The Markets and Reliability Committee Thursday approved changes to Manuals 11 and 14D, while the Members Committee approved changes to Manual 15.

Manual 11: Energy & Ancillary Services

Reason for changes: Clarifications, error corrections and changes to conform to other manuals.

Impact:

The changes:

• Clarify and add conforming language for regulation rules:
  • Resources cannot clear for both RegA and RegD within an operat­ing hour (Section 3.2.9)
  • Changes language to conform to M12. Regulation resources must return to their regulation range within 10 minutes of the end of a synchronized reserve event (Sec­tion 4.2.12). The current language calls for a return within two minutes.
• Clarify hydropower units’ opportunity cost when providing synchronized reserve:
  • Hydro units providing Tier 2 synchronized reserve receive lost opportunity cost payments only when they are held to condense mode rather than off-line. (Sec­tion 4.2.7)
• Corrects and clarifies Attachment C regarding cost offers and station manning:
  • Removes language stating that a resource can submit only five cost offers for energy. The actual limit is “in the 60s,” said Rus Ogborn of PJM.
  • Clarifies the compensation rules that apply when PJM requests generators be manned in order to start units more quickly. Units required to provide staffing will be compensated even if the resource is not called on because system conditions change.
• Clarifies and cleans up revisions for Shortage Pricing rules. Changes were made to clarify existing rules and remove errors in the current text.

PJM contact:  Rus Ogborn

Manual 14D: Generation Operational Requirements

Reason for changes: Conforming to other manuals; revised NERC standard; updated information and addition of wind unit dispatchability checklist.

Impact:

• Multiple sections revised to replace out­dated references.
• Section 7.1.1, Generator Real-Power Control: Revised for consistency with M-36.
• Section 7.1.3, Notification to PJM for Reactive Power Resource Status during Unit Start-up: revised to reflect changes in NERC Standard VAR-002-2b, R1, effective July 1.
• Section 7.3, Critical Information and Reporting Requirements: Added references to PJM peak period maintenance season and changed notification time from 30 minutes to 20 minutes for consistency with section 7.4.
• Section 7.4 Synchronization and Disconnection Procedures: Revised to include notification times for synchronizing and disconnecting generators from the system.
• Section 8, Wind Farms Requirements: Revised to include references to Attachments L & M.
• Attachment H, PJM Generation and Transmission Interconnection Planning Process Flow Diagram, revised for consistency with Manual M-14A/C.
• Attachment M, Wind Unit Dispatch­ability Check List: New attachment.

PJM contact: Dave Schweizer

Manual 15: Cost Development

Reason for changes: Manual 15 was not revised to include information regarding cost-based offers when PJM made changes to the regulation market.

Impact: Information on cost-based offers is being moved into Manual 15 from Manual 11.

• Section 2.8: Insert regulation cost offer component bucketing from M11 sub-section 3.2.1 and update regulation cost offer calculation example.
• Section 11.8: Redefine energy storage losses.