PJM Manual 12:

Balancing Operations
Revision: 26
Effective Date: 10/01/2012

Prepared by Adam Keech

Dispatch

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PJM Manual 12:

Balancing Operations
Table of Contents
Table of Contents ........................................................................................................... ii
Table of Exhibits............................................................................................................. v
Approval ......................................................................................................................... 1
Current Revision ............................................................................................................ 1
Introduction .................................................................................................................... 3
ABOUT PJM MANUALS..................................................................................................................... 3
ABOUT THIS MANUAL ....................................................................................................................... 3
Intended Audiences .................................................................................................................. 3
References ............................................................................................................................... 4
USING THIS MANUAL ....................................................................................................................... 4
What You Will Find In This Manual ............................................................................................ 4

Section 1: Overview........................................................................................................ 5
1.1 SCOPE AND PURPOSE OF DISPATCHING ....................................................................................... 5
1.2 PJM RESPONSIBILITIES .............................................................................................................. 7
1.2.1 PJM Communications....................................................................................................... 8
1.3 PJM MEMBER RESPONSIBILITIES ................................................................................................ 8
1.3.1 Market Buyers .................................................................................................................. 8
1.3.2 Market Sellers .................................................................................................................. 8
1.3.3 Load Serving Entities........................................................................................................ 9

Section 2: Dispatching Tools ....................................................................................... 10

2.1 CONTROL CENTER TOOLS ........................................................................................................ 10
2.1.1 EMS Applications ........................................................................................................... 10
2.1.2 PC Applications .............................................................................................................. 11
2.1.3 Ancillary Tools ................................................................................................................ 12

Section 3: System Control............................................................................................ 13

3.1 ADJUSTING PJM BALANCING AREA-SCHEDULED RESOURCES ...................................................... 13
3.1.1 PJM Area Control Error .................................................................................................. 13
3.1.2 PJM Control Implementation........................................................................................... 17
3.1.3 PJM Member Control Implementation ............................................................................. 20
3.2 TIME ERROR ........................................................................................................................... 22
3.2.1 Time Error Correction Notification ................................................................................... 22
3.3 EXTERNAL TRANSACTIONS SCHEDULING .................................................................................... 23
3.3.1 Overview of External Transaction Scheduling ................................................................. 23
3.4 EXTERNAL TRANSACTION SCHEDULING BUSINESS RULES ............................................................ 24
3.4.1 PJM Contact Information ................................................................................................ 24
3.4.2 External Transaction Timing Requirements..................................................................... 24
3.4.3 General Information ........................................................................................................ 26
3.4.4 Data Requirements ........................................................................................................ 26
3.4.5 Ramp Limits ................................................................................................................... 26
3.4.6 OASIS Business Rules ................................................................................................... 27
3.4.7 Entering Ramp Reservations .......................................................................................... 30
3.4.8 Entering Schedules ........................................................................................................ 31
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3.4.9 Entering Real-Time with Price Schedules ....................................................................... 31

3.4.10 Entering Two-Settlement Schedules ............................................................................. 32
3.4.11 Transaction Validations, Verification and Checkout ....................................................... 32
3.5 INADVERTENT INTERCHANGE .................................................................................................... 34
3.5.1 Correcting for Accumulation of Inadvertent Interchange .................................................. 34
3.5.2 Measurements and Compliance ..................................................................................... 35

Section 4: Providing Ancillary Services ....................................................................... 36

4.1 RESERVES .............................................................................................................................. 36
4.1.1 Monitoring Reserves....................................................................................................... 36
4.1.2 Loading Reserves .......................................................................................................... 37
4.2 SHARED RESERVES ................................................................................................................. 39
4.2.1 Payback ......................................................................................................................... 40
4.2.2 Restoring Reserves ........................................................................................................ 40
4.3 VACAR RESERVE SHARING ..................................................................................................... 41
4.4 REGULATION ........................................................................................................................... 41
4.4.1 PJM RTO Regulation Market Obligations ........................................................................ 42
4.4.2 Regulation Signals ......................................................................................................... 44
4.4.3 Determining Regulation Assignment ............................................................................... 45
4.4.4 Dispatching Regulation ................................................................................................... 46
4.5 QUALIFYING REGULATING RESOURCES ...................................................................................... 49
4.5.1 Regulation Test .............................................................................................................. 49
4.5.2 Certifying Regulating Resource ...................................................................................... 50
4.5.3 Certifying Multiple Combustion Turbines or Hydro Units at a Single Site ......................... 51
4.5.4 Increasing Regulation Capability on a Resource ............................................................. 51
4.5.5 Continued Verification of Regulation Resources ............................................................. 52
4.6 BLACK START SERVICE ............................................................................................................ 56
4.6.1 Additional PJM Requirements......................................................................................... 56
4.6.2 Restoration Assumptions ................................................................................................ 57
4.6.3 Jurisdiction ..................................................................................................................... 57
4.6.4 Definitions ...................................................................................................................... 57
4.6.5 Objectives of Determining Black Start Criticality .............................................................. 58
4.6.6 Assumptions................................................................................................................... 58
4.6.7 Minimum Critical Unit Requirements ............................................................................... 58
4.6.8 Critical Unit Restrictions for Eligible Compensation under the PJM Black Start Service ... 58
4.6.9 Exceptions ..................................................................................................................... 59
4.6.10 Product Description ...................................................................................................... 59
4.6.11 Generator Owners Commitment .................................................................................. 60
4.6.12 Performance Standards ................................................................................................ 60
4.6.13 PJM Obligations ........................................................................................................... 61
4.6.14 Testing ......................................................................................................................... 61
4.6.15 Testing and Training Standards and Records ............................................................... 62
4.6.16 Non-performance ......................................................................................................... 63
4.6.17 Termination of Black Start Service ................................................................................ 64

Section 5: Transmission Facility Control ..................................................................... 66

5.1 CORRECTIVE CONTROL STRATEGIES ......................................................................................... 66
5.2 REACTIVE LIMITATION CONTROL ............................................................................................... 68
5.3 VOLTAGE CONTROL ................................................................................................................. 69
5.3.1 Action in a Low-Voltage Situation ................................................................................... 70
5.3.2 500 kV System Voltage Below 500 kV ............................................................................ 70
5.3.3 Action in a High-Voltage Situation................................................................................... 71
5.4 THERMAL OVERLOADED TRANSMISSION ..................................................................................... 71
5.4.1 Transaction Curtailment.................................................................................................. 72
5.4.2 Generation Redispatch ................................................................................................... 72
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5.4.3 Operating Mode Change Procedure ............................................................................... 72

5.4.4 Generation Redispatch (Non-Market Facilities) ............................................................... 73

Attachment A: PJM Instantaneous Reserve Check (IRC) ............................................ 74

IRC - DEFINITIONS OF TERMS / CALCULATIONS ................................................................................ 74

Attachment B: Transmission Constraint Control Guidelines ...................................... 77

B.1 NON-COST MEASURES ............................................................................................................ 77
B.2 GENERATION REDISPATCH ....................................................................................................... 77
B.3 ANALYZING AND CONTROLLING NON-MARKET BES FACILITIES ...................................................... 78
B.3.1 Outage Approval Process for BES facilities: ................................................................... 79
B.3.2 Outage Approval Process for non-market BES Facilities:................................................ 79
B.3.3 Resolving Modeling Differences: .................................................................................... 79
B.3.4 Real-time Controlling Actions: ........................................................................................ 80
B.3.5 Real-time Controlling Actions: ........................................................................................ 80
B.3.6 Maintaining System Reliability: ....................................................................................... 81

Attachment C: PJM Black Start Test Report Form ....................................................... 83

Attachment D: Disturbance Control Performance/Standard ........................................ 84
Attachment E: PJM REPORTING OF NERC BAL Standard .......................................... 86
PJM Manual 12 Revision History .................................................................................. 97

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Table of Exhibits
EXHIBIT 1: DISPATCHING T IMELINE ....................................................................................... 6
EXHIBIT 2: CALCULATION OF PJM ACE .............................................................................. 14
EXHIBIT 3: PJM REGULATION SIGNALS ............................................................................... 18
EXHIBIT 4: CALCULATION OF DISPATCH PRICE AND MW SIGNALS .......................................... 19
EXHIBIT 5: RESOURCE DISPATCHING .................................................................................. 20
EXHIBIT 6: PJM MEMBER INTERFACE ................................................................................. 21
EXHIBIT 7: EXAMPLE RAMP CALCULATION ........................................................................... 27
EXHIBIT 8: ON-PEAK TRANSMISSION SERVICE OVER 16 HOUR PERIOD EXAMPLE .................... 28
EXHIBIT 9: ON-PEAK TRANSMISSION SERVICE OVER 18 HOUR PERIOD EXAMPLE .................... 29
EXHIBIT 10: OFF-PEAK MONDAY-FRIDAY TRANSMISSION SERVICE EXAMPLE .......................... 29
EXHIBIT 11: OFF-PEAK SATURDAY-SUNDAY TRANSMISSION SERVICE EXAMPLE ...................... 30
EXHIBIT 12: LIMIT RELATIONSHIP FOR REGULATION ............................................................. 43
EXHIBIT 13: AREA REGULATION ASSIGNMENT...................................................................... 47
EXHIBIT 14: REGULATION TEST PATTERN ........................................................................... 50
EXHIBIT 15: CORRECTIVE CONTROL STRATEGIES ................................................................ 67
EXHIBIT 16: POWER SYSTEM LIMITS ................................................................................... 68
EXHIBIT 17: PJM INSTANTANEOUS RESERVE CHECK TERMS & RELATIONSHIPS ...................... 74
EXHIBIT 18: DEFINITIONS OF PJM INSTANTANEOUS RESERVE CHECK TERMS ......................... 75
EXHIBIT 19: SAMPLE PJM INSTANTANEOUS RESERVE CHECK FORM ...................................... 76

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Approval and Current Revision

Approval
Approval Date: 08/23/2012
Effective Date: 10/01/2012
Adam Keech, Manager Dispatch

Current Revision
Revision 26 (effective 9/19/2012):

Section 2.1.2 PC Applications added detail about Performance Score

Calculation Engine (PSCE).

Section 3.1.2 PJM Control Implementation added detail about Regulation A

and Regulation D signal.

Section 3.1.3 PJM Member Control Implementation added detail about

Regulation A and Regulation D signal.

Section 4.4.2 Regulation Signals added detail regulation controls signals sent
by PJM, including Regulation D, and signals sent by PJM members.

Section 4.5.1 Regulation Qualification Test removed square wave and Rate of
Compliance for Regulation A testing and added detail for Regulation D testing as
well as new PJM Actions and PJM Member Actions.

Section 4.5.2 Certifying Regulating Resource added language clarifying self

testing as well as new PJM Actions and PJM Member Actions.

Section 4.5.3 Certifying Multiple Combustion Turbines or Hydro Units at a

Single Site added language methodology to group resources for regulation.

Section 4.5.4 Increasing Regulation Capability on a Resource added language

clarifying the use of self testing as well as new PJM Actions and PJM Member
Actions.

Section 4.5.6 Performance Score Calculation this is a new section that

replaces the rate of compliance calculation with the performance score
calculation method that uses accuracy, delay and precision to evaluate a
resources response to the PJM regulation control signal as well as new PJM
Actions and PJM Member Actions.

Section 4.5.7 Performance Groups this is a new section that describes the data
transfer needed for resources that would like to be evaluated together or that will
follow other than proportional dispatch as well as new PJM Actions and PJM
Member Actions.

Revision 26 (effective 10/1/2012):

4.1.2 Loading Reserves add clarification about priority of following regulation

during a synchronized reserve event.

Section 4.4.1 PJM RTO Regulation Market Obligations added detail about
Regulation Requirement and Regulation Offer price.

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Section 4.4.3 Determining Regulation Assignments changed regulation

requirement from 1% to 0.78% and 0.70% variable percentage based on
effective MWs.

Section 4.4.4 Dispatching Regulation added detail about Regulation A and

Regulation D signal.

Section 4.5.5 Disqualification and Requalification of a Regulating Resource this

section completely replaced the existing section and describes the calculation of
the historic performance score which is the last 100 operating hours of the
regulating resource or the weighted average of the qualification score as well as
new PJM Actions and PJM Member Actions. It also sets the qualification
performance threshold at 40%.

4.5.8 Performance Scores for Regulation Resources during a Synchronized

Reserve Event this section details how Performance Scores will be treated
during a Synchronized Reserve Event.

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Introduction

Introduction
Welcome to the PJM Manual for Balancing Operations. In this Introduction, you will find
information about PJM manuals in general, an overview of this PJM manual in particular and
information on how to use this manual.

About PJM Manuals

The PJM manuals are the instructions, rules, procedures, and guidelines established by
PJM for the operation, planning, and accounting requirements of the PJM RTO and the PJM
Energy Market. The manuals are grouped under the following categories:

Transmission

PJM Energy Market

Generation and transmission interconnection

Reserve

Accounting and billing

PJM administrative services

For a complete list of all PJM manuals, go to www.pjm.com and select Manuals under the
Documents pull-down menu.

About This Manual

The PJM Manual for Balancing Operations is one of a series of manuals within the PJM
Energy Market manuals. This manual focuses on the activities that occur in the real-time
operation of the PJM Energy Market. The manual describes how PJM dispatches and
controls Capacity Resources and how PJM monitors transmission facilities. It also describes
how PJM provides Ancillary Services.
PJM Manual for Balancing Operations consists of five sections and six attachments. Both
the sections and the attachments are listed in the table of contents beginning on page ii.

Intended Audiences
The intended audiences for PJM Manual for Balancing Operations are:

PJM Members Any participant requesting to purchase or sell energy to or from

PJM Energy Market and any participant that schedules bilateral sales or
purchases.

PJM operations staff PJM operations staff monitors the performance of the
Capacity Resource.

PJM dispatchers PJM dispatchers are responsible for reliable operation of the
PJM RTO and posting information in the OASIS. PJM dispatchers refers to
PJM dispatchers located in all PJM control centers.

Transmission Owners/Generation Owners The Transmission

Owners/Generation Owners system operators/ dispatchers direct operation of the

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local facilities and communicate with PJM dispatcher to coordinate operation of

the Bulk Power Electric Supply system facilities.

References
The references to other documents that provide background or additional detail directly
related to the PJM Manual for Balancing Operations are:

NERC Operating Manual

PJM Manual for Pre-Scheduling Operations (M-10)

PJM Manual for Scheduling Operations (M-11)

PJM Manual for Operating Agreement Accounting (M-28)

PJM Manual for Emergency Operations (M-13)

Using This Manual

We believe that explaining concepts is just as important as presenting the procedures. This
philosophy is reflected in the way we organize the material in this PJM manual. We start
each section with an overview. Then, we present details and procedures or references to
procedures found in other PJM manuals. The following provides an orientation to the
manuals structure.

What You Will Find In This Manual

A table of contents that lists two levels of subheadings within each of the sections
and attachments

An approval page that lists the required approvals and a brief outline of the
current revision

Sections containing the specific guidelines, requirements, or procedures

including PJM actions and PJM Member actions

Attachments that include additional supporting documents, forms, or tables

A section at the end detailing all previous revisions of this PJM manual.

