The Planning Committee approved the following manual changes by acclimation March 7. The changes move next to the Markets and Reliability Committee. For more information, contact PJM Member Relations.

Manual 14B: PJM Region Transmission Planning Process

Reason for Change: PJM needed to revise the manual to comply with upcoming changes to NERC Reliability Standard TPL-001-4.

Impacts: Changes affect the following sections of the manual:

• R 2.4.1 – Dynamic behavior of loads
• R 5 – Transient voltage response
• R 4.3.1.3 – Transient swings cause protection system operation
• R 4.3.1.1 – High speed reclosing into a fault
• R 4.1.2 – Tripping of transmission elements due to generator out of step event

PJM Contact: Joe Callis, Applied Solutions