In preparation for the anticipated February FERC ruling on the revised committee structure, PJM held a combined Electricity Markets Committee (EMC) and Reliability Committee (RC) meeting on Wednesday, January 25, 2006. The Members Committee (MC) met the following day.

Several important topics were discussed at both meetings. At the EMC/RC meeting, the Regional Planning Process Working Group provided an update on its progress. The working group is looking at the entire Regional Planning Process and recommending updates to the process. At the October 2005 RC meeting, the group proposed and the RC adopted manual revisions to extend the time horizon for the planning studies to 15 years. At the next meeting in February, the working group plans to propose manual revisions for three sensitivity analyses -- Load Forecasts, Circulation and Generation Scaling. The group then will move on to the Market Efficiency sensitivity analysis.

Also discussed at the EMC/RC meeting was a revisions to the non-firm / willing to pay congestion transmission service. In order to address operating issues that arose through the Joint Operating Agreement with the Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, short-term actions were put into place on December 14, 2005. This discussion introduced the topic and the need for a long-term solution. This discussion will continue in the Markets Implementation Committee.

At the MC meeting, the members approved, as part of the consent agenda, two proposals related to the Financial Transmission Rights (FTR) Auction Credit Policy. The membership endorsed the revisions without opposition. The members also endorsed revisions to Attachment M of the PJM Open Access Transmission Tariff (OATT) concerning the Market Monitoring Plan. Comments on the plan will be taken to the PJM Board for final action.

The members then debated the Marginal Losses topic. After significant discussion, the members voted to direct the Markets & Reliability Committee to develop proposed revisions to the PJM Tariff to remove the Marginal Loss requirement from the PJM Tariff. In other action, the members approved the continuation of the Governance Working Group to address voting protocol, Sector structure and other issues in the PJM stakeholder process.

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What's Inside:

Committees Report
Regulatory Reports

Committee Meetings:

• Regional Planning Process Working Group (RPPWG) – 01.27.2006 - Topics: Market efficiency, scenario planning and manual 14B changes – scenario planning.
• Members Committee (MC) – 01.26.2006 - Topics: Market monitoring plan revisions, marginal losses, Markets and System Operations management reports, 2005 un-audited financial results and OPSI interactions. Other topics included: governance – sector voting and updates from the Electricity Markets Committee, Reliability Committee, Tariff Advisory Committee and Finance Committee.
• Electricity Markets Committee (EMC) / Reliability Committee (RC) – 01.25.2006 – Topics: Regional Planning Process Working Group Update, 2006 IRM study assumptions letter, automatic sectionalizing, post hurricane natural gas assessment, revised market monitoring plan and changes to non-firm willing to pay congestion.
• Emergency Procedures Messaging Users Group (EPMUG) – 01.24.2006 – Topics: Emergency procedures – recent issues discussion and on-line help.
• Long-Term FTR Working Group (LTFTRWG) – 01.24.2006 – Topics: Draft business rules for long-term FTR transmission rights allocation proposal.
• Reserve Markets Working Group (RMWG) – 01.19.2006 – Topics: Operating reserves and non-synchronized reserve market.
• Tariff Advisory Committee (TAC) – 01.19.2006 – Topics: Proposed revisions to PJM FTR credit rules, FTR credit rules for new participants in the monthly FTR auctions and PJM tariff attachment M.
• Transmission Owners Agreement – Administrative Committee (TOA-AC) – 01.17.2006 - Topics: MISO-PJM Inter RTO economic planning cost allocation, 500 kV strategy team – spare purchase model resolution, PJM cost allocation methodology and approval of non-disclosure agreement.
• Operating Committee (OC) – 01.17.2006 – Topics: Review of operations, SOS activities and assignments, event investigation process, committee background on automatic sectionalizing, NERC / ReliabilityFirst / MAAC update, EMC and SIS issues and activities and OC action items.
• eDART Users Group (eDARTUG) – 01.17.2006 – Topics: TERM phase II training, transmission modeling application, reactive reserve check (RRC), restoration data phase II, daily generation ticket, market bid revision data from generator MW outage tickets and reactive generator ticket changes.
• Electricity Markets Committee (EMC) Conference Call – 01.12.2006 - Topics: FTR credit rules and FTR credit rules for new participants in the monthly FTR auction.
• Planning Committee (PC) – 01.12.2006 – Topics: Relay Subcommittee update, generator deliverability procedure change, ReliabilityFirst Corporation (RFC) update, automated sectionalizing scheme, 2005 annual spare transformer report, the FERC order 661compliance filing, manual revision update and 2006 PC annual plan.
• System Operations Subcommittee – 01.12.2006 – Topics: Automatic sectionalizing discussion, TOA-AC event investigation process, 2005 summer peak action items, fuel inventory reporting, reactive issues, regulation and spinning reporting, eDART update and system operator certification.
• Markets Implementation Committee (MIC) – 01.06.2006 – Topics: Supplementary proposal regarding credit requirement for prompt month FTR product for newly-active members
• Regional Planning Process Working Group (RPPWG) – 01.05.2006 – Topics: Planning process cycle – stakeholder input, scenario planning, planning for long-term ARR’s and market efficiency.
• Long-Term FTR Working Group (LTFTRWG) – 01.04.2006 - Topics: Draft business rules for long-term transmission rights allocation proposal and extension of annual FTR auction timeframe.

