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 (9:10-10:00)
Members will be asked to endorse the following proposed manual changes:
A. Manual 3A: EMS Model Updates and Quality Assurance. Revisions developed in response to a periodic review of the manual.
B. Manual 6: Financial Transmission Rights. Revisions developed to comply with the FERC order on financial transmission rights forfeitures. (See “FTR Forfeiture Rebilling to Start,” PJM Market Implementation Committee Briefs: Sept. 13, 2017.)
C. Manual 11: Energy & Ancillary Services. Updates language to implement intra-day generation offers. (See “PJM, IMM Agreement on Intra-Day Offers Seen as ‘Massive Change,’” PJM Market Implementation Committee Briefs: Sept. 13, 2017.)
D. Manual 14A: Generation and Transmission Interconnection Process. Revisions developed in response to a periodic review of the manual.
E. Manual 14B: Regional Transmission Planning Process. Revisions developed in response to changes for calculating capacity export transfer limits. (See Post-‘Wheel’ Changes Spark PJM Member Concerns.)
F. Manual 28: Operating Agreement Accounting. Eliminates redundant language and clarifies procedures associated with the implementation of intra-day offers.
3. Primary Frequency Response Senior Task Force (PFRSTF) (10:00-10:10)
Members will be asked to approve the charter for the PFRSTF. (See “Primary FR Task Force Begins July 25,” PJM OC Briefs: July 11, 2017.)
4. Governing Documents Enhancement & Clarification Subcommittee (GDECS) (10:10-10:20)
Members will be asked to endorse proposed Tariff and Operating Agreement revisions to clarify definitions.
5. Balancing Ratio (10:20-10:45)
Members will be asked to endorse a problem statement and issue charge regarding calculation of the balancing ratio used in determination of the market seller offer cap.
Members Committee
Consent Agenda (1:20-1:25)
Members will be asked to endorse:
B. Proposed Tariff and Operating Agreement revisions associated with the Dynamic Schedule Pro Forma Agreement. (See Critics Protest PJM Dynamic Transfers Plan.)
1. Governing Document Revisions regarding Limitation on Claims (1:25-1:35)
Members will be asked to endorse proposed Tariff and Operating Agreement revisions related to the limitation on claims.
2. TEAC Redesign (1:35-1:50)
Members will be asked to approve proposed Operating Agreement revisions regarding redesign of the Transmission Expansion Advisory Committee and expanding the short-term proposal window from 30 days to 60 days.
3. Nominating Committee (1:50-2:00)
Members will be asked to elect members of the 2017-2018 Nominating Committee.
— Rory D. Sweeney