PJM Files Plan To Allow DR In Capacity Auction
January 21, 2015
PJM has filed a plan to allow demand response to participate in the May 2015 Base Residual Auction (BRA) in the event that the U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear an appeal of FERC Order 745’s dismissal. If the court does not take up the case, the grid operator will adjust the amounts of capacity it procures to conform to qualifying commitments by wholesale entities to reduce their wholesale loads in the capacity market. PJM said the changes would more accurately reflect the amount of capacity the operator should procure in Reliability Pricing Model (RPM) auctions, as it will reflect the actual load that wholesale customers want to be served, based on the RPM clearing price for capacity.
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