May

• Regional Planning Process Working Group – 05-30-08 – Topics: Review the Economic Planning Compliance Filing and PJM Tariff Changes, Overview of Requirements for PJM's Compliance Filing for Order No. 890 re. Recent FERC Order, Discussion of Facilities Study Process and Schedule for Completion of Facilities Studies, Review of Changes to Manual 14A/B, Review of "brainstorming list" for Future PJM Tariff changes
• Credit Risk Management Steering Committee – 05-29-08 – Topics: Accelerated Billing and Settlements, Potential eSchedules Termination for Defaulting Members, FTR Collateralization, Potential Clearinghouse Contract Services
• Reliability Pricing Model Working Group – 05-28-08 – Topics: Post Brattle Study Stakeholder Process, EFORd Risk and Penalties, Mandatory Capital Expenditure, ICTRs for RTEPP Upgrades, RPM Credit Issues, Energy Efficiency Business Rules, ILR Issues, eRPM Updates.
• Demand Response Steering Committee – 05-27-08 – Topics: Guiding Principles, Manual 11 Revisions, Compensation for Economic Demand Response, Add-Back Rules for Load Management, State Rate Design and Wholesale Demand Response, Wholesale / Retail Issues, Demand Response Roadmap, Future Agenda Items, Future Meetings.
• Black Start Services Working Group – 05-27-08 – Topics: Administration, Discuss NERC CIP Options, Action Item Review, Future Agenda Items, Future Meetings.
• Memorial Day – 05-26-08 – No meetings scheduled.
• Cost Development Task Force – 05-23-08 – Topics: Administration, CO2 Emission Allowance, Opportunity Cost Guidelines, Steam Unit Capitalized, 20 Year Accumulation of VOM, Future CDTF Topics, Future Meetings.
• Markets and Reliability Committee – 05-22-08 – Topics: Interconnection Queue Revisions
• eDART Users – 05-22-08 – Topics: Welcome & Introduction, Agenda Review, Minutes Review, New Functionality: My eDART, Adjustments to Transmission Notification and Posting, Additional Enhancements in May Release, Future Gen Checkout Changes for RPM, Question and Answer Resolution Session
• Marginal Losses Working Group – 05-22-08 – Topics: Administration, MRC Directions to MLWG, Follow-up on the Loss Hedging Rights Presentation, Brainstorming on Potential Implementation of Loss Hedging in the PJM Market, Estimating Production Cost Savings and Loss Surplus Analysis, Action Item Review, Proposed Future Meeting Dates.
• Data Management Working Group – 05-22-08 – Topics: Administration, Discussion and Roundtable Regarding Use of Network Model Telemetry Feature, BES Update, Tie-line models and Ratings, Spring and Summer EMS Build Status, Winter Build Schedule, PJM SE/SA Availability/Reliability, EMS Model Considerations for the Future, OATF Case Prep and Results, EDART Update, Direction of DMWG/Future Topics/Cut-Ins/Timelines/Roundtable, Breakout Session.
• Planning Committee/TEAC – 05-21-08 – Topics: Administrative, Minutes, NERV/RRO/NAESB Update, PJM Load Deliverability Areas, Review of R Study Assumptions for 2008 IRM Study, Solar Unit class Average in PJM Manual M21, Review of Changes to PJM Manual 19: Load Forecasting and Analysis, Corrections to 2008 PJM Load Forecast Report, Future Meeting Dates.
• Systems Information Subcommittee – 05-21-08
• Operating Committee – 05-20-08 – Topics: Administration, Committee/Subcommittee Updates, NERC/RFC Update, Review of Operations, EMS Pilot Program/Data Confidentiality, Summer 2008 Operations, Increase to PJM SCADA Limit, Load Dump Allocation Methodology, Manual Updates, Action Items, Future Meetings.
• Transmission Owners Agreement - Administrative Committee – 05-20-08 – Topics: Administrative Items, Discussion on Follow-up Actions from Issues Identified During the PJM Annual Meeting, Update on the Cross Border Economic Cost Allocation, Board Liaison Committee Update, Finance Committee Update, Work Plan Updates, Legal Issues Team Update, PJM Update, Other Business, Future Meetings.
• Dispatcher Training Task Force Meeting – 05-20-08
• eDART User Group – 05-19-08 – Topics: Welcome & Introduction, Agenda Review, Minutes Review, New Functionality: My eDART, Adjustments to Transmission Notification and Posting, Additional Enhancements in May Release, Question and Answer Resolution Session.
• MISO-PJM Cross Border Economic Planning Meeting – 05-19-08 – Background, Issues to be Addressed, Stakeholder Discussion, Next Steps
• Three Pivotal Supplier Task Force – 05-19-08 – Topics: Administration, Implementation of Market Power Mitigation in the Regulation Market, Remaining Brattle Report Recommendations
• Spread Bidding Task Force – 05-16-08 – Topics: FTR Forfeiture Rule Development, Generator Revenue Forfeiture Rule Development
• PJM Emerging Energy Resources Forum – 05-16-08 - Roll Call and Overview, Opening Remarks, Wind Integration and Forecasting at CAISO, PJM Wind Forecasting, RFI Update, Solar Capacity Determination in PJM, Metering Options in GATS, ACUA Welcome and Site Overview, Q&A with PJM SMEs, Technology Session: Thermal Storage and Demand Response, Technology Session: Battery Storage, Wrap-up, ACUA Site Visit (Landfill Gas, Wind, Solar, Recycling Center)
• Nuclear Generation Owners/Operators Users Group – 05-15-08
• System Operation Subcommittee – 05-14-08
• Markets and Reliability Committee – 05-14-08 – Topics: RPM Compliance Filing, Future Agenda Items, Future Meetings
• PJM Symposium on Demand Response II – 05-13-08 – Topics: The purpose of the PJM Symposium on Demand Response II, scheduled for May 12-13, 2008, is to develop specific action strategies and identify champions for implementation of the Demand Response Roadmap, which was developed following the first PJM Symposium to guide coordinated retail and wholesale market development of demand response. The Roadmap identifies five key areas across both wholesale and retail markets for regional demand response; the challenge is to focus these key areas as a region, identify specific actions that need to be taken, and implement these actions.
• PJM Symposium on Demand Response II – 05-12-08 – Topics: The purpose of the PJM Symposium on Demand Response II, scheduled for May 12-13, 2008, is to develop specific action strategies and identify champions for implementation of the Demand Response Roadmap, which was developed following the first PJM Symposium to guide coordinated retail and wholesale market development of demand response. The Roadmap identifies five key areas across both wholesale and retail markets for regional demand response; the challenge is to focus these key areas as a region, identify specific actions that need to be taken, and implement these actions.
• Demand Response Steering Committee – 05-09-08
• Market Implementation Committee – 05-08-08 – Topics: Administration, Operating Reserves-Netting Deviations at HUBS in Zone, Spread Bidding Task Force, RPM Cap Ex Proposal, Synchronized Reserve Markets Enhancements, New Scarcity Pricing Region, FTR Credit Requirements, Transaction Scheduling Issues, Transmission Service for External Resources Offering in RPM, Day-Ahead Scheduling Reserve Market Implementation, Market Data Working Group, AEP Dominion Transfer Interface, Report on Market Operations, Working Group Update, Future Agenda Items, Future Meetings
• Security Coordination Team – 05-08-08
• Regional Planning Process Working Group – 05-07-08 – Topics: RPPWG will be asked to endorse a proposal to modify the current method of studying projects in the queue, Review a proposal to increase the amount of monetary deposit required for the completion of Feasibility Studies, Review a proposal to change allocation of costs of Local and Network Upgrades across queues, Review a proposal to change the requirements for scoping meetings after receipt of the Interconnection Request, The RPPWG will continue to discuss a list of items for future implementation which are expected to reduce the completion time for studying queued projects.
• Credit Risk Management Steering Committee – 05-07-08
• Credit Working Group – 05-07-08

