September 2008
09.03.2008 - Long Term FTR Training

October 2008
10.16.2008 - PJM System Planning 201 - In Person
10.16.2008 - PJM System Planning 201 - Virtual

December 2008
12.10.2008 - 12.11.2008 - System Restoration Workshop

August

• No meetings - 08.29.2008 - Topics:
• Regional Planning Process Development Sub Group - 08.28.2008 - Topics: Capacity Interconnection Rights, Generation Deliverability Changes, final Data Submission, Facilities Study, Milestones, System Impact Study Deposit, Schedule for Future Meetings
• Interface Pricing Stakeholder Meeting - 08.28.2008 - Topics:
• Dispatcher Training Task Force Meeting - 08.28.2008 - Topics: Review Minutes from the July 22, 2008 meeting, Report from SOS Liaison, eDART Updates, PJM Web site Redesign, PJM Operations Training, 2009 Drill Dates, PJM Manuals: Revisions M 11 Scheduling, NERC and PJM Certification, PJM Training and Certification compliance Monitoring
• DRSC: Meter Task Force
• DRSC: Registration Task Force - 08.27.2008 - Topics: Administration - review/modify dates for future meetings; Pre-Registration Form Revised by CSPs- Liz Kimmel and Greg Urbin; Additional Information, if any, Requested by the EDCs/LSEs - Uses for Information Identified - Clayton Crouch; Less Churn in the Information Flow
• Three Pivotal Supplier Task Force - 08.27.2008 - Topics: Administration, Creation of Scarcity Pricing Regions, Scarcity Pricing Example and Transparency, Scarcity Pricing in the Real Time Energy Market, Scarcity Pricing in the Day Ahead Energy Market, Future Meeting
• MISO-PJM Cross Border Economic Planning Meeting - 08.27.2008 - Topics:
• Finance Committee - 08.26.2008 - Topics: RPPWG TO Sub Group - 08.25.2008 - Topics: Approve Minutes from April 29th Meeting, 2nd Quarter 2008 Unaudited Financial Statements, Quarterly Financial Review, 2008 Forecast, Preliminary 2009 Expense and Capital Budget, 2008 - 2013 Financial Projections, Next Finance Committee Meeting
• RPPWG TO Sub Group - 08.25.2008 - Topics:
• Marginal Losses User Group - 08.21.2008 - Topics: Review drafts of alternatives discussed at the last MLUG meeting. Review spreadsheet of methods and discuss algorithms. Discuss potential format for conducting and auction. Discuss various methods for distributing LHRs initially
• Nuclear Generation Owners/Operators Users Group - 08.21.2008 - Topics:
• Regional Planning Process Development Sub Group - 08.21.2008 - Topics:
• Data Management Working Group - 08.21.2008 - Topics: Generation Performance Management, Administration, Phasor Measurement Units (PMU), EMS Model Updates, AC**2 Update, eDART Telemetry Function, PJM Electric System Models, Transmission Facilities Lists, Wrap-up of Joint Session before afternoon breakout sessions and Future Agenda Items, Future Meetings, Exchange of System Diagrams and Supporting Information
• TOA-AC Meeting - 08.21.2008 - Topics: Administrative Items, Work Plan Updates, Legal Issues Team, TOA-AC Meeting Costs, Updating of Long Term Firm Request/Studies, PJM Reporting of NERC TADS Data, Study Update and Formation of Task Force, Federal and State Influence on Smart Grid, Including upgrades to the Existing System in the RTEP, PJM/Transmission Owner NERC Standards Compliance Matrix, TEAC Process Improvement, PJM Update, PJM Liaison Committee Update, Other Business
• PC/TEAC Meeting - 08.20.2008 - Topics: Administrative, Minutes, NERC/RRO Update, 2008 IRM Study, PJM Planning Manual Status Update, Future Meeting Dates
• Systems Information Subcommittee - 08.20.2008 - Topics:
• Liaison Committee - 08.19.2008 - Topics: Backbone Transmission Project Contingency Plans, Wind Generation, Demand Response Policy Issues, Liaison Committee Charter Evaluation, MAPP Project Process Review, Credit Enhancements
• Operating Committee - 08.19.2008 - Topics: Administration, Committee/Subcommittee Updates, NERC/RFC Update, Review of Operations, BES Update, AC2 Update, Transient Stability Analysis Tool, Electric/Gas Market Alignment, TADS Data Reporting Requirements, Manual Updates, Action Items, Future OC Meetings
• No Meetings - 08.18.2008
• No Meeting - 08.15.2008
• Interface Pricing Stakeholder Meeting - 08.14.2008 Topics: Explore Potential Alternative Proposals for more Locational Interface Prices for Directly Connected Control Areas, Review the PJM Proposal and go Through Examples, Participant Discussion of Suggestions for Alternatives
• System Operations Subcommittee - 08.13.2008 - Topics: Administration, Review of Operations, Working Group Updates, System Operator Training and Certification, NERC/RFC Audit Update, System Restoration Drills, Generation D-Curve Review Process, Transient Stability Analysis and Control, Manual Update, Future Agenda Items, Future Meetings
• Reserve Requirement Assumptions Working Group - 08.13.2008 - Topics: Administrative, Meeting Notes, Review and Discuss Draft Reserve Requirement Study Report, Future Meetings.
• Governance Working Group - 08.12.2008 Topics: Administration, Voting Protocols, Parking Lot, Future Agenda Items, Proposed Future Meetings
• Reliability Pricing Model Stakeholders Meeting - 08.08.2008 - Topics:
• Members Committee - 08.07.2008 - Topics: : Administration, Consent Agenda, Credit Risk Management Steering Committee (CRMSC), RPM Stakeholder Process, Member Survey, Web site Redesign Project, Market Monitoring Report, Governance Working Group (GWG) Report, Management Reports, State Activities, Markets and Reliability Committee (MRC), Future Agenda Items, Future Meetings
• Markets and Reliability Committee - 08.06.2008 - Topics: Administration, RPM Stakeholder Process, Capacity Interconnection Rights, Order 890, RPM Cost of New Entry (CONE), Demand Side Response (DRSC), Reliability Planning Process Working Group (RPPWG), Transmission Expansion Projects, Three Pivotal Supplier Task Force (TPSTF), Transmission Service for External Resources, RPM Mandatory Capital Expenditures, Manual Revisions, Credit Responsibility for ERPM Bilateral Transactions, Allocation of Incremental Transmission Rights for RTEP Upgrades, Black Start Risk Policies, Market Implementation Committee (MIC) Report, Mount Storm Autosectionalizing, Operating Committee (OC) Report, Planning Committee (PC) Report, Future Agenda Items, Future Meetings.
• Marginal Losses User Group - 08.05.2008 - Topics: Review Generation Reference Bus Analysis, Fully Develop Marginal Loss Scenarios to Test Various Hedging Concepts
• Marginal Losses User Group - 08.04.2008 - Topics: Review Generation Reference Bus Analysis, Fully Develop Marginal Loss Scenarios to Test Various Hedging Concepts

