Generator start and notification rules will be implemented in eMKT beginning Sept. 26, PJM told the Market Implementation Committee last week.

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.

The PJM OC heard first reading last week on changes to Manual 1, Attachment B: Schedule of Data Submittals for NERC Compliance.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Thursday gave final approval to one of several reliability standards and opened for comment two others.

Dominion Virginia Power’s new Pleasant View-Goose Creek 500 kV line will be designated as line number 595.

The PJM Operating Committee Tuesday approved changes to manuals 14 and 36. The changes go next to the Markets and Reliability Committee for final approval.

The PJM Planning Committee Thursday approved changes to Manual 19: Load Forecasting and Analysis. The changes go next to the MRC.

NERC urged electric industry planners to begin incorporating the risk of natural gas supply interruptions in their reliability and resource assessments.

FERC Said that the electric transmission system needs more protections against geomagnetic disturbances like the 1989 solar storm that caused the collapse of the Hydro-Quebec grid.

FERC approved a revised transmission planning reliability standard (TPL-001-4) it had previously rejected as “vague and unenforceable.”