This month's Inside Lines informs PJM's stakeholders of various committee actions, upcoming training and other activities. PJM would like to highlight the following:
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Spotlight: Get to Know CEO Terry Boston Terry Boston is a native Tennessean who married Brenda, from Nashville, 33 years ago. She was a public school science teacher with her own science television show. (more) |
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Andrew Ott promoted to Senior Vice President The Board of PJM Interconnection has promoted Andrew Ott to the post of senior vice president – Markets. (more) |
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New Web Site Launch Coming Soon PJM is redesigning its Web site located at www.pjm.com. Based on member feedback received from the 2006 and 2007 customer surveys, as well as ongoing meetings with stakeholders, the site will include the following new features and functionality: (more) |
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PJM Demand Response Symposium II Set for May 12-13 Demand response is poised to become a significant contributor to grid reliability and power markets. In a follow-up to an earlier symposium on demand response, PJM will host a second symposium on May 12-13 at the BWI Airport outside Baltimore. (more) |
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PJM Emerging Energy Resources Forum May 16 On May 16 participants of the newly formed PJM Emerging Energy Resources (PEER) forum will explore wind, landfill gas, solar and recycling facilities at the Atlantic County Utility Authority's site in Egg Harbor Township, N.J. (near Atlantic City). (more) |
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Reminders Upcoming stakeholder meetings can be found on PJM's meeting advisor. The next MC meeting will be held on May 1, 2008. Summaries of all committee meetings will be provided in this newsletter. New Members
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05.02.2008 – PJM - Day-Ahead Scheduling Reserve (DASR) Market
05.21.2008 – PJM Market Settlements Reporting System (MSRS) Tool
Committee Meetings:
April
- Regional Planning Process Working Group – 04.25.08 – Topics:
- Markets and Reliability Committee – 04.24.08 – Topics: Administration, NERC Reliability Standards Penalty Cost Allocation, Transaction Scheduling Issues, Demand Side Response (DRSC), Reliability Planning Process Working Group (RPPWG), Marginal Losses Working Group (MLWG), Three Pivotal Supplier Task Force (TPSTF), RPM Compliance Filing - FERC Docket ER05-1410-006, Joint PJM/MISO Constraint Relaxation Initiative, CBL Manual Revisions, Manual M-41 (Managing Interchange) Revisions, Market Implementation Committee (MIC) Report, Operating Committee (OC) Report, Planning Committee (PC) Report, Future Agenda Items, Future Meetings.
- Credit Risk Management Steering Committee – 04.23.08 – Topics: PJM as Universal Counterparty.
- Joint Planning Committee/Transmission Expansion Advisory Committee – 04.23.08 – Topics: Administrative, Minutes, *Relay Subcommittee Charter Revision, *RRAWG Subcommittee Charter Revision, Review of R Study Assumptions for 2008 IRM Study, Long Term Firm Transmission Service Requests, *PJM Manual M14A & M14B Update, Proposed Planebrook Substation SPS, Capacity Treatment of Solar Generation, Development of DR/ILR Forecast, NERC/RRO Update, Future Meeting Dates.
- Market Settlements Working Group – 04.23.08 – Topics:
- Marginal Losses Working Group – 04.22.08 – Topics: Administration, Loss Hedging Rights Presentation, Brain-Storming on Potential Implementation of Loss Hedging in the PJM Market, Estimating Production Cost Savings and Loss Surplus Analysis, Action Item Review, Future Meetings.
- Dispatcher Training Task Force Meeting – 04.21.08 – Topics: Review Minutes from the March 24, 2008 meeting, Report from SOS Liaison, eDART Updates, PJM Operations Training, 2008 PJM Emergency Procedure Drill, PJM Manuals, NERC and PJM Certification, PJM Training and Certification Compliance Monitoring, Your Items.
- Governance Working Group – 04.18.08 – Topics: Administration, Members Committee Annual Plan Development Process, Agency Definition, Parking Lot, Future Meetings.
- Three Pivotal Supplier Task Force – 04.17.08 – Topics: Three Pivotal Supplier Task Force - 04.17.08 - Topics: Administration, Implementation of Market Power Mitigation in the Regulation Market, Review of TPS in the Real Time Energy Market, Next Steps, Future Meetings.
- Nuclear Generation Owners/Operators Users Group – 04.17.08 – Topics:
- Tariff Advisory Committee – 04.17.08 – Topics:
- System Operation Subcommittee – 04.16.08 – Topics:
- Systems Information Subcommittee – 04.16.08 – Topics:
- Reserve Requirement Assumptions Working Group – 04.15.08 – Topics: Administrative, Meeting Notes, Time Line - 2008 Reserve Requirements Study, Assumptions Letter for 2008 Reserve Requirement, Summary of Comparison of Mars Modeling to Prism Modeling, Future Meetings, Parking Lot.
- Operating Committee – 04.15.08 – Topics: Administration, Committee/Subcommittee Updates, NERC.RFC Update, Review of Operations, NERC-Real-Time Best Practices Task Force Report, Perfect Dispatch Update, Transmission Outage Scheduling Changes, ***TLR 3C Agreement, Transient Stability Analysis, NUC-001 NOPR, Load Dump Allocation Methodology, ***Manual Updates, AEP/DOM Reactive Interface, Action Items, Future OC Meetings.
- Demand Response Steering Committee – 04.14.08 – Topics: Guiding Principles, CBL Changes Filing Implementation, Review of PJM's Data Analysis of Historic Economic Behavior, Compensation for Economic Demand Response, Cost Allocation for Self-Scheduled Demand Resources.
- Regional Planning Process Working Group – 04.14.08 – Topics: Review/Endorse Proposed OATT Language, Review and Discuss Proposal 2 and Proposal 3, Introduce for Brainstorm a List of Items for RPPWG Consideration, Continue Brainstorming List for Future RPPWG Consideration, Schedule for Future Meetings.
- Market Implementation Committee Meeting – 04.11.2008 – Topics: Discuss and Vote on Proposals Regarding External Interchange Transaction Scheduling Rules.
- Black Start Service Working Group Meeting – 04.10, 2008 – Topics:
- Spread Bidding Task Force – 04.09.2008 – Topics: SBTF Charter, Comparison of Financial Transactions in PJM, Spread Bidding Product Business Rule Development.
- Reliability Pricing Model Working Group – 04.09.2008 – Topics: MMU Discretion Compliance Filing, Energy Efficiency in the Capacity Market.
- No Meetings Scheduled – 04.08.2008 –
- No Meetings Scheduled– 04.07.2008 –
- Credit Working Group – 04.03.2008 – Topics:
- Credit Risk Management Steering Committee – 04.03.2008 – Topics: Approval of Meeting Notices from March 10, 2008, Legal Considerations in Risk Management, SRM Investments Presentation, Discussion Items.
- Regional Planning Process Working Group – 04.03.2008 – Topics: Endorse Charter, Discuss Short and Long Term Goals of the Group, Discuss Potential Proposals for "Clustering" Interconnection Studies.
- Transmission Owners Agreement - Administrative Committee – 04.02.2008 – Topics: Administrative Items, Information Release to NERC and Tx Forum, ERO Penalty Cost Allocation, Board Liaison Committee Meeting of March 25, 2008, PJM-MISO Cross Border Allocation Project Status, Annual Meeting Preparation, Generator Interconnection, Information Sharing Working Group, Work Plan Update, LIT Update, PJM Update, Other Business, Future Meetings.
- Governance Working Group – 04.01.2008 – Topics: MC Annual Plan Process, Compliance Filing Stakeholder Process Review.
March
- Three Pivotal Supplier Task Force – 03.31.2008 – Topics: Administration, Market Monitoring Unit Brattle Position, Offer Capping Statistics, Implementation of Market Power Mitigation in the Regulation Market, Review of TPS in the Real-Time Energy Market, Next Steps.
- Market Settlements Working Group – 03.31.2008 – Topics: System Replacement Project (Sandbox Report Availability, Settlement Enhancements & Reporting Impacts, Settlement Differences & Reporting Impacts, MSRS Training Dates), Administrative Items.
- Marginal Losses Working Group – 03.28.2008 – Topics: Discuss the findings on NYISO loss revenue and surplus allocation. Review the latest simulation results on loss surplus and production cost savings analysis. Discuss the possible alternatives to hedge the risk of financial exposure due to the LMP loss component.