Power Grid Ready for Hot Weather Power Demand this Summer

Peak demand for electricity is forecast to grow 1.4 percent or 1,850 MW compared to 2007. That’s enough power to run a medium-sized city. The weather-adjusted peak in 2007 was 136,100 MW. (The actual recorded peak use was 139,428 MW.)

Peak electricity use in the PJM region is driven by high temperatures. PJM’s annual summer pre-seasonal assessment looks at a range of possible conditions to allow for variation in weather conditions. The forecast is based on typical peak weather conditions experienced over the past 35 years. Actual electricity demand will vary as temperatures vary from normal. PJM and its members use the forecasted demand to prepare for the summer.

PJM’s reserve margin will be 19.7 percent based on committed capacity. The required margin is 15 percent for this summer. Reserve margin provides a “cushion” of generating capacity to meet unexpected high use levels or equipment problems.

PJM’s all-time record use of electricity of 144,644 MW occurred in 2006.

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PJM Capacity Auction Results: Power Supplies Up, Prices Down

PJM’s recently completed Reliability Pricing Model (RPM) auction produced a large increase in generation and demand resources and a lower price than the last auction. The auction for the planning year, June 2011 through May 2012, was the first that included a full three-year forward-looking planning horizon.

The auction yielded a net increase in resources available to PJM of 4,238 megawatts (MW) of new generation and demand response, including more than 1,000 MW of base load capacity. It produced a uniform price across the entire PJM region of $110 per megawatt-day, a decrease of $64.29 (37 percent) per megawatt-day from the last auction.

“Forward capacity auctions are creating incentives, and the marketplace is responding with investments,” said Andrew L. Ott, PJM senior vice president - Markets. “This auction included offers from several large combined cycle plants and one large coal plant, all of which cleared to create the largest increase in new supply across the auctions held to date. This really was the first auction that provided the full three-year lead time to attract substantial new generation.

