July

• Holiday – No Meetings Scheduled on this Date -7.04.08
• No Meetings Scheduled on this Date – 07.03.08
• No Meetings Scheduled on this Date – 07.02.08
• No Meetings Scheduled on this Date – 07.01.08

June

• Cost Development Task Force – 06.30.08 – Topics: Administration, CO2 Emission Allowance, Cost Development Treatment for Units Under Long-Term Contracts, Opportunity Cost Guidelines, Future CDTF Topics, Future Meetings
• Three Pivotal Supplier Task Force – 06.27.08 – Topics: Administration, Implementation of Market Power Mitigation in the Regulation Marker, Review of Emergency Procedures Related to Scarcity Pricing, Scarcity Pricing in the Energy Markets, Future Meetings
• Members Committee – 06.26.08 – Topics: Administration, Consent Agenda, Credit Risk Management Steering Committee (CRMSC) Report, To Cost Responsibility for Accelerating Local and Network Upgrades in the RTEP, EMS Read-Only Access in Transmission Owner Control Rooms, Additional Scarcity Pricing Region, Market Monitoring Report, Governance Working Group (GWG) Report, Members Committee (MC) Annual Plan Update, Management Reports, State Activities, Markets and Reliability Committee (MRC) Report, Future Agenda Items, Future Meetings
• Regional Planning Process Working Group – 06.25.08 – Topics: FERC Order 890, Capacity Injection Rights, Escalating Deposit Requirements, Recommendation to Add a Gap Between Queues, Facility Study Process, Milestone Changes, Proportional Use of Queue Projects to Reduce Overloads, Future Meetings
• Market Settlements Working Group – 06.25.08 – Topics: Replacement Project, Day-Ahead Scheduling Reserve Overview, Administrative Items
• Liaison Committee – 06.25.08 – Topics: Credit and Risk Management Review, PJM Role in Environmental Issues, Demand Response, PJM Strategy Update, Board Top Issues, Annual Meeting Feedback, Liaison Committee Review, Scarcity Pricing Prioritization, RTEP Stakeholder Feedback
• Spread Bidding Task Force – 06.24.08 – Topics: Discussing Proposals to Address Issues with Spread Bidding
• Dispatcher Training Task Force Meeting – 06.23.08- Topics: Review Minutes from the May 20, 2008 meeting, Report from SOS Liaison, eDART Updates, PJM Operations Training, PJM Manuals, NERC and PJM Certification
• Market Data Working Group – 06.23.08 – Topics: Administration, Discussion of Implementation Assessment and Final Recommendations to the MIC, Next Steps / Future Meetings
• Marginal Losses Working Group - 06.20.08 - Topics: Administration, MRC directions to MLWG, High-Level Principles in Developing a Loss Hedging Right Product, Renew the Existing Proposals Against the Set of High-Level Principles, Task List for Loss Hedging Right Development, Estimating Production Cost Savings and Loss Surplus Analysis, Action Item Review, Proposed Future Meeting Dates
• Nuclear Generation Owners/Operators Users Group - 06.19.08
• Reliability Pricing Model Working Group - 06.19.08 - Topics: Energy Efficiency Business Rules, ILR Allocation, Locational UCAP Product, Peak Hour Period Availability Charge.
• Markets and Reliability Committee - 06.18.08 - Topics: Administration, Netting Balancing Operating Reserve Deviations by Hubs, Synchronized Reserve Market Enhancements, Additional Scarcity Pricing Region, Demand Side Response (DRSC), CBL Manual Revisions, Reliability Planning Process Working Group (RPPWG), Marginal Losses Working Group (MLWG), Three Pivotal Supplier Task Force (TPSTF), Follow Up From Long Term Contracting Forum, Market Implementation Committee (MIC) Report, Operating Committee (OC) Report, Planning Committee (PC) Report, Future Agenda Items, Future Meetings
• System Operations Subcommittee - 06.18.08
• System Information Subcommittee - 06.18.08
• Sub Regional RTEP Committee / Western - 06.17.08
• Black Start Services Working Group - 06.17.08 - Topics: Administration, Discuss NERC CIP Options, Discuss July 23 MIC Presentation, Action Item Review, Future Agenda Items, Future Meetings
• Operating Committee - 06.17.08
• MISO-PJM Cross Border Economic Planning Meeting - 06.16.08 - Topics: Internal RTO Economic Processes, MISO-PJM Straw Proposal, Review Stakeholder Processes, Stakeholder Discussions, Next Steps.
• Demand Response Steering Committee - 06.13.08
• Credit Risk Management Steering Committee - 06.12.08 - Topics: Participation Requirements, Accelerated Settlements, Unsecured Credit, Credit Requirements for Cash and Forward Markets, Termination and Liquidation, Clearinghouse, Netting / Offsetting (as known as universal counterparty).
• Joint PC/TEAC Conference Call - 06.12.08 - Topics: Administrative, Minutes, NERC/RRO Update, Review of Changes to PJM Manual M2: Transmission Service Requests, Review of Changes to PJM Manual 14B: PJM Regional Planning Process, Review of Changes to PJM Manual 19: Load Forecasting and Analysis, Review of Changes to PJM Manual 14A: PJM Generation and Transmission Interconnection Process, Future Meeting Dates, Conclusion of PC Meeting
• Market Implementation Committee – 06.11.08 – Topics: Administration, RPM Working Group Proposals, New Scarcity Pricing Region, Transmission Service for External Resources Offering in RPM, Credit Risk Management Steering Committee Update, Incremental Transmission Rights for RTEPP Upgrades, External Interface Pricing, Loop Flow Update, Transaction Scheduling Issues, Day-Ahead Scheduling Reserve Market Implementation, AEP Dominion Transfer Interface, Market Data Working Group, Market Manual Review, Administrative Services for PJM Interconnection Agreement Manual (M-33), Report on Market Operations, Working Group Update, Future Agenda Items, Future Meetings
• System Operation Subcommittee – 06.10.08 - Cancelled
• Governance Working Group - 06.10.08 - Topics: Administration, Members Committee Annual Plan Development Process, Agency Definition, Parking Lot, Future Agenda Items, Proposed Future Meetings
• Regional Planning Process Working Group – 06.09.08 – Topics: Review and Discuss Economic Planning Compliance Filing, FERC Order NO> 890, Finalize Brainstorming List for Future RPPWG Consideration, Schedule for Future Meetings