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FERC Orders

January

• 01.27.2006 Docket No. EL03-236-006 (PDF) On January 27, 2006, FERC issued an order accepting the Settlement Agreement as filed by PJM on November 16, 2005. The revisions to the PJM Tariff and Operating Agreement are in compliance with Designation of Electric Rate Schedule Sheets, Order No. 614, and are accepted for filing and made effective the date this order issues..
• 01.26.2006 Docket No. ER06-385-000 (PDF) On January 26, 2006, in Docket No. ER06-385-000, the FERC issued a Notice of Cancellation of the Dynamic Scheduling Agreement between Wisconsin Electric Power Company and PJM with the requested cancellation effective date of February 21, 2006.
• 01.23.2006 Docket No. ER05-1181-002 (PDF) On January 23, 2006, PJM filed an answer to a late-filed protest of the Sector Elected Representatives of the PJM Finance Committee in Docket No. ER05-1181-002.
• 01.23.2006 Docket Nos. ER06-487-000, ER06-488-000, ER06-489-000, ER06-490-000 (PDF) On January 23, 2006, the Commission issued the attached Notice setting a due date of February 7, 2006, for comments in the Consolidated TOA filing proceeding. 
• 01.20.2006 Docket No. ER06-303-000 (PDF) On January 20, 2006, the FERC issued an order accepting PJM's filing of tariff revisions to allow market participants to submit generator cost-based no-load fee offers into the energy market.
• 01.13.2006 - Docket No. ER05-1181-000 (PDF) On January 13, 2006, in Docket No. ER05-1181-000, the FERC issued an order scheduling a settlement conference on February 23, 2006.
• 01.10.2006 Docket No. ER06-133-000 (PDF) On January 10, 2006, in Docket No. ER06-133-000, the FERC issued an order rescheduling a settlement conference for January 31, 2006.
• 01.09.2006 Docket No. EL05-145-000 (PDF) On January 9, 2006, the FERC issued an Order on Petition and Complaint in Docket No. EL05-145-000.  The FERC ordered PJM and PEPCO to jointly develop and implement a comprehensive operational, planning and construction plan to provide adequate reliability in the transmission system as described in the order within one month from the date of the order.  In addition, PJM and PEPCO are to jointly submit monthly progress reports on the implementation to the Commission.

