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 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.

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)

The committee will be asked to endorse as part of its consent agenda:

B. proposed conforming revisions to a slate of manuals and PJM practices addressing the interconnection process overhaul approved by FERC last year (ER22-2110). (See “Manual Revisions for Interconnection Process Overhaul Sent to MRC,” PJM OC Briefs: July 13, 2023.)

C. proposed revisions to Manual 13: Emergency Operations resulting from its periodic review.

Endorsements (9:10-9:25)

1. NERC TPL-001-5.1 Manual 14B Revisions 

PJM’s Stanley Sliwa will present proposed revisions to Manual 14B: PJM Region Transmission Planning Process to conform to NERC’s TPL–001-5.1 standard. The proposal was endorsed by the Planning Committee earlier this month through the quick-fix process, which allows for a problem statement, issue charge and solution to be brought concurrently and voted on in the first meeting. (See “Stakeholders Endorse Quick Fix Manual Revisions to Conform to NERC Standards,” PJM PC/TEAC Briefs: July 11, 2023.)

The committee will be asked to endorse the proposed manual revisions upon first read.

Members Committee

Consent Agenda (11:35-11:40)

The committee will be asked to endorse as part of its consent agenda:

B. proposed clarifying revisions to PJM’s tariff, Operating Agreement and Reliability Assurance Agreement, which were approved by the Governing Documents Enhancements and Clarifications Subcommittee in April.

C. a proposed solution and corresponding tariff revisions related to calculating the smooth supply curves for the Base Residual Auctions. The changes are meant to clarify that PJM will publish only smooth supply curves following BRAs and not Incremental Auctions. (See “Stakeholders Approve Tariff Clarification on Smooth Supply Curves,” PJM MRC/MC Briefs: June 22, 2023.)

Issue Tracking: BRA Smooth Supply Curves

Endorsements (11:40-11:55)

1. IROL-CIP Cost Recovery (11:40-11:55)

PJM’s Darrell Frogg will present a proposal to create a cost-of-service mechanism for generators designated as critical to the derivation of an interconnected reliability operating limit under NERC’s Critical Infrastructure Protection standards. (See “MRC Endorses IROL-CIP Cost Recovery,” PJM MRC/MC Briefs: June 22, 2023.)

Issue Charge: IROL-CIP Cost Recovery