Last month's GridEX II security drill was a valuable test of PJM’s emergency response procedures but lacked in realism, participants said.

The Market Implementation Committee will consider changes to PJM’s real-time pricing mechanism, which RTO officials say is depressing energy and reserve prices.

A top EPA official told state regulators the agency is still in listening mode in drafting its greenhouse gas rules on existing power plants. Others expressed concerns.

Gas pipeline operators can exchange non-public operational information with PJM and other RTOs under a final rule approved by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

More than 1,800 people from 200 industry and government organizations, including PJM, took part in NERC’s 2-day cyber and physical security drill Nov 13-14.

FERC last week gave final approval to Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) standards that for the first time cover all bulk power system assets according to their impact on the grid.

MISO officials signaled their opposition to PJM’s new limits on imports, saying they'll be capacity buyers in the near term as they face a shortfall as early as 2016.

PJM may seek FERC approval for a plan to change the way demand response clears in capacity auctions despite stakeholders’ rejection of the plan.

Storms and cybersecurity were the subjects as PJM held its third annual Grid 20/20 conference in Philadelphia.

PJM planners expect to recommend construction of a $1.2 billion double circuit 345 kV line to address a short circuit problem in the PSEG zone.