Brattle issues report on RPM, recommends changes

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Committee proposes changes to credit requirements

Boston and Bowring provide review of PJM's wholesale market to FERC

First big heat wave in the PJM region

FERC receives briefing on rising electricity costs

NERC

- Per the May 2008 NERC News, NERC projected electricity will be reliable over the coming summer months in their annual 2008 Summer Reliability Assessment.

- In response to questions about its Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) standards implementation plan, NERC published a document providing guidance to the industry on when penalties and sanctions can apply. The implementation plan specifies two levels of compliance - "compliant" and "auditably compliant" and the clarification provided confirms that requirements become enforceable at the "compliant" stage which is as early as July 1, 2008, for 13 requirements per Table 1 of the implementation plan.

- Compliance audits of the CIP standards will not begin until July 1, 2009, but self-certification of compliance may apply based on the requirement and the implementation timeframe.

- Regarding the approval of reliability standards, the key to gaining FERC approval of a standard is meeting specific criteria, especially FERC's "15 points of justification." In FERC Order 672, the Commission identified the criteria it will use to analyze standards that NERC proposes for approval. The criteria ensure the proposed standard is just, reasonable, not unduly discriminatory or preferential, and in the public interest. As such, when a filing is developed, it uses the record of the standard's development to justify that each criteria is met. The 15 points of criteria follow:

• Proposed standards must be designed to achieve a specified reliability goal;
• Proposed standards must contain a technically sound method to achieve the goal;
• Proposed standards must be applicable to users, owners, and operators of the bulk power system, and not others;
• Proposed standards must be clear and unambiguous as to what is required and who is required to comply;
• Proposed standards must include clear and understandable consequences and a range of penalties (monetary and/or non-monetary) for a violation;
• Proposed standards must identify clear and objective criterion or measure for compliance, so that it can be enforced in a consistent and non-preferential manner;
• Proposed standards should achieve a reliability goal effectively and efficiently - but does not necessarily have to reflect "best practices" without regard to implementation cost;
• Proposed standards cannot be "lowest common denominator," i.e. cannot reflect a compromise that does not adequately protect bulk power system reliability;
• Proposed standards may consider costs to implement for smaller entities but not at consequence of less than excellence in operating system reliability;
• Proposed standards must be designed to apply throughout North America to the maximum extent achievable with a single standard while not favoring one area or approach;
• Proposed standards should cause no undue negative effect on competition or restriction of the grid;
• The implementation time for the proposed standards must be reasonable;
• The standard development process must be open and fair;
• Proposed standards must balance with other vital public interests; and
• Proposed standards must consider any other relevant factors.

- NERC is currently working on more than 35 standards development projects.