Andrew Ott, PJM senior vice president - Markets, testified on September 9 at a hearing of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives Environmental Resources and Energy Committee, explaining the role that wholesale electricity markets play in preserving the reliability of the electricity power grid and promoting efficiency. The hearing was specifically focused on the potential increases to Pennsylvania's retail electricity rates that are anticipated after the remaining retail rate caps expire in 2009 and 2010.

Ott addressed some of the factors, including the rising price of fuel (such as coal, oil, and natural gas), contributing to rising electricity prices and explained how PJM's markets enable the least expensive generating resources to serve electricity demand, helping to moderate prices. He explained PJM's spot market design, which not only plays a role in maintaining short-term reliability but also attracts renewable resources, demand response solutions, energy efficiency and other advanced technology resources.

These and other resources, he said, "can help limit electricity consumption at times when the most expensive generation resources are required; and moreover these efforts have the potential to help lower costs for all electricity consumers, not just those who participate in the specific programs."

Ott highlighted several other positive aspects of PJM markets. With rising fuel prices accounted for, the fuel-price adjusted locational marginal price has gone down, more than 23 percent over the last 10 years, he said. He added that the first five Reliability Pricing Model auctions have delivered investment to supply 9,981 megawatts (MW) of new resources, including a base-load coal plant and over 2,000 MW of demand response resources.

Ott closed his testimony with a request of the committee to keep in mind PJM's focus on grid reliability as the retail electricity market policy is developed for Pennsylvania. A copy of his written testimony is available.

On September 9, the first monthly bill processed by the new Market Settlements calculation and reporting system was issued to PJM market participants. This new system is the finished product of a two-year-long project by the Market Settlement System Replacement (MSET) Project Team, composed of employees from PJM's Markets and Information Technology Services divisions. The system generates the official billing statements for all PJM market participants.

The new system went live Aug. 1.

The MSET project replaced both the settlement calculation and reporting systems, and each had its own design and implementation team. The reporting system is the most recent PJM eTool built to provide settlement data to PJM customers.

The new calculation system increases the automation of settlement data pre-processing, execution of settlement applications and billing adjustments due to reruns. The system was designed based on stakeholder feedback. It provides more reports on a more timely basis, adds XML-formatted reports and offers adjustment details to minimize the need for customer data requests.

"MSET is a more user-friendly product for Market Settlements, ITS, audit staff and, most importantly, our customers," said Harry Dessender, general manager - Market Strategy.

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The process to create the 2009 Members Committee (MC) Annual Plan is underway. As detailed in the PJM Committee Handbook, each year the Members Committee adopts a plan for the coming year of initiatives to address significant current issues facing PJM and its members.

The annual plan is administered by the vice chair of the MC, currently John Horstman, Dayton Power & Light. Quarterly updates are available to member companies to see the progress toward achieving the plan.

"The plan is intended to be a 'living document," said Dave Anders, manager of PJM Member Services. "As issues surface requiring MC attention, they can be added to the plan and tracked going forward."

A special stakeholder meeting was held on September 9 to give members the opportunity to identify and prioritize items for inclusion in the 2009 MC Plan. MC approval of the 2009 plan is expected at the November 20 MC meeting.

The current 2008 Annual Plan can be viewed in the "Postings" section of the Members Committee page.

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Workforce issues within the energy industry, particularly the decreasing number of trained engineers, are driving the creation of an innovative project to look at these issues. PJM and other energy industry companies are looking at supporting the efforts of the Stevens Institute of Technology which is establishing the New Jersey Innovation Partnership Institute in Clean Energy Technology (IPI-CET).

The initiative will develop educational programs and curricula at various levels to address workforce challenges within the energy industry. Emphasis on skill development in mechanical and nuclear engineering will be one of the top goals for the initiative.

PJM has committed to looking at potential co op positions and entry level positions for nuclear engineering as part of this initiative.