The current auction attracted 2,333 MW of entirely new generating units, including solar, wind, natural gas and coal-fired units; 1,243 MW of new capacity from upgraded existing units; and 662 MW of new demand response – equivalent to a mid-sized power plant. The total results include 176,055 MW of generation and 2,035 MW of demand response.

“Considering the combined results of all five base auctions conducted to date, we calculate that the minimum increase in capacity is more than 16,000 megawatts compared to what would have been available without RPM,” Ott said.

Capacity prices are paid by electricity providers at a wholesale level, and the price that is passed to retail consumers differs by company.

The auction results and report are available under the 2011/2012 heading at RPM Auction User Information.

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Senior Vice President of Markets Speaks on RPM at FERC

Andrew Ott, PJM's senior vice president - Markets, spoke May 7 on the Reliability Pricing Model (RPM), PJM's capacity-market system, at a technical conference held by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). The conference addressed the operation of forward capacity markets in New England and PJM.

While pointing out that it is too early to draw definite conclusions about the long-term effectiveness of the RPM approach, Ott's said that the initial results of RPM have been positive:

"RPM has encouraged new entry, has provided incentive for increased demand response participation and has reversed the trend of generation retirements that were threatening the continued safe and reliable operation of the grid."

In total, more than 11,800 megawatts of additional capacity will be available for the 2010/2011 delivery year as a result of the first four RPM auctions. Ott's comments for the FERC technical conference are available.

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Record Attendance and New Announcements at Annual Members Meeting

Amid record attendance of members—nearly 500—Terry Boston, PJM president and chief executive officer, spoke on the state of PJM at the May 2 meeting of the Members Committee at the PJM Annual Meeting at the Kingsmill Resort and Spa in Williamsburg, Va. The meeting opened with remarks from Commissioner Frederick F. Butler of the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities.

In his talk, Boston announced the promotion of Andy Ott to the post of senior vice president – Markets. Ott's major focus will be to examine market design and market operations and offer solutions to improve integration with reliability and enhance market efficiency and transparency.

Boston also spoke about the importance of integrating the grid and markets for reliability and economic benefit, the need for new capacity and bulk transmission to meet reliability responsibilities and how PJM will work with the Market Monitoring Unit to do what is best for markets in the long run.

The full text of Boston’s speech at the Annual Meeting is available.

Also at the meeting, the members re-elected three board members – Ake Almgren, John T. Coughlin and Susan J. Riley – to three-year terms on the Board of Managers.

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Group Explores Emerging Energy Resources

The PJM Emerging Energy Resources (PEER) forum held its second meeting recently at the Atlantic County Utility Authority's (ACUA) renewable energy site in Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey on May 16. Representatives from throughout the energy industry turned out to hear about a range of issues including wind integration and forecasting, thermal storage for peak load shifting and demand response, and integration of solar photovoltaic (PV) resources into PJM.

Representatives from California Independent System Operator (CAISO) discussed wind integration and forecasting. California is one of the leading states for wind generation. Attendees also learned about how the capacity factor for solar was determined in PJM based on the first solar plant bid into the recent capacity auction. Other presentations included metering options for the Generation Attribute Tracking System (GATS), video and presentations by EVAPCO on thermal ice storage systems, and a case study by Exelon of their Fairless Hills solar PV facility interconnected to the PJM system.

Following the presentations were tours of the ACUA site which includes a landfill gas plant, wind generator, solar installation and has a recycling center.

The PEER forums are hosted by PJM to meet the need of stakeholders who have expressed interest in exploring opportunities for the deployment of emerging energy resources within PJM. This second meeting is one of several PJM is hosting in 2008. PEER will be charged with investigating and advancing, as appropriate, issues specific to these resources. PEER will also serve as an information exchange between PJM and interested parties. The PEER forums are open to all PJM stakeholders. For more information on the PEER forums, please visit: PEER Forum.

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Industry Cross-section Develops Demand Response Action Plans

More than 150 state and federal regulators, consumer advocates, electric utilities, curtailment service providers, technology companies and others developed action plans to increase demand response at PJM Interconnection’s Demand Response Symposium in Baltimore, Md. on May 12-13.

Demand response is defined as reducing electricity use when demand is high instead of producing additional electricity.

The symposium participants focused on three topic areas: data management and automatic metering infrastructure (AMI), demand response customer education and training, and the coordinating of demand response with transmission planning and capacity auction processes. The topic areas were identified in the Demand Response Roadmap that resulted from PJM’s first demand response symposium last year.

“The burning platform for demand response to happen involves a change in the marketplace,” said Ohio Public Utilities Commissioner Paul Centolella in a kick-off panel discussion. “The rising cost of generation capacity and fuel, the falling cost of communications and control technology, living in a carbon constrained environment, and the parallel need for a smart grid to support a digital economy are driving factors for demand response.”

Centolella stated that understanding customer behavior will be a barrier in implementing demand response because the industry is largely comprised of engineers, lawyers and accountants not people who have studied customer behaviors.

