RTO Insider's monthly preview of the items on the PJM MC and MRC agendas along with a description/explanation and links to our previous coverage.

Some of the changes PJM is considering in the wake of September's unexpected heat wave include: more conservative reserve calculations, quicker and more granular demand response deployments and optimizing trades with neighboring regions.

PJM members approved streamlining the demand response registration process.

The following issues generated little or no discussion among members at the MRC on 8/29/13. The issues will be brought to a vote at the next MRC, 9/26/13.

PJM may seek to lower the price cap on emergency demand response as a result of their review of the July 14-19 heat wave.

Below are the new market monitor recommendations included in the PJM Market Monitor’s State of the Market report for the first half of 2013.

The PJM Market Monitor's mid-year report detailed rebounding energy prices and coal generation in the first half of 2013 as natural gas costs increased from record lows.

PJM briefed members Wednesday on manual changes documenting two improved methods for CBL, a means for better verifying dr baseline processes.

PJM TOs flexed their muscles Wednesday, uniting to reject proposals to allow network load customers more frequent opportunities to switch to nodal pricing.

An overworked transformer and PJM operators’ efforts to limit prices were the focus last week as PJM continued to discuss the mid-July heat wave.