- NERC Training: NERC has developed online courses that are available to trainees 24/7. Once course that is available is Fundamentals of Auditing for NERC Compliance Audit Team Members. On April 30, 2008, NERC released an advanced online module for both audit team leaders and audit team members called Gathering Quality Evidence. This module goes into detail about what constitutes sufficient, adequate, and appropriate evidence during a compliance audit. There are several real-life examples and a case study in the module.

- NERC has also been developing e-learning modules for the NERC Readiness Evaluation volunteers. Upcoming training will include modules on Advanced Skills for Compliance Auditors and Advanced Skills for Readiness Evaluators.

Upcoming NERC Meetings/ Conference Calls

For the complete NERC Meeting schedule, see: http://www.nerc.net/meetings/

Additional information on NERC standards and News and updates can be found at:
Reliability Standards Under Development
NERC Standards Development Bulleting
NERC News

RFC

- Please be advised that the 2008 Compliance Monitoring Schedule self-certification and survey due date for the CIP Standards has been revised to accommodate NERC's monitoring schedule for these standards. The due date for both the self-certification and the survey has been changed to July 15 as discussed earlier in this report section.

- NERC issued its very first set of notices of penalty for confirmed violations of reliability standards. In general, the violations were reflective of a growing culture of compliance across the industry because by far, the majority of the violations stemmed from companies self-reporting infractions.

- The Reliability Committee (RC) will have a meeting on August 14, at the Baltimore Marriott, Washington International Airport Hotel in Baltimore, MD. RFC will be sending out a meeting notice soon.

- The Operations Subcommittee (OS) will hold a conference call on Thursday, July 10 from 2:00-3:30 ET.

- Regarding Standards/Guidance on CIP Standards: RFC recommends that each Registered Entity review the "Guidance for Enforcement of CIP Standards" letter and the Implementation Plan for Cyber Security Standards as soon as possible, so that registered entities can determine how this issue will affect your organization.

- Revised Schedule: ReliabilityFirst's 2008 Compliance Monitoring Schedule self-certification and survey due date for the CIP standards has been revised to accommodate NERC's monitoring schedule for these standards. The due date for the self-certification and survey has been changed to July 15. Submittals of the self-certification questionnaire for the CIP standards will be done via the new compliance reporting system (RFC Portal) which is now available.

- PRC-002-RFC-01, Disturbance Monitoring Equipment: Please be aware that the SDT for this standard has responded to all comments received during the previous numerous 30-day comment periods. The ninth draft of the PRC-002-RFC-01 is currently posted for the required 15-day period prior to Category Ballot which began June 11, 2008. Once the 15-day pre-ballot posting is completed, the 15-day Category Ballot is expected to begin June 26, 2008. Per the RFC Standards Development Procedure, entities may join the ballot pool for this standard.

SERC

Meetings
- See the SERC meeting calendar here.

NAESB

Per the NAESB Bulleting for June-August 2008

- NAESB standards will enable the Commission to make use of a tariff database which will also provide functionality for the public to view and research tariffs, and also provides companies the flexibility to design to purchase software for making tariff filings the best fits their business needs.

- Demand Side Management - Energy Efficiency: For the wholesale electric market, more than 40 distinct programs administered by ISOs and RTOs have been identified with program characteristics defined in a matrix. The entries in the matrix will provide the foundation for preparing standards. The draft standards should be available for subcommittee consideration in the 3rd Quarter 2008.

- Order No. 890 and OATT Reform: NAESB WEQ Subcommittees are working diligently to meet FERC deadlines. NAESB was to file Available Transfer Capability (ATC) related standards no later than August 7, 2008, but the FERC has granted an extension of the deadline to November 27, 2008. To date, work is complete on ATC/TTC narratives, load forecast and actual load. ATC information link, data exchange for ATC modeling, transmission reliability margins, ATC and AFC calculation methodologies, standards to complement NERC supplemental SAR: Revisions to Existing Standards MOD001-MOD009, FAC12-113, and postbacks and counterflows for the ATC related items.