The New Jersey Governor's Office of Economic Growth has identified clean energy technology as one of four targeted industry sectors that are key to the state's future economic development. With the demand for electric power in New Jersey expected to increase by up to 40 percent by 2019, nuclear power is considered as the most viable large scale, clean energy source needed to meet future electric power needs and ensure meeting the state's targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, as recognized in the new state's energy master plan.

The partnership includes Stevens, Bergen Community College, Public Service Electric & Gas Co., Erin Engineering Co., and PJM Interconnection.

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NERC
Miscellaneous

• Now available at www.nerc.com, NERC's new Web site incorporates a number of new features. They look forward to hearing feedback from their users at this link.
  
• Benchmarking Dashboard Unveiled - NERC's anticipated benchmarking dashboard was unveiled with the launch of NERC's Web site on July 20. The site, featuring reliability trends and analysis, is designed to display information in an easy-to-understand format. Visit the dashboard.
  
• If you are having difficult reaching a link from a standards announcement that was issued before July 14, please go to the "Standards Under Development" Web page and use the links on that page. The links that were embedded in standards announcements issued before the reorganization of the NERC web site are not active.
  
• Vacant Standards Committee Positions - There are four vacant positions as shown below:
  
  

  Industry Segment	Term Ends
  4 - Transmission Dependent Utilities	December 31, 2008
  5 - Electric Generators	December 31, 2008
  7 - Large Electricity End	December 31, 2008
  8 - Small Utilities Users	December 31, 2008

  
  If you are a member of Segment 5, 7 or 8, and would like help in starting the process to fill a vacant position in your segment, contact Barbara Bogenrief at 609-452-8060.
  
• Approximately 1,000 enforceable alleged violations of approved NERC Reliability Standards were identified July 18-December 31, 2007. View the report.
  
• The 2008 Updated Audit Schedule can be found on this Web site.
  
• NERC CEO Announces Plan to Improve Response to Cyber and Critical Infrastructure Protection. Specific actions include: increasing NERC expertise on critical infrastructure protection and cyber security, consider alternative standards setting process for cyber security standards, expedited review of existing cyber standards, and facilitate joint collaboration on cyber security.
  
• The NERC Situation Awareness Tool (SAT) provides a high-level overview of the situational health of the North American electric grid by graphically displaying color-coded indicator values for each Reliability Coordinator. These indicators were selected to represent key reliability-based situational health data and were carefully selected to screen any specific market or price indicators unless they are directly related to reliability.
  
• Access to the tool will be limited to NERC, Reliability Coordinators supplying data to the tool, Regions containing Reliability Coordinators supplying data, and federal regulators.
  

Upcoming Workshops
• GADS Workshop - October 29-31, 2008, Chicago, IL
  Register online today.
  
• Functional Model Working Group Workshop - September 9, 2008, Seattle, WA from 1-5 p.m. PDT. This workshop will be face-to-face only. There will be no dial-in capabilities available. Click here to register.
  
• NERC is planning a Cyber Security Summit September 23, 2008 in Washington D.C. - More details to come.
  

Upcoming NERC Meetings/ Conference Calls

• Functional Model Working Group August 19 Conference Call 1-3 p.m. EDT Click here to register. If you have questions on the Functional Model material contact Steve Crutchfield. The Functional Model Version 4 documents are now available in a clean and redline version here.
  
• For the complete NERC Meeting schedule, go here.
  
  Additional information on NERC standards and News and updates can be found at:
  Reliability Standards Under Development
  NERC News

RFC

• The ReliabilityFirst 2008 Compliance Monitoring Schedule - Rev. 8, dated August 6, 2008, has been posted here.
  
• The new RFC Portal - Compliance Reporting System is in service and available for compliance self-certification submittals. Registered entities are responsible to maintain updated information, including personnel information, in the portal. All registered entities should verify that their information is current and should be updated as necessary. Training materials for use of the Portal are available on the ReliabilityFirst Web site. Online training sessions have already been conducted, and additional online training sessions will be conducted as necessary to aid our registered entities in becoming familiar with the use of the Portal. Training information is posted on the ReliabilityFirst Web site. Questions regarding the training material and training sessions should be directed to Norb Mizwicki (E-mail or 330-247-3064).
  
• Violations of reliability standards identified by discovery should be submitted via E-mail using the form and instructions for self-reporting available here.
  
• With the objective of continuing to promote reliability through compliance with the reliability standards, ReliabilityFirst is planning to post and share results quarterly of the compliance- related activities that are indicative of the performance of the registered entities within the region. ReliabilityFirst posted the first of these quarterly reports on the Compliance Web page on August 6. The report can be found at the following link: 2008 Compliance Monitoring Quarterly Report.
  
• See the RFC meeting calendar here.
  
• See the RFC "newsroom" for recent announcements and newsletters.
  
