After two marathon committee meetings failed to narrow choices, members will vote beginning today on more than a dozen proposals to make demand response more flexible and eliminate arbitrage opportunities in capacity auctions.

The PJM MRC endorsed the following manual changes at their October 2013 meeting.

The PJM MRC heard first readings on the manual changes listed below. The committee will be asked to endorse the changes — excluding those for Manual 28, which is already in effect — in November.

Operators of gas-fired generators could include the costs of ensuring fuel supplies in their energy market offers under changes being considered by PJM.

Chances for consensus appeared dim last week as PJM moved to implement caps on limited demand response over the objection of load serving entities. MD's PSC threatened a FERC challenge.

Amid complaints that the issue has not been fully vetted, members of the Capacity Senior Task Force are voting on four proposals to cap the volume of limited demand response that can clear PJM’s base capacity auction.

The Operating Committee last week endorsed changes to Manuals 3, 10 and 14D.  Manual 3: Transmission Operations – Adds language regarding approval of emerg...

The Planning Committee last week endorsed changes to Manual 14B: PJM Region Transmission Planning Process to improve the procedure for analyzing and addressi...

PJM’s proposed changes to the deployment of demand response could cost consumers billions, members said last week as the RTO and generators squared off against load-serving entities and industrial customers.

PJM proposed a $276 million operating budget for 2014, a $1 million reduction.