June

• 06.25.2008 Docket No.: OA08-114-000 (PDF)
  On June 25, 2008, the Commission issued an order rejecting PJM's April 30, 2008 Notification Filing submitted under section 19.8 of the PJM OATT and Order No. 890. The Commission rejected PJM's Notification Filing because it agreed with PJM's assessment that it was not required to make a notification filing.
• 06.23.2008 Docket No. ER08-918-000 (PDF)
  On June 23, 2008, in Docket No. ER08-918-000, the Commission approved the revisions filed by PJM to the scheduling, procedures and operation of the PJM Interchange Energy Market at Section 2.3 of Attachment K-Appendix of the PJM Open Access Transmission Tariff and Section 2.3 of Schedule 1 of the Operating Agreement to clarify that PJM may include relevant information from the administration of joint operating agreements within neighboring systems in its calculation of Locational Marginal Prices. Actual implementation of this market-to-market coordination enhancement will take place coincident with MISO on or about September 9, 2008.
• 06.20.2008 Docket No. EL04-57-003 (PDF)
  On June 20, 2008, the Commission issued an order denying rehearing of an order on remand from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (D.C. Circuit) that affirmed the denial of a complaint filed by FPL Energy Marcus Hook, L.P. ("FPL") against PJM. The Commission found that FPL is not entitled to a credit for the costs of its Mickleton-Monroe upgrade.
• 06.19.2008 Docket No. EL08-34-001 (PDF)
  On June 19, 2008, in Docket No. EL08-34-001 and EL08-47-001, the Commission issued a Notice of Filing regarding PJM's June 16, 2008 filing submitting a revised Schedule 1 to its PJM Operating Agreement in compliance with the Commission's May 16, 2008 Order.
• 06.12.2008 Docket No. EL08-67-000 (PDF)
  On June 12, 2008, in Docket No. EL08-67-000, the Commission issued a Notice of Extension of Time to PJM extending the deadline to and including July 11, 2008 for filing an answer, protests, or comments in response to the Maryland Public Service Commission's (collectively RPM Buyers) Complaint against PJM.
• 06.12.2008 Docket No. ER08-824-000 (PDF)
  On June 12, 2008, the Commission issued an order in Docket No. ER08-824-000, accepting PJM's proposed revisions to the economic demand response program to provide measurement and verification rules, subject to the condition that PJM file revised tariff sheets to implement the system enhancements 14 days in advance of the proposed implementation date.
• 06.11.2008 Docket No. ER08-919-000 (PDF)
  On June 11, 2008, in Docket No. ER08-919-000, the Commission issued a Letter Order accepting for filing, effective as of May 30, 2008, PJM's proposed revisions to the Reliability Pricing Model in Attachment DD of the PJM Open-Access Transmission Tariff changing the date by which PJM must issue invoices for Peak-Hour Period availability charges and credits for the Delivery Year.
• 06.10.2008 Docket No. ER08-873-000 (PDF)
  On June 10, 2008, in Docket No. ER08-873-000, the Commission issued a Letter Order accepting PJM's April 25, 2008, filing of three executed interconnection service agreements (ISAs) between PJM, Indiana Michigan Power Company (Indiana Michigan), and the three separate owners of the Fowler Ridge Wind Farm: Fowler Ridge Wind Farm LLC (Fowler Ridge), Fowler Ridge II Wind Farm LLC (Fowler Ridge II), and Fowler Ridge III Wind Farm LLC (Fowler Ridge III). Each ISA is for a separate discrete portion of the Fowler Ridge Wind Farm facility and facilitates the interconnection of the wind generating facility to the PJM transmission system.
• 06.10.2008 Docket No. ER08-873-000 (PDF)
  On June 10, 2008, in Docket No. ER08-873-000, the Commission issued a Letter Order accepting for filing three executed Interconnection Service Agreements among PJM, Michigan Power Company, and each of the three separate owners of the Fowler Ridge Wind Farm: Fowler Ridge Wind Farm, LLC, Fowler Ridge II Wind Farm LLC, and Fowler Ridge III Wind Farm LLC, effective March 25, 2008, as requested. The Letter Order also accepted for filing two executed Construction Service Agreements, one among PJM, the owners of the Fowler Ridge Wind Farm, and Michigan Power Company, and the other among PJM, the owners of the Fowler Ridge Wind Farm, and Ohio Power Company, effective April 22, 2008, as requested.
• 06.09.2008 Docket No. ER08-915-0000 (PDF)
  On June 9, 2008, in Docket No. ER08-915-000, the Commission issued a Letter Order accepting the Interim Interconnection Service Agreement 1896 under the FERC Electric Tariff, Sixth Revised Volume 1, effective April 4, 2008, between PJM, Hawks Nest Hydro, L.L.C., and Appalachian Power Company.
• 06.09.2008 Docket No. ER08-915-000 (PDF)
  On June 9, 2008, in Docket No. ER08-915-000, the Commission issued a Letter Order accepting for filing an executed Interim Interconnection Service Agreement among PJM, Hawks Nest Hydro, L.L.C., and Appalachian Power Company, effective April 4, 2008, as requested
• 06.03.2008 Docket No. EL08-36-001 (PDF)
  On June 3, 2008, in Docket No. EL08-36-001, the Commission issued a Notice of Filing regarding the May 30, 2008 revisions filed by PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. to its Open Access Transmission Tariff to comply with the Commission's April 10, 2008, order in the matter of Dominion Resources Services, Inc. v. PJM Interconnection, L.L.C., 123 FERC 61,025 (April 10, 2008) (Order Approving Contested Settlement) collateral due to the reduction of an Unsecured Credit Allowance; and (4) removal of certain ambiguous language regarding PJM's retention of collateral.
• 06.03.2008 Docket No. ER06-456-006 (PDF)
  On June 4, 2008, in Docket No.ER06-456-006, et al., the Commission issued an Order Directing Transcript Corrections filed by various parties in the matter of PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. regarding allocation of costs of RTEP approved projects.
• 06.02.2008 Docket No. EL08-67-000 (PDF)
  On June 2, 2008, in Docket No. EL08-67-000, the Commission issued a Notice of Complaint in the matter of Maryland Public Service Commission, et al., (collectively, the RPM Buyers) against PJM Interconnection L.L.C. (PJM) alleging PJM's implementation of the Reliability Pricing Model during the transition period is unjust and unreasonable because it has produced excessive capacity prices, has failed to prevent suppliers from exercising market power, and has not produced benefits commensurate with its costs.
• 06.02.2008 Docket No. ER08-802-000 (PDF)
  On June 2, 2008, in Docket No. ER08-802-000, the Commission issued a Letter Order accepting PJM's April 7, 2008, executed Interconnection Service Agreement (ISA) and Construction Service Agreement (CSA) among PJM, Cogentrix Virginia Leasing Company (Cogentrix) and Virginia Electric and Power Company (VEPCO). The ISA and CSA facilitates the interconnection and construction of a 115 MW generating facility to the PJM transmission system.

