Below is a summary of the issues scheduled to be brought to a vote at the PJM Markets and Reliability Committee meeting on 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 in Valley Forge, Pa., covering the discussions and votes. See next Tuesday’s newsletter for a full report.
Consent Agenda (9:10-9:15)
PJM will ask for endorsement of:
B. Revisions to Manual 14D: Generator Operational Requirements, including a periodic cover-to-cover review and proposed language changes regarding compliance with FERC Order 841 for energy storage participation.
C. Changes to Manual 36: System Restoration and Manual 40: Training and Certification Requirements regarding Order 841.
D. The 2019 Reserve Requirement Study results, including updated values for the installed reserve margin and forecast pool requirement, which will reset key parameters for the RTO’s upcoming capacity auctions. (See “2019 Installed Reserve Margin Study Results,” PJM PC/TEAC Briefs: Oct. 17, 2019.) If approved, the Members Committee will also be asked to endorse the same day.
1. Load Management Testing Requirements (9:15-9:30)
PJM will seek approval of a modified proposal to update load management testing requirements.
The RTO, which said it wants testing procedures to more closely mimic reality, is proposing a three-step notification system that gives resources first notice two weeks ahead, with additional alerts the day before and the morning before. Resources that fail would be retested within 46 days. There will be one test per year when there is no event, with half of resources tested in winter and the other half in summer.
At last month’s MRC meeting, stakeholders advised the RTO to find a compromise with Enel X, the sponsor of a competing package. (See “Stakeholders Urge Consensus on Load Management Testing Requirements,” PJM MRC/MC Briefs: Sept. 30, 2019.)
Stakeholders expressed concerns about how PJM would fit retests into the same season, as well as the usefulness of a month-ahead notification. Enel X had suggested instead a week-ahead alert to capacity resources. (See PJM Stakeholders Support More Realistic DR Testing.)
The current rules, developed when demand response availability was limited to just six hours a day over the summer, require one test during the summer. They give resources a two-day warning — down to the exact hour — and provides unlimited retesting. Enel X had contended that PJM’s original month-ahead notice provided little useful information to resource owners who operate on a week-ahead timeline. It was also uncertain how PJM would manage retests.
– Christen Smith