December

• 12.30.2005 Docket No. ER06-133-000 (PDF) On November 1, 2005 , PJM filed an unexecuted Network Integration Transmission Service Agreement (NITSA) with the City of Geneva and an amended Interconnection Service Agreement (ISA) among PJM, City of Geneva , and Commonwealth Edison in Docket No. ER06-133-000.  On December 30, 2005, the Commission accepted for filing PJM's proposed NITSA and amended ISA, suspended them for a nominal period, to become effective January 1, 2006, subject to refund.  The Commission also established hearing and settlement judge procedures.
• 12.27.2005 Docket No. EL05-103-000 (PDF) On December 27, 2005, the FERC issued an order granting an extension of time to comply with the Commission's June 27 Order as requested by Midwest ISO and PJM and unopposed by NIPSCO to and including January 17, 2006.
• 12.22.2005 Docket No. ER06-151-000 (PDF) On December 22, 2005 , in Docket ER06-151-000, the FERC approved PJM's proposed revisions to its Tariff to specify the minimum level of training required for personnel whom are employed to staff control centers.
• 12.22.2005 Docket No. ER06-151-000 (PDF) On December 22, 2005 in Docket No. ER06-151-000, the FERC approved PJM's proposed revisions to the Tariff to specify the minimum level of training required for personnel whom are employed to staff control centers.
• 12.22.2005 Docket No. EL05-121-000 (PDF) On December 22, 2005 , Presiding Administrative Law Judge William J. Cowan issued an order adopting the restricted service list in Docket No. EL05-121-000 limiting the service of hard copies to two persons per party as provided in the procedures.
• 12.19.2005 Docket No. ER06-161-000 (PDF) On December 19, 2005 , in Docket No. ER06-161-000, the Commission issued an order accepting for filing revisions to Schedule 2 of the PJM Tariff that reflect new or revised revenue requirements for Reliant Energy Aurora, LP, FPL Energy Power Marketing, Inc., Indiana Municipal Power Agency, and three subsidiaries of Newmarket Power Company, LLC for providing cost based Reactive Support and Voltage Control from Generation Sources Service.
• 12.16.2005 Docket Nos. ER04-608-005, EL05-127-000(PDF) On December 16, 2005 , in Docket Nos. ER04-608-005 and EL05-127-000, the Commission issued an order approving and accepting for filing a settlement agreement, including amendments to the PJM Tariff, Operating Agreement, RAA, West RAA, and RAA South, which provides an opportunity for generators connected to a distribution system to qualify for PJM's behind the meter generation netting provisions. The Commission further dismissed the pending request for rehearing in Docket No. ER04-608-005.
• 12.14.2005 Docket No. ER06-150-000 (PDF) On December 14, 2005, the FERC issued an order accepting PJM's filing to permit award and auction of Financial Transmission Rights (FTRs) with multi-month terms.  The FERC approved the requested effective date of January 2, 2006.
• 12.13.2005 Docket No. ER06-72-000 (PDF) On December 13, 2005 , the Commission issued an order in Docket No. ER06-72-000, accepting for filing an interconnection service agreement among PJM Interconnection, L.L.C., Conectiv Delmarva Generation, Inc., and Delmarva Power & Light Company, and a notice of cancellation for an interconnection service agreement that has been superseded, effective September 28, 2005 , as requested.
• 12.12.2005 Docket No. ER06-73-000 (PDF) On December 12, 2005 , the Commission issued an order in Docket No. ER06-73-000, accepting for filing an interconnection service agreement among PJM Interconnection, L.L.C., Conectiv Delmarva Generation, Inc., and Delmarva Power & Light Company, and a notice of cancellation for an interconnection service agreement that has been superseded, effective September 27, 2005 , as requested.