• 05.30.2008 Docket Nos. EL07-56-001, -002, EL07-58-001, -002 (PDF)
  On May 30, 2008, the Commission issued a letter order granting PJM's motion to extend the implementation date for the provision of external market monitoring services, and the effective date of related revisions to the PJM Open Access Transmission Tariff (Tariff) and the Amended and Restated Operating Agreement (Operating Agreement). PJM is directed to file revised Tariff and Operating Agreement sheets 30 days prior to when external market monitoring services are to be provided consistent with the Market Monitoring Services Agreement.
• 05.30.2008 Docket Nos. ER08-780-000, ER08-780-001 (PDF)
  On May 30, 2008, the Commission issued, in Docket No. ER08-780-000, et al., an Order Conditionally Accepting Proposed Tariff Revisions for the PJM Tariff and Operating Agreement to establish a market-based mechanism, known as the Day-ahead Scheduled Reserves ("DASR") Market to procure supplemental operating reserves for the PJM region. The Commission directed PJM to submit a compliance filing within 30 days of the issuance of the order to (i) correct the Fifth Revised Sheet No. 360 of the Tariff because the clean version of the sheet does not match the redlined version of the same sheet; (ii) explain in its filing whether it plans to use the term "supplemental operating reserves" and the new term "scheduling operating reserves" interchangeably; and (iii) whether any changes are required to Schedule 6 of the Tariff (and elsewhere in the Tariff and the Operating Agreement) to reflect the new terminology.
• 05.30.2008 Docket Nos. ER07-1050-000, -001 (PDF)
  Docket Nos. ER07-1050-000 and ER07-1050-001
  The Commission orders:
  (A) PJM's compliance filing is hereby accepted, subject to the requirement that PJM make an additional compliance filing within 30 days of the date of this order and include, therein, its proposed tariff clarifications, as discussed in the body of this order.
  (B) PJM's proposed capacity export charge is accepted, effective June 1, 2008, subject to the requirement that PJM make an additional compliance filing within 30 days of the date of this order and include, therein, its proposed tariff clarifications, as discussed in the body of this order.
• 05.30.2008 Docket No. ER08-820-000 (PDF)
  On May 30, 2008, in Docket No. ER08-820-000, the Commission issued a letter order accepting for filing, effective April 15, 2008 as requested, PJM's revisions to the procedures governing Transmission Planned Outage schedules in the Open Access Transmission Tariff Attachment K-Appendix, Section 1.9.2(c) and in the Transmission Owners Agreement, Section 4.8, Rate Schedule FERC No. 42

