PJM has opened its compliance hotline to all PJM members and stakeholders, Board of Managers’ Chairman Ake Almgren announced at the March 26 Markets & Reliability Committee meeting. Employees, vendors, contractors and other non-employees, including specifically PJM members and stakeholders, are encouraged to use the PJM Compliance Line to report any concerns … [Read more...] about PJM Opens Compliance Hotline to Members and Stakeholders
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Tools to Track PJM Operations in Real Time
PJM noted March 23 that it has observed later morning peaks and a lower demand for electricity due to the recent coronavirus outbreak. To help you track PJM grid operations in real time, PJM offers a number of tools. PJM Now Track electricity use, power grid conditions and wholesale power prices in real time throughout PJM with the simple and easy-to-use PJM Now app for Android … [Read more...] about Tools to Track PJM Operations in Real Time
COVID-19 Lightens Electricity Load, but Reliability Remains Strong
While the coronavirus outbreak has made a moderate impact on the demand for power throughout the region served by PJM Interconnection, the electrical grid continues to operate reliably for 65 million people in 13 states and Washington, D.C. PJM continues to work with utility partners across the region daily, coordinating generation and transmission needs as social distancing … [Read more...] about COVID-19 Lightens Electricity Load, but Reliability Remains Strong
Stakeholder Input Informs PJM’s Capacity Market Compliance Filing
PJM submitted its compliance filing (PDF) March 18 in response to a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) order to expand PJM’s Minimum Offer Pricing Rule (MOPR) used in the PJM capacity auctions. The FERC order issued in December significantly expanded the application of the MOPR used in PJM’s capacity market, which had previously only applied to new … [Read more...] about Stakeholder Input Informs PJM’s Capacity Market Compliance Filing
PJM Releases 2019 Annual Planning Report
The PJM Board of Managers in 2019 approved 80 baseline transmission projects to bolster system reliability, according to PJM’s annual Regional Transmission Expansion Plan Report, released Tuesday, March 3. The RTEP report documents the critical planning work that is one of PJM’s three core functions, along with daily operations and running the wholesale … [Read more...] about PJM Releases 2019 Annual Planning Report