Below is a summary of the issues scheduled to be brought to a vote at the PJM Markets and Reliability and Members committees on Wednesday. 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.

Markets and Reliability Committee

Consent Agenda (9:05-9:10)

B. Stakeholders will be asked to endorse proposed revisions to Manual 13: Emergency Operations to address conservative operations, PJM’s emergency protocols to ensure the bulk electric system remains reliable during extreme events. The manual changes were endorsed at the July Operating Committee meeting. (See “Manual 13 Changes Endorsed,” PJM Operating Committee Briefs: July 15, 2021.)

C. Members will be asked to endorse conforming revisions to Manual 14A: New Service Request Process to address the new service requests deficiency review requirements. The revisions were endorsed at the July Planning Committee meeting. (See “Manual 14A Revisions Endorsed,” PJM PC/TEAC Briefs: July 13, 2021.)

D. The MRC will be asked to endorse conforming revisions to Manual 18: PJM Capacity Market, Manual 20: PJM Resource Adequacy Analysis, Manual 21: Rules and Procedures for Determination of Generating Capability and Manual 21A: Determination of Accredited UCAP Using Effective Load Carrying Capability Analysis to address the effective load-carrying capability (ELCC) for limited-duration resources and intermittent resources. The revisions would require a unit’s ELCC accreditation to be updated annually based on system conditions and unit performance. (See “ELCC Manuals,” PJM MRC/MC Briefs: June 23, 2021.)

E. Stakeholders will be asked to endorse a proposed revision to Manual 33: Administrative Services for the Operating Agreement around the operating reserve demand curve (ORDC) data in accordance with FERC transparency requirements. The new section states that PJM may publish annual information on aggregated forced outages for the RTO and other reserve zones directly relevant to the ORDC calculations. (See FERC Approves PJM Reserve Market Overhaul.)

F. Members will be asked to endorse proposed revisions from the Governing Document Enhancement and Clarification Subcommittee (GDECS) addressing administrative changes and clarifications in the tariff and OA.

Endorsements (9:10-9:35)

1. Non-firm Transmission Service Pre-emption (9:10-9:35)

The MRC will be asked to endorse proposed revisions to section 14.2 of the tariff related to pre-emption of non-firm transmission service. The committee will be asked to endorse the proposed solution upon first read, and MC endorsement will be sought on the same day. The tariff language revisions exclude the right of first refusal (ROFR) process from PJM’s evaluation of non-firm transmission service requests. (See “Non-firm Transmission Service Pre-emption,” PJM Operating Committee Briefs: July 15, 2021.)

Members Committee

Consent Agenda (1:10-1:15)

D. Stakeholders will be asked to approve proposed revisions to Manual 34: PJM Stakeholder Process to address clarifications within the newly revised section 9.5: Motion Amendments.

E. Members will be asked to endorse tariff revisions to address concerns associated with the pro forma interconnection construction service agreement’s lack of superseding language and current automatic termination provision. The revisions were endorsed at the June MRC meeting. (See “ICSA Revisions Endorsed,” PJM MRC/MC Briefs: June 23, 2021.)