- Members Committee – 03.27.2008 – Topics: Remarks of the PJM CEO, Administration, Consent Agenda, Member Payment Defaults, NERC Reliability Standards Penalty Cost Allocation, Transmission Outage Scheduling, Credit Risk Management Steering Committee (CRMSC), PJM Credit Policy, Demand Response, Access to Stage 1 ARRs to External Load Serving Entities (LSEs), RPM Updates, Interconnection Queue, Governance Working Group (GWG) Report, Member Survey, PJM.com Website Redesign, Management Reports, State Activities, Markets and Reliability Committee (MRC), Future Agenda Items, Future Meetings.
- Finance Committee – 03.27.2008 – Topics: Approve Minutes from 11/27/2007 Meeting, 2007 Financial Statements, Quarterly Financial Review, 2008 Rates, 2008 Finance Committee Work Plan, Next Finance Committee Meeting.
- Market Implementation Committee – 03.25.08 – Topics: Administration, Transaction Scheduling Issues, IARRS for RTEP Upgrades, Synchronized Reserve Market Enhancements, Bulk Electric System Implementation, Operating Reserves - Netting Deviations at Hubs in Zone, Demand Side Response - CBL Methodology, RPMWG Items for Discussion, Report on Market Operations, Day - Ahead Scheduling Reserve Market Implantations, Working Group Updates, Future Meetings.
- Liaison Committee – 03.25.08 – Topics: Introduction, Discuss and Finalize PJM Annual Meeting General Session Topics, Effectiveness of the Stakeholder Structure and Process.
- Dispatcher Training Task Force Meeting – 03.24.08 – Topics: Review Minutes from the February 26, 2008 Meeting, Report from SOS Liaison, eDART Updates, PJM Operations Training, 2008 PJM Spring System Restoration Drill, PJM Manuals, NERV and PJM Certification, PJM Exams, PJM Training and Certification Compliance Monitoring, Status of NERC Operator Training Standard, PER-005 and PER-003 System Operator Certification, Your Items.
Spotlight: Get to Know CEO Terry Boston
Terry Boston is a native Tennessean who married Brenda, from Nashville, 33 years ago. She was a public school science teacher with her own science television show. They have raised three children: Rachel, Andrew and Brian. Terry grew up on a farm before studying to become an engineer at the Tennessee Technological University, and he went on to earn his masters in engineering administration from the University of Tennessee after he started his 35-year career at the Tennessee Valley Authority.
He started there as a power engineer and after leading several large divisions became the executive vice president of Power System Operations, responsible for TVA'S transmission and power supply network of 17,000 miles of transmission lines and 1,058 substations.
Their children, who he often references, are grown and are either in college or working. Yet none of them are pursuing a career in energy. Brian, the youngest, is a geology major at the University of Wisconsin and is a rower for the university crew. Rachel is a professional actress who most notably starred in NBC's "American Dreams" based on "American Bandstand," set in the 1960s in Philadelphia. Andrew is part of Oxford University's rowing crew and is earning his masters in business. Prior to that, he competed in the World Cup for crew while at Harvard University for his undergraduate degree, where he also rowed on the Ivy League championship team and National Championship Team.
True to his passions around energy and technology, Terry Boston designed and built his house in Tennessee in 1988 with a passive solar installation, meaning there are no moving parts; it's partially heated by the sun. He had a conduit built at the time in the house for fiber optics, long before homes were regularly wired for broadband.
He sat down to share his thoughts about PJM and the challenges and opportunities he sees going forward.
What should PJM stakeholders know about your style?
TB: I am willing to listen and learn. I grew up in the control
center and got new information every two seconds. You had to be flexible-able
to change directions based on new information. I've also had a long history
with being able to work with large member systems. There were 223 distribution
companies and large industries at TVA. I strongly believe that customer
service is not just and an organization or department, it is an important
part of everyone's job at PJM. Respect for the individual and the customer
is very important in building relationships with customers.
Should members be concerned that your TVA experience
will give you a transmission and generation bias?
TB: No. I was actually on the trading floor for day-ahead transactions
when I was 25. I directed the trading floor at TVA 2005 to 2007, doing
about $1.2 billion in trading per year. Clearly most of my career has
been focused on reliability. I have had a tremendous respect for those
who are buying and selling power in the marketplace.
Have you met any of our federal regulators or state
commissioners?
TB: Yes. I met all five FERC commissioners. I've met seven of
the 14 OPSI commissions. I plan to continue visiting with them at their
locations. I've had the opportunity to work with NARUC (National Association
of Regulatory Utility Commissioners) through electricity forums. I even
took training to become a NARUC commissioner when I was head of Pricing
and Contracts at TVA.
How do you see your relationships with them developing?
TB: We have to see them as business partners. Clearly the FERC
is our regulator, but the state commissioners, as well as the state legislatures,
often have capabilities to influence both markets and state legislation.
It's very important to look at the potential of carbon legislation. I think carbon/climate challenge has the potential of changing the direction of transmission flows across the system. We really need to get our arms around the impact on reliability.
What are your thoughts on PJM's existing markets?
TB: The integration of markets and reliability is the principle
that PJM is built on. We must do that well. If Mike Kormos and his team
aren't successful on the reliability front-when the lights aren't on,
nothing else matters, lights are out. If Andy Ott and his team aren't
successful in markets that allow the grid to be reliable and produce economic
benefits, we won't be successful.
We want to learn from others. I volunteered to be on the blackout investigation team of 2003 for that reason. In that same vein, we have someone from PJM sitting in on the investigative team for the recent massive outage in Florida to look at what led to the widespread outage.
We have a focus on the integration of markets and reliability here in PJM in the past and that focus will be strengthened in the future.
What role do you see for markets in PJM going forward?
TB: One thing we're going to have to follow closely, in addition
to what we're doing now in both capacity and energy markets, what may
happen with carbon cap and trade and its potential impact on the electricity
market. Given that carbon will likely be high in the agenda for legislation,
the total CO2 market economy-wide there may be more than the electricity
market.
Some trade stories in the past suggested you might
be less than enthusiastic about markets.
TB: I strongly support markets. I've been in markets for 35 years
of my career. The statement I made at a FERC conference years ago was
that I thought the Energy Policy Act of 1992 disintegrated planning between
generation siting and transmission. That problem was basically repaired
with Order 890 and regional planning came out of that. The comments that
were made earlier were made about how the Energy Policy Act led us all
to gas and the gas located at the pipelines, as opposed to those load
centers that needed to be served. Lack of diversification of fuel was
a problem following the Energy Policy Act of 1992. At the time that I
was talking through this, not everyone saw it as a problem, and later
it was proven to be one that was solved by Order 890.
What are PJM's biggest challenges?
TB: The largest challenge is to assure adequate infrastructure
is built as part of the RPM market. We will get feedback in late May to
see how successful we are in that effort. The Energy markets, Day Ahead
and short-term markets are working very well. I've heard very few complaints
from members, regulators and others on them. But how we have to ask ourselves
how do we get baseload capacity built for the future?
The second challenge is that prices of the stuff power systems are made of are up. Steel is up 37 percent in one year. Aluminum is up 25 percent and copper is up by a factor of four in five years. And the fuel electricity is made from is up. In April, oil hit an all time record of $120/barrel and natural gas followed by going to $11/mbtus and coal costs are rising. As I shared with the PJM leadership team, it is likely that some people will blame the energy market for the rising prices.
How will PJM change to address those challenges?
TB: In the Operations environment, the AC2 project is going to
give us the best tools in the world to monitor and control reliability
and administer markets. The key is that we build it on schedule and on
budget. In Markets, we have to listen and learn, especially to state commissions
and to those who are criticizing markets. Our large industrial members
have a lot of pressure on them for the worldwide competitive position
they have. I'm also meeting with consumer advocates.
I'm reaching out to see where the differences are and how we can close the gap. And perhaps there are some things we can do together. In the case of APPA (American Public Power Association), they have tax exempt financing capability, and perhaps we can work with them on siting baseload generation.
Is PJM well positioned to deal with carbon legislation?
TB: If it's a tax, then it will just add to the cost of electricity.
If it's a cap and trade then PJM is better positioned because we understand
markets. CO2 is quite different than sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide
because of the large volume of the materials that is produced. The issue
is how do you geologically capture and store it-CO2. It's a technology
issue that has not been solved.
Electricity is the economic engine for any country-as is evident in the growth of China and India. Electricity is the fuel of economic growth, and we must find solutions to the technology problems. And perhaps there are also viable market solutions, for example plug-in hybrid vehicles which would reduce the dependence on foreign oil, as well as reduce the mobile source-the major emitter of CO2.