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Section 1: Overview

Section 1: Overview
Welcome to the Overview section of the PJM Manual for Balancing Operations. In this
section, you will find the following information:

A description of the scope and purpose of dispatching (see Scope and Purpose
of Dispatching).

A list of PJM dispatching responsibilities (see PJM Responsibilities).

A list of the PJM Members dispatching responsibilities (see PJM Member

Responsibilities).

1.1 Scope and Purpose of Dispatching

Operation of the PJM RTO involves many activities that are performed by different operating
and technical personnel. These activities occur in parallel on a continuous basis, 24 hours a
day and can be grouped into three overlapping time frames:

Pre-scheduling Operations

Scheduling Operations

Dispatching Operations

In the PJM Manual for Balancing Operations we focus mainly on the activities that take
place in the current hour of the Operating Day. The following exhibit presents the
dispatching activities in the form of a timeline. The reference point for the timeline is the
Operating Day, recognizing that every new day becomes an Operating Day. This timelinetype of description is used throughout this PJM Manual.

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TIM E

DAY

0000

EVENT OR DEAD LINE

H-2
00
Operating
Day

H-1
45

Resource
Regulation Verification

00
H

Real-Time

Operating
Hour

00
H+1
H+2

0000

Hourly
Accounting Data &
Unconstrained M arket
Clearing Price

Real-Time Functions:
System Control (Every 4 Seconds)
Transmission Monitoring (Every 5 M inutes)
Ancillary Services Monitoring (Every 5 M inutes)

Exhibit 1: Dispatching Timeline

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Dispatching includes system control, Ancillary Service monitoring, and transmission system
monitoring and control. During the dispatching process, PJM implements and adjusts the
Current Operating Plan, which is developed during the scheduling process, to maintain
reliability and minimize the cost of supplying the energy, reserves, and other services that
are required by the PJM Members and the operation of the PJM RTO. The Current
Operating Plan is developed within the guidelines and rules of the Two Pass System.
In this manual we make no special distinction between the terms price and cost. PJM
Members submit their bids accordingly to either actual cost or offer price as designated by
PJM for each generation resource. For specific information as to the use of price and cost,
refer to the Markets Database section in the PJM Manual for Pre-Scheduling Operations.

1.2 PJM Responsibilities

PJM monitors and controls the PJM RTO such that the least-cost means of satisfying the
projected hourly energy, Operating Reserves, and other Ancillary Services requirements of
the Market Buyers, including the reliability requirements of the PJM Balancing Area, are met.
Specifically, PJMs responsibilities to support dispatching activities include:

Directing PJM Members to adjust the output of any PJM RTO-Scheduled

Resource; commit unscheduled PJM RTO resources; cancel selection of PJM
Balancing Area-Scheduled Resources

Operating the PJM RTO transmission system in accordance with NERC and
regional reliability council standards and procedures.

Committing the most cost efficient Regulation and Synchronized Reserve

resources available

Implementing the PJM/MISO Congestion Management procedure for congested

transmission facilities external to PJM RTO.

Implementing the NERC Transmission Loading Relief (TLR) procedure as

necessary to provide relief to external or internal transmission facilities.

Verifying the accuracy of LMP data during constrained/unconstrained operations.

Implementation of Emergency Procedures in accordance with PJM Manual M-13,

Emergency Operations.
Note: Synchronized Reserve: Section 1.3.33B.01 of the PJM Operating
Agreement (OA) defines Synchronized Reserves as the reserve capability of
generation resources that can be converted fully into energy or Demand
Resources whose demand can be reduced within ten minutes from the
request of the Office of the Interconnection dispatcher, and is provided by
equipment that is electrically synchronized to the Transmission System.
Synchronized Reserves are supplied from 10 minute synchronized
generating resources (i.e., Synchronous Reserves) and 10-minute demand
side response resources.

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1.2.1 PJM Communications

PJM dispatching operations are conducted from two control centers. The dispatchers in both
control centers work together as a single team. The Shift Supervisor provides real time
leadership over dispatchers in both control centers. Communications between the control
centers is facilitated through the use of closed circuit TV through which dispatchers can
communicate visually and orally in real time with their counterparts and supervision. System
monitoring and control responsibilities are shared between the control centers.

1.3 PJM Member Responsibilities

Only Market Buyers and Market Sellers are eligible to submit offers and purchase energy or
related services in the PJM Energy Market. The PJM Members include the Market Buyers
and the Market Sellers.

1.3.1 Market Buyers

There are two general types of Market Buyers:
1.

Internal Market Buyer - An Internal Market Buyer is a buyer that is purchasing

energy from the PJM Energy Market for consumption by end-users that are located
inside the PJM RTO. An Internal Market Buyer may be further classified as a
Generating Market Buyer. A Generating Market Buyer is an Internal Market Buyer
that owns or has contractual rights to the output of generation resources which are
capable of serving the Market Buyers load in the PJM RTO or selling energy-related
services in the PJM Energy Market or elsewhere.

2.

External Market Buyer - An External Market Buyer is a Market Buyer that is making
purchases of energy from the PJM Energy Market for consumption by end-users
that are located outside the PJM RTO.

The Internal Market Buyers dispatching responsibilities include:

Satisfying its Regulation obligation from its own resources,

By contractual arrangement with another PJM Member, or,

By purchases from the PJM Energy Market

1.3.2 Market Sellers

A Market Seller is a PJM Member that demonstrates to PJM that it meets the standards for
the issuance of an order mandating the provision of transmission service under Section 211
of the Federal Power Act, submits an application to PJM, and is approved. By definition, all
Market Buyers become Market Sellers upon approval of their applications.
Market Sellers dispatching responsibilities include:

Ensuring each Capacity Resource complies with energy dispatching signals and
instructions that are issued by PJM,and,

Complying with Regulation signals and instructions that are issued by PJM.

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1.3.3 Load Serving Entities

A Load Serving Entity (LSE) is any entity that has been granted authority or has an
obligation pursuant to state or local law, regulation, or franchise to sell electric energy to
end-users that are located within the PJM RTO. An LSE may be a Market Buyer or a Market
Seller.

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Section 2: Dispatching Tools

Section 2: Dispatching Tools

Welcome to the Dispatching Tools section of the PJM Manual for Balancing Operations.
In this section you will find the following information:

A description of PJM Control Center tools used for dispatching and operations
(see Control Center Tools).

A description of the information that is passed on to market accounting (see

Accounting Information).

2.1 Control Center Tools

The tools that are currently used by PJM operations staff are described according to three
categories: EMS computer applications, PC applications, and ancillary tools. EMS is further
described in PJM Manual 1, Section 1, PJM Systems.

2.1.1 EMS Applications

Automatic Generation Control (AGC) This program runs every two seconds,
calculating Area Control Error (ACE), Area Regulation (AR), and economic
dispatch.

Security Analysis (SA) This program runs approximately every 1-2 minutes and
calculates the simulated post-contingency flows on a large number of monitored
facilities on the PJM system for the loss of selected contingencies. An EMS
Alarms is generated for any SA post-contingency value that goes beyond, or falls
back under, 100% of the monitored facilitys Normal Limit (NL) of 80% of the
monitored facilitys Long Term Limit (LT). Any facility with an SA value that is
greater than 100% of the NL, or 80% of the monitored facilitys LT, will be
monitored in the SA Thermals display of PJMs RTNA package.

State Estimator (SE) This program runs approximately every minute and
provides simulated flows for the PJM system based on current topology and the
availability of telemetered data. SE is used to provide the input to the market
systems. An EMS Alarm is generated for any SE value that goes beyond, or falls
back under 92% of the monitored facilitys NL. Any facility with an SE value that
is greater than 92% of the NL will be monitored in the Actual Thermal Overload
display, as well as the SA Thermals display, of PJMs RTNA Package.

Transfer Limit Calculator (TLC) This program runs approximately every 4 5

minutes and establishes transfer limits for selected interfaces on the PJM
system. The process that the application uses is to establish the voltage collapse
point for these interfaces and applying a suitable margin from the collapse point
as the safe operating limit. TLC facilities are monitored continuously on PJMs
RTO Critical Information display. In addition, an EMS Alarm is generated
whenever the SE MW flow for a transfer interface exceeds the Recommended
Limit as calculated by TLC.

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2.1.2 PC Applications

Markets Database This database is used by the Two-Settlement and MarketBased Regulation Systems. Market Participants update the MDB continuously
via XML and Web-based interfaces.

Dispatch Management Tool (DMT) The DMT enables PJM Dispatchers to

manage resource information, transmission constraint information and administer
the Regulation Market. The DMT automatically logs resource status changes and
provides an electronic source of logging information for Market Settlements.

Real-Time Security Constrained Economic Dispatch (RT-SCED) This

application calculates Security Constrained Economic Dispatch solutions for
presentation to the dispatchers. The dispatchers then select the best solution that
utilizes least-cost dispatch while simultaneously controlling active transmission
constraints.

Intermediate-Time Security Constrained Economic Dispatch (IT-SCED) this

application utilizes projected system conditions to calculate commit/decommit
resources on the system and provide a forward-looking dispatch trajectory for
presentation to the dispatchers.

eDART Dispatcher Applications and Reporting Tool. Internet based system

that allows communication of system information between PJM and member
company dispatchers, i.e. Generation and Transmission Outage Tickets.

Resource Scheduling and Commitment (RSC) This program is used to

schedule generation resources for up to a week in advance.

eDart Generation Checkout This program compares unit schedule

availability/bid data in eMarket, unit outages submitted via Generator Ticket
(eDart) and stated capability to ensure accurate market data and
capacity/reserve projections.

Hydro Calculator This program is used to schedule and optimize hydro

generating resources located on the Susquehanna River.

Scheduling Coordinators Tool Updates day-ahead generation forecasts and

schedules from market databases with additional data from various input
sources. This tool is utilized to project system reserves.

Transaction Management System (TMS) Database used by PJM Dispatchers

and Transaction Coordinators to manage transaction information.

Enhanced Energy Scheduler (EES) Internet based system that allows PSEs
to submit, revise, and review energy schedules.

Interchange Distribution Calculator (IDC) IDC is a NERC-sponsored program,

used in the Eastern Interconnection for the purpose of managing transactions.
All interchange transactions are modeled in the IDC and the IDC calculates flow
impacts of these transactions on each flowgate. If flow relief on any of these
flowgates becomes necessary, the IDC is used to communicate which
transactions will be modified or curtailed to provide the relief in accordance with
business rules established in the NERC TLR procedure.

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Reliability Coordinator Information System (RCIS) Internet based system used

to exchange operating information among Reliability Coordinators and Balancing
Areas.

Smartlog Database logging tool used by dispatch position to log system events.
This tool contains bridges from various systems to partial automate the logging
process.

ALL-CALL Used by PJM operations staff to simultaneously disseminate

information to transmission and generation control centers.

eData Internet based system that allows PJM Dispatcher and participants to
view current and projected system data and emergency procedures information.

PI Process Book / Dataline visualization tool utilized to display telemetered

data.

Performance Score Calculation Engine (PSCE) is a .NET application that

calculates the hourly and historic performance score of a resources regulation
response compared to the regulation signal sent by PJM. PSCE also calculates
the mileage of each regulation signal by hour.

2.1.3 Ancillary Tools

Video Graphic Recorders (VGRs) VGRs are used to display and record the
following:

LSE net generation, interchange information, control information, and other

critical operating data

Analog point data

Informational TV This TV is used to obtain weather and Emergency

information from selected local network and cable channels.

Weather Data Weather reports are printed from the Internet, as posted by the
vendor.

Direct Phone Lines Direct telephone line communication is available between

PJM, the Local Control Centers, LSEs and between PJM and adjacent Balancing
Areas.

Dynamic Mapboard The dynamic mapboard displays selected system data;

status of lines, transformers, capacitors, and generators; and the results of
security analysis of the bulk power transmission system.

Racal Recording Device Used to record all phone conversations from

dispatching and scheduling positions for documentation.

Satellite Communications Push-to-talk all-call and direct point-to-point satellite

communications exists with PJM participants and participating external entities
as back-up communications.

Phones/cell phones Used for back-up communications.

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Section 3: System Control

Section 3: System Control

Welcome to the System Control section of the PJM Manual for Balancing Operations. In
this section, you will find the following information:

How PJM adjusts PJM RTO-Scheduled Resources (see Adjusting PJM

Balancing Area-Scheduled Resources).

How PJM corrects for time error (see Time Error).

How PJM corrects for accumulated inadvertent interchange (see Inadvertent

Interchange).

PJM, as the RTO, operated to maintain interconnection steady state frequency within
defined limits by balancing real power demand and supply in real time (per NERC Standard
Bal-001-0, Real Power Balancing Control Performance, and ensures, as the Balancing
Authority, its ability to utilize reserves to balance resources and demand and return
interconnection frequency within defined limits following a reportable disturbance (per BAL002-0, Disturbance Control Performance). Specifics are discussed as follows.

3.1 Adjusting PJM Balancing Area-Scheduled Resources

The PJM RTO must operate sufficient generating capacity under automatic control to meet
its obligation to continuously balance its generation and interchange schedules with its load.
It is also required to provide its contribution to frequency Regulation for the Eastern
Interconnection.
Frequency deviates from schedule because actual tie line power flow does not continuously
match scheduled tie line power flow. This imbalance must be minimized, so as not to impose
the PJM RTOs control requirements on the interconnected system. Area Control Error
(ACE) is a value that defines how well the PJM Balancing Area is meeting its obligation.
PJM frequency source under primary control is based on use of a Global Positioning System
(GPS) based truetime device which is linked into the EMS control system providing 2
second signal input for continuous frequency monitoring. The dispatcher has the ability to
change frequency source within EMS should the primary source become disabled. Should
there be a need to control an ACE in multiple zones due to extreme operations, frequency
sources can be selected by generation control zones as set up in EMS.

3.1.1 PJM Area Control Error

Area Control Error is a measure of the imbalance between sources of power and uses of
power within the PJM RTO. This imbalance is calculated indirectly as the difference between
scheduled and actual net interchange, plus the frequency bias contribution to yield ACE in
megawatts. Two additional terms may be included in ACE under certain conditions--the time
error bias term and PJM dispatcher adjustment term (manual add). These provide for
automatic inadvertent interchange payback and error compensation, respectively.
The sign convention for power flow used at PJM is positive for power flow into PJM, in
contrast to the NERC sign convention, in which power flow into a Balancing area is
negative. This has been carried over into the PJM ACE calculation, which results in a
positive ACE representing overgeneration and a negative ACE representing
undergeneration. Exhibit 3 shows the calculation of PJM ACE in block diagram form.
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Scheduled Net
Interchange

+
-

Actual Net
Interchange

Scheduled
Frequency

Actual
Frequency

Frequency Bias:
MW/.1Hz

x10

Time Error

Time Error Bias

Manual Error
Adjustment

PJM ACE

x1

MW

Note A: Limited to +/- 2 times Frequency Bias

Note B: Included only if sign is opposite the sign of indavertent interchange
and inadvertent interchange is greater than 25 MW.