In addition to Centolella, other presenters were Kim Pizzingrilli of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, Alan Friefeld of the Maryland Public Service Commission and Robert Lieberman of the Illinois Commerce Commission. Frank Magnotti of Comverge and Wayne Harbaugh of Baltimore Gas and Electric (BGE) also presented.

Companies such as BGE are learning about customer behaviors through pilot programs such as their Smart Energy Savers Program. That program, which was presented at the symposium, includes AMI, energy conservation and dynamic pricing.

The presentations of the two-day forum are posted to the PJM Web site and the results of the discussions will be posted in coming weeks. These results will provide the basis for the advancing demand response in the PJM region during the coming year.

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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 Fall.

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.

NERC - Per the April 2008 NERC News, NERC posted their Draft 2009 Business Plan & Budget that highlighted the growth of their organization (and a budget increase of more than 46% over their 2008 budget). Their report is available at 2009 NERC Business Plan and Budget.

- NERC’s current effort to address FERC’s directives in Order 890 related to the reliability aspect of Available Transfer Capability (ATC) was recently dealt a setback when, during the initial ballot in March, none of the standards received the supermajority approval required for a standard to pass. Based on PJM comments, many members of the ballot pool expressed concern that the standard was too prescriptive and procedural, and allowed for only one way of determining CBM. In response, the Standards Drafting Team is revising the standard to be less rigid and focus more on outcomes rather than the methods for achieving those outcomes. Please see the entire article featured in the April 2008 NERC news. PJM was pleased they could enhance these standards.

- One of the key areas identified in FERC Order 693 for further evaluation was the training of System Operators who have control over the BES. This led to the current initiative Project 2006-01, development of a System Personnel Training Standard. One of the key elements of the new Standard is the requirement for the use of a Systematic Approach to Training (SAT). Utilizing this type of an approach will ensure that there is a timely, ongoing and consistent method of training used by all Regions thus providing for increased reliability of the Bulk Electric System. The Standard Drafting Team is in the process of reviewing industry comments and evaluating any potential impacts on the Standard in its present form. It is anticipated that this Standard will be finalized in January 2009. PJM submitted nominations.

- NERC System Operator examinations will not be available between May 31, 2008, and July 7, 2008, as preparations are made for the launch of the new examinations this summer. See NERC News link for additional information.

- A SAR has been approved to revise the VSLs for the eight EOP reliability standards that failed to meet the required two-thirds majority of the weighted segment votes cast in the affirmative. The revised VSLs will be re-submitted to the industry through May 19, 2008, for approval and, once approved, will be filed with the appropriate regulatory authorities as directed by the board.

EOP-001-0 Emergency Operations Planning
EOP-002-2 Capacity and Energy Emergencies
EOP-003-1 Load Shedding Plans
EOP-004-1 Disturbance Reporting
EOP-005-1 System Restoration Plans
EOP-006-1 Reliability Coordination – System Restoration
EOP-008-0 Plans for Loss of Control Center Functionality
EOP-009-0 Documentation of Blackstart Generating Unit Test Results

- The Advisory Alert below was sent to all entities classified as Planning Authorities, Balancing Authorities, and Reliability Coordinators as an informational item. Regional Entities were also notified of this Advisory via this distribution. NERC Advisories are not the same as a reliability standard, and your organization will not be subject to penalties for a failure to address this Advisory. NERC Advisories are designed to improve reliability by disseminating critical observations from recent event analyses and are made available pursuant to Rule 810 of NERC’s Rules of Procedure for such use as your organization deems appropriate; no particular response is necessary.

Background: The February 18, 2006, Public Service Company of Colorado Detailed Disturbance Report identified that the loss of the steam generating unit on a combined cycle plant could result in loss of the associated gas turbine units. A similar problem was exhibited during the September 18, 2007, MRO disturbance, where all gas turbines in a combined cycle plant were lost following the tripping of the heat recovery steam unit.

Observation: The loss of the steam turbine in a combined cycle facility without waste heat or steam bypass capability could result in the loss of the entire facility. Not all combined cycle facilities are equipped with waste heat or steam bypass capabilities, or have transfer-trip functions associated with loss of the heat-recovery units. Similarly, when there is only a single combustion turbine operating with the heat recovery steam turbine, loss of the combustion turbine will also cause the loss of the steam turbine. All such situations are single contingencies for long-term planning, operations planning, and derivation of system operating limits.

Primary Interest Groups: Operations Engineers, Planning Engineers, Reliability Coordinator, Day-Ahead Planners, Resource Planners

Contact: Robert Cummings, Director of Event Analysis & Information Exchange
609.452.8060 bob.cummings@nerc.net

- NERC has requested comments on a data request to collect additional transmission outage data (Phase II) for the Transmission Availability Data System (TADS). The attached letter from Dave Nevius explains the proposed data request and provides instructions for providing comments to NERC. Comments are due on June 16, 2008.
Phase II Data Request Letter 04 30 (PDF)

- CIP Self-Certifications will be coming due in July based on entity registration. Please note the implementation plan for compliance with CIP-002-1 through CIP-009-1 for your entity.