Back some months ago, before coming to PJM, I witnessed the demonstration of the V2G car in Washington by a FERC commissioner. I'm on the steering committee appointed by the Department of Energy to advance plug-in hybrid vehicles.
What keeps you up at night?
TB: If you think of the risk of loss of life that would happen
with a blackout, assuring we've done everything in our power for near-perfect
reliability is paramount in my focus. Always has been. We're fortunate that
when the blackout happened in 2003, it was not extraordinarily hot or cold,
in terms of potential risk of loss of life. It was about 84 degrees.
It has been five years since the blackout, what has
changed and what yet needs to be done?
TB: The root cause of the August 14, 2003, blackout was a combination
of trees and computer failures. If you think the cost of electricity is
high, you should see the cost of not having it for a day. It was a $6
billion day in lost productivity and the societal cost.
The largest change since then has been that reliability standards have become mandatory instead of voluntary, and that was part of EPACT 2005. We now have available to us phase angle measurements, and so, we have much better ability to determine when the system is going to be unstable, as opposed to 2003. The new devices we are deploying can take 30 samples per second. The scan rate on SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition) is every two seconds or every four seconds. It's kind of like comparing an MRI to an X-Ray. So we have much better data coming into our control centers. We are just now developing the tools to integrate that into state estimators. I see a future world where we will have a state "measure," not just a state estimator.
Unfortunately, the memory of the blackout has faded tremendously. There is not as much fear about it happening again. It can happen again. Our goal is to make sure it doesn't happen again.
Andrew Ott promoted to Senior Vice President
The Board of PJM Interconnection has promoted Andrew Ott to the post of senior vice president – Markets. The announcement was made today at PJM’s annual members meeting in Williamsburg, Va. Ott previously was the vice president – Markets. Ott, who joined PJM in 1996 from GPU, was responsible for implementation of PJM’s locational marginal pricing, financial transmission rights and the Day-Ahead Energy Market systems. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from The Pennsylvania State University and a master of science degree in applied statistics from Villanova University.
New Web Site Launch Coming Soon
PJM is redesigning its Web site located at
www.pjm.com. Based on member
feedback received from the 2006 and 2007 customer surveys, as well as
ongoing meetings with stakeholders, the site will include the following
new features and functionality:
The new Web site is expected to launch during the fourth quarter of 2008. If you would
like to volunteer for our User Acceptance Testing or, if you have feedback, please
e-mail us at webfeedback@pjm.com.
PJM Demand Response Symposium II Set for May 12-13
Demand response is poised to become a significant contributor to grid reliability and power markets. In a follow-up to an earlier symposium on demand response, PJM will host a second symposium on May 12-13 at the BWI Airport outside Baltimore.
The goal of the second demand response symposium is to develop specific action strategies and identify champions for implementation of the demand response roadmap, which was developed in the first symposium, to guide coordinated retail and wholesale market development of demand response. Workshop attendees will participate in short plenary sessions and then work in parallel breakout groups to discuss and develop an action plan to implement three important areas of the demand response roadmap for the PJM region.
To register for the symposium, please go to Registration. To reserve a hotel room go to Event & Hotel Registration.
PJM Emerging Energy Resources Forum May 16
On May 16 participants of the newly formed PJM Emerging Energy Resources (PEER) forum will explore wind, landfill gas, solar and recycling facilities at the Atlantic County Utility Authority's site in Egg Harbor Township, N.J. (near Atlantic City).
Participants will learn more about the California ISO's wind integration and forecasting method and metering options through the Generation Attribute Tracking System (GATS) in PJM. They will hear presentations on thermal storage, demand response and battery storage.
To learn more about PEER, visit: www.pjm.com/committees/stakeholders/peer/peer.html.
Standards Development Activities
Listed below are the current standards activities at NERC and the Regional Reliability Organizations (ReliabilityFirst [RFC] and the SERC Reliability Corporation).
| Due Date | Deliverable |
Entity |
05.07.2008 |
Posted for Comment Approving Errata in an Approved Reliability Standard |
NERC |
| 05.08.2008 |
Posted for Comment 2008 Annual Plan Item 2.b.iv.1-3 Business Practice Standards for Transmission Reliability Margins |
NAESB |
05.20.2008 |
Posted for Comment eTag 1.8.1 Enhancement Requirements Document Drafted by the JISWG |
NAESB |
| 05.06.2008 |
Posted for Comment Automatic Reserve Sharing BAL-501-RFC-01 |
RFC |
| 05.19.2008 |
Posted for Comment System Restoration Plan |
SERC |
| 05.19.2008 |
Posted for Comment Contingency Reserve Policy |
SERC |
Compliance Monitoring
RFC has posted its 2008 Compliance Implementation Plan and audit schedule
on the Compliance
Schedules section of the RFC Web site. SERC requirements for individual
entities can be found on the SERC
Member Portal of the SERC Web site. Upcoming compliance deadlines
are listed below.
All activities listed below for February are Data Submittals.
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Due Date
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Standard |
Description |
RRO |
Functional
Entities |
| 05.09.2008 | MOD-010-0 | Steady State Data for Transmission System Modeling and Simulation: Data
Set 1 Generator Owner data submitted to
Transmission Owner
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RFC | TO, TP, GO, RP |
| 05.14.2008 | MOD-017-0 | Aggregated Actual and Forecast Demands and Net Energy for Load - Monthly Demand | RFC | LSE, PA, RP |
| 05.15.2008 | BAL-006-1 | Inadvertent Interchange (Report through the NERC Inadvertent Data Collection Monitoring System) | RFC | BA |
| 05.30.08 | MOD-010-1 | Steady State Data for Transmission System Modeling and Simulation: Tie Line Data | RFC | TO, TP, GO, RP |
| 05.30.08 | MOD-010-1 | Steady State Data for Transmission System Modeling and Simulation: Data Set 1 Initial Raw Data | RFC | TO, TP, GO, RP |
| Monthly | BAL-001-0 | Real Power Balancing Control Performance (CPS-1 & CPS-2) | SERC | BA |
| Monthly | PER-003-0 | Operating Personnel Credentials | SERC | BA, RC, TOP |
| Monthly | TOP-007-0 | Reporting SOL and IROL Violations | SERC | RC, TOP |
| Monthly | IRO-004-1 | RC Operations Planning | SERC | RC |
| Monthly | BAL-002 | Disturbance Control Performance | SERC | BA |
Note: SERC compliance requirements are posted for each registered entity on the SERC Compliance Page.
PJM
Member Communication
Compliance Contacts Distribution List
PJM has created a distribution list for Compliance Contacts in Member
companies. This list will be used by PJM to communicate information on
standards development and compliance activities. Those who’d like
to be added to this distribution list should go to: Enrollment/Change
Form on the PJM Web site. Make sure to include “NERC Compliance
Contacts” in the text box titled “Please list all committees
affect by this change”.
Standards
Review eRoom
PJM is creating an eRoom to be used for collaboration on standards review.
NERC and regional standards that are out for comment will be posted to
the eRoom so users can review the documents, post their comments, and
review the comments of others. Users can subscribe
to the eRoom by visiting the site. PJM plans to migrate this site to a
SharePoint site this Summer.
If you have comments or questions regarding any of the information above, please e-mail regional_compliance@pjm.com. Additional information can be found on the NERC & Regional Compliance page of www.pjm.com.
MiscellaneousNERC
Per the March 2008 NERC News, NERC announced key goals for the organization that include:
- Complete 10 Standards Work Plan Projects, to include Violation Severity Levels and the Available Transfer Capacity standards.
- Successfully manage the Compliance Monitoring and Enforcement Program by balancing the importance of self-reports, mitigation plans, and 100% compliance with the standards at all times; ensure that Regional Delegation Agreements are executed efficiently and effectively; and implement a compliance reporting tracking tool, as well as a knowledge sharing program for the industry.
- Issue at least one advisory, recommendation, or essential action to the industry per month as a result of a completed event analysis; present results of individual event analyses, as well as trends, on a quarterly basis to NERC committees and the Transmission Forum.
- Finalize and begin to implement the Reliability Assessment Improvement Plan to improve the quality and breadth of NERC's season and long-term reliability assessments.