Exhibit 2: Calculation of PJM ACE

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Per BAL-001-0, Real Power Balancing Control Performance,

Ace = (NIA - NIS) 10B(FA FS) I ME
where:

NIA - is the algebraic sum of actual flows on all tie lines (i.e., Actual Net
Interchange)

NIS - is the algebraic sum of scheduled flows on all tie line (i.e., Scheduled Net
Interchange)

B - is the Frequency Bias Setting (MW/0.1 HZ ) for the Balancing Authority. The
constant factor of 10 converts the frequency setting to MW/ H Z

FA is the actual frequency

FS is the scheduled frequency

ME

is the meter error correction factor

ACE Control Modes

There are three modes of control available to PJM dispatcher for the operation of the PJM
RTO.

Flat Frequency Control Flat frequency control utilizes only power system
frequency as the controlling parameter. This mode of control only responds to
frequency deviations and does not adjust operations for any interconnection tie
line schedule deviations. This mode is applicable only to those instances when
the PJM Balancing Area becomes isolated from the Eastern Interconnection.

Flat Tie Line Control Flat tie line control utilizes only interconnection tie line
flow as the controlling parameter. This mode of control only responds to net tie
flow deviations and does not adjust operation for any frequency deviations. This
mode is limited to special circumstances when the PJM Balancing Area desires
to maintain a given net interchange flow and the power system frequency is
stable and being controlled by other Balancing Areas.

Tie Line Bias Control Tie line bias control is the most widely used mode of
control for multi- Balancing Area power systems. This mode of control responds
to both frequency and net tie line flow deviations. Exhibit 4 shows all of the
calculations for tie line bias control. The frequency bias factor for the PJM RTO is
set by Interconnection Agreement that is at least 1% of the yearly peak value and
accomplishes the following:

Compensates for automatic governor action so that ACE does not undo the
changes in generator output due to frequency fluctuations.

Compensates for any lack of PJM governor response by calculating an ACE that
produces the PJM RTOs agreed upon share of frequency support to the Eastern
Interconnection.

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NERC Control Performance Standard

The PJM RTO operates in accordance with NERC Resource and Demand Balancing (i.e.
BAL) standards to ensure its capability to utilize reserves to balance resources and demand
in real-time and to return Interconnection frequency within defined limits following a
Reparable Disturbance. PJM satisfies the BAL standards by maintaining sufficient
generating capacity under automatic control to satisfy its frequency regulation obligation as
a member of the Eastern Interconnection. NERC establishes definitive measures of control
performance. These control performance standards are documented in the NERC in
numerous BAL standards. The NERC Control Performance Standards (CPS) as presented
in BAL-001-0, Real Power Balancing Control Performance define a standard of minimum
control performance for each Balancing Area. The standards are summarized as follows:

Continuous Monitoring Each Balancing Area monitors its control performance

on a continuous basis against two standards:

Standard One - CPS1 Over a year, the average of the clock-minute averages
of a Balancing Areas ACE divided by minus 10 B (where B is Balancing Area
frequency bias) times the corresponding clock-minute averages of the
Interconnections frequency error must be less than a specific limit. This limit, ,
is a constant derived from a targeted frequency bound (limit) that is reviewed and
set, as necessary, by NERC.

Standard Two - CPS2 The average ACE for each of the six ten-minute periods
during the hour (i.e., for the ten-minute periods ending at 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, and
60 minutes past the hour) must be within specific limits, referred to as L10. [As of
August 1, 2006, PJM is participating in the NERC Balancing Standard Proof-OfConcept Field Test which has established a new metric, Balancing Authority ACE
Limit (BAAL), as a possible substitute for CPS-2. Participants in the field test
have a waiver from meeting the CPS-2 requirement for the duration of the field
test. As a substitute, the field test participants are required to comply with BAAL
limits, which have been established on a trial basis.]

Disturbance Conditions In addition to CPS1 and CPS2, the Disturbance

Control Standard (DCS) as presented in BAL-002-0, Disturbance Control
Performance, is used by each Balancing Area to monitor control performance
during recovery from disturbance conditions. The DCS states that ACE must
return either to zero or to its pre-disturbance level within fifteen minutes following
the start of the disturbance.

Measurements and Compliance continuous monitoring is performed by PJMs

Performance Compliance Department on a daily, monthly, quarterly, and annual basis to
ensure compliance with NERC BAL Standards. Performance data measurements are
retained in electronic form per NERC BAL requirements.

ACE Values The ACE used to determine compliance to the CPS must reflect
its actual value and exclude short excursions due to transient telemetering
problems or other influences such as control algorithm action.

System Frequency used to determine compliance to CPS must reflect the actual
value used in dispatch provided at full scan rate (minimum 4 second).

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CPS Compliance Each Balancing Area must achieve CPS1 compliance of

100% and achieve CPS2 compliance of 90%. Dispatchers are provided
preliminary CPS2 feedback for situational awareness on a ten minutes basis for
their shift information. Daily reports are generated with CPS1 & CPS2 preliminary
information for dispatch.

Performance Standard Surveys All Balancing Areas must respond to

performance standard surveys that are requested by NERC, Survey descriptions
are found in Attachment H.

Disturbance Control Standard Surveys Each Balancing Area must submit a

quarterly summary report to thru the regional authority to NERC documenting the
Control Areas compliance to the DCS during the reporting quarter. Details
provided in Attachment H reporting requirements for NERC BAL-002

DCS Compliance Each Balancing Area must achieve DCS compliance 100% of
the time for reportable disturbances.

Reporting requirements for NERC BAL standards found in Attachment H.

PJM performs an annual review of measurement parameters and requirement

thresholds per NERC and Reliability First Standards.

Whenever the magnitude of ACE indicates a severe shortage of generation, PJM dispatcher
notifies PJM Members to immediately supply energy from their Synchronized Reserves.
These requests are made via the PJM ALL-CALL communications software and via EMS
ICCP datapoints.

3.1.2 PJM Control Implementation

PJM uses the PJM ACE signal to establish the required control signals that are sent to each
PJM Member whose generating resources come under the direction of PJM. PJM develops
two types of control signals as follows:

Regulation

Dispatch

Regulation Signals
PJM calculates two Regulation signals, as shown by Exhibit 5.

RegA- low pass filter of ACE for traditional regulating resources, and,

RegD- high pass filter of ACE for dynamic or fast response resources

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PJM ACE

Low-Pass
Filter

Regulation
Controller

Regulation
Signal

Exhibit 3: PJM Regulation Signals

At present, PJM sends the Regulation signal in the following form to the participating
Resource Owners:

Digital The Digital Regulation signal is sent to each Resource Owner. The
Generation Owners receive this signal and then send the appropriate signal to
each regulating resource.

Dispatch Signals
The dispatch signals that are calculated by PJM are intended to direct dispatchable
generating resources to follow the PJM RTOs requirement. The strategy that is used by
PJM is to first develop a PJM price signal from the raw PJM ACE calculation. Exhibit 6
shows how the Dispatch Rate and MW signals are calculated for each participating
Generation Owner.

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PJM ACE

PJM IA Price
Controller

IA Dispatcher
Adjustment

Other MPs

$/MWh
MW

Market
Participant
Price Signal

Market
Participant
Compositie
Bid Price
Curve

Market
Participant
W Signal

Exhibit 4: Calculation of Dispatch Price and MW Signals

Step 1 A common PJM price signal is developed by the RT-SCED tool which
acts on load, interchange, transmission constraints and PJM dispatcher input.

Step 2 In the event of transmission congestion or other security issues; RTSCED in conjunction with the PJM dispatcher may recalculate the dispatch price
signals for the effected PJM transmission zones. The price signal for a particular
PJM Member is then applied to the generation bid prices for that PJM Member.

Step 3 The MW versus price relationship is developed by PJM for each

participating Generation Owner. The MW versus price relationship is developed
by PJM using the scheduled generator offers submitted day-ahead via eMarket.
Exhibit 7 shows how the various generation resources are correlated with respect
to bid prices in order to develop this total MW versus price relationship.

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System
Lambda

Manual
Dispatchable
Bilateral
Transaction

Manual
Dispatchable
CT

Auto
Control

MW

MW
Manual
Dispatchable
Hydro
Generation

$/MWH

MW

Real-Time
Dispatch
Rate

MW

MW

MW
MW

Fixed By
PJM IA

Fixed
Bilateral
Transaction

SelfScheduled

Exhibit 5: Resource Dispatching

It is important to emphasize that the MW versus price relationship applies to manually

dispatched, as well as automatically controlled generating units. Since there is a wide
mixture of slow and fast responding units and manually dispatched units in the PJM
Balancing Area, the Dispatch Rate signal is adjusted slowly by PJM dispatcher in order to
avoid unnecessary generation adjustments.

3.1.3 PJM Member Control Implementation

PJM assigns desired control actions to the Internal PJM Members. PJM Members are
responsible for the actual physical control of generating resources. This is generally
accomplished through Generation Owners. Exhibit 8 shows the information that is
exchanged between PJM and the Generation Owners.
Specific requirements regarding telemetered data and controls as required by BAL-005-0,
Automatic Generation Control are described in PJM Manual for Control Center and Data
Exchange Requirements (M01), Control Center Requirements, Section 4, Billing Metering
Standards.

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Scheduled
Frequency

Scheduled
Tie MW

Frequency Bias
Actual Frequency

PJM IA
Real-Time
Dispatch/Control

PJM ACE MW
ARA MW
ARB MW
Price $/MWh or
Desired MW
GEN Status

Time Error
Actual PJM/External Tie MW

Actual PJM/External Tie MW

Total Assigned
Total Assigned ARA MW
Total Assigned ARB MW
Actual Internal Market Sellers
Net Interchange MW

Internal
Market Participant
Local Control Center

GEN
Resource

GEN
Resource

Exhibit 6: PJM Member Interface

The following information is sent by PJM to the Generation Owners:

PJM ACE MW

Regulation MW either RegA or RegD

Price $/MWh or desired MW

Generator status

The following information is sent by the PJM Members to PJM:

Actual PJM/external tie line MW

Actual total generation MW

Total assigned Regulation MW either RegA or RegD

Actual net interchange MW

The PJM Members Generation Owner converts the total dispatch signal (price or MW) and
the regulation signal to individual unit control signals. PJM Member resources that are
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dispatchable by PJM are expected to respond to the dispatch and regulation signals
received from PJM. PJM Members are expected to operate their generating resources as
close to desired output levels, as practical, consistent with Good Utility Practice.

3.2 Time Error

The system-wide mismatch between load and generation results in frequency deviations
from scheduled frequency. The integrated deviation appears as a departure from correct
time, i.e., as a time error. Therefore, time error is the accumulation of frequency deviation
over a defined period of time.
In accordance with NERC BAL Standards, each Interconnection designates an
Interconnection Monitor to monitor time error and to initiate or terminate corrective action
when time error reaches predetermined limits. The PJM RTO is a part of the Eastern
Interconnection. The Interconnection Monitor for the Eastern Interconnection is Midwest ISO
in Carmel, IN. The Midwest ISO monitors the electric system time against true time, as
measured by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in Boulder,
Colorado. When time error reaches 10 seconds, The Midwest ISO initiates a time
correction. No time error corrections for fast time will be initiated between 0400 and 1100
hours Central Time. In response to the Interconnection Monitor, PJM implements the
requested frequency schedule offset.
A time correction may be halted, terminated, or extended if the designated Interconnection
Time Monitor or PJM determines system reliability conditions warrant such action.
After the premature termination of a manual time correction, a slow time correction can be
reinstated after the frequency has returned to 60 Hz or above for a period of ten minutes. A
fast time correction can be reinitiated after the frequency has returned to 60 Hz or lower for
a period of ten minutes. At least 1 hour shall elapse, however, between the termination and
re-initiation notices.

3.2.1 Time Error Correction Notification

The Midwest ISO issues the time correction information via a NERC hot-line conference call
and a message is posted on the RCIS. A frequency offset of 0.02 Hz starts and terminates
on the hour or half-hour.

PJM Actions:

Step One - PJM dispatcher notifies the Transmission Owners/Generation

Owners, via the PJM ALL-CALL, to announce that time error correction is in
effect. To correct for a slow or fast clock, system frequency schedules are offset
by 0.02 Hz and given an assigned letter designator.

Step Two - At the assigned time, PJM dispatcher inputs frequency schedule into
the PJM EMS System using to 59.98 Hz to correct for fast time error or 60.02 Hz
to correct for slow time error as directed by the time monitor.

Step Three - When the time error is reduced to specified levels or if the time
error is not corrected in a reasonable period, the Midwest ISO issues the order to
return frequency schedule setters to 60.00 Hz. The Midwest ISO initiates a
NERC hot-line conference call and posts a message on the RCIS. At this time,

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PJM dispatcher resets the PJM EMS frequency schedule to 60.00 Hz at the
assigned time.

Step Four - PJM dispatcher notifies the Transmission Owners/Generation

Owners via the PJM ALL-CALL of the cancellation of the time correction, and the
time the scheduled system frequency will return to 60.00 Hz.

Step Five - If reliability concerns develop during the execution of the time error
correction, the PJM dispatcher notifies Midwest ISO (St. Paul, MN) and requests
that the time error correction be immediately terminated. Similarly, if reliability
concerns are anticipated with a scheduled time error correction, the PJM
dispatcher notifies Midwest ISO to cancel the scheduled time error correction.

3.3 External Transactions Scheduling

3.3.1 Overview of External Transaction Scheduling
Market participants that wish to transact energy in-to, out-of or through the PJM RTO are
required to make their requests to PJM via the NERC E-Tagging software. These requests
must be consistent with the more restrictive of either NERC Standard INT-001 (Interchange
Transaction Tagging) or the PJM External Transaction Scheduling rules contained within
this manual. The NERC E-Tagging software interfaces with PJMs Enhanced Energy
Scheduler (EES) software to create an interface that both PJM Market participants as well
as PJM Transaction Coordinators can use to evaluate and manage external transactions
that affect the PJM RTO.
Based on market participant feedback, PJM has enhanced the EES tool to utilize NERC
tags as the source for its external scheduling data. This change was done primarily to ease
the amount of data entry required to submit external schedules in PJM as well as conform to
general industry trends toward the use of the NERC tag as a schedule. This enhancement
aids PJM in handling the increased number of external transactions presented by integration
of other control areas in the PJM RTO. Market participants are no longer required to enter
schedule data in both the EES system and on a NERC tag as the NERC tag data is utilized
by EES as the schedule.
This change highlights an issue of data responsibility because of the nature of E-tagging
and the fact that PJM now uses information entered on an E-tag as a schedule. Market
participants scheduling in PJM are responsible for ensuring that data on PJMs EES is
consistent with that which they desire to be their energy schedule. The continuity of the
tagging process dictates that PJM receives its tag data in completed form from its tag
authority, as it was entered by market participants. In order to ensure this delivery of data is
complete and accurate, the market participants are responsible for confirming the data in
PJMs EES to ensure it is consistent with that which they desired for their energy schedule.
This confirmation can take place by simply looking at the tag data through the EES user
interface, or by viewing customer reports which are made available through EES.
An important aspect of scheduling external transactions in PJM is finding a start and end
time to transact energy while respecting the PJM ramp limits imposed for security (see
Ramp Limits section for additional information on PJMs ramp limits). PJM allows market
participants to reserve ramp in advance of completing their transactions via the EES
application. This is an optional step in making external transaction requests, as the NERC
E-Tag serves as the actual request for scheduling in PJM.
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In cases where the NERC E-tag does not have the required fields to request a PJM market
specific transaction (e.g. dispatchable, two-settlement etc.) the EES application will be used
in concert with the NERC E-tag (see Entering Dispatchable Schedules and Entering Twosettlement transactions sections).