FERC Filings

June

• 06.23.2008 Docket No. ER08-824-000 (PDF)
  On June 23, 2008, in Docket No. ER08-824-xxx, PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. (""PJM") submitted a compliance filing pursuant to the Commission's Order dated June 12, 2008 accepting PJM's proposed revisions to the economic demand response program to provide measurement and verification rules, subject to the condition that PJM file revised tariff sheets to implement the system enhancements 14 days in advance of the proposed implementation date, which will be effective July 7, 2008.
• 06.20.2008 Docket No. ER08-xxx-000 (PDF)
  On June 20, 2008, PJM filed revisions to the PJM Operating Agreement pursuant to Section 205 of the Federal Power Act adding a new Schedule 11 entitled "Allocation of Costs Associated with NERC Penalty Assessments. " PJM requests an effective date of September 19, 2008.
• 06.19.2008 Docket No. ER08-1039-000 (PDF)
  On June 19, 2008, in Docket No. ER08-1039-000, PJM filed a Motion to Intervene in which DPL Energy, LLC filed with the Commission for approval of its rate schedule and supporting cost data for the cost-based revenue requirement for providing Reactive Power for the natural gas-fired peaking units located in the American Electric Power and Dayton Power Light service territories.
• 06.18.2008 DOCKET NO. ER08-1010-000 (PDF)
  On June 18, 2008, PJM filed a Motion to Intervene Out of Time, in Docket No. ER08-1010-000, in which the ComEd submitted a revised Attachment H-13 (Network Integration Transmission Service for the ComEd Zone) of the PJM Tariff. The ComEd requested, among other things, to incorporate the City of Geneva, Illinois' existing wholesale distribution charges and distribution losses, which are currently set forth in Section 7.5 of the NITSA and Paragraph 1 of Schedule F of the ISA, into Attachment H-13 of the PJM Tariff.
• 06.16.2008 Docket No. ER06-456-000 (PDF)
  On June 16, 2008, in Docket Nos. ER06-456-000, et al., PJM filed its Initial Brief in the RTEP cost allocation hearing proceeding addressing RTEP cost responsibility assignments to merchant transmission facilities.
• 06.16.2008 Docket No. ER06-1474-00x (PDF)
  On June 16, 2008 in compliance with the FERC's April 17, 2008 order in Docket No. ER06-1474, PJM submitted a compliance filing to further clarify its economic planning process and amend Schedule 6 of the Operating Agreement to (i) calculate load payments net of change in the value of transmission rights in the formula: (ii) include more specificity regarding the method used to determine the discount rate and recovery period, (iii) to add language regarding performing sensitivity analyses; and (iv) provide more specificity with regard to cost estimates for economic-based acceleration projects. PJM requested an effective date of June 17, 2008 for the revised Operating Agreement sheets.
• 06.16.2008 Docket No. OA08-9-xxx (PDF)
  On June 16, 2008, in Docket No. OA08-9-xxx, PJM submitted that attached compliance filing to comply with the Commission's May 15, 2008 Order.
• 06.16.2008 Docket No. EL08-34-000 (PDF)
  On June 16, 2008, in Docket No. EL08-34-000, PJM submitted a compliance filing pursuant to the Commission's order dated May 16, 2008, removing the interface exemption and the generation construction exemption from Section 6 of Schedule 1 to the PJM Operating Agreement as well as the parallel provisions in the PJM Tariff, Attachment K-Appendix, effective May 17, 2008. PJM also removed the obsolete reference to the deleted sections in Subsection 6.4.1(a) in both documents.
• 06.12.2008 Docket No. RM08-7-000 (PDF)
  On June 12, 2008, the ISO/RTO Council ("IRC") submitted joint comments on the FERC's Notice of Proposed Rulemaking issued on April 21, 2008, and the Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rule Making issued on May 16, 2008, on Modification of Interchange and Transmission Loading Relief Reliability Standards; and Electric Reliability Organization Interpretation of Specific Requirements of Four Reliability Standards, Docket No. RM08-7-000.