  
From the August Newsletter:
• RFC's 2009 business plan and budget has been approved by the NERC board and has been filed with the Commission. Note: These documents reflect the elimination of the readiness evaluation program.
• RFC noted that they received 100 percent in responses from those obligated to submit CIP compliance submissions.
• FERC provided a great deal of guidance to NERC and its regional entities in response to the initial set of notices of penalties filed for violations of reliability standards. Tim Gallagher (of RFC noted that they must improve in their establishment of complete and thorough records of identified violations, the circumstances surrounding them, actions taken to mitigate the violation and how penalties were determined.
• NERC Standards PRC-004-1 and PRC-016-0 require submittal of misoperations data. The RFC Compliance Monitoring Schedule requires that all data for the first half of 2008 required by these standards be submitted by September 30, 2008. RFC will be issuing a request that GOs, TOs and DPs submit their misoperations data for the period of January through June 2008, based upon the RFC BES definition.
• RFC is holding a Compliance Workshop on September 29-30, 2008, at the Mariott Columbus Airport Hotel, Columbus, Ohio. The Compliance Users' Group will me meeting on the morning of Sept. 29 and convene at 9 am, and run approximately noon. The workshop will begin at 1 pm the afternoon of Sept. 29 and end by noon on Sept. 30.
• RFC is encouraging all MAAs to review the assignment of required roles for their respective MAs. The MAs should have more than one MAA to accommodate compliance reporting coverage. We advise that each MAA review that the MAA Alternate, Compliance Contact-Primary, and Authorizing Signatory roles are assigned along with the Compliance Officer-Primary and Registration Primary Contact roles as required in the MAs organization registration.
• RFC will be adding an Off-Site Audit Process Document to the RFC Web site on September 15th to provide information to the Registered Entities scheduled for Off-Site Audits, which are listed on the RFC "Six Year Audit Cycle" including a timeline for the audit process.

SERC

• Two SERC supplements for comments have been posted in the link below. These were developed by SERC Engineering Committee (EC) subgroups. Listed below is a description of these drafts. Both clean and red-line versions of each document are posted along with comments forms. These drafts are posted for 45 days, with comments due by close-of-business on Sept. 22. Please use the comments forms available on the SERC Web site and comments and email them to here.
  
• Draft Revision 4 to the Special Protection System (SPS) Misoperations SERC Supplement was developed by the SERC EC Protection and Control Subcommittee (PCS). This supplement was revised in accordance with the three-year document review/recertification requirement. The revision primarily removed attachment two; updated applicable terminology, references, and data submittal forms; and added misoperation reporting status timetable requirement.
  
  1. Draft Revision 6 to the Under-Voltage Load Shedding SERC Supplement was developed by the SERC EC Dynamics Review Subcommittee (DRS). This supplement was revised in accordance with the three-year document review/recertification requirement. The revision primarily updated references to SERC subcommittees and refined alignment with the current versions of the NERC Reliability Standards. Clean and red-line versions of the supplement revision; and a comments form are posted here.
     
• Compliance Portal Training - One remaining WebEx session will be held to provide an overview of the Portal compliance process with emphasis on the October 1 filing. The target audience is Master Account Administrators, Compliance Contributors and Authorized Signatories. To attend, you must sign up by going to the SERC public site (www.serc1.org) and register under Upcoming Meetings. An email will be sent to each participant with the WebEx and teleconference information one day prior to the meeting date. The date and time for the session is:
  

Thursday, Sept. 4,10 to 11:30 a.m. (EDT).

Meetings

• See the SERC meeting calendar here.

NAESB
WEQ Business Practices Subcommittee (BPS) and NERC Drafting Teams

• Information on the TLR meetings can be found here.
  
• Additional BPS information can be found here.
  
• The BPS subcommittee has an exploder list which is used for the subcommittee to exchange information between meetings. To sign-up for this exploder list follow the instructions.
  

WEQ BPS/ Electronic Scheduling Subcommittee (ESS)/Information Technology Subcommittee (ITS)
• For a complete list of meetings for 2008, click here.
  
• Information on the Joint BPS and ESS/ITS ATC/AFC meetings can be found here.
  
• The Joint BPS and ESS/ITS subcommittee has an exploder list which is used for the subcommittee to exchange information between meetings to sign-up for this exploder list follower the instructions.
  

WEQ ESS/ WEQ ITS:

• Information on the ESS is posted here.
  
• Information on the ITS is posted here.
  
• The ESS and the ITS have exploder lists which are used for the subcommittees to exchange information between meetings to sign-up for these exploder list follower the instructions below:
  The ESS and
  The ITS
  
  
WEQ Joint Interchange Scheduling Working Group:
• Working group information can be found here.
  
  
WEQ Standards Review Subcommittee (SRS):

• Information on the SRS is posted here.
  
• The SRS subcommittee has an exploder list which is used to exchange information between meetings. To sign-up for this exploder list follow the instructions.
  
  
WEQ/WGQ E-Tariff Activities:

• The E-Tariff subcommittee and E-Tariff Technical Task Force have completed their work on the E-Tariff recommendation. The document is out for membership ratification. No future meetings are scheduled for these groups.
  

WEQ Seams Subcommittee
• No future meetings or additional work is required by this subcommittee unless specifically directed by either the Board or the Executive Committee.
  
  
Demand Side Management/Energy Efficiency (DSM/EE) Subcommittee.
• Information on the DSM/EE is posted here. Subscribing to NAESB's Lists: To join any of the NAESB lists, use this following link.

• On July 21, 2008, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved the following:
  
  Four interpretations:
  
  1. BAL-001-0(a) - Real Power Balancing Control Performance, Requirement R1,
  2. BAL-003-0(a) - Frequency Response and Bias, Requirement R3,
  3. BAL-005-0(b) - Automatic Generation Control Requirement R17, and
  4. VAR-002-1(a) - Generator Operation for Maintaining Network Voltage Schedules, Requirements R1 and R2.
  
  NOTE: The letters (a, etc.) indicate that there is an interpretation(s) appended to the standard.
  
  Five reliability standards:
  
  1. INT-001-3 - Interchange Information
  2. INT-004-2 - Dynamic Interchange Transaction Modifications
  3. INT-005-2 - Interchange Authority Distributes Arranged Interchange
  4. INT-006-2 - Response to Interchange Authority
  5. INT-008-2 - Interchange Authority Distributes Status
  
  
  Per the Commission Order, these interpretations and standards take effect in the United States 30 days after the July 28, 2008 publication date in the Federal Register. Therefore, in the United States, these interpretations and standards are mandatory as of August 27, 2008. As of this morning, NERC has posted the version of these standards and interpretations with the correct effective dates included.
  