3.4 External Transaction Scheduling Business Rules

This section will outline the External Transaction Business Rules that are required by PJM.
This section will include:

PJM Contact Information

External Transaction Timing Requirements

General Information

Data Requirements

Ramp Limits

OASIS Business Rules

Entering Ramp Reservations

Entering Schedules

Entering Real-Time with Price Schedules

Entering Two-Settlement Schedules

Transaction Validations, Verification and Checkout

3.4.1 PJM Contact Information

The following numbers can be used to contact PJM regarding External Energy Transactions:

Scheduling Fax number 610-666-4275

Day-Ahead Scheduling phone number 610-666-4548. 610-666-8947 and 610666-8949

Hourly Scheduling phone number 610-666-4510

EES Hotline (used to report issues, or to ask questions during normal business
hours) 610-666-2270

PJM Helpdesk (used to report technical issues during non-business hours)

610-666-8886

3.4.2 External Transaction Timing Requirements

The following timing requirements are imposed by PJM for the submission of ramp
reservations:

Ramp reservations can be made up to 30 minutes prior to the scheduled start

time for hourly transactions.

Ramp reservations can be made up to 4 hours prior to start time for transactions
that are more than 24 hours in duration.

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Ramp reservations utilizing the Real-Time with Price option must be made prior
to 1200 noon (EPT) one day prior to start time.

Ramp reservations expire if they are not used. The following timing requirements are
imposed on ramp reservations that are not scheduled against:

For ramp reservations less than or equal to 24 hours in duration:

If the reservation is submitted 1 hour prior to the start of the schedule or less, the
reservation will be held in Pending Tag status for 10 minutes.

If the reservation is submitted more than 1 hour, but less than 4 hours prior to the
start of the schedule, the reservation will be held in Pending Tag status for 15
minutes.

Reservations that are less than 24 hours in duration and submitted 4 or more
hours prior to the start of the schedule will be held in Pending Tag status for 90
minutes.

Reservations made on a day-ahead basis will expire at 1430 EPT, one day prior
to the start of the schedule. Note that a ramp reservation will not be split into
separate days, so if a ramp reservation is made for multiple days, and not
scheduled against, and if the start time for the multi-day reservation is the next
day, the entire reservation will expire.

Ramp reservations that have been placed In-Queue will expire if sufficient ramp room does
not become available. The following timing requirements are imposed on ramp reservations
that have been placed In-Queue:

Reservations that are 24 hours or less in duration will be held in In-Queue status
until 30 minutes prior to the start of the schedule.

Reservations that are greater than 24 hours in duration will be held in In-Queue
status until 5 hours prior to the start of the schedule.

The following timing requirements are imposed by PJM for the submission of Schedules.
Schedules are submitted to PJM by submitting a valid NERC Tag. (The schedule is
considered submitted when the NERC Tag is received by the PJM Tag Approval Service,
not when it is submitted by the market participants Tag Agent software):

Schedules can be submitted up to 20 minutes prior to the scheduled start time for
hourly transactions.

Schedules can be submitted up to 4 hours prior to the scheduled start time for
transactions that are more than 24 hours in duration.

For a schedule to be included in PJMs Day-Ahead checkout process, they must

be implemented by 1400 (EPT) one day prior to start of schedule.

Schedules utilizing the Real-Time with Price option must be submitted prior to
1200 noon (EPT) day prior to start time.

Schedules utilizing FIRM Point-To-Point transmission service must be submitted

by 1000 (EPT) one day prior to start of schedule. Transactions submitted after
1000 (EPT) one day prior will be accommodated if practicable.

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The following timing requirements are imposed by PJM for the submission of TwoSettlement Transactions:

All Two-Settlement transactions must be submitted by 1200 noon (EPT) one day
prior to start time.

3.4.3 General Information

External offers can be made either on the basis of an individual generator

(resource specific offer) or an aggregate of generation supply (aggregate offer).

PJM will only accept the transaction if submitted by a member company.

Transmission reservations that are not used due to canceled spot market offers
will be subject to transmission charges as appropriate.

PJM does not accept bids where the PJM Interchange Market is identified as
both the source (GCA) and sink (LCA).

PJM does not accept offers for resources committed to supply operating reserves
to another Balancing area. PJM does not double count resources internal to PJM
for operating reserves. If energy is being offered from a resource to PJM and is
already included in the PJM operating reserves, the energy can be accepted, but
does not participate in PJM operating reserves accounting.

Offers not properly submitted are rejected. The PJM member is notified of the
reason for rejection and the PJM member may then take action to submit a new
offer.

3.4.4 Data Requirements

Market participants are expected to keep PJM informed of all external transactions that
involve the operation of the PJM RTO. The following information is submitted to PJM via the
market participants E-Tag agent service and/or EES:

Valid NERC E-Tag

Valid transaction path

Start date before end date

Start and end times in the future

Requested MW profile

Valid transmission (see OASIS Business Rules for more information)

Price associated with transaction (if utilizing the Real-Time with Price option)

3.4.5 Ramp Limits

PJM validates all external transaction requests against a net interchange ramp. The ramp
limit is configurable by PJM dispatch based on operating conditions. There are two separate
ramps that are evaluated, a PJM Net Interchange Ramp, and a NYISO Interchange Ramp.

PJM Variable Ramp

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At no time, can the difference in the net interchange be greater than the ramp
designated by the PJM dispatch at any given 15 -minute interval. Ramp room is
allocated on a first come, first serve basis. Refer to Exhibit 17 for a ramp
example to see how the ramp is calculated for any given 15 - minute interval.

NYISO 1000 MW Ramp

PJM also monitors a 1000 MW ramp with the NY ISO. At no time can the
difference in the interchange between NY and PJM be greater than 1000 MW
at any 15-minute interval. Ramp room for NY transactions is allocated on a first
come, first serve basis. NY transactions submitted to PJM will be evaluated
against both the PJM ramp and the NY ISO ramp.

Ramp Example
+100

+100
-100

PJM OI

+150

-200
+150

PJM OI

-50
+200

-150
+200

0700

0715

NI 0700 = (100) + (150) + (200) + (-100) + (-50) = (+300)

NI 0715 = (100) + (150) + (200) + (-200) + (-150) = (+100)
Ramp

0715

= NI

0715

- NI

0700

= (100) - (300) = (-200)

NOTE: NI = Net Interchange

Exhibit 7: Example Ramp Calculation

3.4.6 OASIS Business Rules

All external transaction requests require a CONFIRMED transmission reservation from the
PJM OASIS. PJM offers several transmission product types, such as hourly, daily, weekly,
monthly, yearly, on and off-peak, non-firm, firm and network transmission. PJM also offers
the opportunity to state whether or not the market participant is willing to pay congestion.
These, and additional options, are further explained in the PJM Regional Practices
document, which can be found on the PJM OASIS home page at http://oasis.pjm.com.
On some occasions, due to PJM ramp rules, market participants are required to shift their
energy requests. If the market participant shifts their energy up to one hour in either
direction, they are not required to purchase additional transmission. Likewise, if the market
participant chooses to fix their ramp violation by extending the duration of the transaction,
they do not have to purchase additional transmission if the total MWh capacity of the

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transmission request is not exceeded. For graphical representations of these scenarios,

refer to Exhibit 9 through Exhibit 12.

On-Peak
Monday-Friday
07:00
06:00

23:00
24:00

Valid Window for On-Peak Energy

06:45

1600 MW.hrs

Total: 1600 MW.hrs

22:45

Example of Valid Energy Schedule using a 100MW Capacity

On-Peak Transmission Service Reservation
Over 16 Hour Period
Exhibit 8: On-Peak Transmission Service Over 16 Hour Period Example

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On-Peak
Monday-Friday
07:00
06:00

23:00
24:00

Valid Window for On-Peak Energy

100 MW for 14 hours = 1400 MW.Hrs

08:00

50 MW for 2 hours = 100 MW.Hrs

22:00

50 MW for 2 hours = 100 MW.Hrs

Total: 1600 MW.hrs

Example of Valid Energy Schedule using a 100MW Capacity

On-Peak Transmission Service Reservation
Over 18 Hour Period
Exhibit 9: On-Peak Transmission Service Over 18 Hour Period Example

Off-Peak
Monday-Friday
Valid Window for Off-Peak Energy
07:00

23:00

08:00

22:00

00:00

24:00
07:15

725 MW.hrs

23:15

Total: 800 MW.hrs

75 MW.hrs

Example of Valid Energy Schedule using a 100MW Capacity

Off-Peak Transmission Service Reservation
Exhibit 10: Off-Peak Monday-Friday Transmission Service Example
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Off-Peak
Saturday & Sunday
Valid Window for Off-Peak Energy on Saturday & Sunday
24:00
2400 MW.hrs
00:00

Total: 2400 MW.hrs

Example of Valid Energy Schedule using a 100MW Capacity

Off-Peak Transmission Service Reservation
Exhibit 11: Off-Peak Saturday-Sunday Transmission Service Example

Frequently Asked Questions (regarding on-peak and off-peak energy scheduling):

(Q1) A market participant has reserved off-peak daily transmission for Wednesday, but
ramp room is not available at 07:00 or 23:00.
(A1) Two possible solutions are 1) the energy may be scheduled from 00:00 to 08:00 or
2) the energy may be scheduled from 00:00 to 07:15 and from 23:15 to 24:00.
(Q2) A market participant has reserved on-peak weekly transmission. Ramp

room is available from 07:00 to 23:00 Tuesday through Friday, but ramp room is
not available at 07:00 or 23:00 on Monday.
(A2) The energy may be scheduled 07:00 to 23:00 Tuesday through Friday. One
solution to the Monday ramp limit is to schedule the energy from 06:45 to 22:45.

3.4.7 Entering Ramp Reservations

Each PJM Member Company that is authorized to do business in PJMs energy market is
given an EES account. It is in the EES application that ramp reservations are made.
Ramp reservations are an optional step in scheduling transactions in PJM. A ramp
reservation can be made to hold ramp room while market participants complete their
scheduling responsibilities. Ramp reservations are then associated on the NERC Tag when
the market participant wishes to submit the schedule. The ramp reservation is validated
against the submitted NERC Tag to ensure the energy profile and path matches. Ramp
reservations are generally used to ensure the ability to schedule prior to purchasing
transmission or making other potentially cost affecting decisions.

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To make a ramp reservation, the market participant enters the EES application, and
navigates to the Ramp Reservation screen. On this screen, the market participant enters
the path for which they are interested in transacting energy, their energy profile and any
other unique information that may apply to a schedule (i.e. special exceptions, notes,
outside IDs, internal naming conventions etc.). Upon submission of a ramp reservation,
PJM validates the information against ramp availability. If it passes the current ramp limits,
the ramp reservation will pass, and will move into a status of pending tag. At this point, the
market participant is holding a valid reservation that can then be associated on a NERC Tag
for scheduling.

3.4.8 Entering Schedules

Market participants enter schedules in PJM by submitting a valid NERC Tag. As noted in the
previous section, if the market participant holds a ramp reservation in the status of Pending
Tag, they can associate the ramp reservation on the NERC Tag. This is done by placing
the ramp reservation in the miscellaneous column on the PJM Transmission Provider line,
of the physical segment portion of the NERC Tag.
If no ramp reservation was made prior to scheduling, a NERC Tag can be submitted without
a reservation. NERC Tags that are submitted without a ramp reservation will automatically
have a ramp reservation created that matches the energy profile and path of the NERC Tag.
This newly created reservation will be evaluated against ramp, and an approval or denial will
be made based on the validation. If there is enough ramp room, PJM will continue with other
validations (See Transaction Verification and Checkout). If all validations pass, an approval
message will be sent to the NERC Tag, and upon IMPLEMENTATION of the NERC Tag, the
transaction will be scheduled by PJM.
Because of the nature of NERC tagging, it is possible for the market participant who enters
a NERC tag to not be consistent with the market participants listed for each TP segment on
a particular tag. In this instance, the financially responsible party (FRP) entering the tag is
effectively acting on behalf of other market participants that are listed. Because PJM will
now be identifying a NERC tag as a market participants schedule, it will be necessary for
those market participants who have had a tag entered on their behalf to acknowledge this
tag through the EES.

3.4.9 Entering Real-Time with Price Schedules

Real-Time with Price schedules differ from other schedules in that an action must be made
in EES in addition to the submission of a NERC Tag. To enter a Real-Time with Price
schedule, the market participant must first make a ramp reservation in EES using the RealTime with Price tab in the notebook section of the ramp reservation screen. In addition to
the information entered for a Real-Time schedule, market participants are also required to
enter a price associated with each energy block. Upon submission, the Real-Time with Price
request will automatically move to the Pending Tag status, as Real-Time with Price
schedules do not hold ramp.
Once the information is entered in EES, a NERC Tag must be submitted with the ramp
reservation associated on the NERC Tag. This is done by placing the ramp reservation in
the miscellaneous column on the PJM Transmission Provider line, of the physical
segment portion of the NERC Tag. For Real-Time with Price schedules, the NERC Tag
energy profile must match exactly for the tag to be approved.

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3.4.10 Entering Two-Settlement Schedules

Market participants can submit Two-Settlement schedules to the eMarket application
through EES. These schedules do not require a NERC tag, as they are only financial
obligations, and are not considered physical schedules for actual flow. Two-Settlement
schedules are submitted using the Two-Settlement tab in the notepad section of the ramp
reservation screen.
Two-Settlement schedules require an OASIS number to be associated upon submission.
The path is identified on the OASIS reservation.
In addition to the selection of OASIS and pricing points, the market participant must enter
their energy profile. The option to choose fixed, dispatchable and up-to are also displayed in
the notepad section. The type fixed acts as a price taker, dispatchable sets a floor or
ceiling price criteria for acceptance and up-to sets the maximum amount of congestion the
market participant is willing to pay for acceptance in the Two-Settlement Market. Graphing
energy is done the same way as a Real-Time or Real-Time with Price request.

3.4.11 Transaction Validations, Verification and Checkout

Transactions must pass specific validations and evaluations prior to being scheduled. The
following validations and evaluation and checkout procedures are done to ensure accurate
information and reliable scheduling in PJM.

Validations

On submission, the following validations are performed on ramp reservations:

Path Identified

Stop time after start time

Energy Profile Identified

Price associated with Energy Profile (only applicable for Real-Time with Price)

Ramp Availability (not applicable for Real-Time with Price)

Timing Requirements are met for submission deadlines

On submission, the following validations are performed on NERC Tags:

Syntax validation (See NERC Tagging Policy for complete list of syntax
validations for NERC Tags)

Path on NERC Tag matches ramp reservation (if identified) and OASIS path

Timing requirements are met for submission deadlines

PJM Loss type must be financial (FIN)

Ramp availability (if no ramp reservation is identified)

OASIS validation for valid OASIS, valid path, instantaneous capacity, total
capacity, date-time, priority and vertical stacking (not allowed)

Token and Value fields (in miscellaneous column) have valid inputs

FRP check

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On submission, the following validations are performed for two settlement requests:

Path identified

Timing requirements are met for submission deadlines

OASIS validation for valid OASIS, ensure that the reservation is willing to pay
congestion, OASIS is valid for period covered by the two-settlement contract and
capacity checks

Pricing point(s) have been identified

Stop time is after start time

Energy profile is identified

Price is associated for energy profile (for dispatchable option only)

Congestion amount is identified for energy profile (for up-to congestion option
only)

Real-Time Evaluation and Checkout

If all validations pass on a Real-Time schedule, PJM will approve the tag. Once
the tag is approved by all parties associated on the tag and the status of the tag
becomes IMPLEMENTED, the schedule will be ready for the Balancing Area to
Balancing Area Checkout. If during the Balancing Area to Balancing Area
checkout, both parties agree to the interchange on the NERC Tag, the schedule
will flow.

