PJM should be able to absorb the more than 7,000 MW of capacity imports that cleared in May’s auction for 2016-17, officials said.

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.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission last week approved a final rule extending reliability standards to generator tie-lines and a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on standards regarding generator verification.

State briefs from around PJM's territory. Included this week are Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.

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

The PJM MIC was provided details on the removal of three special protection schemes (SPS) from the PPL and Dominion zones. See the article for details.

PJM’s recommended Installed Reserve Margin (IRM) will increase slightly because of the increasing alignment of the RTO’s peak demand with demand outside of the region.

PJM will seek to set a limit on capacity imports before next year's Base Reliability Auction under a problem statement approved by the Planning Committee.

The Operating Committee and Market Implementation Committee endorsed manual changes to Manuals 12 and 27. See article for details.

The PJM Operating Committee Tuesday postponed a vote on proposals to increase penalties for under-performing synchronized reserve providers.