Below is a summary of the agenda items scheduled to be brought to a vote at the PJM Markets and Reliability Committee and Members Committee meetings 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.

RTO Insider will be covering the discussions and votes. See next Tuesday’s newsletter for a full report.

Markets and Reliability Committee

Consent Agenda (9:15-9:20)

B. Stakeholders will be asked to endorse proposed revisions to Manual 1: Control Center and Data Exchange Requirements resulting from a periodic review and revisions to NERC standards CIP-012, COM-001 and EOP-008. (See “Manual 1 Revisions Endorsed,” PJM Operating Committee Briefs: April 14, 2022.)

C. The committee will be asked to endorse proposed revisions to Manual 14F: Competitive Planning Process resulting from a periodic review. The changes were endorsed at the April 12 Planning Committee meeting. (See “Manual 14F Revisions Endorsed,” PJM PC/TEAC Briefs: April 12, 2022.)

D. Members will be asked to endorse Operating Agreement revisions intended to appropriately document the underfrequency load shedding (UFLS) relay requirements applicable to East Kentucky Power Cooperative. A recent review of revisions showed “potential confusion” in EKPC’s appropriate UFLS requirement that needed to be corrected. (See “EKPC UFLS Requirements Endorsed,” PJM Operating Committee Briefs: April 14, 2022.)

E. Stakeholders will be asked to approve revisions to the Energy Price Formation Senior Task Force charter. The proposed charter edits relate to the delay in reserve price formation implementation, from May 1 to Oct. 1.

Endorsements (9:20-10:40)

1. Deactivation Process Timing (9:20-9:45)

The committee will be asked to endorse a proposal to update the process timing for generation deactivations. The proposed deactivation process would establish quarterly study times for requests, with periods beginning Jan. 1, April 1, July 1 and Oct. 1. (See “Deactivation Process Timing Update Endorsed,” PJM PC/TEAC Briefs: March 8, 2022.)

2. Interconnection Process Reform (9:45-10:20)

Members will be asked to endorse a proposal to change the interconnection process and a transition to the new rules. The proposal was developed at the Interconnection Process Reform Task Force. (See PJM Planning Committee Endorses ‘Fast Lane’ Criteria for Gen Projects.)

3. Resource Adequacy (10:20-10:40)

Stakeholders will be asked to endorse a proposed issue charge for the Resource Adequacy Senior Task Force addressing the procurement of clean resource attributes. The issue charge includes discussing the potential benefits and drawbacks of a forward procurement of clean resource attributes and the social cost of carbon in wholesale markets. (See “Procurement of Clean Resource Attributes,” PJM MRC/MC Briefs: March 23, 2022.)

Members Committee

Consent Agenda (1:25-1:30)

C. The committee will be asked to approve proposed revisions to Manual 34: Stakeholder Process to update the paper ballot process. PJM wants to revise Manual 34 before the Annual Meeting on May 17, which includes the Board of Managers election and General Session, to allow for remote voting. (See “Remote Voting for Annual Meeting,” PJM MRC/MC Briefs: March 23, 2022.)

Endorsements (1:30-1:50)

1. Interconnection Process Reform (1:30-1:50)

Stakeholders will be asked to endorse a proposal as endorsed by the MRC (see agenda item No. 2 above). PJM is seeking a same day vote on the issue at the MRC and the MC.