Real-Time with Price Evaluation and Checkout

Real-Time with Price schedules are verified differently than Real-Time schedules. Real-Time
with Price schedules are evaluated hourly to determine if they will be loaded or not for the
upcoming hour. This evaluation is done by the PJM Generation Dispatcher. If the dispatcher
feels that the economics for the schedule warrant the transaction to be loaded or unloaded,
they will inform the transaction coordinator to load or unload the contract. This evaluation is
based on a very conservative approach, and works similar to the way the generation
dispatcher would call on or off generation. In addition to the economics of the transaction,
the generation dispatcher may also take into consideration the ramp availability for the
loading or unloading of the schedule. Since Real-Time with Price schedules do not hold
ramp room, there may be times where the economics warrant a schedule to be loaded, but
due to security issues related to ramp, the schedule will not be called on to flow. Once a
Real-Time with Price schedule has been called on to flow, a reload request will be issued by
the PJM Transaction Coordinator. If all external parties approve the reload request, and it
passes the Balancing Area to Balancing Area checkout process, the schedule will flow.

Two-Settlement Evaluation and Checkout

For Two-Settlement scheduling, EES serves only as an interface to the eMarket application.
Two-Settlement transactions are evaluated by the PJM Markets Department, and the results
are fed back to EES to allow market participants to view the results. There is no Checkout
performed on two-settlement schedules, as they are considered financially binding
transactions, not physical schedules.

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3.5 Inadvertent Interchange

Hourly inadvertent interchange is defined as the difference between hourly net actual
interchange and hourly net scheduled interchange of a Balancing area. Attachment H
provides additional detail regarding BAL standard reporting requirements. It is caused by
any of the following factors:

bias response to frequency deviations occurring on the interconnected system

metering errors (methods of correction details are discussed in PJM Manual for
Operating Agreement Accounting (M28), Section 11, Meeting Reconciliation
Accounting.

inability of system generation to exactly match load and/or net interchange

schedule changes

Hourly inadvertent interchange may accumulate in a balancing area as a megawatt-hour

credit or debit. It is accounted for each month. PJM maintains a record of the PJM RTOs
accumulated inadvertent interchange for both On- and Off-Peak Periods as required by the
NERC BAL standards.

Off-Peak Period is from 2300 to 0659, Monday thru Saturday, and all day
Sundays and Holidays

On-Peak Period is from 0700 to 2259, Monday thru Saturday

Over time, PJM attempts to minimize the amount of accumulated inadvertent interchange.
This is accomplished by continually monitoring and correcting for inadvertent interchange.
The portion of inadvertent interchange caused by frequency bias is self-compensating if no
additional action is taken by PJM dispatcher. This is because on the average, frequency
deviations are low as often as they are high. In order for time error to average zero, the
inadvertent interchange that flows as the result of frequency bias contribution is balanced
automatically by the tie-line bias control.

3.5.1 Correcting for Accumulation of Inadvertent Interchange

It is the responsibility of PJM dispatcher to correct for the accumulation of inadvertent
interchange.

PJM Actions:
The reduction of an accumulation (on an On-Peak Period or Off-Peak Period basis as
defined above) of inadvertent interchange is accomplished by one of the following two
methods:

Unilateral Payback Unilateral Payback can only occur when the reduction of
the accumulation of inadvertent is in a direction that serves to decrease the time
error. An accumulation of undergeneration can only be paid back (requiring the
PJM Balancing area to overgenerate) when time error is less than zero (i.e.,
slow). Payback of an accumulation of overgeneration (requiring the PJM RTO to
undergenerate) requires a time error greater than zero (i.e., fast).
The maximum allowed payback per hour is 20% of the PJM RTOs current
frequency bias setting. The PJM RTOs frequency bias setting is calculated by
PJM and approved by NERC. The maximum payback occurs when the absolute

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value of time error is one second or more and meets the time error direction
criteria described above. When the absolute value of time error is less than one
second (and meets the time error direction criteria), payback is scaled down
proportionally to the time error (e.g., if time error is 0.5 seconds, payback is 10%
of the frequency bias setting).

Bilateral Payback Bilateral Payback is scheduled with another Balancing area

and is accomplished as follows:
o

Inadvertent interchange accumulation may be reduced by scheduling a

correction with any adjacent balancing area, provided they have an
accumulation in the opposite direction. The amount of schedule established
by PJM dispatcher is determined by the following factors:
Amount of Accumulated inadvertent interchange
Current net interchange schedule in effect
Current state of the PJM Balancing area with respect to load and
transmission facilities

If a schedule cannot be established with the adjacent balancing area, correction of

inadvertent interchange accumulations may be scheduled with a remote Balancing area,
provided that the intervening Balancing area dispatchers are advised of such schedules
and are agreeable.
There may be times when the adjacent balancing area desires to establish a schedule to
reduce inadvertent interchange accumulations with Balancing areas other than the PJM
RTO.

3.5.2 Measurements and Compliance

In accordance with NERC INT Standards, PJM will coordinate interchange transactions per
the respective established Operating Agreements.

PJM Members Actions:

None

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Welcome to the Providing Ancillary Services section of the PJM Manual for Balancing
Operations. In this section you will find the following information:

How PJM monitors and restores reserves (see Reserves).

How PJM determines and assigns Regulation (see Regulation).

How a generating resource is tested and qualified for Regulation service (see
Qualifying Regulating Resources).

How PJM ensures and monitors Black Start Service (see Black Start Service).

4.1 Reserves
Reserves are the additional capacity above the expected load. Scheduling excess capacity
protects the power system against the uncertain occurrence of future operating events,
including the loss of capacity or load forecasting errors.

4.1.1 Monitoring Reserves

PJM is responsible for monitoring and adjusting the reserves to ensure compliance with
NERC, SERC, and RFC BAL standards for the PJM Balancing Area. On a daily basis the
PJM dispatcher performs an Instantaneous Reserve Check (IRC) prior to each peak or more
often as system conditions require to determine if adequate reserves exist to meet the PJM
Reserve Requirements. An IRC may be taken more frequently if system conditions dictate.
When the PJM Generation dispatcher requests an IRC, member dispatchers report the
information via eDART. If eDART is unavailable, member dispatchers report the information
directly to the PJM Generation dispatcher. Attachment A presents and describes the PJM
IRC report.
An IRC provides PJM dispatcher with an indication of the actual reserves that are available
at that point in time. By conducting an IRC at strategic points during the day, PJM dispatcher
establishes benchmarks between which the actual reserve can be estimated. Since system
conditions can change very rapidly, the IRC is only an indication of the actual reported
reserves at that point in time. PJM dispatcher uses the results of the IRC to determine if
reserve shortages exist and what, if any, Emergency procedures should be declared to
supplement the electronic reporting of reserves through the EMS systems.
When the PJM Net Tie Deviation indicates undergeneration, the Synchronized Reserve total
is adjusted downward by the amount of the Net Tie Deviation to reflect the PJM Balancing
areas generation deficiency. Conversely, when the PJM Net Tie Deviation indicates
overgeneration, the Syncrhonized Reserve total is adjusted upward by the amount of the
Net Tie Deviation to reflect the PJM Balancing areas generation excess. Therefore, when
possible PJM dispatcher requests an IRC when the ACE and Net Tie Deviation is close to
zero MW.

PJM Actions:

Step One - Using the PJM ALL-CALL, PJM dispatcher requests an IRC.

Step Two - Upon receipt of all Generation Owner reports, PJM dispatcher
determines the following values:

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PJM Operating Reserve

Adjusted Primary Reserve versus Primary Reserve Requirement.

Adjusted Synchronized Reserve versus Synchronized Reserve Requirement.

Unaccounted for capacity

Area Synchronized Reserve levels

Step Three - PJM dispatcher compares the values calculated in Step (2) to the
corresponding objectives and then determines whether reserve deficiencies
exist.

Step Four - Using the PJM eDART, PJM dispatcher reports the results of the
IRC to the Generation Owners/Transmission Owners.

PJM Member Actions:

Step One - The Generation Owner dispatchers promptly report the following
values to PJM via eDART. If eDART is unavailable, the values are reported
directly to PJM dispatcher via telephone:
o

Normal Regulating Reserve

Synchronous Reserve Non-Regulating

Synchronous Reserve Regulating

Quick Start Reserves

Supplemental (formerly secondary) Reserve

Operating Reserve

Scheduled capability that is more that 30 minutes away

Capacity reductions that are not known to PJM dispatcher

See Attachment A for reserve calculations and IRC reporting requirements.

4.1.2 Loading Reserves

During disturbance conditions (i.e., loss of generation and/or transmission resources),
synchronized reserve and, to the extent necessary, Non-Synchronized Reserves are used
to recover the ACE so that tie line schedules are maintained. Depending on system
conditions, the manual methods may be used to accomplish this recovery. Based on system
conditions and the ability of regulation to recover, PJM operators will evaluate the need to
implement its Contingency Reserve upon the contingent loss of generation equal to 80% or
more of its most severe single contingency.

Manual Method Includes raising the Lambda signal manually and committing
additional equipment.

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PJM Actions:

PJM dispatcher determines the approximate amount and location of lost

generation, and the amount of Synchronized Reserve that must be loaded to:

Correct for the sudden loss of generation located within the PJM Balancing area
(as indicated by the PJM Balancing areas ACE and system frequency deviations

Return interchange transfers or other thermal or reactive limitations to within the

appropriate limits

Implement 100% synchronized reserves and /or contingency reserves (quick

start) if the unit loss > 80% of the largest unit contingency and there is insufficient
regulation and economic generation to recover the ACE within DCS (BAL
standards).

PJM dispatcher requests the Resource Owner, via the PJM ALL-CALL, to load a
percentage (25%, 50%, 75%, or 100%) of the Synchronized Reserve (typically
100%) in the appropriate control zone(s). PJM has several Synchronized
Reserve market areass. The dispatchers will select the most effective response
respecting the requirements of the regional reserve sharing programs in which
PJM is a participant.

If specific equipment is excluded from the request, PJM dispatcher calls the
appropriate Resource Owner immediately following the PJM ALL-CALL
message.

If transmission limits exist or may be caused by loading Synchronized Reserve

and Non-Synchronized Reserve in certain geographic areas or control zones,
PJM dispatcher specifies the areas or control zones that are to be included in the
request for Synchronized Reserve.

If PJM dispatcher anticipates that loading of Synchronized Reserve may continue

for longer than ten minutes, PJM dispatcher includes this statement in the PJM
ALL-CALL message.

PJM Dispatcher contacts external systems to implement Shared Reserves (as

required).

PJM dispatcher also requests the loading of an appropriate amount of nonsynchronized reserve (as required).

If PJM dispatcher determines that the Synchronized Reserve that is being loaded
is not sufficient to recover the system from a facility malfunction or failure, PJM
dispatcher requests synchronized Supplemental Reserve to be loaded (as
required).

As the Resource Owner dispatchers load the reserves, PJM dispatcher evaluates
the effect. PJM dispatcher surveys the resources loaded and determines
generation that is needed to remain loaded and the replacement resources that
can be returned to normal status so that the PJM Balancing area load can be
economically carried at a new price level.

PJM dispatcher cancels the requests, as appropriate.

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PJM Members Actions:

Resource owners that elect to use their assets to respond to an event shall,
without regard to price and as quickly as possible, load the requested percentage
of Synchronized Reserve and Non-Synchronized Reserve. PJM Members
responding to the event will continue to load resources until directed by PJM
dispatcher to discontinue. Resources providing regulation service should only
provide Synchronized Reserves to the extent that they can quickly resume
accurate regulation control following the event.

Upon cancellation, the generation owner dispatchers unload the Synchronized

and Non-Synchronized Reserve, as directed by PJM dispatcher.

4.2 Shared Reserves

Shared Reserve Activation is a procedure between the Northeast Power Coordinating
Council (NPCC) and the PJM Mid-Atlantic Control Zone (former MAAC region member
companies) to jointly activate a portion of their ten-minute reserve following any of the
following situations:

Generation or energy purchase contingencies equal to or greater than 500 MW

(300 MW for Maritimes) occur under conditions where activation assists in
reducing a sustained load/generation mismatch

Two or more resource losses below 500 MW (300 MW for Maritimes) within 1
hour of each other.

Periods of significant mismatch of load and generation

The participating systems in NPCC shared reserves are the ISO New England (ISO NE), the
New York Independent System Operator (NYISO), PJM East Control Zone, Maritimes, New
Brunswick and Independent Electricity Market Operator (IESO formerly IMO of Ontario). The
objective is to provide faster relief of the initial stress on the interconnected transmission
system. The NPCC Operating Reserve Policy and the Operating Reserve Policies of all
NPCC areas and of the PJM Mid-Atlantic Control Zone are not changed by any of the
provisions of this plan.
The NYISO acts as the plan coordinator.

PJM Actions:
If the loss of generation/purchase is located in the NPCC:

The NYISO supervising dispatcher assigns the PJM Mid-Atlantic Control Zone a
share of reserve pick-up. NYISO indicates the amount of participation.

PJM dispatcher manually adjusts regulation, loads generation, or Synchronized

Reserve in selected areas or across the entire PJM Mid-Atlantic Control Zone
based on transfer limitations. This assistance is implemented at a zero time ramp
rate immediately following allocation notification. Response by assisting
balancing areas shall respond as quickly as possible, assuming the same
obligation as if the contingency occurred within the balancing area. This should
be implemented via manually adjusting regulation if possible.

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PJM dispatcher notifies the NYISO supervising dispatcher that PJM Mid-Atlantic
Control Zone's reserve pick-up is completed.

When the contingent system satisfies its ACE requirements, they notify the
NYISO supervising dispatcher, who requests all participants to cancel their
shared reserve allocations (normally ten minutes, but no longer than 30 minutes)
when the generator loss is replaced. The assistance provided by the PJM MidAtlantic Control Zone is ramped out at a ten-minute ramp rate.

When the PJM Mid-Atlantic Control Zone completes its reserve pick-up, PJM
dispatcher notifies the Local Control Centers to cancel Synchronized Reserve
loading.

If the loss of generation/purchase is located in the PJM Mid-Atlantic Control Zone:

PJM dispatcher activates 100% Synchronized Reserves and notifies the NYISO
supervising dispatcher of generation loss, and includes any special requests. For
example, for the loss of a large eastern unit, PJM dispatcher may request IMO
not to participate.

The NYISO supervising dispatcher activates shared reserves and notifies PJM
dispatcher, via conference call, of the ten-minute reserve amount that NPCC
members contribute.

PJM dispatcher terminates shared reserves (normally ten minutes, but no longer
than 30 minutes) when the generation loss is replaced.

