[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 203 (Monday, October 21, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62360-62361]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-24515]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. ER13-2108-000]


PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.; Notice of Technical Conference

    Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) staff will hold a 
technical conference on November 13, 2013 from 9:00 a.m. to 
approximately 1:00 p.m., to consider issues related to PJM 
Interconnection, L.L.C.'s (PJM) proposed demand response plan 
enhancements, as announced in the October 1, 2013 order in this 
docket.\1\ The conference will be held in Hearing Room 2 at the Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 
20426.
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    \1\ On October 1, 2013 the Commission issued an Order 
Conditionally Accepting and Suspending Proposed Tariff Changes and 
Instituting a Technical Conference in Docket No. ER13-2108-000.
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    At the technical conference, the Commission Staff and the parties 
to the proceeding can discuss all of the issues raised by PJM's filing. 
In particular, parties should be prepared to discuss the following:
    1. According to PJM, RPM markets are physical markets, and any 
resource bid into an RPM auction should intend to physically provide 
any offered capacity that clears in the relevant delivery year. Can PJM 
distinguish between companies purchasing capacity resources in the 
incremental auctions to make up shortfalls due to difficulties meeting 
their obligation and companies that arbitrage between the base residual 
and incremental auctions? How will the informational requirements for 
DR resources under this proposal help guarantee that DR resources are 
using the Incremental Auctions as intended?
    2. Do generating resources face comparable informational 
requirements? If there are differences, what are the reasons for those 
differences? Do the existing information requirements for generators 
reduce the rate with which these resources buy out their obligations in 
the Incremental Auctions?
    3. PJM states that its proposed changes will allow it to make a 
``more reasoned assessment'' of a DR Provider's reliance on expected 
commitments. How will PJM determine whether submitted milestones are 
reasonable? How much discretion will PJM staff exercise in accepting 
Sell Offer Plans?
    4. What is the impact on reliability of the observed increase in 
purchases of replacement capacity through the Incremental Auctions as 
compared to the Base Residual Auction? What are the effects on price 
for end-use customers? What evidence is there that DR obligated to 
perform by the start of a Delivery Year, or replacement capacity 
purchased through the Incremental Auctions, is less capable of meeting 
performance obligations than generation or DR that cleared through the 
Base Residual Auction? Are there indications that the DR that cleared 
in the Base Residual Auction in zones with high DR penetration is less 
likely to show up, or perform in the delivery year, than in other 
zones? Are there other reliability issues that stem from high DR 
penetration in these zones?
    5. Do the recent series of Incremental Auctions with lower clearing 
prices than the Base Residual Auction result directly from RPM's market 
rules or some other factor?
    Following the conference, the Commission will consider post-
technical conference comments submitted by November 27, 2013. Answers 
to post-technical conference comments are due by close of business on 
December 4, 2013.
    Commission conferences are accessible under section 508 of the 
Rehabilitation Act of 1973. For accessibility accommodations, please 
send an email to [email protected] or call toll free 1-866-208-
3372 (voice) or 202-502-8659 (TTY), or send a FAX to 202-208-2106 with 
the required accommodations.
    All interested persons are permitted to attend. For more 
information about the technical conference, please contact:

Tristan Cohen (Technical Information), Office of Energy Market 
Regulation, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., 
Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-6598, [email protected].
Sarah McKinley (Logistical Information), Office of External Affairs, 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, 
DC 20426, (202) 502-8004, [email protected].


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    Dated: October 11, 2013.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-24515 Filed 10-18-13; 8:45 am]
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