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January

• 01.26.2006 Docket No. ER06-460-000 (PDF) On January 26, 2006 , PJM filed a Motion to Intervene in Docket No. ER06-460, in which Old Dominion Electric Cooperative ("Old Dominion") seeks Commission approval of its revenue requirements for providing Reactive Power from Old Dominion's Marsh Run generating facility located in Fauquier County, Virginia in the PJM region.
• 01.26.2006 Docket No. ER06-456-000 (PDF) On January 26, 2006 , PJM filed a letter in Docket No. ER06-456-000 confirming that it would extend the proposed effective date of the revised tariff sheets submitted in this docket by the same period as the proposed extension of time for comments and protests sought by PJM's motion filed January 24, 2006.
• 01.24.2006 Docket No. ER06-456-000 (PDF) On January 24, 2006 , PJM filed a motion in Docket No. ER06-456-000 to extend until February 6, 2006, the deadline for protests and comments on PJM's RTEP cost allocation filing of January 5, 2006. The purpose of the requested extension is to provide interested parties 30 days to review PJM's filing, consistent with Schedule 12 of the PJM Tariff.
• 01.18.2006 Docket No. RM05-4-000 (PDF) On January 18, 2006 , PJM submitted PJM Tariff revisions to comply with Order Nos. 661 and 661-A (Interconnection for Wind Energy) in Docket No. RM05-4-000.
• 01.17.2006 Docket No. ER06-xxx-000 (PDF) On January 17, 2006, PJM and the PJM Transmission Owners jointly submitted this filing pursuant to Section 205 of the Federal Power Act to (1) cancel three separate agreements between PJM and / or the Transmission Owners, and (2) to establish the enclosed Consolidated Transmission Owners Agreement, PJM Rate Schedule No. 42 as the sole agreement between the Parties and PJM regarding functional control of all Transmission Facilities in PJM.  The applicant's requested an effective date of March 19, 2006 for the Consolidated TO Agreement and the cancellation of the Cancelled TO Agreements.
• 01.17.2006 Docket No. EL05-103-000 (PDF) On January 17, 2006, PJM and MISO jointly filed the attached letter together with a non-public version of the Northern Indiana Transmission Study Final Report in compliance with the Commission's order issued on June 27, 2005, in Docket No. EL05-103-000.  PJM and MISO requested that the critical energy infrastructure information in the Final Report be protected in accordance with the Commission requirements.  A public version of the Northern Indiana Transmission Study Final Report will be posted on the PJM web site in the near future.
• 01.13.2006 Docket No. ER06-232-000 (PDF) On January 13, 2006 , in Docket No. ER06-232, PJM filed at the FERC an answer to ODEC's protest in a proceeding in which PJM filed procedures for market participants to request acceleration or rescheduling of transmission outages.
• 01.13.2006 Docket Nos. ER04-608-005, EL05-127-000 (PDF) On January 13, 2006 , in Docket Nos. ER04-608 and EL05-127, PJM submitted a compliance filing in which it redesignated certain amended sheets of the PJM Tariff, Operating Agreement and the Reliability Assurance Agreements previously filed in this docket to be in conformance with Order No. 614.
• 01.11.2006 Docket No. RM06-4-000 (PDF) On January 11, 2006, PJM filed Comments in response to the Commission's rulemaking proceeding entitled Promoting Transmission Investments through Pricing Reform, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Docket No. RM06-4-000.
• 01.11.2006 Docket No. ER06-309-000 (PDF) On January 11, 2006 , PJM filed an Answer to Protest of Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (BGE) in the FERC Docket No. ER06-309-000.  PJM asks the Commission to approve its proposal to combine two sub-committees, the EMC and RC, into one committee with combined responsibilities, as endorsed by its members, and reject BGE’s protest.
• 01.11.2006 Docket No. ER05-1181-000 (PDF) On January 11, 2006 , PJM notified the Commission that it is extending the proposed effective date of its stated rates filing in Docket No. ER05-1181 from February 1, 2006 to March 1, 2006 .
• 01.09.2006 Docket No. ER06-78-000 (PDF) On January 9, 2006 , PJM made a compliance filling in Docket No. ER06-78-000 to comply with the FERC's December 20, 2005 order.  This filing established a June 1st deadline for OPSI to provide its proposed annual budget to the Finance Committee.
• 01.06.2006 Docket Nos. EL06-20-000, ER04-375-017, 018 (PDF) On January 6, 2005 , PJM and Midwest ISO filed a Motion to Reject the WPS Companies' Reply to the RTOs' Answer to the WPS Companies' Complaint in Docket Nos. EL06-20 and ER04-375.
• 01.05.2006 Docket No. ER06-456-000 (PDF) On January 5, 2006, PJM filed a report on allocations of cost responsibility for transmission upgrades included in PJM's Regional Transmission Expansion Plan after June 1, 2005, as approved by the PJM Board, along with revised tariff sheets to identify the relevant upgrades and associated cost allocations among responsible customers in Schedule 12-Appendix of the PJM Tariff.
• 01.05.2006 Docket No. ER05-1181-002 (PDF) On January 5, 2006 , PJM filed an answer in ER05-1181-002, responding to protests and comments regarding PJM's supplemental filing of November 30, 2005 in support of its stated rates.

