PJM Interconnection LLC (PJM)
PJM presented the Planning Committee with a draft amendment to the Deactivation Enhancement Senior Task Force’s issue charge to add a key work activity focused on creating pro forma language for reliability-must-run agreements with generation owners seeking to deactivate a unit identified as being necessary for reliability.
The PJM Market Implementation Committee endorsed by acclamation an RTO-sponsored issue charge to consider changes to how resources committed in advance of the day-ahead market are offer capped.
PJM gave more detail on its plan to scale back a 30% adder it added on the synchronized and primary reserve requirement in May 2023.
The PJM Market Implementation Committee endorsed a proposal to revise the base formula rate for compensating black start resources.
The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy looked into demand growth, which both parties recognized as an opportunity that could benefit policy changes, though plenty of daylight exists on how to address it.
Facing a 40% hike in electricity demand by 2030, New Jersey needs to rapidly craft a plan on how to boost generation and develop its transmission and distribution system, speakers at a conference on the state’s energy future said.
The PJM Planning Committee endorsed by acclamation revisions to Manual 14H to conform with changes to the RTO’s surplus interconnection service process FERC approved in February.
The PJM Board of Managers approved a $6 billion package of grid upgrades that includes expanding the 765-kV backbone east to meet rising demand, particularly in Northern Virginia’s Data Center Alley.
PJM stakeholders voted for a third consecutive meeting to delay acting on revisions to Manual 14H intended to clarify when developers may add or remove parcels from their project footprint.
A new Advanced Energy United/Grid Strategies report estimates that better PJM interconnection processes could save consumers billions of dollars.
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