A summary of the issues scheduled to be brought to a vote at the PJM Markets and Reliability and Members committees on Oct. 29, 2020.

PJM stakeholders endorsed an installed reserve margin of 14.4%, down from 14.8% in 2019, along with new winter weekly reserve targets.

PJM stakeholders endorsed expanding the use of synchrophasors and making them a requirement for certain projects under the RTEP.

The PJM Planning and Transmission Expansion Advisory committees discussed the proposed installed reserve margin for 2021/22.

PJM weekday load peaks have come in 10.4% less than than projected before the coronavirus pandemic, the Planning Committee learned.

PJM’s Planning Committee deferred voting on a proposal regarding critical infrastructure mitigation projects for a webinar planned to discuss transparency.

PJM's MRC heard about the ongoing search for a new CEO and debated dueling proposals from the RTO and Enel X to update load management testing requirements.

The Planning Committee endorsed PJM’s annual reserve requirement study and recommendations for a 15.7% IRM for next year’s Base Residual Auction.

PJM has scheduled a two-day workshop on enabling DERs to “ride through” frequency fluctuations but postponed action on a task force on the issue.

The PJM Board of Managers authorized $348 million in transmission projects, irking American Municipal Power.