December

• 12.30.2005 Docket No. ER04-375 (PDF) On December 30, 2005 , PJM and the Midwest ISO filed the attached joint combined periodic report on the RTOs' progress towards a joint and common market and implementation of the JOA.  
• 12.29.2005 Docket No. EL06-16-000 (PDF) On December 29, 2005 , PJM filed Comments in Docket No. EL06-16-000 pursuant to the Commission's order regarding the proposed repeal of the Market Behavior Rules implemented in the FERC Docket No. EL01-118-000.
• 12.28.2005 Docket No. ER06-xxx-ltr, Docket No. ER06-xxx-tariff, Docket No. ER06-xxx-oa, Docket No. ER06-xxx-raa (PDF) On December 28, 2005, PJM submitted revisions to the PJM Tariff, Operating Agreement, and Reliability Assurance Agreements to enhance demand response in the PJM region by (i) making economic demand response a permanent feature of the PJM energy market through the integration of the PJM Economic Load Response Program into the provisions of Schedule 1 of the Operating Agreement and Appendix to Attachment K of the PJM Tariff, which set forth PJM's permanent market rules; (ii) setting forth rules pursuant to which demand response resources may provide spinning reserves (now Synchronized Reserve) and regulation service in PJM, and (iii) enhancing the PJM Emergency Load Response Program.
• 12.23.2005 Docket No. ER06-xxx-000 (PDF) On December 23, 2005 , PJM filed a Notice of Cancellation of the Agreement for Dynamic Scheduling of Transmission Service for Wisconsin Electric Power Company.  PJM requested this notice be effective on February 21, 2006.
• 12.22.2005 Docket No. EL05-103-000 (PDF) On December 22, 2005, PJM and MISO filed a motion to extend the time to file the transmission study final report required by the Commission's June 27 Order in this proceeding for 2 weeks, to January 17, 2005.
• 12.21.2005 - Docket No. ER06-265-000 (PDF) On December 21, 2005 , PJM filed a Motion to Intervene in Docket No. ER06-265, in which Doswell Limited Partnership seeks Commission approval of its revenue requirements for providing Reactive Power from a simple cycle combustion turbine generating facility located in Doswell, Virginia in the PJM region.
• 12.19.2005 Docket No. EL06-20-000 (PDF) On December 19, 2005 ,  PJM and the Midwest ISO submit the attached  joint Answer to the November 23, 2005 Complaint filed by Wisconsin Public Service Corporation, in the Docket No. EL06-20.  The Complaint was filed in response to the October 31, 2005, Informational Filing by PJM and the Midwest ISO in response to the Commission’s order of March 3, 2005 requiring the Midwest ISO and PJM to file “a concrete plan and timeline . . . that provides substantive detail and narrative . . . of the elements necessary to comprise a common market, the impediments they anticipate having to overcome and the necessary tasks they expect to accomplish in order to commence common market operations.”  The March 3 Order also required the filing to contain, among other things, an evaluation of the “expected costs and benefits associated with achieving” each common market element.
• 12.19.2005 Docket No. AD06-2-000 (PDF) On November 3, 2005 the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("Commission") issued a Notice of Proposed Voluntary Survey and Technical Conference ("Notice") in Docket No. AD06-2-000.   Among other things, in the Notice the Commission asked for comments on several issues identified in the EPAct 2005 related to demand response.  Please note that on December 19, 2005 PJM Interconnection, LLC filed comments in response to this aspect of Notice.

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