance assessment hours in PJM’s Capacity Performance construct. PJM says it needs certain data to determine how close generators follow its schedule. The data include values for economic minimum and maximum and emergency maximum.
3. Pseudo-tie Pro Forma (9:30-10:00)
Members will be asked to endorse proposed pseudo-tie agreements and Tariff and Operating Agreement revisions. The documents were developed to standardize pseudo-ties and minimize operating confusion. (See “OC Discusses Pro Forma Agreements for Pseudo-Ties, Dynamic Schedules,” PJM OC Briefs: July 11, 2017.)
4. Governing Document Revisions to the Limitation on Claims (10:00-10:10)
Members will be asked to endorse Tariff and Operating Agreement revisions to clarify the two-year limit on requests for billing adjustments.
5. PJM M14B and PJM Operating Agreement Updates – TEAC Redesign (10:10-10:30)
Members will be asked to endorse updates to Manual 14B: PJM Regional Transmission Process and the Operating Agreement reflecting the change from the annual, 12-month Regional Transmission Expansion Planning cycle to an overlapping 18-month cycle beginning each September. The window for short-term projects will expand from 30 to 60 days. (See “RTEP Cycle Revisions Approved,” PJM PC/TEAC Briefs: July 13, 2017.)
Members Committee
Consent Agenda (1:20-1:25)
Members will be asked to endorse:
B. Tariff revisions related to the interconnection process regarding the alternate queue and cost allocation for projects less than $5 million. (See PJM Considering Injection Rights for Demand Response.)
1. Regulation Revisions (1:25-1:45)
Members will be asked to endorse proposed Tariff and Operating Agreement revisions to regulation market rules on performance scores, clearing and settlements that were endorsed by the Regulation Market Issues Senior Task Force and the MRC. The revisions change the rate for substituting traditional RegA and fast-response RegD. (See PJM Regulation Compensation Changes Cleared over Opposition.)
2. Pseudo-tie Pro Forma (1:45-2:15)
Members will be asked to endorse proposed pseudo-tie agreements and Tariff and Operating Agreement revisions. The documents were developed to standardize pseudo-ties and minimize operating confusion. (See MRC item 3 above).
— Rory D. Sweeney