NERC's Operating Committee approved a key report addressing Recommendation 22 of the U.S.-Canada Power System Outage Task Force's 2004 Final Report, which specified the need to evaluation and adopt better real-time tools for operators and reliability coordinators. These recommendations include:- 40 revisions to existing NERC standards;NERC has implemented new software for faster processing of comments and nominations. This new online tool allows users to submit their responses online in an easy-to-use format. Some benefits of this new technology, per NERC, include:
- 16 operating guidelines; and
- 17 areas that require more analysis.- greater security of data a fewer errors;NERC's Education Program continues for industry-wide education and learning opportunities including the monthly Webinar series and training for compliance and readiness volunteers.
- E-mail confirmation to respondents upon submittal, including responses that verify that NERC received it;
- Answers can be saved and edited at a later date before submittal; and
- Answers are editable at any point before the comment period closes.
As part of the overall readiness evaluation process, NERC gathers feedback from volunteers who participate on readiness evaluation teams. An analysis of their feedback reveals a positive response: volunteers consistently report the experience was beneficial and they would be willing to participate on future evaluations.
RFC
The 2008 RFC Compliance Seminars will be held in June 2008:Baltimore, MD on June 10 and 11FERC recently issued an Order directing NERC and the eight Regional Entities to make some conforming changes to the agreements governing the relationship between NERC and each Region. RFC does not believe that any of the changes are fundamental and they received permission to operate under the existing agreements until the amended ones can be prepared.
Columbus, Ohio on June 17 and 18
Chicago, Illinois on June 25 and 26.
The RFC Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) Subcommittee is sponsoring a Workshop of the NERC CIP Standards (CIP-002 - CIP-009). This workshop will focus on the CIP Standards with the overarching objective being to provide examples of how Registered Entities within RFC are approaching compliance to these standards and a forum for the exchange of ideas on implementation of the standards. The Workshop will be held June 9-10, 2008, at the Cleveland Airport Marriott hotel located at 4277 West 150th Street, Cleveland, OH 44135. Registrations must be received by RFC no later than May 30, 2008. More information is available on the rfirst.org website.
The RFC Regional Standards Voting Process site has been updated to align itself with the current RFC Reliability Standards Development Procedure, dated December 6, 2007. In addition, per the current RFC Reliability Standards Development Procedure, entities may join a Ballot Pool for an individual standard as early as the start of the first posting for comment and continuing through the close of business of the seventh day of the 15-day pre-ballot posting period. The following standards Ballot Pools are currently open for registered entities to join:- BAL-501-RFC-01 - Automatic Reserve SharingRemember, in addition to all NERC standards, all heritage ECAR, MAAC, and MAIN standards that have not yet been replaced by vote of the RFC Board remain in effect.
- MOD-024-RFC-01 - Verification and Data Reporting of Generator Gross and Net Real Power Capability
- MOD-025-RFC-01 - Verification and Data Reporting of Generator Gross and Net Reactive Power Capability
- PRC-002-RFC-01 - Disturbance Monitoring and Reporting Requirements
- PRC-006-RFC-01 - Automatic Under Frequency Load Shedding Requirements
NOTE: Regarding Mitigation Plans - at the conclusion of the mitigation plan, the Registered Entity must certify successful completion of all actions and tasks as outlined in the accepted mitigation plan and provide sufficient evidence in order for RFC to arrive at a determination of successful completion. In addition, RFC may ask for additional evidence to support successful completion of the accepted mitigation plan, and RFC may elect to perform an on-site review as verification.
FERC Orders
April
- 04.23.2008
Docket No. EL08-58-000 (PDF)
On April 23, 2008, in Docket No. EL08-58-000, the Commission issued a Notice of Complaint regarding the Complaint filed Pepco Energy Services, Inc. ("PES") against PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. ("PJM") on April 22, 2008, alleging that provisions of PJM's Tariff as related to the rules governing the Peak-Hour-Period Availability Charge for infrequently-run generation resources under PJM's Reliability Pricing Model are unjust, unreasonable and unduly discriminatory. - 04.23.2008
Docket No. EL08-55-000 (PDF)
On April 23, 2008, in Docket No. EL08-55-000, the Commission issued a Notice of Filing regarding the Petition for Declaratory Order filed by PJM Interconnection, LLC, on April 15, 2008 requesting the Commission to resolve uncertainty regarding the processing of currently pending interconnection requests and resulting cost allocation determinations arising from reversals of previously announced retirements. - 04.18.2008
Docket No. ER08-194-000 (PDF)
On April 18, 2008, in Docket No. ER08-194-000, the Commission issued an Order on Motion for Emergency Clarification regarding the PJM Power Providers Group ("P3") request for emergency clarification filed on March 18, 2008, regarding the treatment of capacity resources in the PJM May 2008 Base Residual Auction . The Commission held that Duquesne Zone generators are external, but PJM may grant point-to-point service on the "parallel" theory, and such service would convert upon transition to MISO. - 04.18.2008
Docket Nos. ER08-596-000, -001 (PDF)
On April 18, 2008, in Docket Nos. ER08-596-000 and ER08-596-001, the Commission accepted for filing as amended and made effected November 5, 2007, and March 25, 2008, as requested, PJM's updates to its Members list. - 04.17.2008
Docket No. ER08-635-000 (PDF)
On April 17, 2008, in Docket No. ER08-635-000, the Commission issued a Letter Order accepting PJM's March 4, 2008 filing of an Executed Network Integration Transmission Service Agreement and Notice of Cancellation with American Electric Power Service Corp, effective January 1, 2008. - 04.17.2008
Docket No. ER05-1410-000 (PDF)
On April 17, 2008, in Docket Nos. ER05-1410-000, EL05-148-000, the Commission issued an Order regarding the RPM Buyers' Motion requesting a technical conference to examine the performance of the Reliability Pricing Model (RPM) recently implemented by PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. (PJM). The Commission is requiring PJM to provide information in response to the issues raised by RPM Buyers, and after reviewing the information, will determine appropriate procedures. The Commission orders PJM to (A) Expand the scope of its proposed analysis of RPM and final report; (B) File its proposed June 30 report, upon issuance, as an informational filing in this docket; and (C) File an informational filing in this docket, a summary of the post-report stakeholder proceedings within 15 days of the conclusion of those proceedings. - 04.17.2008
Docket Nos. ER06-1474-002, -004 (PDF)
On April 17, 2008, the Commission issued, in Docket No. ER06-1474-002, et al., an Order on Rehearing and Compliance accepting in part and rejecting in part PJM's earlier compliance filing that revised its proposed RTEP and Operating Agreement. In this Order, the Commission granted in part and denies in part requests for rehearing, and accepts in part and rejects in part PJM's second compliance filing. PJM is directed to submit a further compliance filing, within 60 days of the date of this Order. - 04.10.2008
Docket Nos. ER08-376-001, ER08-455-001 and ER08-521-001 (not consolidated) (PDF)
On April 10, 2008, in Docket Nos. ER08-376-001, ER08-455-001 and ER08-521-001, the Commission issued a Letter Order accepting PJM's filing of April 1, 2008 revising tariff sheets in compliance with the Commission's Order of March 25, 2008 regarding the 1) credit requirement for Financial Transmission Right auctions on the basis of the "bid combination that could produce the highest potential credit requirements rather than the sum of all bids"; (2) elimination of text that was deleted pursuant to the compliance filing in Docket No. ER07-1036-002; (3) replacement of "immediately" with "three days" in regards to the time allotted for participants to post collateral due to the reduction of an Unsecured Credit Allowance; and (4) removal of certain ambiguous language regarding PJM's retention of collateral. - 04.10.2008
Docket No. EL08-36-000 (PDF)
On April 10, 2008, in Docket No. EL08-36-000, the Commission issued an order approving contested settlement between Dominion Resources Services, Inc., on behalf of its affiliates, Dominion Energy Marketing, Inc. and Fairless Energy, LLC and PJM. - 04.10.2008
Docket No. ER08-640-000 (PDF)
