Bowring’s allegations at a FERC technical conference in 2007 that PJM attempted to muzzle his internal market monitoring unit shook the RTO to its roots.

PJM members approved a task force seasonal capacity charter to study how resources could be incorporated into Capacity Performance.

Andy Ott is officially head of PJM, after spending a six-month transition period at the side of retiring CEO Terry Boston.

Rival Artificial Island developers sparred over the enforceability of cost caps at a panel discussion on Order 1000 implementation at last week’s Organization of PJM States Inc. annual meeting.

PJM Market Monitor Joe Bowring said that the RTO must include strong market-power protections in rules allowing generators to change their offers hourly.

A proposal by the Consumer Advocates of the PJM States that the RTO fund the group’s $450,000 budget through an assessment on electric customers won support from state regulators and other load interests but drew sharp opposition from suppliers.

Some coal-fired power plants at risk of retirement under the EPA’s carbon emission rule could survive thanks to renewable energy, according to a PJM study.

State-by-state compliance with the EPA's proposed carbon emission rule would be almost 30% more expensive than a regional approach, according to preliminary results of PJM analyses.

Less than 3% of generation capacity constructed in 2013 was developed solely for sale into organized electricity markets, according to a study by APPA.

A round-up of news from the PJM Transmission Expansion Advisory Committee on Oct. 9, 2014.