PJM has appointed Vickie VanZandt, president of VanZandt Electric Transmission Consulting, to its Board of Managers, the RTO announced Friday.

The PJM MRC will vote on rules governing the inclusion of variable environmental charges in cost-based offers and four sets of capacity auction parameters.

PJM members approved a change to the Consensus Based Issue Resolution process and received briefings on options for capacity auction parameters.

PJM members said they want more time to consider a proposal to require the board to include “expertise in the transition to zero-carbon energy resources.”

PJM stakeholders gathered for the first in-person Annual Meeting of Members after more than two years of virtual meetings caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Nigeria Bloczynski, PJM vice president and chief risk officer, announced her resignation from the RTO in an email Tuesday afternoon.

PJM saw interconnection requests for solar more than triple since 2019, comprising more than half the interconnection queue, according to the 2021 RTEP report.

PJM announced that it’s delaying the return to campus for employees and stakeholders because of the rise in COVID-19 cases.

PJM stakeholders elected a new board member and vice chair of the Members Committee during a special meeting on Wednesday.

The PJM Board of Managers have approved the RTO’s proposed replacement for the extended minimum offer price rule, sending it to FERC.