• 06.09.2008 Docket Nos. ER08-884-000 and ER08-913-000 (PDF)
  On June 9, 2008, PJM, the Midwest ISO, and SPP (collectively the "RTOs") submitted a Motion for Leave to Answer and Answer to Basin Electric Power Cooperative's ("Basin Electric") Protest, which was submitted on May 23, 2008. The Basin Protest responded to the Midwest ISO and PJM's joint filing in Docket No. ER08-884-000 and the Midwest ISO and SPP's joint filing in Docket No. ER08-913-000, which proposed to revise Sections 4.1 and 4.4 of the Congestion Management Process of their Joint Operating
• 06.05.2008 Docket No. EL08-67-000 (PDF)
  On June 5, 2008, in Docket No. EL08-67-000, PJM filed a motion for an extension of time to answer the Complaint, which asks FERC to find the transitional RPM auction prices unjust and unreasonable and replace them with lower prices. PJM requested an extension until July 11, 2008, which is 8 business days after the expected release of a previously commissioned independent consultant's report on the RPM auctions
• 06.03.2008 Docket No. ER08-xxx-000w (PDF)
  On June 3, 2008, PJM filed, in Docket No. ER08-xxx-000, with the Commission amendments to Schedule 12-Appendix of the PJM Tariff to include cost responsibility assignments for four baseline upgrades that will operate at or above 500 kV, which are included in the most recent update to the Regional Transmission Expansion Plan approved by the PJM Board of Managers.
• 06.03.2008 Docket No. ER08-xxx-000 (PDF)
  On June 3, 2008, PJM and the Midwest ISO jointly filed, in Docket No. ER08-xxx-000, proposed revisions to Attachment 3, Interregional Coordination Process, of their Joint Operating Agreement.
• 06.02.2008 Docket No. ER99-3151-008 et al (PDF)
  On May 30, 2008, in Docket Nos. ER99-3151-008, ER97-837-007, ER03-327-002, ER08-447-000, ER08-448-000, ER98-1466-005, ER00-814-006, ER00-2924-006, ER02-1638-005, ER00-1712-008, ER02-2408-003, ER00-744-006, ER02-1327-005, ER00-1703-003, ER02-1749-003, ER02-1747-003, ER99-4503-005, ER00-2186-003, ER01-1559-004, ER96-1361-013, ER99-2781-011, ER98-4138-009, ER00-1770-019, ER02-453-010, ER98-3096-015, ER07-903-002, ER05-1054-003, ER01-202-008, ER04-472-007, ER01-468-008, ER00-3621-009, ER00-3746-009, ER04-318-004, ER05-36-005, ER05-37-005, ER05-34-005, ER05-35-005, ER04-249-005, ER99-1695-010, ER02-23-011, ER97-30-006, ER96-2869-013, ER97-3561-005, ER00-1737-011, ER99-2948-012, ER00-2918-011, ER00-2917-011, ER97-2261-022, ER01-556-010, ER01-1654-013, ER02-2567-011, ER02-699-005, ER04-485-008, ER07-247-003, ER07-245-003, ER07-244-003, ER00-3251-015, ER99-754-016, ER98-1734-014, ER01-1919-011, ER01-1147-006, ER01-513-021, ER01-513-021, ER01-513-021, ER01-513-021, ER99-2404-011, ER01-1403-006, ER06-1443-002, ER04-366-005, ER01-2968-007, ER01-845-006, ER05-1122-004, ER08-107-001, PJM filed its Simultaneous Import Limit ("SIL") transmission capability study for the PJM-East submarket. This filing supplements PJM's SIL study filed on April 30, 2008 with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) which included all of the PJM RTO footprint except the PJM-East submarket. PJM requested Critical Energy Infrastructure Information ("CEII") status for certain portions of this filing. Attached is the public version of the filing.
• 06.02.2008 Docket No. ER08-951-000 (PDF)
  On June 2, 2008, PJM filed a Motion to Intervene, in Docket No. ER08-951-000, in which PSEG Energy Resources & Trade, LLC filed with the Commission for approval of its rate schedule and supporting cost data for the cost-based revenue requirement for providing Reactive Power. The filing is for all of its generating facilities that are owned by PSEG Power LLC's affiliates within the PJM region.