- Revised Nomination Period Open
- Member Representatives Committee
- Sector 10 Members.

April 23 - May 22, 2008. Nomination form now available at:
Member Representatives Committee Member Nominees

Upcoming Workshops
- New TPL Standards-Current Status Workshop June 3, 2008 | Toronto, ON, Canada
Register online today: RegistrationUpcoming NERC Meetings/ Conference CallsFor the complete NERC Meeting schedule, see: NERC Meetings

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

ReliabilityFirst Corporation (RFC)

- The Compliance Reporting System for 2008 compliance submittals is targeted for implementation in June 2008. In coming weeks, additional communications will follow with details regarding system training for RFC registered entities. Reporting due dates, listed in the 2008 Compliance Schedule, will be adjusted as needed to account for this implementation and training.

- The RFC 2008 Compliance Monitoring Schedule – Rev. 5, dated May 9, 2008, has been posted. Please see attached
2008 Compliance Monitoring Schedule (XLS)

- The 2008 RFC compliance seminars will be held in Baltimore, MD on June 10-11, 2008, Columbus, OH on June 17-18, 2008, and Chicago, IL on June 25-26, 2008. Registration is now available. For information go to the following link Compliance Seminars.

- On May 13, 2008, Patrick Brown of the PJM NERC & Regional Coordination Department presented PJM’s Restoration Plan Coordination Checklist for industry consideration. The purpose of this checklist is to ensure coordination with a Reliability Coordinator’s neighboring entities and internal generator owners and balancing authorities by providing detailed references to any changes and enhancements to restoration plans, consistent with the requirements of NERC standard EOP-005, Requirement 4.

- The RFC Critical Infrastructure Protection Subcommittee will be conducting a workshop on the NERC Cyber Security Standards (CIP-002 – CIP-009) June 9-10, 2008 in Cleveland, Ohio. The overarching objective of this workshop is to provide examples of how Registered Entities within the RFC region are approaching compliance to these standards and a forum for the exchange of ideas on implementation of the standards. This workshop is open only to persons employed by Registered Entities of RFC, and advance workshop registration is required. For more information and to register for the workshop, see the attached announcement.

Workshop Announcement (PDF) - RFC recently met with a number of stakeholders (PJM member driven) to discuss forming a stakeholder compliance forum. The purpose of the forum would be to provide an opportunity for more regular interaction between stakeholders and RFC compliance staff as well as an opportunity for stakeholders to meet privately and compare notes on how they are dealing with ensuring they are compliant to reliability standards. Mike Gildea and Bob Hoopes are leading this effort.

- On April 18, 2008, RFC began compiling information on the entities registered as Generator Owners and Generator Operators in order to better understand the responsibilities of the registered entities for equipment and facilities which they own or operate as well as the tasks which they perform. This data will be compiled in a database. All generator owners and operators were e-mailed forms to complete. These forms are located on the RFC website at Generator Owner Verification Form and Generator Operator Verification Form.

- RFC is utilizing the off-site compliance audit process to assess compliance of registered entities subject to a six-year compliance audit schedule.

- RFC has posted the six-year Compliance Audit Schedule. Questions regarding the schedule should be made to Gary Campbell at 330-247-3062.- The new Compliance Reporting System for 2008 compliance submittals is targeted for implementation in June 2008.

- The Compliance Monitoring and Enforcement Program (CMEP) and Hearing Procedure are being revised and reviewed by the RFC Board of Directors to reflect the directives from the FERC Order regarding RFC’s Delegation Agreement.

- For matters concerning compliance registration, Don Urban of RFC has been assigned to lead the process. Don Urban can be reached at 330-247-3075.- See the RFC meeting calendar at: Meeting Advisor- See the RFC “newsroom” for recent announcements and newsletters.

SERC

Meetings
- See the SERC meeting calendar at: SERC

- Compliance Submissions – 18 Standards have submissions that will be due on July 1, 2008. Details can be found at Filing Due Dates by Standard

NAESB

NAESB News
- FERC Order 890 recommendations voted out of subcommittee

– ATC & AFC Methodology Calculations to complement NERC standards
(no additional standards required)
– Business Practices to complement NERC Supplemental SAR on MOD and FAC 012-013 standards (no additional standards)

- Executive Committee

– Approved ATC/TTC Recommendation
– Approved Load Forecast/Actual Peak Load Recommendation
– Approved ATC Information Link Recommendation
– Approved WEQ-001 changes for Rebid of Partial Service, Preconfirmation Priority, and Group 2: Metrics; Redispatch Cost Posting