4.2.1 Payback
Currently, payback mwhs are not required for NPCC Shared Reserve Events.

PJM Member Actions:

None.

4.2.2 Restoring Reserves

By continuously monitoring reserves, PJM dispatcher ensures that reserve levels are
maintained in accordance with NERC BAL Standards. During normal operation, PJM
dispatcher loads the system based on economy while monitoring the available reserves. If,
however, based on the best judgment of PJM dispatcher after evaluating the results of the
IRC, reserve deficiencies exist on the system, the following actions are taken, dependent on
the deficiency:

Synchronized Reserve Deficiency Normally, restoration of Synchronized

Reserve is accomplished by condensing CTs, notifying interruptible load
resources, or loading Non-Synchronized Reserve or Supplemental Reserve to a
minimum level to provide sufficient Synchronized Reserve or to the economic
energy level to allow equipment (i.e., steam units) to back down to provide
sufficient Synchronized Reserve.

Primary Reserve Deficiency When PJM dispatcher is assured that the

Synchronized Reserve objective is covered, PJM dispatcher attempts to
eliminate any Primary Reserve deficiency. Restoration is accomplished by any
combination of the following actions:

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Loading Supplemental Reserve to Primary Reserve status or providing additional

Primary Reserve on other equipment.

Bringing additional equipment which is available but not scheduled to operate

into the Primary Reserve status.

That portion of the Primary Reserve deficiency that is due to an adjustment to the internal
PJM Primary Reserve as a result of a net non-capacity interchange scheduled into PJM can
be tolerated provided system reliability is not degraded. On these occasions, PJM
dispatcher ensures that sufficient shutdown CT and/or hydro capability are readily available
to cover the amount of the deficiency.

Operating Reserve Deficiency When PJM dispatcher is assured that both the
Synchronized and Primary Reserve objectives are covered, PJM dispatcher
attempts to eliminate any deficiency in Operating Reserve. Sufficient reserve is
maintained for coverage of load-forecast uncertainty and probable additional
failure or malfunction of generating equipment. The decision of whether to
replenish Operating Reserve is based on PJM dispatchers best judgment. PJM
dispatcher may choose to replenish all, some, or none of the Operating Reserve
during the operating day.

4.3 VACAR Reserve Sharing

PJM, on behalf of Dominion-Virginia Power, participates in the VACAR reserve sharing
group, which consists of Dominion-Virginia Power, Duke Power, South Carolina Electric and
Gas, Progress Energy-Carolinas, and South Carolina Public Service Authority. The purpose
of the agreement is to share reserves to enhance reliability and to decrease the cost of
maintaining reserves for each system.
Upon the telephone request of a member, the responding member will provide reserve
energy for a period of up to 12 hours to support the needs of the requesting member.

PJM Actions:
Respond to requests for assistance due to a contingency event, as requested by another
member, by scheduling delivery of VACAR reserve energy to the requesting member for
delivery at the border between PJM and the CPL balancing area.
Request the scheduling of VACAR reserve energy from other VACAR members if needed.
Energy will be received at the CPL balancing area border with PJM.

Dominion-Virginia Power Actions:

Performs billing and provide compensation, as applicable, for reserve energy received by
PJM called for on behalf of Dominion or provided by PJM on behalf of Dominion to another
VACAR member.

4.4 Regulation
The PJM RTO is a single Balancing Area consisting of multiple Control Zones. Regulation
for each Control Zone is supplied from resources that are located within that zone. Resource
owners providing Regulation are required to comply with standards and requirements of
Regulation capability and dispatch, as described in this section.

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PJM requires that all regulating generation resources be equipped with an Automatic
Generator Control (AGC) scheme to recieve, process and respond to regulation signals.
Demand response resources providing regulation must have a similar control system.

4.4.1 PJM RTO Regulation Market Obligations

The Regulation Requirement for the PJM RTO can be found in this manual in Section 4.4.3
Determining Regulation Assignment. The resources assigned to meet this requirement must
be capable of responding to the AR signal immediately, achieve their bid capability within
five minutes and must increase or decrease their outputs at the ramping rates that are
specified in the data that is submitted to PJM.
The PJM RTO requires that the Regulation range of a resource is at least twice the amount
of Regulation assigned. A resource capable of automatic energy dispatch that is also
providing Regulation reduces its energy dispatch range by the regulation assigned to the
resource. This redefines the energy dispatch range of that resource. (The resources
assigned regulation subtracted from its regulation maximum forms the upper limit of the new
dispatch range, while the resources regulation minimum plus its assigned regulation forms
the lower limit of the new dispatch range.) Exhibit 12 illustrates the limit relationship.

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Economic Max

Regulation Max
Assigned
Regulation

Energy
Dispatch
Range

Energy Dispatch Range

Assigned
Regulation
Regulation Min

Economic Min
Without Regulation

With Regulation

Exhibit 12: Limit Relationship for Regulation

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Resource owners wishing to provide Regulation in the PJM balancing area are required to
submit the following data via eMKT no later than 6:00 p.m. day-ahead:

Offer MW The maximum MW amount of regulation that the resource is willing

to provide for the next day. This value is limited by the resources qualified
capability. Offer MW may be adjusted hourly throughout the operating day giving
60 minutes notice before the operating hour.

Offer Price The price in at which the owner is willing to provide Regulation from
the associated resource. The price should reflect the capability of the resource in
$/MW and the performance of the resource in $/MW of the resource. This value
cannot be changed after 6:00pm day-ahead.

Available Status Indication of whether the resource is available, unavailable or

self-scheduled for Regulation. Available Status may be adjusted hourly
throughout the operating day giving 60 minutes notice before the operating hour.

Regulation Max MW The maximum MW value the resource can attain while
providing Regulation. Regulation Max MW may be adjusted hourly throughout
the operating day giving 60 minutes notice before the operating hour.

Regulation Min MW The minimum MW value the resource can attain while
providing Regulation. Regulation Min MW may be adjusted hourly throughout the
operating day giving 60 minutes notice before the operating hour.

Min MW The minimum amount of regulation the resource is physically capable

of providing for an hour. This number must be less than or equal to the Offer
MW. This value cannot be changed after 6:00pm day-ahead.

4.4.2 Regulation Signals

Resource owners will receive from PJM:

Assigned Regulation (ARegA or ARegD) This is the assigned hourly regulation

quantity (MW) that is cleared from the regulation market system. It is assigned for
each individual resource that is qualified to regulate in the PJM market. This
value, although typically static for the hour, will be sent on a 10 second scan rate.
Resources will receive a separate assignment for RegA and RegD if the
regulating resource is dual qualified, but the regulating resource will be assigned
to follow only one signal for the hour.

Regulation Control Signals (RegA, RegD) Real-time instantaneous resource

owner fleet regulation signal (+/- MW). This signal is used to move regulating
resources in the owners fleet within the fleet capability (+/- TReg). This value will
be sent on a 2 second scan rate.
o

RegA-is the low filter ACE signal sent to traditional regulating resources

RegD-is the high filter ACE signal sent to dynamic regulating resources

Resource owners will send to PJM:

Total Regulation (TRegA or TRegD)-This is the real-time fleet regulation

capability (MW) that represents the active resource owners ability to regulate.
Ideally the value of this quantity should be the sum of the resource owners nonzero AReg quantities for the majority of the hour, but must reflect any reductions

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in regulating capability as they occur (resources AGC limit restrictions, resource

off control conditions, etc.). This value shall be calculated every 2 seconds and
sent on a 2-second scan rate. A fleet owner must separate the fleet so resources
following RegA report TRegA and resources following RegD report TRegD.

Current Regulation (CRegA or CregD) - This is the real-time fleet regulation

feedback (+/- MW) that represents the active position of the fleet with respect to
the +/- TReg capability. Ideally, the value of this quantity will track the RegA
signal if the regulating fleet is responding as prescribed. This value shall be
calculated every 2 seconds and sent on a 2-second scan rate. A fleet owner
must separate the fleet so resources following RegA report CRegA and
resources following RegD report CRegD.

For hydro resources that have no economic offer these resources must submit
the resource(s) midpoint.

Resource owners may send the following to PJM if the resource owner will be using a
performance group as described in Section 4.5.7-Performance Group of this manual for
evaluation:

Resource Allocation Individual unit allocation may be sent to evaluate resource

response. Allocation should be sent as percent allocation for each individual
regulating resource of the resource AReg. When the resource is not assigned it
will send either a 0 %. Resources without an associated allocation signal will be
scored on a proportional basis.

Operational Midpoint the point around which the regulating resource (unit, plant
or registration) operates.

If the above signals are not sent, then PJM will use proportional allocation and economic
setpoint.

4.4.3 Determining Regulation Assignment

The PJM RTOs Regulating Requirement is a function of the days load forecast, as
determined by the PJM dispatcher.

The PJM on-peak Regulation Requirement is based on the PJM Balancing

Areas peak load forecast, as determined prior to the operating day.

The PJM off-peak Regulation Requirement is based on the PJM Balancing

Areas valley load forecast, as determined prior to the operating day.

The regulation requirement will be adjusted in stages to convert to effective MWs as part of
the Performance Based Regulation changes. This approach will utilize the RTO wide
average performance scores leading up to the transition to set the staged requirements. The
regulation requirement at the time of implementation will be 0.78% of the applicable load
forecast. As system conditions allow, PJM will make a monthly assessment to lower the
regulation requirement to a minimum of 0.70% of the applicable load forecast as part of this
transition.
Each LSE is required to provide a share of the PJM Regulating Requirement. An LSEs
actual hourly Regulation obligation is determined for the hour, after-the-fact, based on the
LSEs total load in the PJM RTO, as follows:

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LSEs Load Allocation %

LSEs Regulation Obligation

PJM Assigned Regulation
An LSE may satisfy its Regulation obligation by any of the following methods:

Self-Scheduled Resources An LSE can satisfy its Regulation obligation by

self-scheduling Regulation.

Bilateral Transaction An LSE can make contractual arrangements with other

PJM Members that are able to provide Regulation service.

PJM Regulation Market Purchases An LSE can purchase its Regulation

obligation from the PJM Regulation Market, i.e., from the excess Regulation
capability provided to PJM by Resource owners.

All Regulation offers reported to PJM must provide Regulation that has a quality standard of
75% or greater, as established by verification testing.

PJM Actions:

Prior to the beginning of each day, PJM dispatcher determines the PJM RTO
Regulating Requirement as described above.
At 2230, PJM provides the following information to the Transmission
Owners/Generation Owners for the LSE's, via the PJM ALL-CALL:PJM RTO
Regulation Requirement for the following day.

PJM Members Actions:

Each LSE determines its estimated Regulation Obligation for the operating day
based on its own forecast load and the information received via the PJM ALLCALL.

Resource owners view the hourly regulation market results via eMKT (available
at least a half an hour before the operating hour) as to those resources to which
regulation has been assigned. Resource owners that have self-scheduled
Regulation on any of their resources inform the PJM dispatcher when those
resources are on line and able to provide the self-scheduled Regulation.

Once regulation on a resource is self-scheduled by a resource owner, it is no

longer eligible to participate as a pool assigned regulating resource for the
current operating day.

If purchasing Regulation from another entity, the buyer and seller negotiate the
transaction and the buyer submits the transaction through the Regulation
Bilateral page of eMKT. The seller must then confirm the transaction via eMKT
by 4:00pm the day after the operating day. The rules for these transactions are
described in more detail later in this section of the manual.

4.4.4 Dispatching Regulation

PJM obtains the most cost efficient Regulation Ancillary Service available, as needed, to
meet the PJM RTOs Regulation Requirement. PJM assigns Regulation in economic order
based on the total cost of each available resource to provide Regulation, including real time
opportunity cost and the resources Regulation offer price. The AR signals are then
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automatically sent to the Resource Owners via Automatic Generator Control (AGC).
Resource Owners are responsible for maintaining unit regulating capability. Exhibit 13
shows how the Regulation is assigned to the resources.

PJM
ACE

Filter
Unit
MW

Regulation
(PJM)

Normal
Maximum
High Stability
Offset

LSE
Allocation

1/2 Regulation
Capability

Regulation
(LSE)
Regulation
Unit
Allocation
To Other
Units

Schedule

Dispatch
Range

1/2 Regulation
Capability
Low Stability
Offset
Normal
Minimum

Exhibit 13: Area Regulation Assignment

PJM dispatcher re-assigns regulating capability as necessary to meet the PJM Balancing
areas Regulating Requirement. Market Sellers must comply with Regulation dispatch
signals that are transmitted by PJM. Market Sellers must operate their regulating resources
as close to desired output levels, as practical, consistent with Good Utility Practices.

Regulation Deficiency
After the initial Regulation assignments are made, and throughout the operating hour, PJM
Members report changes to their resources regulating capabilities either by a phone call to
PJM or by virtue of the TReg signal(s) each company sends to PJM. If a resource becomes
unable to supply its assigned amount of Regulation, the PJM dispatcher must deassign
deficient resources and assign replacement Regulation to ensure that the total Regulation
requirement is met. Such assignments are made economically based on each available
resources total cost to provide regulation, including real time opportunity cost and the
resources regulation offer price.
If, after assigning all available Regulation, the PJM Regulating Requirement is still not met,
PJM dispatcher operates the system without the required amount of Regulation, logging
such events.
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In the event there is a loss of EMS communication between PJM and a resource owner,
Current Regulation Assignments must be reassigned to another Resource Owner until EMS
communication is reestablished.

Regulation Excess
If during the period an excess in assigned Regulation occurs and the total PJM RTO
Regulation value exceeds the objectives by 15 MW or more, PJM dispatcher de-assigns
Regulation economically based on each resources total cost to provide regulation, including
real time opportunity cost and the resources regulation offer price.

PJM Actions:

PJM dispatcher continuously monitors the Regulation deviation to assess

Resource Owner fleet capability and reassigns Regulation as required.

PJMs accounting staff determines the billing for the regulating service, according
to the procedures in the PJM Manual for Operating Agreement Accounting
(M-28).

PJM Member Actions:

When initial assignments and reassignments are made, each affected Resource
Owner dispatcher then updates the entitys regulating capability as defined by the
Resource Owner TReg value.

Participants report to the PJM dispatcher changes (of at least +/- 1 MW for
duration greater than 15 minutes) to assigned Regulation capability.

Bilateral Transactions
One PJM Member may sell Regulation Ancillary Service to another PJM Member. The two
members must agree on the MW amount of capability being sold, schedule Regulation
accordingly, and submit the two-PJM Member Regulation transaction to PJM via eMKT.

PJM Actions:
None.

PJM Member Actions:

All two-PJM Member transfers of regulating capability must be submitted as MW

amounts via eMKT.

The two members agree on the amount and duration of the Regulation
transaction prior to the sale.

The buying member submits the MW amount of the two-PJM Member

transaction, the selling member, and the start and end time of the transaction via
eMKT.

The selling member confirms the transaction via eMKT by 4:00pm the day after
the operating day.

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4.5 Qualifying Regulating Resources

In order to ensure the quality of Regulation supplied to control the PJM RTO, a quality
standard is developed. A resource must meet the quality standard to be permitted to
regulate.
In general, there are two phases to qualifying a regulating resource:

Certifying the resource

Verifying regulating capability

An Area Regulation (AR) test is used for both certifying and verifying regulating capability for
a resource.
Note: It must be emphasized that the Regulation test is not intended to test a
resources governor response to power system frequency changes.