On April 10, 2008, in Docket No. ER08-640-000, the Commission issued a letter order accepting for filing PJM's executed interconnection construction service agreement (CSA) among PJM, Conectiv Atlantic Generation, LLC and Atlantic City Electric Company, effective February 4, 2008, as requested. The CSA facilitates the interconnection of a facility in Millville, New Jersey. - 04.10.2008
Docket No. ER08-569-000 (PDF)
On April 10, 2008, in Docket No. ER08-569-000, the Commission issued a deficiency notice stating that PJM's proposal to allow unsecured credit for net sellers in the PJM Interchange Energy Market was deficient and requiring further information. PJM is required to provide responses to the Commission's information requests within twenty-one (21) days of the notice. - 04.10.2008
Docket Nos. ER08-494-000, -001 (PDF)
On April 10, 2008, in Docket No. ER08-494-000 and ER08-494-001, the Commission issued a letter order accepting for filing PJM's submission of an executed Interconnection Service Agreement (ISA) and an executed Construction Service Agreement (CSA) between PJM, Lookout WindPower, L.L.C. and Pennsylvania Electric Company, a FirstEnergy Company, effective December 28, 2007, as requested. The ISA facilitates the interconnection of a generating facility in Somerset, PA and the CSA provides for the construction of the facilities necessary for the interconnection. - 04.09.2008
ER07-576-005 (PDF)
On April 9, 2008, the Commission issued a Letter Order, in Docket No. ER07-576-005, accepting the Baltimore Gas and Electric Company's ("BG&E") filing of the revised Attachment H-2A tariff sheets to PJM's Tariff to comply with the Commission's November 16, 2007 Order. The tariff sheets reflect the Commission's approval of a 100 basis point return on equity ("ROE") adder for BG&E's investment in the single Northwest-to-Finksburg and five Downtown Cable transmission owner initiated projects, bringing the ROE for these six projects to 12.3 percent. The revised tariff sheets satisfactorily comply with the requirements of the November 16, 2007 Order. The tariff sheets are effective June 1, 2007. - 04.09.2008
ER07-583-004 (PDF)
On April 9, 2008, the Commission issued a Letter Order, in Docket No. ER07-583-004, accepting the Commonwealth Edison Company and Commonwealth Edison Company of Indiana, Inc.'s ("ComEd") filing of the (i) revised Attachment H-13A tariff sheets to PJM's Tariff for the ComEd pricing zone, and (ii) a detailed description of the accounting treatments related to the inclusion of 100 percent of CWIP associated with Phase II of the West Loop Project in rate base, to comply with the Commission's Order on January 18, 2008. The revised tariff sheets satisfactorily comply with the requirements of the January 18, 2008 Order. The tariff sheets are effective May 1, 2007. - 04.09.2008
Docket Nos. ER05-6-104; EL04-135-107; EL02-111-124; EL03-212-120 (PDF)
On April 9, 2008, the Commission issued a Letter Order, in Docket Nos. ER05-6-104, et al, accepting the Midwest ISO and PJM's March 3, 2008 filing of revisions to their Joint Operating Agreement ("JOA"), in compliance with the Commission's directives in the January 31, 2008 Order. The proposed revisions to the JOA address the allocation of the cost of new cross-border facilities transmission facilities (i.e., facilities built in one RTO but that provide benefits to the other RTO) that are built for reliability purposes. The compliance filing is effective February 1, 2008 as requested. - 04.08.2008
ER08-641-000 (PDF)
Letter order accepting PJM Interconnection, LLC's 3/6/08 filing of an executed Interconnection Service Agreement with Pennsylvania Renewable Resources Associates et al, to become effective 2/5/08 under ER08-641. - 04.04.2008
Docket Nos. ER08-516-000, -001, -002 (PDF)
On April 4, 2008, the Commission issued an order rejecting PJM's proposed revisions to its Reliability Pricing Model ("RPM"), the competitive auction mechanism administered by PJM to secure its forward commitment of capacity resources. PJM proposed to revise Attachment DD of its OATT, at section 5.10(a)(iv), to reflect its claimed rise in its Cost of New Entry ("CONE") values, one of the two components used to determine its Variable Resource Requirement ("VRR") curve for its RPM auction. PJM also proposed to add a new section 17.7 to Attachment DD, permitting PJM to unilaterally requests its CONE increase for use in its May 2008 RPM auction for the 2011/2012 delivery year. The order rejected the filing because it stated PJM did not adhere to the tariff schedule set forth in its tariff and failed to establish that its proposal to revise that provision is necessary on a one-time emergency basis to ensure reliable service. - 04.03.2008
Docket No. ER08-570-000 (PDF)
On April 3, 2008, the Commission issued a letter order in Docket No. ER08-570-000, accepting revisions to PJM's Credit Policy, Attachment Q of the OATT, to permit PJM to accept, in the course of its evaluation of the creditworthiness of its Members, guaranties from entities located in foreign countries, provided that each of the guarantors, the host country, and the guaranty itself meet specified criteria. The revised tariff sheets are effective April 15, 2008, as requested. - 04.02.2008
Docket No. ER07-1399-001 (PDF)
On April 2, 2008, in Docket No. ER07-1399-001, the Commission issued a Letter order accepting PJM's January 31, 2008 filing of two executed interconnection service agreements with Conectiv Delmarva Generation, Inc., and Old Dominion Electric Cooperative. - 04.02.2008
Docket No. EL08-36-000 (PDF)
On April 2, 2008, in Docket No. EL08-36-000, the Commission issued an Order of Chief Judge terminating Settlement Judge procedures and forwarding the settlement to the Commission for review re Dominion Resources Services, Inc v PJM Interconnection, LLC. - 04.01.2008
Docket No. ER08-614-000 (PDF)
On April 1, 2008, in Docket No. ER08-614-000, the Commission issued a Letter order accepting PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.'s February 28, 2008 filing of an Executed Interconnection Service Agreement, effective January 29, 2008. - 04.01.2008
Docket No. EL08-49-000 (PDF)
On April 1, 2008, in Docket No. ER08-49-000, the Commission issued a Notice of Complaint re the complaint filed by BJ Energy LLC, et al., against PJM alleging that PJM violated its tariff when it refused to return certain collateral and to distribute certain amounts of revenue.
March
- 03.31.2008
Docket Nos. ER08-563-000, ER08-563-001 (PDF)
On March 31, 2008, the Commission issued a Letter Order, in Docket Nos. ER08-563-000, et al., accepting PJM's filing of an executed nonconforming ISA among PJM, Shaffer Mountain Wind, L.L.C., and Pennsylvania Electric Company. On February 29, 2008, PJM filed an executed revised ISA indicating that the parties had made minor clarifying changes to the ISA. The ISA is effective January 15, 2008 as requested. - 03.28.2008
Docket No. PA08-15-000 (PDF)
On March 28, 2008, the Division of Audits in the Office of Enforcement of the Commission issued an Audit Notice, in Docket No. PA08-15-000, in which it is commencing an audit of PJM. The audit will determine whether the information posted on PJM's OASIS is consistent with the prescribed requirements at 18 C.F.R. Section 37.6 (2008), focusing primarily on the modifications from Order No. 890. The audit will cover the period from March 17, 2008 through the present. - 03.28.2008
Docket No. ES08-26-000 (PDF)
On March 28, 2008, the Commission issued an Order approving the Section 204 filing that PJM made in January requesting authorization to issue securities in the form of unsecured promissory notes in an aggregate amount not to exceed $115 million. FERC granted the authorization requested by PJM. The authorization is effective for two years, starting on March 28, 2008. Any long term borrowings are exempt from compliance with FERC's competitive bidding and negotiated placement requirements. Waiver is also granted for any short term debt securities. PJM must file a Report of Securities within 30 days after the sale or placement of long-term debt or equity securities or entry into guarantees or assumptions of liabilities. - 03.25.2008
ER08-376-000, ER08-455-000, ER08-520-000 (Not Consolidated) (PDF)
On March 25, 2008, in Docket Nos. ER08-376-000, ER08-455-000 and ER08-520-000 (Not consolidated), the Commission issued an Order on Tariff Revisions. The Order accepts PJM's filings regarding revisions to PJM's credit policies with respect to its Financial Transmission Rights (FTRs), which primarily adjust PJM's collateral requirements for participants in the FTR markets in order to better account for the volatility and risk of certain positions. The Order also rejects PJM's proposal to set off a company's FTR default against FTR market revenues that PJM would otherwise have paid to the defaulting company' s affiliates and to apply such affiliates' posted security to the default to the extent that the security relates to the company's FTR positions. PJM must file a compliance filing in response to certain conditions imposed in this order by May 20, 2008. - 03.25.2008
