PJM members last week approved manual changes implementing the PJM seasonal verification rules, adding a transition period for units that have not been conducting the required tests.

The Planning and Operating committees endorsed changes to the following PJM Manuals: 7, 14A ,21 and 40.

Four out of five Reliability Must-Run generation units in the ATSI zone will shut down this year rather than 2015.

The Planning Committee last week endorsed manual changes implementing PJM’s new capacity import limits.

Fearing a potential shortage of reactive power, PJM last week won stakeholder support for an initiative to consider requiring that renewables add 'smart' inverters.

New rules requiring temperature corrections of all steam generators should not have a major impact on PJM operations, an analysis shows.

PJM predicts summer peak loads will increase by about 1% annually over the next decade, with a 1.4% increase in 2014. But the 2014 load forecast reduces peak and energy forecasts from the 2013 report.

Advanced electric storage devices should be treated like limited demand response resources in the capacity market because of their short run times, PJM says.

PJM’s weather normalized summer peak increased by almost 1% in 2013, the largest increase since load growth resumed after the recession.

The Planning Committee approved a manual change that will result in PJM identifying potential transmission upgrade requirements earlier in the study process.