4.5.1 Regulation Qualification Test

Traditional Resource Test
The AR test is run during a continuous 40-minute period when, in the judgment of PJM test
administrator, economic or other conditions do not otherwise change the base loading of the
resources that are being tested. Changes in base loading for a resource during the test
period invalidate the test for that resource. A separate set of tests are required for
qualification for the traditional signal (RegA) and the dynamic signal (RegD). The test follow
a simulated RegA signal. The test will last for 40 minutes.
Once an AR test is announced, a Resource Owner is not permitted to change any
resources Regulation assignment.
Scoring the AR test is based on compliance to the Performance Score Calculation as
described in Section 4.5.6 - Performance Score Calculation of this manual. The score is
evaluated on the entire 40 minute test period.

Dynamic Resources
The qualification test procedures described above for resources that will follow the dynamic
regulation signal (RegD) are the same as the qualification test for RegA. For each test,
resources will follow a signal for 40 minutes and be scored using the performance score
calculation. Resources must complete a separate set of tests to qualify for the traditional
signal (RegA) or the dynamic signal (RegD).

PJM Actions:

PJM Performance Compliance will score the test using the performance score
calculation as described in Section - 4.5.6 Performance Score Calculation of this
manual within three business days of the test.

PJM Performance Compliance will send results of test to the generation owner
within three business days.

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PJM Member Actions:

May contact PJM Performance Compliance at least a day prior to testing stating
a regulation test will occur and include the following information: the resource
name and identification number, the time of the test, the amount of MWs being
tested and what signal the resource will test on.

Contacts the PJM Dispatch at least 60 minutes in advance of a PJM

administered test for test scheduling and approval. Contacts PJM Performance
Compliance at least 60 minutes before the start of the test to ensure that test can
be scored by the Performance Score Calculation Engine (PSCE).

4.5.2 Certifying Regulating Resource

A resource may be certified only after it achieves three consecutive scores of 75% or above.
Resources providing dispatchable energy and regulation service needs to provide testing at
the low economic and high economic regulation limits.
The first of these tests may be performed internally by the member following the PJM
Regulation test procedure. To perform a self test the member must use the PJM test shape
posted on the Markets and Operations> Ancillary Services>Market Based Regulation page
fed into the resource owners EMS. Additionally, the member must notify the PJM
Performance Compliance at least 60 minutes before the test. The Resource owner should
also notify PJM Dispatch who will make a determination whether the test can be run. The
resource should be set to unavailable during the test, though the other units may continue to
regulate. Up to three self administered tests may be performed on a resource each day.
The remaining tests should be administered by PJM Dispatch. The resource owner should
contact PJM Dispatch and PJM Performance Compliance at least 60 minutes before the test
though 24 hour notice is preferred. For a PJM administered test, all resource(s) will be taken
out of the regulation market for the specific signal. PJM Dispatcher makes the final
determination about whether a PJM administered test can be performed. Only one PJM
administered test may be performed on a resource each day.

PJM Actions:

PJM Performance Compliance will certify a resource after three consecutive

successful tests of 75% or better and make change to enable regulation offers to
reflect the new certification within 1 business day.

PJM Dispatcher determines if a self scheduled test or PJM administered test can
be performed based on system conditions.

PJM maintains a historical database of individual resource Regulation test results

and calculates all appropriate compliance information. Individual test results are
provided via email to each participating LSE within three business days to
facilitate a review and validation of results at the participant level.

PJM Member Actions:

Before a self administered test, resource owner notifies PJM Performance

Compliance and PJM Dispatch. Before a PJM administered test, the resource
owner notifies PJM Performance Compliance and PJM Dispatch.

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For any tests performed by the members for the purpose of certification, the
member will supply the resource, the time of the test amount of MW being tested
and the signal the resource is following to [email protected].

Resource owner uses posted test shape on Markets & Operations>Ancillary

Services>Market Based Regulation http://www.pjm.com/markets-andoperations/ancillary-services/mkt-based-regulation.aspx for self administered
test.

Resource owner will set the resources specific operation setpoints for each
resource to test around.

4.5.3 Certifying Multiple Combustion Turbines or Hydro Units at a Single Site

Combustion Turbines and Hydro-generators operating under a single plant control system
must have a minimum of three tests of the control system. In addition, the performance of
the each of the units being certified must be demonstrated in at least one of these tests. The
test format must follow PJM Regulation test procedure. High and low band requirements do
not apply for CTs and Hydro units being certified. The resource will be evaluated based on
the Operational Midpoint of the grouped resources and the Resources Allocation as
described in Section 4.4.2-Regulation Signals of this manual.

4.5.4 Increasing Regulation Capability on a Resource

One Regulation Certification Test is required for each market resource to increase the
Regulating Capability on the resource. This test may be administered by PJM or may be a
self test administered by resource owner using the PJM test shape posted on the Markets
and Operations page fed into the resource owners EMS. Additionally, the member must
notify the PJM Performance Compliance and PJM Dispatch at least 60 minutes before the
test. The resource should be set to unavailable during the test, though the other units may
continue to regulate.

PJM Actions:

PJM maintains a historical database of individual resource Regulation test results

and calculates all appropriate compliance information. Individual test results are
provided via email to each participating LSE within three business days to
facilitate a review and validation of results at the participant level.

PJM will update the regulation bidding availability to reflect the new certification
within 1 business day after a successful test.

PJM Member Actions:

Resource owner notifies PJM Performance Compliance before a self

administered test. The resource owner notifies PJM Performance Compliance
and PJM Dispatch before a PJM administered test.

For any tests performed by the members for the purpose of increasing
certification, the member will supply the resource, the time of the test, amount of
MW being tested and the signal the resource is following to
[email protected].

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Resource owner uses posted test shape on Markets & Operations>Ancillary

Services>Market Based Regulation http://www.pjm.com/markets-andoperations/ancillary-services/mkt-based-regulation.aspx for self administered
test.
Resource owner will set the resources specific operation setpoints for each
resource to test around.

4.5.5 Disqualification and Re-Qualification of a Regulation Resource

Regulating resources that have not met performance thresholds over a specified time period
will be disqualified and must re-qualify to offer into the regulating market for applicable
signal type (RegA or RegD). The disqualification threshold is based on the historic
performance score. The historic performance score is a rolling average actual hourly
performance score for the last 100 hours a resource has operated or a weighted average of
the average of the three initial or requalification scores that are then averaged with available
actual hourly performance scores. The hourly performance score calculation is described in
section 4.5.6 Performance Score Calculation of this manual.
When the historic performance score falls below 40% by signal type, PJM will notify the
resource owner and the resource will no longer be eligible to offer into the regulation market
for the applicable signal type.
The resource owner may schedule a re-test as soon as practicable. When a regulating
resource re-tests it will follow the testing procedure described in Sections 4.5.1-4.5.3 of this
manual. Upon successful completion of requalification, the regulating resource performance
score starts a new rolling average without any hours from the previous period counting
towards the current periods rolling average.
When a regulating resource has no historic performance available, either because it is a
new resource or a resource that has requalified, the average of the qualification test scores
will be used as proxy for the historic performance rolling average as follows:

+
100

Where 100 X = Y and Y is the number of hours after qualification. After 100 hours of actual
performance scores X
0.

PJM Actions:

Tracks rolling average of a regulating resources performance score by signal

type.

Alerts the regulating resources owner when performance by signal type falls
below threshold of 40%.

Blocks the disqualified resource from offering into the market.

Monitors re-testing of the regulating resource

Re-qualifies regulating resource,

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Notifies LSEs of a resources certification for Regulation within three business

days.

Member Actions:

Schedules re-test to re-qualify as regulating resource status, if desired, while

adhering to regulation testing guidelines.

4.5.6 Performance Score Calculation

PJM will calculate an hourly performance score which reflects a regulation resources
accuracy in increasing or decreasing its output to provide frequency regulation service in
response to PJMs dispatch signal. With the Performance Score Calculation Engine (PSCE),
PJM will collect regulation signal data every 10 seconds and resource operating parameters
that will be inputs into the performance score. The performance score calculation (PSC)
evaluates each resources accuracy in following the AGC signal.

PSCE Assumptions
Unless a resource owner elects to send additional data to detail operational decisions, it is
assumed that resources are allocating the regulation control signal(s) proportionally and
operating around the PJM Individual Generator Dispatch (IGD) setpoint. If a resource elects
to use other than proportional dispatch the resource must send Operation Midpoint and
Resource allocation described in Section 4.4.2 Regulation Signals of this manual.

Delay and Correlation Score

For each 10 second interval starting from Time 0 +10, PJM will calculate a Delay Score to
quantify the delay in response between the regulation signal (RegA) and the resource
change in output. To calculate the match, use the statistical correlation function (r), which
measures the degree of relationship between the two signals. By shifting the time periods to
compare the signals, delay () is defined at the point in time of the maximum correlation
between the two signals. This generates both a Correlation and Delay Score as:

, (,+5Min )

=0 to 5 Min

where the Delay score allows a 10 second latency for signal propagation delay for
regulating resources.
Correlation and Delay are determined together by finding the 10 second interval with the
highest coincident Correlation and Delay score. The 10 second interval that will determine
Correlation and Delay for each scoring period is:

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max

=0 to 5 Min

( + )

Correlation during Periods of Zero Slope

If the standard deviation of the regulation signal is less than a threshold value, then the
Correlation shall be calculated as the 1 - absolute difference between the slope of the
regulation signal and the slope of the response. The performance score for Correlation and
Delay will be calculated by using linear regression to find the slopes of the regulation signal
and the resource response.

Precision Score
For each 10 second interval starting from Time 0 +10, PJM will calculate a Precision Score
as a function of the difference in the energy provided versus the energy requested by the
regulation signal while scaling for the number of samples. For each 10 second sample
averaged over an hourly basis, PJM calculates the Precision Score as the absolute error ()
as a function of the resources regulation capacity, as:
=

=1

Where n is the number of samples in the hour and the precision allows a 10 second latency
for signal propagation delay for regulating resources.

Performance Score Calculation

For each 10 second set of calculations the performance score will be averaged over a five
minute period for PJM will determine a composite Performance Score per resource as a
unit-less scalar ranging from 0 to 1. The Performance Score will be a weighted average of
the performance score components, as:

= max
+

( + ) +

The component scalars will be weighted equally with each at one-third (1/3). For periods
when assigned regulation is 0, no score will be calculated. Correlation, Delay and Precision
will be calculated with all applicable samples. Null scores will not be included in the hourly
average performance score.

PJM Actions:

PJM will calculate the Performance Score for each regulating resource after the
operational hour and report the score to resource owners.

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Member Actions:

None

4.5.7 Use of Performance Groups in the Performance Score

Resources may elect to use a performance group for performance score evaluation.
Performance groups can only be created for resources that satisfy one of the following
criteria:

Resources not eligible for LOC and total to less than or equal to 10 MWs across
Transmission Owner boundaries.

A performance group can be any number of resources not eligible for LOC inside
a transmission owners boundary.

Resources within a fleet with equivalent applicable offers and point of

interconnection.

Resources that are part of a performance group will send the Operational Midpoints and
Resource Allocation of the group TReg for the grouped resources by signal type as
described in Section 4.4.2 - Regulation Signals. Each resource will be metered
independently.

PJM Actions:

PJM will receive additional control data to be used in the Performance Score
Calculation to be reflected resource owners dispatch.

Member Actions:

Resource owners will notify PJM via [email protected] that they

satisfy one of the Performance Group criteria.

Resource owners will add required information to their data transfer link to PJM.

4.5.8 Performance Scores for Regulation Resources during a

Synchronized Reserve Event
Regulation Resources choosing to respond to a Synchronized Reserve event will receive
synchronized reserve compensation based on Manual 11, Section 4.2.11.
Resources that choose to respond to a reserve event for their reserve zone in an hour when
they are cleared or assigned regulation are expected to return to their regulating band within
10 minutes of the end of the Synchronized Reserve event. From the start of the event,
through the event, and for the 10 minutes after the end of the event, the performance scores
for all regulating resources in the reserve zone where the Synchronized Reserve Event
takes place will be null.

PJM Actions:

PJM logs the time of the start and end of a Synchronized Reserve event.

PJM will score performance for all regulating resources as null for the period
during the Synchronized Reserve event and 10 minutes after the end of the
event for those resources in that reserve zone.

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PJM Member Actions:

If the resource owner chooses to respond to an event the resource will return to
the regulating band as soon as possible after the end of the reserve event.

4.6 Black Start Service

Black Start capability is necessary to restore the PJM transmission system following a
blackout. Black Start Service shall enable PJM and LCCs to designate specific generators
whose location and capabilities are required to re-energize the transmission system.
These designated resources, called black start units, are generating units that are able to
start without an outside electrical supply or the demonstrated ability of a unit with a high
operating factor (subject to PJM approval) to remain operating, at reduced levels, when
automatically disconnected from the grid. The planning and maintenance of adequate black
start capability for restoration of the PJM balancing area following a blackout represents a
benefit to all transmission customers. All transmission customers must therefore take this
service from PJM.
Black Start Service can be provided by units that participate in system restoration. Such
units may be eligible for compensation under the Black Start Service. If a partial or systemwide blackout occurs, Black Start Service generating units can assist in the restoration of
the PJM balancing area. Specific generating units identified in specific Transmission
Owners local restoration plan(s), have the capability and training required to start-up without
the presence of a synchronized grid to provide the necessary auxiliary station power.
The Transmission Owner restoration plans are implemented if a partial or complete system
blackout occurs.

4.6.1 Additional PJM Requirements

The following is a summary of PJM Manuals that include information about PJM
requirements for providing Black Start Service:
PJM Manual M12: Balancing Operations

Section 4: Providing Ancillary Services, Black Start Service

Attachment C: PJM Black Start Test Report Form - includes link to forms on PJM
website:

PJM Black Start Test Form

PJM Auto Load Reject Test Report Form

PJM Black Start Formulaic Cost Data Form

PJM Black Start Actual Cost Data Form

PJM Manual M10: Pre-Scheduling Operations

Section 2: Outage Reporting, Planned Outage Restrictions for Black Start Units

PJM Manual M01: Control Center Requirements

Section 4: Meter Accuracy Standards

PJM Manual M14D: Generation Operational Requirements

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Section 9: Black Start Replacement Process

Attachment E: PJM Generator Reactive Capability Testing

PJM Manual M27: Open Access Transmission Tariff Accounting

Section 7: Black Start Service Accounting

PJM Manual M36: System Restoration

Section 6: Generation

Section 8: System Restoration Plan Guidelines

Attachment A: Minimum Critical Black Start Requirement

4.6.2 Restoration Assumptions

Transmission customers must purchase black start capability from PJM. Generation
resources providing this service must successfully pass the requirements for black start
capability.
The LCCs in conjunction with PJM are responsible for identifying the generating units that
are critical for PJM balancing area system restoration. During restoration activities, the LCC
manages and deploys the black start capability, as needed, depending on the specific
situation.
The LCCs have developed and shall periodically review the Restoration Plan at least once
every five years. The LCCs in conjunction with PJM may amend this restoration plan and
determine black start requirements to account for changes in the system configuration if
either determines that additional black start resources are needed. PJM has the flexibility to
seek offers for new resources whenever it amends the current plan.
PJM is responsible for coordinating payments for all black start capability directly to the
generating facilities that provide the service. Credits and charges are determined as
described in PJM Manual 27: Open Access Transmission Tariff Accounting. Cost
recovery provisions for Black Start Service units are detailed in PJM Open Access
Transmission Tariff (OATT) Schedule 6A Black Start Service.