• FERC Orders to Note:
  July 21, 2008
  Order on Appeal of ERO Compliance Registry Determination
  The Commission denies the appeal of the U.S. Department of Energy, Portsmouth/Paducah Project. The order remands to NERC for further consideration on the issue whether DOE Portsmouth was properly registered as an LSE and directs NERC to submit a compliance filing within 75 days. Docket No. RC08-5-000
  
  July 21, 2008
  Order No. 713 - Modification of INT and TLR Standards: and ERO Interpretation of Requirements of Four Standards. The Commission approves five of six modified Reliability Standards submitted by NERC that pertain to interchange scheduling and coordination. The Commission directs NERC to submit a filing that provides an explanation regarding one aspect of the TLR procedure. Docket No. RM08-7-000
  
  July 21, 2008
  Order No. 676-C - Standards for Business Practices and Communication Protocols for Public Utilities. The Commission is revising its regulations to incorporate by reference the latest version of certain standards of Wholesale Electric Quadrant to the North American Energy Standards Board. Docket No. RM05-5-005
  
  July 3, 2008
  Guidance Order of Reliability Notices of Penalty
  NERC filed 37 Notices of penalty on June 4, 5, and 6, 2008. The Commission approved the Notices of Penalty and provided additional guidance that will clarify Commission's expectations regarding the content of future notices of penalty. Docket Nos. NO08-1-000, et al. and AD08-10-000.
  
  June 30, 2008
  Notice of Extension of Time
  NERC filed a motion for an extension of time to submit revisions to the ReliabilityFirst Corporation Delegation Agreement as required by the June 17, 2008 Order on Rehearing. FERC granted an extension of time to July 21, 2008. Docket Nos. RR06-1-014 and RR07-4-003
  
  June 27, 2008
  Order Granting Request for Clarification
  The Commission grants Harquahala's request for clarification regarding one aspect of the Commission-directed negotiations. Docket Nos. RC08-4-001

