ERCOT’s Board of Directors has passed one contentious protocol change and tabled another that have divided stakeholders and staff and led the IMM to argue against the heavy use of ECRS.

Several renewable energy developers are opposing ERCOT stakeholders’ approval of a controversial rule change that would impose voltage ride-through requirements on IBRs.  

ERCOT stakeholders and staff came to an agreement on a rule change that imposes voltage ride-through requirements on IBRs.

PJM’s Planning Committee will consider whether the RTO must develop document language to deal with mitigation of existing and future infrastructure.

PJM wants to sunset the Distributed Energy Resources Ride Through Task Force after saying its work considering a default standard is done.

PJM is planning a special session of the Planning Committee to further discuss the RTO’s effective load carrying capability analysis for wind and solar.

The Planning Committee endorsed PJM’s annual reserve requirement study and recommendations for a 15.7% IRM for next year’s Base Residual Auction.

PJM has scheduled a two-day workshop on enabling DERs to “ride through” frequency fluctuations but postponed action on a task force on the issue.

PJM will hold its spring restoration drill May 15-16, staff told attendees at last week’s Operating Committee meeting.