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 11: Energy & Ancillary Services. Revisions, which also include changes to the Operating Agreement (OA) and Tariff, were developed to address capping of intraday offers. The current rule offer-caps units that fail the three-pivotal-supplier test, but prohibits reapplying the cap during the unit’s day-ahead commitment or minimum run time. The changes would re-evaluate capped units when offers are updated. The changes would also apply to self-scheduled resources. (See “Debate Continues on Intraday Offers,” PJM Market Implementation Committee Briefs: Oct. 11, 2017.)

B. Manual 11: Energy & Ancillary Services. Revisions developed for the offer-verification process and offer-capping logic as part of implementation of FERC Order 831. The Independent Market Monitor, which disagrees on some parts of PJM’s proposal, will offer comments. (See “Debate Continues on Intraday Offers,” PJM Market Implementation Committee Briefs: Oct. 11, 2017.)

C. Manual 14B: Regional Transmission Planning Process. Revisions developed to add information related to contingency definitions.

D. Manual 19: Load Forecasting and Analysis. Clarifies when load drop estimates are produced and includes updates from a periodic review of the manual. (See “Cleared PRD Forces Manual Revisions,” PJM PC/TEAC Briefs: Sept. 14, 2017.)

3. Balancing Ratio (10:00-10:20)

Members will be asked to endorse Tariff revisions addressing the calculation of the balancing ratio used in determining the market seller offer cap (MSOC) for the 2018 Base Residual Auction, along with an associated problem statement and issue charge. PJM is concerned that there have been no penalty assessment intervals as needed to determine the balancing ratio. The problem statement and issue charge are meant to address the issue permanently. (See “Give me a B…,” PJM MRC/MC Briefs.)

4. Distributed Energy Resources Update (10:20-10:40)

Members will be asked to endorse a proposed Distributed Energy Resources (DER) Subcommittee charter. A proposed revision that was not considered friendly by other stakeholders is being offered as a separate version. (See “Amendment on DER Charter Sparks Debate,” PJM MRC/MC Briefs.)

5. 2017 Installed Reserve Margin Study Results (10:40-10:50)

Members will be asked to endorse the 2017 installed reserve margin (IRM) study results. (See “IRM Reductions,” PJM PC/TEAC Briefs: Sept. 14, 2017.)

6. Restoration Planning Generator Data (10:50-11:00)

Members will be asked to endorse OA revisions associated with PJM sharing of restoration planning generator data with Transmission Owners. (See “TOs to Receive Confidential Generation Data for System Restoration,” PJM Operating Committee Briefs: Sept. 12, 2017.)

Members Committee

Consent Agenda (2:20-2:25)

Members will be asked to endorse:

B. Tariff and OA revisions to clarify definitions, as recommended by the Governing Document Enhancement & Clarification Subcommittee.

1. RPM Market Seller Offer Cap (1:25-1:45)

Members will be asked to endorse proposed provisions for calculation of the balancing ratio used in determination of the MSOC for the 2018 BRA. (See MRC agenda item 3 above.)

2. Intraday Offer Capping (1:45-2:00)

Members will be asked to endorse OA and Tariff revisions associated with capping of intraday offers. (See MRC item 2A above.)

3. 2017 Installed Reserve Margin Study Results (2:00-2:15)

Members will be asked to endorse the 2017 IRM study results. (See MRC item 5 above.)

— Rory D. Sweeney