ER08-590-000 (PDF)
On March 25, 2008, in Docket No. ER08-590-000, the Commission issued a Letter order accepting PJM Interconnection, LLC Executed Interim Interconnection Service Agreement. - 03.25.2008
ER08-392-000 (PDF)
On March 25, 2008, in Docket No. ER08-392-000, the Commission issued a Letter order accepting PJM Interconnection, LLC's February 6, 2008 withdrawal of Interconnection Service Agreement. - 03.25.2008
ER08-221-000, ER08-221-001, ER08-221-002 (PDF)
On March 25, 2008, in Docket No. ER08-221-000, the Commission issued a Letter order accepting PJM Interconnection, LLC's Substitute Original Service Agreement No. 1789 and notice of cancellation of Substitute Orig Service Agreement No. 1759 to FERC Electric Tariff, 6th Rev Vol 1 etc. - 03.25.2008
Docket No. ER08-194-000 (PDF)
On March 25, 2008, the Commission issued a Notice of Extension of Time, in Docket ER08-194-000, permitting PJM to have an extension of time until March 28, 2008, in order to submit substantive comments to Duquesne Light Company's March 3, 2008 Compliance Filing which raises significant issues concerning the adequacy of its accounting of its Regional Transmission Expansion Plan allocations and other obligations under Section 3.4 of the Transmission Owners Agreement. - 03.24.2008
Docket No. ER08-523-000 (PDF)
On March 24, 2008, the Commission issued a Letter Order accepting revised tariff sheets to PJM's pro forma Small Generator Interconnection Procedures and Small Generator Interconnection Agreement in compliance with the Commission's Order Nos. 2006-A and 2006-B. The revised tariff sheets satisfactorily comply with the requirements of Order Nos. 2006-A and 2006-B, except for the effective dates listed on the sheets. PJM's compliance filing is effective March 24, 2008. The Commission directed PJM to file revised tariff sheets to reflect the correct effective date within 30 days of the date of this order. - 03.21.2008
Docket No. ER08-363-000 and ER08-363-001 (PDF)
On March 21, 2008, the Commission issued an order which accepted for filing, an ISA and CSA by and among PJM Interconnection, L.L.C., James River Cogeneration Company and Virginia Electric and Power Company in Docket Nos. ER08-363-000 and ER08-363-001. - 003.21.2008
Docket No. ER08-393-000 and ER08-393-001 (PDF)
On March 21, 2008, the Commission issued an order which accepted for filing, a motion to withdraw a non-conforming ISA and CSA by and among PJM Interconnection, L.L.C., James River Cogeneration Company and Virginia Electric and Power Company in Docket Nos. ER08-393-000 and ER08-393-001 as it is a duplicate of the ISA and CSA filed in Docket No. ER08-363-000 and ER08-363-001. - 03.21.2008
Docket Nos. EL07-56-000, -001, -002, EL07-58-000, -001, -002 (PDF)
On March 21, 2008, in Docket Nos. EL07-56 and EL07-58, the Commission issued an order approving the settlement proposing revisions to the PJM Tariff and Operating Agreement related to the market monitoring unit (MMU) and denying requests for rehearing regarding the September 20, 2007 order. The order also directs PJM to refile the Market Monitoring Agreement and Services Level Agreement as part of the tariff or rate schedules designated pursuant to Order No. 614. The Commission also reaffirmed its finding that PJM did not violate its Tariff. - 03.21.2008
Docket Nos. ER05-1410-006 and EL05-148-006 (PDF)
On March 21, 2008, FERC issued an order in Docket Nos. ER05-1410 and EL05-148 largely accepting a 9/24/07 PJM compliance filing concerning the MMU's discretion under certain RPM mitigation provisions. While accepting virtually all of PJM's compliance filing, FERC directed PJM within 60 days to file either a justification for its use of a "retirement" assumption in the default rates, or a proposal to calculate default rates in a different manner. - 03.20.2008
Docket Nos. EL08-7-000, -001 (PDF)
On March 20, 2008, in Docket Nos. EL08-7-000, -001, the Commission issued a Letter Order accepting a rate schedule which specifies the Borough of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania revenue requirements for providing Reactive Power from the Chambersburg's generation facility located within the PJM control area. - 03.20.2008
Docket No. ER08-582-000 (PDF)
On March 20, 2008, in Docket No. ER08-582-000, the Commission issued a Letter order accepting PJM Interconnection, LLC's Notice of Cancellation of Interconnection Service Agreement 1351 between PJM and Indeck-Elwood LLC. - 03.20.2008
Docket No. ER08-544-000 (PDF)
On March 20, 2008, in Docket No. ER08-544-000, the Commission issued a letter order accepting for filing, effective April 8, 2008, as requested, PJM's revisions to the Reliability Pricing Model (RPM) in the PJM Open Access Transmission Tariff (OATT) and the Reliability Assurance Agreement (RAA). - 03.19.2008
Docket No. EL08-8-001 (PDF)
On March 19, 2008, in Docket No. EL08-8-001, the Commission issued an Order granting motion to suspend the procedural schedule and request for an expedited consideration in the matter of Mirant Energy Trading, LLC et al v PJM Interconnection, LLC. - 03.19.2008
Docket No. EL08-36-000 (PDF)
On March 19, 2008, in Docket No. EL08-36-000, the Commission issued the Trial Staff's Initial Comments regarding the Settlement Agreement and Offer of Settlement in the matter of Dominion Resources Services, Inc. v PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. - 03.18.2008
ER06-456-000, ER06-954-000, ER06-1271-000, ER07-424-000, EL07-57-000, ER06-888-000 (PDF)
On March 14, 2008, the Commission Trial Staff filed Direct and Answering Testimony and supporting exhibits of the Trial Staff witnesses, in Docket No. ER06-456-000, et al, in regards to PJM's cost allocation of RTEP projects. The Staff filed minor corrections to this testimony including 1) a revised Summary of the Prepared Direct and Answering Testimony of Jonathan L. Siems, 2) Prepared Direct and Answering Testimony of James Ballard: 3) revised pages 9 and 10 of Exhibit No. S-8 and 4) Page 18 of Exhibit No. S-10. The exhibits have the same designation as the original filing, except with "(Revised 03/18/08)" to the left of the exhibit number. - 03.18.2008
ER06-456-006, ER06-954-002, ER06-1271-001, EL07-57-000, ER07-424-000 (PDF)
On March 18, 2008, the Commission issued an Order granting motion to extend the deadline for filing a Joint Narrative Statement of Issues and amending the deadline to March 31, 2008 in the matter of PJM Interconnection, LLC and PJM Transmission Owners under Docket Nos. ER06-456-006, ER06-954-002, ER06-1271-001, EL07-57-000, ER07-424-000. - 03.17.2008
Docket No. ER08-194-001 (PDF)
On March 17, 2008, the Commission issued an Order Granting Rehearing for Further Consideration, Docket No. ER08-194-001, in the Duquesne Light Company proceeding for the Commission's Order that was issued on January 17, 2008. - 03.17.2008
Docket No. ER08-547-000 (PDF)
On March 17, 2008, the Commission issued a letter order in Docket No. ER08-547-000, accepting for filing revisions to the PJM Operating Agreement which (1) modify the Membership sector definitions, (2) create a process for challenging Members' sector eligibility and (3) establish an Associate Membership category to enable entities with indirect interests in PJM's markets and/or operations to participate in the stakeholder process. The effective date is April 8, 2008, as requested. - 03.14.2008
Docket No. EL08-8-000 (PDF)
On March 14, 2008, in Docket No. EL08-8-000, the Commission issued an Unopposed motion to suspend procedural schedule and request for expedited consideration in the matter of Mirant Energy Trading, LLC et al v PJM Interconnection, LLC. - 03.14.2008
Docket No. ER06-456-000.S1 (PDF)
Docket No. ER06-456-000.S3 (PDF)
Docket No. ER06-456-000.S4 (PDF)
Docket No. ER06-456-000.S5 (PDF)
Docket No. ER06-456-000.S8 (PDF)
On March 14, 2008, the Commission issued the trial staff testimonies, in Docket No. ER06-456-000, et al, in regards to PJM's cost allocation of RTEP projects. - 03.13.2008
Docket No. EL08-36-000 (PDF)
On March 13, 2008, in Docket No. EL08-36-000, the Commission issued an Order of Chief Judge Shortening Time to File Comments. The time is shortened for filing initial comments to and including March 19, 2008, and the time for filing reply comments to and including March 24, 2008. - 03.12.2008
Docket No. ER08-528-000 (PDF)
On March 12, 2008, in Docket No. ER08-528-000, the Commission issued a letter order accepting for filing, effective April 1, 2008, the First Amendment to the Settlement Agreement submitted on April 18, 2006, in Docket No. ER05-1181. The First Amendment revises the timing of refunds. - 03.12.2008
Docket No. EL08-8-000 (PDF)
On March 12, 2008, in Docket No. EL08-8-000, the Commission issued a Report of Settlement Judge in the matter of Mirant Energy Trading, LLC et al v PJM Interconnection, LLC. stating the parties have been circulating a draft settlement agreement and recommends continuation of settlement proceedings.
