Whether energy efficiency should be allowed in the capacity market drew heated debate on two issues at the PJM Market Implementation Committee meeting.
In the afternoon of day one of FERC's major technical conference focused on PJM, with CEO Andy Ott, IMM Joe Bowring and state regulators testifying.
The PJM Markets and Reliability committee and Members committee discussed frequency response and the Capacity Construct/Public Policy Senior Task Force.
The PJM Capacity Construct/Public Policy Senior Task Force presented an alternative perspective on the objectives of a resource adequacy construct.
PJM staff detailed how the new rules for aggregating seasonal resources will be implemented in May’s Base Residual Auction.
Joe Bowring said in a briefing on the State of the Market Report that that the PJM market is healthy, despite what some believe are low energy prices.
The PJM Markets and Reliability Committee and Members Committee discussed the RTO's recent pseudo-tie filing, capacity replacement and fuel-cost policies.
The PJM Capacity Construct/Public Policy Senior Task Force held its second meeting discuss design-concept ideas for revising the RTO’s capacity market.
FERC staff have greenlit PJM’s proposed Tariff revisions to allow increased participation from seasonal resources.
A summary of the issues scheduled to be brought to a vote at the Markets and Reliability and Members committees on March 23, 2017.