The PJM Operating Committee unanimously approved revisions to Manual 14D to tighten the notification rules for transferring the ownership of generation units.
Comments on PJM’s “jump ball” proposals for protecting the capacity market from subsidized resources were almost uniformly negative.
PJM wants to take a more holistic look at how the grid’s supply chain works and factor the findings into its markets.
When stakeholders begin considering potential changes to PJM’s demand curve next month, one of the main debates will likely center on whether combustion turbines should remain the reference technology for estimating the cost of new entry be replaced by combined-cycle gas turbines.
PJM members at last week’s MRC meeting endorsed revisions to an initiative examining the calculation of the balancing ratio used in setting capacity offer caps.
FERC approved PJM’s proposed rules for implementing restrictions imposed on energy efficiency resources by state or local regulators.
The closure of four nuclear plants in Pennsylvania and Ohio would boost power prices and carbon emissions, undoing the clean air benefits of renewables, according to a Brattle Group report.
PJM filed with FERC to consider both its two-stage capacity repricing proposal and its Market Monitor’s plan to expand the minimum offer price rule (MOPR).
PJM told Market Implementation Committee meeting attendees that it plans to salvage some of its proposal to revise its regulation market that FERC rejected.
PJM debated stakeholders over whether existing units should be under the same obligation to provide primary frequency response that FERC ordered for new units.