April
- 04.24.2008
Docket No. ER08-xxx-000 (PDF)
On April 24, 2008, in Docket No. ER08-xxx-000, ComEd filed with the Commission revisions to Attachment H-13 of the PJM OATT to: 1) revise wholesale distribution charges and distribution loss factors assessed to IMEA on behalf of Rock Falls and Winnetka; and 2) clarify language in Attachment H-13 concerning the calculation of the transmission losses. ComEd requested an effective date of May 1, 2008. - 04.23.2008
ER08-523-XXX (PDF)
Today, PJM submitted a compliance filing in Docket No. ER08-523 to revise the effective date of the tariff sheets previously submitted on February 1, 2008 to comply with Order Nos. 2006-A and 2006-B regarding small generator interconnection procedures. - 04.22.2008
Docket No. ER08-xxx-000 (PDF)
On April 22, 2008, PJM filed, in Docket No. ER08-xxx-000, (i) two executed agreements for long-term point-to-point transmission service between PJM and Consolidated Edison Company of New York ("ConEd TSAs"); (ii) a new Schedule C to the Joint Operating Agreement Among And Between New York Independent System Operator, Inc. And PJM Interconnection ("NYISO/PJM Protocol"), which contains an operating protocol necessary to provide the service pursuant to the ConEd TSAs, and (iii) an agreement to amend the NYISO/PJM Protocol executed by PJM and NYISO. PJM is requesting a waiver of the Commission's regulations to permit an effective date of May 1, 2012 for the ConEd TSAs and the new Schedule C to the NYISO/PJM Protocol. - 04.22.2008
Docket No. EL08-58-000 (PDF)
On April 22, 2008, in Docket No. EL08-58-000, Pepco Energy Services, Inc. ("PES") filed a Complaint against PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. ("PJM") alleging that provisions of PJM's Tariff as related to the rules governing the Peak-Hour-Period Availability Charge for infrequently-run generation resources under PJM's Reliability Pricing Model are unjust, unreasonable and unduly discriminatory. - 04.21.2008
Docket Nos. RM07-19-000, and AD07-7-000 (PDF)
On April 21, 2008, PJM filed comments on the Commission's NOPR regarding Wholesale Competition in Regions with Organized Electric Markets under Docket Numbers RM07-19-000 and AD07-7-000. - 04.21.2008
Docket Nos. RM07-19-000, and AD07-7-000 (PDF)
On April 21, 2008, the ISO/RTO Council filed joint comments on certain aspects of the demand response proposals in the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Wholesale Competition in Regions with Organized Electric Markets in Docket Nos. RM07-19-000 and AD07-7-000. - 04.21.2008
Docket Nos. ER06-456-00x, ER06-954-00x, ER06-1271-00x, and ER07-424-00x (consolidated) (PDF)
On April 21, 2008, in response to PJM Interconnection, L.L.C., 122 FERC P 61,217 (2008), PJM submitted a compliance filing in Docket No. ER06-456 et al. to provide additional information demonstrating that the cost responsibility assignments for at or above 500 kV RTEP upgrades filed in an earlier compliance filing in the same proceeding were consistent with the tariff provisions accepted in Opinion No. 494-A (issued in Docket No. EL05-121). - 04.21.2008
Docket No. AD08-2-000 (PDF)
On April 21, 2008, in compliance with the Commission's March 20, 2008 Order on Technical Conference in Docket No. AD08-2-000, PJM filed its Status Report of the PJM Queue. - 04.17.2008
Docket No. ER08-841-000 (PDF)
On April 17, 2008, PJM filed with the Commission, in Docket No. ER08-841-000, revisions to the PJM Tariff and Operating Agreement proposing the following changes: i) revise the economic demand response program settlement rules to reflect the expiration of the incentive at the end of 2007; and ii) clarify conflicting language related to the settlement rules for demand response provided by real-time Locational Marginal Prices ("LMP") customers in the Real-time Energy Market. PJM requested an effective date of June 17, 2008. - 04.17.2008
Docket No. EL08-49-000 (PDF)
Delaware Dist Court Case No. 1:99-inc-9999 (PDF)
On April 17, 2008, PJM filed an answer, in Docket No. EL08-49-000, to the complaint of BJ Energy and four other Tower Research trading companies. The complaint requested the Commission to order PJM to pay these companies over $25 million, plus interest. In its answer, PJM showed that the Commission should decline to act on this demand for money, deferring that issue instead to the federal district court in Delaware that has before it PJM's civil complaint (on behalf of its members) for money damages from the Tower Companies far in excess of the amount they seek in their complaint in this Commission docket. PJM also urged the Commission to dismiss the complaint so as not to impair the Commission's ability to order meaningful relief following either its own pending non-public investigation of the Tower Companies, or PJM's pending complaint in Docket No. EL08-44 against the Tower Companies. Within the filing, there is note of PJM's civil complaint filed in federal district court in Delaware. On April 16, 2008, PJM, in its own name and pursuant to authority granted by the PJM members, filed a civil complaint against Tower Research and several of its affiliates and principals (collectively, the "Affiliates." In the Complaint, PJM seeks to recover losses suffered by the PJM membership and damages for harm to the PJM markets arising out of Power Edge's default in the FTR market, the forfeiture of profits derived by the Affiliates from the PJM markets, actual and punitive damages and the cost of suit, plus interest. - 04.16.2008
Docket No. ER08-837-000 (PDF)
On April 16, 2008, in Docket No. ER08-837-000, PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. filed with FERC amendments to Schedule 12-Appendix of the PJM Tariff to provide updated annual cost allocations for Regional Facilities and Necessary Lower Voltage Facilities which are included in the Regional Transmission Expansion Plan. - 04.15.2008
Docket No. EL08-xxx-000 (PDF)
On April 15, 2008, in Docket No. EL08-xxx-000, PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. submitted for filing a petition for declaratory order to resolve uncertainty regarding two aspects of the application of the rules governing the PJM Interconnection process: (1) how to treat generation retirement announcements that occur prior to the queue date of a specific interconnection customer's project; and (2) how to treat any subsequent withdrawal of such announcements in determining the cost responsibilities of customers in the interconnection queue. - 04.15.2008
Docket No. OA08-101-000 (PDF)
On April 15, 2008, in Docket No. OA08-101-000, PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. submitted a compliance filing with FERC to comply with Order No. 890-A. - 04.14.2008
Docket No. ER08-xxx-000 (PDF)
On April 14, 2008, PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. filed revisions to its Tariff and Operating Agreement to modify the economic demand response program in PJM to provide measurement and verification rules that ensure economic demand response reflects a true response to price, and to provide greater flexibility for demand response participation in PJM's energy markets. The revisions: 1) improve the method for establishing Customer Baseline Loads; 2) clarify that only demand reductions in response to price are eligible for energy settlements; 3) establish objective criteria to assist with the identification of inappropriate market activity; 4) authorize PJM to prohibit participation in the PJM Energy Markets and to refer market participant activity to the PJM Market Monitoring Unit and/or the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Office of Enforcement ("FERC Office of Enforcement":); 5) establish aggregation rules, including clarification that Economic Load Response Participants may aggregate multiple end-use customer sites; 6) establish a process to normalize a CBL based on actual usage just prior to an event day; and 7) establish flexible rules to enhance participation of self-scheduled and dispatchable demand response in the PJM Energy Markets. - 04.11.2008
Docket No. ER08-820-000 (PDF)
On April 11, 2008, in Docket No. ER08-820-000, PJM submitted revisions to the Open Access Transmission Tariff ("OATT"), the Amended and Restated Operating Agreement ("OA") and the Consolidated Transmission Owners Agreement, Rate Schedule FERC No. 42 ("TOA") to revise procedures governing Transmission Planned Outage Schedules. PJM requested a waiver of the notice requirements to permit an effective date of April 15, 2008, but did not request the Commission to act on this filing prior to that date. - 04.10.2008
Docket No. ER08-194-000 (PDF)
