Members reacted warily to a proposed generic transition mechanism that would hold capacity providers harmless for future rule changes.

State regulators and PJM transmission owners plan to meet to narrow their differences over rules for “multi-driver” transmission projects.

Stakeholders representing load may oppose efforts to change PJM’s $1,000 per MWh offer cap, despite a frigid winter in which high gas prices forced the RTO to obtain temporary waivers from the limit.

PJM is considering ways to simplify the sharing of real-time generator data to improve situational awareness and help transmission operators respond more quickly in emergencies.

The PJM Markets and Reliability and Members committees approved several manual and Tariff changes with little or no discussion last week.

Our summary of the issues scheduled for votes at the PJM MRC and MC on 03/27/14. Each item is listed by agenda number, description and projected time of discussion, followed by a summary of the issue and links to prior coverage.

The scheduling tool that would be used to optimize power trading between PJM and NYISO is accurate within $5/MWh more than two-thirds of the time, according to a new analysis provided to members last week.

PJM won’t seek additional compensation for black start generators in the face of stakeholder opposition, officials told members Friday. Instead, members of the task force studying the issue will be polled to determine their next step.

The Electric Power Research Institute will lead an educational session on smart inverters March 31 as the Planning Committee begins work on developing standards for the devices.

PJM said it will change Manual 11’s rules regarding compensation for demand response despite a lack of stakeholder support.