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May

• 04.30.2008 Docket No. EL08-44-000 (PDF)
  On May 1, 2008, in Docket No. EL08-44-000, the Commission issued an Order holding the matter of PJM Interconnection, L.L.C., vs Accord Energy, et al. in abeyance. The Commission stated it does not have sufficient information to act on the complaint based on the pleadings alone. The Commission's Office of Enforcement instituted an investigation in January 2008 to assess whether there were any violations in this case. Pending completion of the Office of Enforcement investigation, the Commission will hold PJM's complaint in abeyance.
• 04.29.2008 ER08-92-000, ER08-92-001, ER08-92-002, ER08-92-003 (PDF)
  On April 29, 2008, the Commission issued, in Docket No. ER08-92-000, et al., an Order on Formula Rate Proposal wherein the Virginia Electric and Power Company ("VEPCO") submitted (i) tariff sheets to Attachment H-16 and Schedules 7, 8, and 12 of the PJM Tariff to substitute a formula rate for its stated rates for Network Integration Transmission Service and Point-to-Point transmission service; and (ii) a request for a 50 basis point adder to the return on equity reflected in its formula rate as an incentive for continued membership in an RTO. The Commission accepted the proposed formula rate, with certain modifications; rejected the proposed ROE and requires VEPCO to submit a compliance filing. The effective date is January 1, 2008.
• 04.28.2008 Docket No. ER07-1205-002 (PDF)
  On April 28, 2008, in Docket No. ER07-1205-002, the Commission issued an Order Granting PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.'s ("PJM") Request for Rehearing and Accepting for Filing the WM Renewable interconnection service agreement ("ISA"). FERC upheld PJM's position and determined that the project which was the subject of the hearing, is a QF that will make jurisdictional wholesale sales to the PJM market, and Order No. 2003-A states that if a QF seeks interconnection to a non-OATT 'distribution' facility to make jurisdictional wholesale sales, the Commission exercises jurisdiction over these interconnections. Hence, FERC accepted the ISA for filing.
• 04.25.2008 Docket No. ER07-562-004 (PDF)
  On April 25, 2008, in Docket No. ER07-562-004, the Commission issued the Presiding Judge's Certification of Uncontested Offer of Settlement which comprehensively resolves all issues regarding the matter of Trans-Allegheny Interstate Line Company's ("TrAILCo") planned transmission enhancements to PJM's Allegheny Power Transmission Zone ("APS Zone").
• 04.24.2008 Docket No. ER08-698-000 (PDF)
  On April 24, 2008, in Docket No. ER08-698, the Commission issued a Letter Order accepting PJM Interconnection, LLC ("PJM") an executed non conforming Interconnection Service Agreement ("ISA") between PJM, PPL Holtwood LLC and PPL Electric Utilities Corporation and Notice of Cancellation of the ISA being superseded by the instant nonconforming ISA which was filed on March 24, 2008.