On April 10, 2008, in Docket No. ER08-194-000, PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. filed a Motion for Leave to Answer and Answer informing the Commission that PJM and the Midwest ISO have reached agreement in principle on portability and that it could expect a filing to implement it in the near future. - 04.03.2008
Docket Nos. ER06-456-006 et al
(PDF)
On March 5, 2008, PJM supplements its Application by submitting revised 2006 to 2008 computations of interest coverage to replace the computations of interest coverage originally submitted on January 28, 2008. - 04.03.2008
Docket No. ER08-780-000 (PDF)
On April 3, 2008, in Docket No. ER08-780-000, PJM submitted an errata to PJM's filing dated March 31, 2008 correcting tariff sheets that modify the manner in which PJM obtains supplemental reserves. - 04.02.2008
20080402-ER05-1410-000, EL05-148-000 (PDF)
On April 2, 2008, PJM filed an answer to the motion of the RPM Buyers in Docket Nos. ER05-1410, et al., for a technical conference to consider their proposals to significantly change or entirely replace RPM effective as early as June 1, 2008. PJM answered that the request for an immediate conference with changes effective in as little as two months is impractical, but PJM would not necessarily oppose a properly structured technical conference following the already initiated PJM/stakeholder review of RPM, if the Commission believed that such a conference would be a useful follow-on to the PJM stakeholder process. - 04.01.2008
Docket Nos. ER08-376-000, ERO8-455-000 & ER08-520-000 (not consolidated) (PDF)
On April 1, 2008, in Docket Nos. ER08-376-000, ERO8-455-000 & ER08-520-000 (not consolidated) PJM submitted a compliance filing pursuant to the Commission's order issued March 25, 2008 primarily regarding revisions that set the credit requirement for Financial Transmission Right (FTR) auctions on the basis of "the bid combination that could produce the highest potential credit requirements rather than the sum of all bids." - 04.01.2008
Docket No. ER08-775-000 (PDF)
On April 1, 2008, in Docket No. ER08-775-000, PJM filed an executed Interconnection Service Agreement ("ISA") among PJM, Tenaska Virginia II Partners, L.P. and Virginia Electric and Power Company. PJM submitted the agreement for filing because the parties require non-standard terms and conditions to accommodate the interconnection, which are set forth in Schedule E of the ISA. - 04.01.2008
Docket No. ER08-194-000 (PDF)
On April 1, 2008, the Duquesne Light Company ("Duquesne"), in Docket No. ER08-194-000, filed with the Commission a Motion for Leave to Answer and Answers PJM's Answer that was filed on March 18, 2008. Duquesne indicated that it disagrees with PJM's request to the Commission to defer action on requests for rehearing or clarification of the Commission's January 17, 2008 decision on issues relating to the portability of capacity acquired by Duquesne and other LSEs in the Duquesne Zone within PJM as part of the RPM capacity process. Duquesne believes that the Commission needs to address the fundamental portability issues raised by the parties in the rehearing requests.
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Docket No. ER08-xxx-000 (PDF)
On March 31, 2008, PJM submitted revisions to the PJM Open Access Transmission Tariff Amended and Restated Operating Agreement. The proposed revisions modify the manner in which PJM obtains supplemental reserves by implementing a market based procurement mechanism. - 03.31.2008
Docket No. EL08-36-000 (PDF)
On March 31, 2008, PJM submitted notification to the Commission, in the Dominion Resources Services, Inc. v. PJM Complaint (Docket No. EL08-36-000), that on March 28, 2008, PJM delivered in draft form to the sponsors of the 14 interconnection requests in PJM's "R" queue that are affected by the Settlement the results of PJM's thermal and short circuit analyses for each sponsor's respective project. PJM also delivered the same results in draft form to the affected PJM transmission owners for the purpose of soliciting from them any lower-cost upgrades that may be available to resolve any overloads that PJM's study identified. The notification is in compliance with Paragraph 6 of Appendix A of the proposed Settlement Agreement, which provides that PJM will identify, based on information to be obtained from affected transmission owners on or before April 15, 2008. - 03.28.2008
Docket No. ER08-744-000 (PDF)
On March 28, 2008, PJM filed revisions to the PJM Tariff and OA to modify the rules for assigning Incremental Auction Revenue rights ("IARRs") pursuant to Section 231.2 of the Tariff. The modifications are to provide greater certainty with respect to the amount of IARRs an entity will receive relative to the initial non-binding estimates of such rights. In addition, the proposed revisions modify Section 7.8 of the OA to clarify that IARRs authorized pursuant to that section shall be assigned pursuant to Section 231 of the Tariff. - 03.28.2008
Docket Nos. ER08-194-000, -002 (PDF)
On March 28, 2008, PJM filed a Protest to the filing submitted by Duquesne Light Company ("Duquesne") in response to the Commission's requirement in its order of January 17, 2008 ("January 17 Order"), that Duquesne make a filing within 45 days "providing a full and complete accounting of its Regional Transmission Expansion Planning ("RTEP") allocations and all other obligations under section 3.4 of the TO Agreement." - 03.28.2008
Docket No. EL08-49-000 (PDF)
On March 28, 2008, in Docket No. EL08-49-000, BJ Energy LLC, et al., submitted a Complaint alleging that PJM violated its tariff when it refused to return certain collateral and to distribute certain amounts of revenue. - 03.28.2008
Docket No. EL08-36-000 (PDF)
On March 28, 2008, the Commission issued a Report of Settlement Judge Concerning Partially Contested Settlement and Recommendation for Expedited Treatment in Docket No. EL08-36-000. In accordance with the Commission's constraints, Settlement Judge Judith A. Dowd is reporting to the Commission that the settlement is contested and recommends that the case be handled on an expedited basis. - 03.26.2008
ER08-194-000 (PDF)
On March 26, 2008, PJM filed in Docket No. ER08-194-000 an answer to the Emergency Request for Ruling of the PJM Power Providers Group describing arrangements that would enable participation in the May 2008 RPM Base Residual Auction by Generation Capacity Resources located in the Duquesne Zone in light of the Duquesne system's possible exit from PJM. - 03.25.2008
Docket No. EL08-36-000 (PDF)
On March 25, 2008, PJM submitted an errata to its March 24, 2008 reply comments regarding the settlement concerning Dominion Resources Services, Inc. complaint in Docket No. EL08-36-000. - 03.24.2008
Docket No. EL08-36-000 (PDF)
On March 24, 2008, PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. submitted the attached reply comments regarding the settlement concerning Dominion Resources Services, Inc. complaint in Docket No. EL08-36-000. - 03.24.2008
Docket No. QM08-4-000 (PDF)
PJM filed a Motion to Intervene, in Docket No. QM08-4-000, wherein the Virginia Electric and Power Company submitted an application requesting the Commission to determine that the company will no longer be required to enter into new contracts or obligations to purchase electric energy from qualifying cogeneration facilities (collectively, "QF"s) rated greater than 20 MW of net generating capacity. - 03.24.2008
Docket No. ER08-194-000 (PDF)
PJM has filed a motion requesting an extension of time to respond to Duquesne Light Company's compliance filing to the Commission's January 17, 2008 order in Docket No. ER08-194-000. - 03.21.2008
Docket No. ER08-520-000 (PDF)
On March 21, 2008, in Docket No. ER08-520-000, PJM submitted a Motion for Leave to Answer and Answer of certain protests of PJM's proposal to appropriately account in its credit policy for the risks posed by undiversified portfolios of FTRs. - 03.21.2008
Docket No. ER08-516-000 (PDF)
On March 21, 2008, PJM filed an answer to comments and protests in Docket No. ER08-516-000, concerning PJM's proposal to increase the Cost of New Entry value used in the RPM auctions. - 03.19.2008
Docket No. ER08-691-000 (PDF)
On March 19, 2008, in Docket No. ER08-xxx-000, PJM Interconnection, LLC, ("PJM") submitted revisions to the PJM Open Access Transmission Tariff and Amended and Restated Operating Agreement to modify the allocation of surplus Transmission Congestion Charge revenues to distribute excess congestion revenues remaining after transmission rights are fully funded on the same basis that transmission rights uplift charges are assessed. - 03.18.2008 1 of 4 Pepco DPL ACE Request for Transmission Investment Incentive (PDF) 2 of 4 Pepco DPL ACE Request for Transmission Investment Incentive (PDF) 3 of 4 Pepco DPL ACE Request for Transmission Investment Incentive (PDF) 4 of 4 Pepco DPL ACE Request for Transmissio