PJM stakeholders continued debating changes to processes used to plan market efficiency transmission projects, including a new regional targeted process.

A summary of the issues scheduled to be brought to a vote at the PJM Markets and Reliability and Members committee meetings on July 23, 2020.

Stakeholders unanimously endorsed the charter for the new PJM Emerging Technologies Forum at the Markets and Reliability Committee meeting.

A summary of the issues scheduled to be brought to a vote at the PJM Markets and Reliability and Members committee meetings on June 18, 2020.

Prompted by Direct Connect and its proposed SOO Green project, PJM stakeholders agreed to consider integrating HVDC converters as a capacity resource.

The PJM MRC endorsed a proposal to allow market participants to use surety bonds as collateral for all market purposes except financial transmission rights.

Exelon and FirstEnergy called on PJM to police stakeholder sector selections after LS Power had an affiliate improperly voting in the senior committees.

A proposal to open end-of-life transmission projects in PJM to regional planning and competitive bidding was narrowly defeated at the MRC meeting.

A summary of the issues scheduled to be brought to a vote at the PJM Markets and Reliability and Members committee meetings on May 28, 2020.

PJM transmission owners warned in a strongly worded letter that “PJM is at a crossroads” with an upcoming sector-weighted vote on end-of-life projects.