August

• 08.19.2008 Docket No. EL08-36-001 (PDF)
  On August 19, 2008, in Docket No. EL08-36-001, the Commission issued a Letter Order accepting PJM's May 30, 2008, filing of Fifth Revised Sheet 8A et al. to FERC Electric Tariff, Sixth revised Volume 1, in compliance with the Commission's April 10, 2008 Order Approving Contested Settlement ("Dominion Settlement Order") regarding the modifications as a second, important step in PJM's ongoing stakeholder process, toward the implementation of "queue reform." The revisions include, among other things, modifications to the procedures for cluster studying of queued projects, deposit amounts for Feasibility Studies, and the cost allocation between the queues. The effective date is August 1, 2008, as requested.
• 08.18.2008 Docket No. ER08-1190-000 (PDF)
  On August 18, 2008, the Commission issued a Letter Order, in Docket No. ER08-1190-000, accepting RPL Holding, Inc.'s Rate Schedule that specifies the revenue requirement for providing Reactive Support and Voltage Control from Generation Sources Services ("Reactive Power") to PJM from the RPL's cogeneration facility that is interconnected with the transmission system owned by Public Service Electric and Gas Company, which is operationally controlled by PJM. The rate schedule is effective August 1, 2008 as requested.
• 08.18.2008 Docket Nos. ER08-900-000 and ER08-900-001 (PDF)
  On August 18, 2008, the Commission issued a Letter Order, in Docket Nos. ER08-900-000, et al., accepting Potomac Edison Company's Rate Schedule that specifies the revenue requirement for providing Reactive Support and Voltage Control from Generation Sources Services ("Reactive Power") to PJM from the Warrior Run cogeneration facility. The rate schedule is effective July 1, 2008 as requested.
• 08.13.2008 Docket No. ER08-1170-000 (PDF)
  On August 13, 2008, the Commission issued a Letter Order, in Docket No. ER08-1170-000, accepting revisions to the PJM Tariff and Operating Agreement establishing the AP South Scarcity Pricing Region, effective August 13, 2008. The Commission also specifically determined that making an informational filing, as requested by the PJM Suppliers, is not an acceptable way to establish a new scarcity pricing region. Rather, the Commission determined that the establishment of a new scarcity pricing region requires a formal filing under the Federal Power Act since PJM has to revise Section 6A.2.2 of Schedule 1 of its Operating Agreement and related Tariff provisions to delineate the new region.
• 08.07.2008 Docket No. ER08-569-002 (PDF)
  On August 7, 2008, the Commission issued a Letter order accepting PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.'s July 2, 2008 compliance filing of Substitute First Revised Sheet No. 523G.01 to PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.'s FERC Electric Tariff, Sixth Revised Volume No. 1, effective April 15, 2008 under ER08-569. The revision clarifies that "failure to pay the required amount of additional Financial Security within three days shall be an event of default."
• 08.07.2008 Docket No. ER08-1246-000 (PDF)
  On August 7, 2008, the Commission issued a Letter order accepting PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.'s notice of cancellation for an interconnection service agreement (ISA) among PJM Interconnection, L.L.C., Tenaska Virginia II Partners, L.P and Virginia Electric and Power Company etc under ER08-1246.
• 08.07.2008 Docket No. ER08-1223-000 (PDF)
  On August 7, 2008, the Commission issued a Letter order accepting PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.'s July 3, 2008 filing of a notice of cancellation for a wholesale market participation agreement with WM Renewable Energy, and Virginia Electric and Power Company under ER08-1223.
• 08.07.2008 Docket No. ER08-1220-000 (PDF)
  On August 7, 2008, the Commission issued a Letter order accepting PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.'s July 3, 2008 filing of a fully executed Network Integration Transmission Service Agreement with Illinois Municipal Electric Agency etc under ER08-1220.
• 08.07.2008 Docket No. EL07-56-004; EL07-58-004 (PDF)
  On August 7, 2008, the Commission issued a Letter order accepting PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.'s July 7, 2008 filing an errata to the Implementation of External Market Monitoring Services, effective 8/1/08 under EL07-56 et al. These revisions change the effective date of applicable tariff sheets to reflect the August 1, 2008 implementation of external market monitoring services provided to PJM by Monitoring Analytics, LLC.
• 08.06.2008 Docket No. ER99-3151-008 (PDF)
  On August 6, 2008, in Docket No. ER99-3151-008, et al., in the PJM member companies' market based rates proceedings, the Commission issued an order finding that the PJM simultaneous transmission import limit study (PJM SIL Study) filed on April 30, 2008 and the PJM-East SIL Study filed on July 14, 2008 at the request of PJM Member Companies meet the Commission's requirements for an SIL Study as required in Appendix E of the Commission's April 14, 2004 Order and Order No. 697.
• 08.06.2008 Docket No. ER08-1362-000 (PDF)
  On August 6, 2008 PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. submitted for filing with FERC a Notice of Cancellation for an Interconnection Service Agreement (ISA) between PJM and Liberty Electric Power, LLC, that has been superseded by a conforming ISA among PJM, Liberty Electric Power, LLC, and PECO Energy.
• 08.05.2008 Docket No. EL08-8-001 (PDF)
  On August 5, 2008, in Docket No. EL08-8-001, the Commission issued an Order Approving Uncontested Settlement regarding the matter of the joint Mirant parties, PJM, and the other settling parties resolving all issues concerning Mirant's allegation that the Market Seller Offer Cap for the Third Incremental Auction that takes place annually, as part of PJM's Reliability Pricing Model, was unjust and unreasonable.
• 08.04.2008 Docket No. ER07-1050-002 (PDF)
  On 8/4/08, FERC accepted PJM's 6/30/08 compliance filing in Docket No. ER07-1050, which concerns charges and credits for exports of capacity from the PJM Region and other minor changes to RPM. The compliance filing consisted of clarifying changes PJM had suggested earlier in the proceeding, which FERC ordered PJM formally to adopt when FERC otherwise accepted the export charge/credit filing in its 5/30/08 order in the proceeding.
• 08.01.2008 Docket No. ER08-1088-000 (PDF)
  On August 1, 2008, in Docket No. ER08-1088-000, the Commission issued an order accepting for filing a revised Interconnection Service Agreement and a revised Construction Service Agreement among PJM Interconnection, L.L.C., Nedpower Mount Storm, L.L.C., and Monongahela Power Company d/b/a Allegheny Power, effective July 5, 2005, as requested.
• 08.01.2008 Docket No. EC08-103-000 (PDF)
  FERC issued an Order Authorizing Disposition of Jurisdictional Facilities on August 1, 2008, approving Pepco, Sempra Energy and Royal Bank of Scotland's application to transfer Pepco's RPM Capacity obligations to Sempra Energy or Royal Bank of Scotland.