FERC Filings

May

• 05.27.2008 Docket Nos. ER99-3151-008 et al. (PDF)
  On May 27, 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, ER01-845-006, ER05-1122-004, ER08-107-001, ER99-2404-011, ER01-1403-006, ER06-1443-002, ER04-366-005, ER01-2968-007, PJM formally filed (and requested CEII treatment of) additional power flow cases in raw data, which were previously provided to FERC staff during the May 15, 2008 telephonic conference. The data was provided to FERC staff at their request in order to assist in their review of the PJM simultaneous import limitation (SIL) study originally filed by PJM on April 30, 2008 in the above dockets.
• 05.22.2008 ER08-900-000 (PDF)
  On May 22, 2008, PJM submitted to the Commission a Motion to Intervene, Docket No. ER08-900-000, wherein the Potomac Edison Company d/b/a Allegheny Power filed with the Commission for approval of its rate schedule and supporting cost data for the cost-based revenue requirement for providing Reactive Support and Voltage Control from Generation Sources Services ("Reactive Power") for the Warrior Run Facility in the Allegheny Power System Zone, within the PJM region.
• 05.22.2008 Docket No. ER07-940-001 (PDF)
  On May 22, 2008, pursuant to the FERC's May 15, 2008 Order in Docket No. ER07-940-001, PJM and the Midwest ISO submit a filing to comply with directive that the RTOs indicate the North American Electric Reliability Corporation's approved termination date of the twelve-month market flow threshold field test.
• 05.20.2008 Docket Nos. ER05-1410-006; EL05-148-006 (PDF)
  On May 20, 2008 PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (the "Commission"), in Docket Nos. ER05-1410-006 and EL05-148-006, a filing to comply with the Commission's March 21, 2008 Order on Compliance Filing in those dockets. In the compliance filing PJM proposed to revise Section 6.7 of Attachment DD to the PJM Tariff to incorporate two different avoidable cost rates, one derived with a mothballing assumption, and another that allows sellers the ability to elect an alternative set of ACRs derived from the retirement assumption. Consistent with FERC's eService rules an electronic copy of the document filed today is attached.
• 05.20.2008 Docket No. ER08-824-000 (PDF)
  On May 20, 2008 PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. filed with FERC an Answer to Protests in Docket No. ER08-824-000 regarding PJM's April 14, 2008 filing in that docket, in which PJM proposed to revise the PJM Tariff and Operating Agreement to modify the economic demand response program in PJM to provide measurement and verification rules that ensure economic demand response effects a true response to price.
• 05.15.2008 Docket No. ER99-3151, et al (PDF)
  On May 15, 2008, in Docket No. ER99-3151, et al., PJM Interconnection LLC submitted PJM's AFC/ATC Calculations for the SIL Study which were presented at the Commission's May 15, 2008 Technical Conference.
• 05.13.2008 Docket No. EL08-58-000 (PDF)
  On May 13, 2008, PJM filed an Answer to the complaint of Pepco Energy Services ("PES"), in Docket No. EL08-58-000, arguing that PES has not shown that the PJM Tariff provisions on performance charges and credits for capacity resources that run infrequently during peak periods are unjust and unreasonable, and has not supported its proposed alternatives as just and reasonable. PJM noted, moreover, that the stakeholders are actively considering this issue and might agree to tariff revisions in the near future that would reasonably address the type of concerns raised by PES.
• 05.12.2008 Docket Nos. EL07-56-000, -001, -002 and EL07-58-000, -001, -002 (PDF)
  On May 12, 2008, in Docket Nos. EL07-56 and EL07-58, PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. filed a motion to extend the implementation date of external market monitoring services under the December 19, 2007 settlement agreement.
• 05.12.2008 Docket Nos. EL07-56-000, -001, -002 and EL07-58-000, -001, -002 (PDF)
  On May 12, 2008, in Docket Nos. EL07-56 and EL07-58, to comply with the Commission's March 21, 2008 order, PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. filed as separate rate schedules the Market Monitoring Services Agreement and Service Level Agreement included in the December 19, 2007 settlement agreement regarding market monitoring.
• 05.12.2008 Docket No. ER08-xxx-000 (PDF)
  On May 12, 2008 PJM filed its revisions to the Market Monitoring Services Agreement in Docket No. ER08-xxx-000. The revisions reflect the change in the definition of Commencement Date agreed to by PJM and Monitoring Analytics, LLC, the parties to the Market Monitoring Services Agreement.
• 05.09.2008 Docket Nos. ER07-1421-000; ER07-1422-00; ER08-549-000, et al.; ER08-550-000, ER08-573-000, ER08-574-000 (PDF)
  On May 10, 2008, in Docket Nos. ER07-1471-000, et al., the Virginia Electric and Power Company, dba as Dominion Virginia Power, Industrial Power Generating Company, L.L.C., and WM Renewable Energy, LLC (collectively referred to as "Parties"), jointly filed a status report regarding settlement discussions proceedings. The Parties reported, among other things, that they have reached a settlement-in-principle and are in the process of drafting and reviewing the settlement documents to be submitted to the Commission.
• 05.08.2008 Docket No. ER08-xxx-000 (PDF)
  On May 8, 2008 in Docket No. ER08-xxx-000, PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. ("PJM"), filed with the Commission, revisions to PJM's Open Access Transmission Tariff. Specifically, PJM revises Sheet No. 546 of the Tariff by adding a "Notice of Adoption of Local Transmission Loading Relief Procedures". PJM request an effective date of July 8, 2008.
• 05.07.2008 Docket Nos. AD08-4-000 et al. (PDF)
  Speaker materials of Andrew Ott, PJM Interconnection, L.L.C., at technical conference on Forward Capacity Markets in New England and PJM, held May 7, 2008 under AD08-4 et al.
• 05.06.2008 Docket No. ER08-837-xxx (PDF)
  On May 6, 2008, in Docket No. ER08- 837-xxx, PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. submitted for filing substitute tariff sheets to correct the annual cost responsibility assignments submitted in its April 16 Filing in the same docket.
• 05.06.2008 Docket Nos. ER06-456-000, et al. (PDF)
  On May 6, 2008, PJM submitted for filing, in Docket No. ER06-456-000, et al., the Affidavit of Steven R. Herling to be included as part of the Prepared Rebuttal Testimony Of Steven R. Herling filed on April 28, 2008.
• 05.06.2008 Docket No. ER08-780-000 (PDF)
  On May 6, 2008, PJM filed an Answer, in Docket No. ER08-780-000, to two protests to PJM's filing in that case, in which PJM proposed a market-based procurement mechanism for supplemental (30-minute-reserves). In its answer, PJM explained that, contrary to the Md PSC's protest, the day-ahead scheduling reserves ("DASR") market will not result in commitment of less intermediate generation. PJM also explained why non-preformance penalties are not needed for the DASR market, unlike the synchronized reserve market, which properly depends on penalties. PJM also showed that, contrary to the Md PSC's protest, the MMU was actively involved in the development of the DASR market. Finally, PJM clarified, in response to the Steel Producers' protest, that batch load demand resources are eligible to participate in the DASR market.
• 05.02.2008 Docket No. ER08-884-000 (PDF)
  On May 2, 2008, PJM and the Midwest ISO jointly submitted proposed revisions to Sections 4.1 and 4.4 of the Congestion Management Process ("CMP") of their Joint Operating Agreement ("JOA") to comply with specific directives contained in the Commission's July 24, 2007 Order (120 FERC para. 61,083). Specifically the RTOs have revised (i) Section 4.1 (Market Flow Determination) of the CMP to state that the Market Flow calculations will use all flows, in both directions, down to a 5% threshold (rather than 3%); and (ii) Section 4.4 (Firm Market Flow Calculation Rules) to state that Forward Firm Flow Limits will consider impacts in the additive direction down to 5% (rather than 3%) and reverse Firm Flow Limits will consider impacts in the counter flow direction down to 5% (rather than 3%). Further, to avoid the necessity of emergency filings to maintain compliance with their respective tariffs and preserve reliable operations of the RTOs' transmission systems in such an event, the RTOs request that the Commission approve additional language: "unless required by NERC to consider impacts below 5% to preserve reliability. Notice of any such change will be posted on the respective OASIS."
• 05.02.2008 Docket No. ER08-919-000 (PDF)
  On May 2, 2008, in Docket No. ER08-919-000, PJM filed a revision to the Reliability Pricing Model ("RPM") at Section 10(l) of Attachment DD of the PJM Open-Access Transmission Tariff, FERC Electric Tariff, Sixth Revised Volume No. 1 ("Tariff") to change the date on which final Peak-Hour Period availability charges and credits for the Delivery Year shall be billed.
• 05.02.2008 Docket No. ER08-918-000 (PDF)
  On May 2, 2008, in Docket No. ER08-918-000, PJM filed revisions 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 amend the Tariff and OA 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.
• 05.02.2008 Docket No. ER08-194-000 (PDF)
  On May 2, 2008, in Docket No. ER08-194, PJM filed an answer to motions for clarification filed by Constellation, et al. re PJM's plans to potentially bifurcate transmission service relied upon by generators in the Duquesne Zone.
• 05.01.2008 Docket Nos. ER08-376-000, ER08-520-000 (PDF)
  On May 1, 2008, in Docket Nos. ER08-376-000 and ER08-520-000, PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. ("PJM") filed a Status Report on PJM's credit policy, in accordance with the Commission's Order issued March 25, 2008. PJM provides this report on its progress reviewing its credit policy for informational purposes only.
• 05.01.2008 Docket No. ER08-569-000 (PDF)
  On May 1, 2008, PJM filed with the Commission a response to a deficiency letter issued on April 10, 2008 by the Commission regarding proposed revisions to Attachment Q of the Tariff filed by PJM on February 15, 2008 in FERC Docket No. ER08-569-000. The revisions to PJM's Credit Policy are proposed to effectively reduce qualified net sellers. Financial Security obligations by allowing Unsecured Credit in recognition of the potential value of consistent net positive sales positions in the PJM Interchange Energy Market.

