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
Endorsements (9:10-9:40)
1. Service on PJM for Rate and Waiver Filings under Governing Agreements (9:10-9:30)
Members will be asked to approve an issue charge addressing service to PJM of members’ tariff rate and waiver filings under the RTO’s governing agreements.
The change would require PJM be served when members and interconnection customers file with FERC rate tariff filings, service agreement filings or settlements under the agreements. PJM said the change is needed to ensure the RTO can intervene and participate in such proceedings to protect the interests of members and markets.
2. Operating Committee Charter (9:30-9:40)
Stakeholders will be asked to approve revisions to the Operating Committee charter.
The revised charter adds the phrase “reliability attributes and pertinent conditions” to paragraph 7, pertaining to the committee’s role in reviewing and recommending operating practices and procedures concerning system reliability.
Members Committee
Consent Agenda (1:40-1:45)
B. Endorse proposed revisions to update the process timing for generation deactivations in Part V and Attachment M of the tariff.
Members will be asked to endorse changes to the rules regarding the timing of its reliability reviews for generator deactivations.
PJM says the current deactivation rules are “inefficient and unsustainable” because each response is due 30 days after notification and the tariff does not provide additional time for multiple requests. Under the proposed changes, PJM would study retirements in four batches per year (beginning Jan. 1, April 1, July 1 and Oct. 1) and provide reliability notifications by the end of February, May, August and September.
