Advanced energy storage is ready to move beyond pilot projects and into day-to-day operations. But it will take rule changes and cost reductions for the technologies to reach their potential.

The MIC gave preliminary approval to a new coordinated transaction scheduling (cts) product intended to reduce uneconomic power flows between PJM and NYISO.

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 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.

A Toronto entrepreneur announced plans to build a 1,000 MW merchant transmission line to deliver power from Ontario to PJM.

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.

PJM cut loads in IN, MI, OH and PA Tuesday as a 90-degree heat wave pushed loads to the highest ever for September, stressing the grid at a time when much generation and transmission was offline.

The MRC reviewed two alternative wind capacity calculations to protect wind generators from being assigned artificially depressed capacity values due to curtailments ordered by PJM.

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.