April

• 04.30.2008 Definitions (CSV) Excel (MON) Fgates (MON) Docket No. ER99-3151, et al. (PDF)
  On April 30, 2008, in Docket Nos. ER99-3151-008 et al., PJM filed a Motion to Intervene Out of Time and Submission of the PJM Simultaneous Import Limitation Study with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("Commission"). The SIL study was filed at the request of the PJM RTO Filers to assist them with their respective compliance filings stemming from the Commission's April 4, 2008 letter Order.
• 04.30.2008 Docket No. OA08-xxx-000 (PDF)
  On April 30, 2008, PJM submitted in Docket No. OA08-XXX-000 to the FERC a Notification Filing pursuant to Order No. 890 and Section 19.8 of the PJM Tariff.
• 04.30.2008 Docket No. ER06-456-000, et al. (PDF)
  On April 30, 2008, in Docket No. ER06-456 et al., PJM submitted a pre-trial brief regarding issues related to the assignment of cost responsibility for Regional Transmission Expansion Plan upgrades to merchant transmission facilities.
• 04.28.2008 Docket No. ER06-456-000 et al (PDF)
  On April 28, 2008, PJM filed the Prepared Rebuttal Testimony of Steven R. Herling on Behalf of PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. in Docket No. ER06-456 et al. regarding issues relating to cost responsibility assignments to merchant transmission facilities for RTEP upgrades.
• 04.28.2008 Docket No. ER06-456-000, et al., ER06-945-000, et al., ER06-1271-000, et al., ER07-424-000, et al, EL07-57-000 (PDF)
  On April 28, 2008, PJM submitted to the Commission, in Docket Nos. ER06-456-000, et al., the Summary of [the] Prepared Rebuttal Testimony of Steven R. Herling. Mr. Herling responded, among other things, to assigning cost responsibility to merchant transmission facilities for RTEP upgrades. These issues and proposal(s) were raised by intervenors and Staff witnesses in their direct, cross-answering, and rebuttal testimonies