News briefs on companies in PJM Interconnection: PJM, PPL, and a new demand response trade group - the Advanced Energy Management Alliance.

The capacity market and the role of demand response dominated the discussion as more than 170 state regulators, PJM staff and stakeholders gathered here for the OPSI annual meeting last week.

The PJM Board of Managers last week approved $1.2 billion in transmission reliability projects.