May

• 05.30.2008 Docket No. EL08-xxx-000 (PDF)
  On May 30, 2008, in Docket No. EL08-xxx-000the RPM Buyers filed with the Commission, a Complaint against PJM asking the Commission to hold that PJM's Reliability Pricing Model as implemented through the "transitional" Base Residual Auctions has produced unjust and unreasonable capacity prices and to order refunds (effective as of May 30, 2008) of all RPM collections for the transition period that exceed the just and reasonable rate.
• 05.30.2008 Docket No. RM07-19-000 (PDF)
  On May 30, 2008, in the matter of the proposed rulemaking on Wholesale Competition in Regions with Organized Electric Markets presently before the Commission in Docket No. RM07-19-000 and AD07-7-000, PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. submitted Supplemental Comments limited to the issue of defining the proper role of the market monitoring function.
• 05.30.2008 Docket No. EL08-55-000 (PDF)
  On May 30, 2008, PJM submitted in Docket No. EL08-55-000, an answer to a protest and comments filed in this proceeding regarding PJM's April 15, 2008 filing of a petition for declaratory order, in which PJM requested clarification as to (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 cost responsibilities of customers in the interconnection queue. PJM files this limited answer to clarify certain issues raised by intervenors.
• 05.30.2008 Docket Nos. ER08-837-000, -001 (PDF)
  On May 30, 2008, in Docket Nos. ER08-837-000 and 001, PJM submitted for filing an amendment to withdraw two tariff sheets inadvertently filed in its April 16 and May 6 filings in the same docket.
• 05.30.2008 Docket No. EL08-36-000 (PDF)
  On May 30, 2008, in Docket No. EL08-36-000, PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.("PJM") filed revisions to PJM's Open Access Transmission Tariff ("PJM Tariff") to comply with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's ("Commission" or "FERC") Order Approving Contested Settlement, issued on April 10, 2008 in Docket No. EL08-36-000 ("Dominion Settlement Order"). PJM submits these modifications as a second, important step in its ongoing stakeholder process, toward the implementation of "queue reform." PJM expects that these proposed changes, will result in significant time savings and an improvement in handling of new interconnection requests. PJM requests the Commission permit an effective date of August 1, 2008, for the submitted Tariff revisions.
• 05.30.2008 Docket No. ER08-xxx-000 (PDF)
  On May 30, 2008, PJM filed with the FERC a fully executed Transmission Service Agreement ("TSA") between PJM and Orion Power Midwest, L.P., for Firm Point-to-Point Transmission Service pursuant to Part II of the PJM Tariff, designated as Original Service Agreement No. 1952 under the PJM Tariff. The TSA was filed because it contains terms that do not conform to the form of service agreement for firm point-to-point transmission service in Attachment A to the PJM Tariff. Specifically, the TSA will be effective (i.e. service will start) one day before the date Duquesne Light Company exits PJM and it is conditioned on a FERC order establishing the exit date.
• 05.30.2008 Docket No. ER08-xxx-000 (PDF)
  On May 30, 2008, PJM filed with the FERC a fully executed Transmission Service Agreement ("TSA") between PJM and FirstEnergy Solutions Corp., on behalf of FirstEnergy Nuclear Generation Corp. (as ultimate owner of the Beaver Valley nuclear generating station), for Firm Point-to-Point Transmission Service pursuant to Part II of the PJM Tariff, designated as Original Service Agreement No. 1951 under the PJM Tariff. The TSA was filed because it contains terms that do not conform to the form of service agreement for firm point-to-point transmission service in Attachment A to the PJM Tariff. Specifically, the TSA will be effective (i.e. service will start) one day before the date Duquesne Light Company exits PJM and it is conditioned on a FERC order establishing the exit date.
• 05.28.2008 Docket No. ER08-858-000 (PDF)
  On May 28, 2008, in Docket No. ER08-858-000, PJM filed an answer to Public Service Electric and Gas Company's Motion to Reject and the NJBPU's request for a settlement conference concerning PJM's filing of (i) two executed agreements for long-term point-to-point transmission service between PJM and Consolidated Edison Company of New York, (ii) a new Schedule C to the NYISO/PJM JOA, which contains an operating protocol to provide the service under the point-to-point agreements, and (iii) an agreement to amend the NYISO/PJM JOA.
• 05.28.2008 Docket No. RM05-5-005 (PDF)
  On May 28, 2008, PJM filed comments to the business practice standards proposed to be adopted in the Standards for Business Practices and Communication Protocols for Public Utility NOPR, Docket No. RM05-5-005.
• 05.28.2008 Docket No. ER08-xxx-000 (PDF)
  On May 28, 2008 in Docket No. ER08-___-000, PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. ("PJM") submitted revisions to the PJM Open Access Transmission Tariff ("Tariff") and the Amended and Restated Operating Agreement of PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. ("Operating Agreement"). The proposed revisions modify the Financial Transmission Rights ("FTR") auction rules in the PJM Interchange Energy Market ("PJM Market") by establishing a long-term FTR auction process ("LTFTR Auction"). This LTFTR Auction will enable Market Participants to purchase and sell: 1) FTRs with terms longer than one Planning Period; and 2) single Planning Period FTRs effective for future Planning Periods that occur after the Planning Period in which the LTFTR Auction occurs. These revisions are consistent with the Commission's desire to allow for the procurement of long-term transmission rights, as well as flexibility in the design of their long-term firm transmission right process.
• 05.28.2008 Docket No. AD08-7-000 (PDF)
  On May 28, 2008, in Docket No. AD08-7-000, the ISO/RTO Council ("IRC") provided comments in response to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's ("FERC" or "Commission") Notice of Inquiry ("NOI") regarding Annual Charges Assessments for Public Utilities. The IRC respectfully requests that the Commission reevaluate its annual charge regulations and adopt a methodology that mitigates the discriminatory impacts associated with the current methodology. The IRC stands ready to work with the Commission and all stakeholders in the development of a NOPR designed to institute much needed and long overdue reforms in this area.