• 07.30.2008 Docket No. EL08-34-001 (PDF)
  On July 30, 2008, the Commission, in Docket No. EL08-34-001, issued an Errata Order to the Order issued on July 17, 2008, to also include Docket No. EL08-47-001. In that order, the Commission accepted revised Tariff sheets to remove the interface and construction exemptions provided for in Subsections 6.4.1(d) and 6.5 of PJM's Open Access Transmission Tariff and Schedule 1 to the PJM Operating Agreement.
• 07.30.2008 Docket Nos. ER05-6-044, -054, -055; EL04-135-046, -056, -157; EL02-111-064, -074, -075; EL03-212-060, -070, -071 (PDF)
  On July 30, 2008, the Commission issued, in Docket Nos. ER05-6-044, et al., a Notice of Extension of Time granting a 180 day extension, until January 28, 2009, to PJM and the Midwest ISO to file a proposal to allocate the cost of cross-border facilities that are built for economic purposes. PJM and the Midwest ISO indicated that they need the extra time so they can continue to work with their stakeholders in order to reach a consensus on the issue.
• 07.30.2008 Docket No. EL08-47-00 (PDF)
  On July 30, 2008, the Commission issued an Errata to the July 25, 2008 Delegated Letter Order granting an extension of time for all interested parties to file briefs and responsive pleadings on the results of PJM's stakeholder process examining the three pivotal supplier test. The Delegated Letter Order should have also included Docket No. EL08-34-000, and therefore is added to the Letter Order.
• 07.29.2008 Docket Nos. ER06-456-013; ER06-954-009; ER06-1271-008; ER07-424-004; EL07-57-000, -002; ER06-880-000, -003, -010 (Consolidated) (PDF)
  On July 29, 2008, in Docket Nos. ER06-456 et al., the Commission issued an order conditionally accepting the Settlement which resolves all issues set for hearing in the consolidated proceedings regarding cost responsibility assignments for below 500 kV RTEP upgrades except for certain matters regarding assignment of cost responsibility to merchant transmission facilities.
• 07.28.2008 Docket No. ER08-1044-000 and ER08-1052-000 (PDF)
  On July 28, 2008, the Commission issued a Letter Order, in Docket No. ER08-1044-000, et al., accepting the Non-conforming Transmission Agreements for firm point-to-point transmission service under the PJM Tariff, as executed between PJM and: (i) Orion Power Midwest, L.P.; and (ii) FirstEnergy Solutions Corp subject to revision. The Commission directed PJM to submit a compliance filing within 30 days of the date of this order to correct an erroneous effective date that was listed on the Agreements. The agreements are effective July 29, 2008 as requested.
• 07.25.2008 Docket No. ER08-1016-000 (PDF)
  On July 25, 2008, the Commission issued in Docket No. ER08-1016-000 an Order Accepting Tariff Revisions and Directing Further Compliance Filing, wherein the Commission accepted PJM's proposal to revise the current Financial Transmission Rights ("FTRs") Auction process to incorporate procedures for a long-term FTR auction and permit the purchase and/or sale of FTRs having terms running three consecutive planning periods following the period in which the auction occurs. The Commission directed PJM to submit an additional compliance filing within 30 days in order to resolve a discrepancy specifying the actual timing of the auctions and correcting the Operating Agreement and Tariff language to the extent necessary. The Order also requires that PJM make an informational filing within 90 days of the date of the order to provide an explanation and examples of how PJM's current FTR credit requirement "factors in the credit risk associated with FTRs with terms longer than one twelve-month planning period." The revisions are effective July 28, 2008.
• 07.25.2008 Docket Nos. EL08-47-000 and EL08-34-000 (PDF)
  On July 25, 2008, Docket Nos. EL08-47-000 and EL08-34-000, the Commission issued an Order granting the June 27, 2008 Joint Movant's Motion for Extension of Time and Request for Opportunity to Provide Responsive Pleadings. The Joint Movants have been granted an extension of time to file their initial briefs until 30 days after PJM files the results of its stakeholder process regarding the three pivotal supplier test and the participants are to file responsive pleadings within 30 days of the filing of the initial briefs
• 07.25.2008 Docket No. EL08-34-001 (PDF)
  On July 30, 2008, the Commission, in Docket No. EL08-34-001, issued an Errata Order to the Order issued on July 17, 2008, to also include Docket No. EL08-47-001. In that order, the Commission accepted revised Tariff sheets to remove the interface and construction exemptions provided for in Subsections 6.4.1(d) and 6.5 of PJM's Open Access Transmission Tariff and Schedule 1 to the PJM Operating Agreement.

FERC Filings

August

• 08.21.2008 Docket No. ER08-1235-000 (PDF)
  On August 21, 2008, in Docket No. ER08-1235-000, PJM filed a letter which concerns Duquesne Light's integration into the Midwest ISO, clarifying that PJM and Duquesne Light have not discussed any balancing authority role that PJM might play if the "reversion" option is triggered under the Midwest ISO's Ancillary Services Market program.
• 08.20.2008 Docket No. RM05-5-00x (PDF)
  On August 20, 2008, the California Independent System Operator Corporation, Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc., Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, New York Independent System Operator, Inc., PJM Interconnection, L.L.C., and Southwest Power Pool filed the Joint Request for Clarification and Alternative Request for Rehearing at the Commission in Docket No. RM05-5-000.
• 08.19.2008 Docket No. EL08-36-00x (PDF)
  On August 19, 2008, in Docket No. EL08-36-00x, PJM filed a Motion requesting an extension of time to file proposed changes to the PJM Tariff provisions regarding Capacity Interconnection Rights in compliance with the Commission's April 10, 2008 order approving the Dominion Settlement in the captioned docket.
• 08.18.2008 Docket Nos. EL05-121-000, -005 (PDF)
  On August 18, 2008, PJM and Exelon Corporation filed a Request for Clarification of the Commission's Order issued on July 17, 2008 Denying Rehearing in Docket No. EL05-121. Specifically, PJM and Exelon request that the Commission clarify that the dicta in footnote 22 of the Order was not intended to change the Commission's determination that, based on their functionality as determined by PJM, the only transformers with a 500 kV and above high-side voltage and a below 500 kV low-side voltage that are classified as regional facilities are those that are integral to the 500 kV and above project.
• 08.18.2008 Docket No. EL08-58-000 (PDF)
  On August 18, 2008, PJM filed an answer in Docket No. EL08-58-000 to the request of Pepco Energy Services for clarification of FERC's 7/2/08 Order on PES's complaint in that docket, which concerns peak-period performance charges for infrequently run units under RPM. PES asked FERC to clarify that its 7/208 Order still required PJM stakeholders to consider, and FERC's final order in the case to address, retroactive changes to the PJM tariff for the 2007-2008 Delivery Year. In its Answer, PJM opposed the requested clarification, as inconsistent with FERC's decision to send the matter to an existing PJM stakeholder process that was only considering prospective changes, and as barred by the filed rate doctrine.
• 08.18.2008 Docket No. ER08-1016-00x (PDF)
  On August 18, 2008, in Docket No. ER08-1016-00x, PJM filed Tariff and Operating Agreement revisions in compliance with the Commission's July 25, 2008 Order directing PJM to submit a compliance filing within thirty (30) days of that order to clarify the timing of the auctions and to provide revised Operating Agreement and Tariff sheets if necessary.
• 08.18.2008 Docket Nos. ER05-1410-00x; EL05-148-00x (PDF)
  On August 18, 2008, in Docket Nos. ER05-1410-00x and EL05-148-00x, PJM filed revisions to its Tariff to comply with the Commission's July 18, 2008 Order requiring the Capacity Market Seller to provide additional information in the sworn, notarized statement that it must provide to PJM with its request to apply the Section 6.7(c) retirement Avoidable Cost Rate and directing PJM to publish the number of Generation Capacity Resources and the number of megawatts per Locational Deliverability Area that use the retirement default rates
• 08.13.2008 Docket No OA08-32-000 (PDF)
  On August 13, 2008, in Docket No. OA08-32-000, PJM filed its second compliance filing and revisions to Schedule 6 of the PJM Operating Agreement to comply with the Commission's May 15, 2008 order and rehearing.
• 08.13.2008 Docket No. ER08-xxx-000 (PDF)
  On August 13, 2008, PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. submitted to the Commission, revisions to the PJM Operating Agreement. Specifically, PJM adds a new Section 18.17.6 to the Operating Agreement entitled "Disclosure of EMS Data to Transmission Owners". PJM requests an effective date of October 12, 2008 for the revisions.
• 08.11.2008 Docket No. ER08-824-000 (PDF)
  On August 11, 2008, PJM filed proposed revisions, in Docket No. ER08-824-000, to its Tariff and the Operating Agreement in compliance with the FERC's Order dated June 12, 2008. These proposed revisions are applicable to the implementation of its required system enhancements and provide a new effective date of September 1, 2008 concerning the rules for the treatment of deviations from cleared day ahead load reductions in the real time market.
• 08.08.2008 Docket No. ER08-1170-000 (PDF)
  On August 8, 2008, PJM filed a Motion for Leave to Respond and Response to the Answer of H-P Energy Resources, LLC in Docket No. ER08-1170-000, requesting that the Commission reject the actions called for in the Answer of H-P Energy Resources and approve the proposed revisions to Schedule 1 of the OA and the parallel provisions of the Appendix to Attachment K of the OATT to establish the AP South Scarcity Pricing Region that PJM filed on June 27, 2008.
• 08.08.2008 Docket No. ER08-1378-000 (PDF)
  On August 8, 2008, in Docket No. ER08-1378-000, the PJM Transmission Owners filed clarifying revisions to section 217.3 of the PJM tariff concerning cost responsibility for acceleration of RTEP projects.
• 08.07.2008 Docket No. ER08-1369-000(PDF)
  On August 7, 2008, PJM and the Midwest ISO jointly submitted proposed revisions to their Joint Operating Agreement, which reflect emergency energy provisions of the "template" agreements signed with other BAs that are interconnected with the Midwest ISO.
• 08.01.2008 Docket No. ER08-1345-000 (PDF)
  On August 1, 2008, PJM filed an agreement between PJM and MISO concerning the use of capacity committed to serve the needs of loads in the Duquesne transmission zone under PJM's Reliability Pricing Model, to meet the reliability obligations of entities serving load in that zone following the transfer of the Duquesne transmission assets from the control of PJM to the control of MISO.

