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 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 covering the discussions and votes. See next week’s newsletter for a full report.

Markets and Reliability Committee

Consent Agenda (9:05-9:10)

As part of its consent agenda, the MRC will be asked to endorse:

B. proposed revisions to Manual 27: Open Access Transmission Tariff Accounting to conform to the settlement agreement approved by FERC in PJM’s filing to change its administrative cost recovery charges (ER22-26).

C. proposed revisions to Manual 40: Training and Certification Requirements resulting from a periodic review.

Endorsements (9:10-9:20)

3. Manual 6 FTR Bid Limits (9:10-9:20)

PJM’s Emmy Messina will present a proposal to increase the number of bids a corporate entity may submit into FTR auctions, alongside corresponding revisions in Manual 6: Financial Transmission Rights. The committee will be asked  to endorse the proposed solution and associated manual revisions. (See “FTR Bid Limit Increase Endorsed Under Fast Track Pathway,” PJM MIC Briefs: Jan. 11, 2023.)

Issue Tracking: FTR Auction Bid Limits

Members Committee

Consent Agenda (12:35-12:40)

As part of its consent agenda, the MC will be asked to endorse:

B. a proposed solution to implement the second phase of PJM’s hybrid resource rules, along with corresponding tariff and Operating Agreement revisions. (See PJM Releases Phase 2 of Energy Transition Study.)

Issue Tracking: Solar-Battery Hybrid Resources

C. a proposal to revise PJM’s day-ahead zonal load bus distribution factors and corresponding revisions to tariff section 31.7. (See “MIC Endorses Proposal on Hybrid Resources,” PJM MIC Briefs: Nov. 2, 2022.)

Issue Tracking: Day-ahead Zonal Load Bus Distribution Factors