July

• 07.31.2008 Docket No. ER08-1339-000 (PDF)
  On July 31, 2008, PJM filed service agreements with all current LSEs in the Duquesne Light zone memorializing the payment arrangements for capacity previously committed to serve the needs of Duquesne-Zone loads under RPM following the zone's transfer to the Midwest ISO. PJM proposed that each such agreement become effective on the effective date of Duquesne's transfer to the Midwest ISO, currently scheduled for October 1, 2008.
• 07.31.2008 Docket No. ER08-1235-000 (PDF)
  On July 24, 2008, in Docket No. ER08-1235-000, PJM filed a limited protest which concerns the Midwest ISO and Duquesne Light's joint filing to integrate Duquesne's transmission facilities in the Midwest ISO. PJM stated that it does not protest Duquesne's change of RTOs, but protests the filing for the limited purpose of ensuring that FERC resolves all outstanding matters concerning Duquesne's withdrawal from PJM before it gives final approval to Duquesne's integration into the Midwest ISO.
• 07.30.2008 Docket Nos. ER08-376-000 and ER08-520-000 (PDF)
  On July 30, 2008, in accordance with the Commission's directive, PJM filed in Docket Nos. ER08-376-000 and ER08-520-000, an informational status report which details the progress of its review of the PJM Credit Policy and provides an analysis of the instances in which PJM has been required to remove bids from an FTR auction.
• 07.30.2008 Docket No. EL08-78-000 (PDF)
  On July 30, 2008, PJM filed a Motion to Intervene, under Docket No. EL08-78-000, in which the ComEd submitted for filing a Petition for Declaratory Order for Incentive Rate Treatment. The ComEd is seeking authorization for incentive rate treatment for twenty-two new transmission projects that have been approved, or are expected to be approved later this year, that will help ensure reliability on the PJM transmission system.
• 07.29.2008 Docket No. EC08-103-000 (PDF)
  On July 29, 2008, PJM filed a Notice of Withdrawal of Comments in Docket No. EC08-103-000, because Pepco has satisfied PJM's concerns with regard to the transfer of its RPM capacity and obligations that were the subject matter of Pepco's original filing with the Commission.
• 07.28.2008 Docket No. ER08-1144-000 (PDF)
  On July 28, 2008, PJM filed an answer to (i) the protest of Rockland Electric Company; (ii) the protest of AMP-Ohio; (iii) the comments of the J.P. Morgan Entities; and (iv) the protest of Duke Energy Corporation, each filed on July 11, 2008, in Docket No. ER08-1144-000, regarding PJM's NERC Reliability Standard violation penalty cost allocation proposal filed on June 20, 2008.