4.6.3 Jurisdiction
Following the complete loss of system generation (blackout), it will be necessary to establish
initial generation that can supply a source of electric power to other system generation and
begin system restoration. These initiating generators are referred to as system black start
generators. They must be able to self-start without any source of off-site electric power and
maintain adequate voltage and frequency while energizing isolated transmission facilities
and auxiliary loads of other generators. Generators that can safely reject load down to their
auxiliary load or an isolated island of load are another form of black start generator that can
aid system restoration.

4.6.4 Definitions

Black Start Unit A single generator that is able to start without an outside
electrical supply or the demonstrated ability of a base load unit to remain
operating, at reduced levels, when automatically disconnected from the grid.

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Black Start Plant A plant that includes a unit that can black start. A Black Start
Plant with black start units at different voltage levels (electrically separated) will
be considered multiple Black Start Plants.

4.6.5 Objectives of Determining Black Start Criticality

Provide sufficient amount and redundancy of black start resources to initiate an

orderly restoration of critical transmission system components and provide
cranking power to generation facilities within PJM.

Provide sufficient off-site power to ensure restart for nuclear facilities within PJM
within the acceptable time-frame.

Provide operational flexibility to address alternate system restoration scenarios

as required by facility failures and outages.

Critical black start generation is used to restore generator auxiliary load or other
critical load to facilitate the system restoration process.

4.6.6 Assumptions

Enough black start generation will be deemed critical to facilitate the goal of
restoring the majority of the PJM RTO (80% of load) in 16 hours (recognizing
other factors are involved in meeting this restoration time).

Once a black start unit is started, it can be used to facilitate startup of other units
(black start or not) at the same plant.

Designated critical black start generation is identified as such in each

Transmission Owners restoration plan.

Redundancy of critical black start units is desirable due to possibility of unit

failure to start or transmission facility failures preventing black start units from
serving their intended loads.

4.6.7 Minimum Critical Unit Requirements

The PJM System Restoration Manual (M-36), Attachment A: Minimum Critical Black Start
Requirement defines the minimum critical black start by transmission zone. In general, there
must be sufficient critical black start to serve critical load and at least a minimum of three
critical black start units for each transmission zone. Exceptions to this requirement will be
heard on a case by case basis and must be approved by PJM and the PJM System
Operation Subcommittee-Transmission.

4.6.8 Critical Unit Restrictions for Eligible Compensation under the PJM Black
Start Service

No more than three black start units at any one black start plant will be
considered critical and eligible for compensation under the PJM Black Start
Service unless approved as an exception.

Critical black start units at a plant shall be chosen to minimize the impact of
transmission outages or failures on black start capability.

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4.6.9 Exceptions
Transmission Owners may request additional black start (more than 3 black start units at a
plant) to be considered critical for black start and thus eligible for compensation under the
PJM Black Start Service through an exception process.
The exceptions must be for justifiable reliability reasons for system conditions or
configurations not incorporated into this document.
Possible exceptions would be due to plant/unit limitations or restrictions, electrical
(transmission) characteristics, electrical (auxiliary/balance of plant) characteristics or control
characteristics.
These exceptions will be heard on a case by case basis and must be approved by PJM and
the PJM SOS-Transmission.

PJM Actions:

PJM has collected the list of critical black start units by Transmission Zone.

PJM will analyze the critical black start units to ensure an adequate amount of
black start generation exists on the system.

PJM will analyze any exceptions to the three units per zone rule internally and
through the SOS committee.

PJM Member Actions:

PJM Transmission Owners will submit any requested changes to the critical
black start list due to system configuration changes or changes to System
Restoration plans to PJM Performance Compliance Department as they become
known. The remainder of existing commitments to black start generators must be
fulfilled unless agreed upon by the Generation Owner.

4.6.10 Product Description

Black Start Service - A generating unit is defined as black start capable if the following
conditions are met:

The generating unit has the ability of being started and can close an output circuit
breaker to a dead bus without energy from other PJM generating units or
demonstrated ability to operate at reduced levels upon automatic isolation from
the grid in such a way that it meets all requirements stated in the Performance
Standards and Testing sections of this document.

The generating unit owner and PJM have agreed that the unit should be
designated as black start capable.

The generating unit is located where black start capability is determined by the
LCC and/or PJM to be useful to system restoration.

The generating unit must have the ability to close the output breaker to a dead
bus within 90 minutes of the request from the local Transmission Owner or PJM.

A generating unit that is needed for system restoration and participates in black
start service tests and System Restoration Drills may be eligible for
compensation under black start service.

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4.6.11 Generator Owners Commitment

The generator owner shall be committed to provide black start capability:

Generators shall commit initially for at least two years to provide black start
service from the black start service implementation date, with an annual right to
terminate by each party (the generator owner and the transmission owner) with
one years notice. In the event that neither the Black Start Unit owner nor the
Transmission Owner exercises its right to terminate by providing a one year
notice of termination, the commitment to provide Black Start Service
automatically will be extended for an additional year to maintain a rolling two-year
commitment.

All succeeding annual commitments must be at least an additional year to

maintain a rolling two-year commitment. Changes in cost may be made annually,
but will become effective in the second year of commitment.

If due to an event of force majeure a generator owner cannot provide Black Start
Service, the commitment requirements stated above shall not be binding.

In the event that a Black Start Unit fails to fulfill its two year rolling commitment to
provide Black Start Service, the Black Start Unit owner shall forfeit the received
monthly Black Start Service revenues for the period of its non-performance not to
exceed revenues for a maximum of one year.

A failure by a Black Start Unit to complete its applicable annual black start
requalification test or failure of the annual test does not serve as notification of
the Black Start Unit owners intent to terminate Black Start Service nor does it
serve as notification to start the Black Start Replacement Process described in
Manual 14D- Generator Operational Requirements.

Black Start Unit Owners shall commit to supplying an update to the Black Start
Service cost formula as detailed in Schedule 6A of OATT via eDART upload
process using the Black Start Forms in Attachment C.

4.6.12 Performance Standards

Each black start unit shall meet the following performance standards:

The ability to self-start without any source of electric power from another PJM
Capacity Resource within the time defined in the system restoration
Transmission LCC, as demonstrated through testing or the demonstrated ability
to operate at reduced levels when automatically disconnected from the grid.

The ability to close into a dead (de-energized) bus. This may be demonstrated by
(a) physically closing the generator breaker connected to a dead bus while the
unit is running or (b) by a test that simulates closing the generator breaker while
only the generator side of the breaker is energized.

If the unit has the ability to operate at reduced levels when automatically
disconnected from the grid, this may be demonstrated by {a} physically removing
the unit from the grid while the unit is running or {b} by a test that simulates
removing the unit from the grid.

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The capability to maintain frequency under varying load. This may be

demonstrated by (a) picking up an isolated block of load, or (b) by appropriate
dynamic off-line testing of the governor controls.

The capability to maintain voltage under varying load. This may be demonstrated
by (a) picking up an isolated load, (b) by producing both leading and lagging
VARs by varying the voltage setting while the unit is synchronized to the system,
or (c) by appropriate dynamic off-line testing of the voltage controls.

Ability to maintain rated output for a duration as identified by the LCC System
Restoration Requirements. Requirements for supply to gas fueled black start
units should be considered in the LCC System Restoration Plan. Specific gas
supply requirements include, but are not limited to, electric feed to gas gate
valves, or local gas compressors needed to maintain gas supply during the
restoration process.

In addition to these unit-specific performance standards, each black start

generation owner must maintain procedures for the startup of black start
generation at each black start generating station. These standards shall remain
in effect for the duration of the commitment.

4.6.13 PJM Obligations

Generators that commit to provide Black Start Service shall not have their black start
capable designation terminated within the time of their commitment. PJM shall provide at
least a two-year notice to the owner or owners of generating units that are providing Black
Start Service prior to terminating that units designation as black start capable.
Designated black start generating units shall recognize that PJM shall have the authority to
ensure a minimum amount of black start capacity when deciding whether to approve
generator outages. Critical black start units will have additional planned outage restrictions
as defined in the Section 2 of PJM Manual 10: Pre-scheduling Operations.

4.6.14 Testing
Every generating unit that is providing black start capability shall be tested to verify that it
can be started and operated without being connected to the PJM power system. Black start
generating unit owners/operators shall annually schedule tests of resources providing black
start capability to confirm the ability of such resources to meet the applicable standards for
performance and control.
Tests may be scheduled at the discretion of the generation owner, however, tests must be
prescheduled with PJM prior to the test. Compensation for energy output delivered to the
system shall be provided for the unit's minimum run time at the higher of the unit's costcapped offer or real-time LMP, plus start-up and no-load costs for up to two start attempts, if
necessary. Any unrecovered costs of Black Start Tests should be submitted in writing to the
Manager of Market Settlements.
For units with high operating rates with the ability to remain operating at reduced levels
when automatically disconnected from the grid, an opportunity cost will be provided to
compensate the unit for lost revenue during the black start testing.
Annual tests shall include:

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Starting and bringing the resource to synchronous speed without assistance from
a system electrical feed or demonstrating the ability to remain operating at
reduced levels when automatically disconnected from the grid.

Testing of all communication circuits.

Simulating switching needed to connect the black start unit to the transmission
system following a system blackout.

Testing the features unique to each facility that relate to Black Start Service.
For New Units:
For a generator that is a new Black Start Unit, revenue requirements must be
submitted to PJM and the MMU through the eDART upload process. Next, the
unit must successfully pass a Black Start Service test according to their plants
procedures (and restoration plan requirements), and submit the test results to
PJM using the PJM Black Start Test Report Form (Attachment C). Upon
successful completion of the Black Start Service test, the payment start date is
the 1st day of the next month following the receipt of both test and cost data.
For Units Integrating into PJM:
For an existing Black Start Unit which has recently been integrated into the PJM
Region, the Black Start Unit owner must send revenue requirements to PJM and
0the MMU through the eDART upload process at least one month prior to joining
PJM. The unit must successfully pass a Black Start Service test within 6 months
of integration then submit the test results to PJM using the PJM Black Start Test
Report Form (Attachment C). The payment start date is the 1st day of
integration.
For Recertifying Units:
After the Black Start Unit has been decertified due to failure to complete testing
requirements, the Black Start Unit will be considered a new unit for purposes of
testing, and must recertify by conducting a successful Black Start Service test.
PJM will reinstate the units payment in the next month after the successful test is
performed.

4.6.15 Testing and Training Standards and Records

Each black start generating unit shall be tested to verify it can be started and operated
without being connected to the system. The black start generating unit owner/operator shall
annually test the start-up and operation of each black start generating unit. Multiple tests
may be attempted following the identification and reporting of corrective actions (See the
Non-performance Issues section). Testing records shall include:

Date(s) of test(s)

Duration of test(s) from start of test until unit is on-line

Test conditions (ambient temperature, general weather conditions)

Indication of whether the unit was able to start without being connected to the
system or demonstration of the ability to disconnect from the grid automatically
and remain operating at reduced levels.

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Indication of the ability to close a circuit breaker into a dead bus

Indication of the ability to remain stable and control voltages while operating
isolated from the transmission grid and supplying the sources own auxiliary load
for a period of at least 30 minutes.

Description of the cranking path of the unit.

Description of startup of auxiliary equipment required for startup and operation of

the next non-black start unit.

Description of communications and control systems that are capable of allowing

SCADA/EMS data and voice communications, as defined in the PJM Control
Center and Data Exchange Requirements Manual.

Explanation of failed test and corrective actions taken

Description of operator training

Dates of training

Copies of black start procedures

If the item is not tested the Generator Owner must submit an explanation on the
Black Start testing form explaining why the item was not tested.

Documentation of the test results of the start-up and operation of each black start generating
unit shall be provided to PJM. PJM shall verify that the number, size, and location of black
start capable units are sufficient to meet PJMs restoration plan expectations.
Note 1: If verification is done through simulation, the analytical analysis must be the
result of dynamic studies that include the capacitive effects of cranking path circuits,
unit reactive capabilities, possible steady-state and transient switching voltages,
acceptable frequency, and proper modeling of large auxiliary motors required in
startup.

4.6.16 Non-performance
To collect monthly black start revenues, a unit must have a successful black start test on
record with PJM within the last 13 months. Once a generator is qualified, they have until the
end of the 13th month following the last successful black start test date to submit
documentation of the next successful annual test to PJM. Units are encouraged to adopt an
annual testing cycle allowing the extra month to be reserved for retesting or scheduling
conflicts.
If a unit fails a black start test, the unit is given a ten day grace period within which it may retest without financial penalty if within the thirteen month testing period. If the unit does not
successfully pass a black start test within the ten day grace period immediately following
notification of PJM a failed test, monthly black start revenues will be forfeited from the time
of the first day of the month in which the unsuccessful test occurred until the first day of the
first month AFTER the unit successfully passes a black start test.

PJM Actions:

PJM Performance Compliance Department will collect and analyze the Black
Start Test data as described above from each black start unit to determine each

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units eligibility for Black Start Service payments. PJM will notify the MOC or Unit
owner, as applicable, within five business days of test submittal of units failure.

PJM Performance Compliance will notify the LCC if a black start unit in their zone
fails to complete a successful black start test in the required timeframe. PJM
Performance Compliance will also notify the LCC when units that failed black
start tests are again eligible after completing a successful test.

PJM Performance Compliance Department will maintain the list of eligible black
start units and forward any changes to PJM Market Settlements.

PJM Market Monitoring Unit will analyze any requested generator black start cost
changes on an annual basis and forward all approved revenue requirements to
PJM Market Settlements. The approved revenue requirements will be applied by
PJM Market Settlements to Black Start Service payments starting with the month
following the submission of the black start cost changes.

PJM Member Actions:

Black Start Generation Owners will notify PJM Performance Compliance

[email protected], as well as the LCC in whose zone the black start unit
operates, of expected black start test date.

Black Start Generation Owners will notify PJM Operations prior to start of black
start test.

Black Start Generation Owners will report Black Start Test results using the PJM
Black Start Test Report Form displayed in Attachment C of this manual.
Generation Owners with Auto Load Reject Units will report their testing results
using the PJM Auto Load Reject Test Report Form in Attachment C of this
manual. Completed forms and other requested data will be submitted to the PJM
Performance Compliance Department using the eDART XLS Upload Process.

Black Start Generation Owners may request changes to their Schedule 6A

revenue requirements (formulaic costs) annually by completing the PJM Black
Start Formulaic Cost Data Form displayed in Attachment C of this manual.
Formulaic cost data requests will be reviewed and approved by the PJM Market
Monitoring Unit. Alternatively, Black Start Generation Owners may request
changes to their actual costs annually by completing the PJM Black Start Actual
Cost Data Form in Attachment C of this manual. Completed cost data forms and
other requested data will be submitted with appropriate documentation to the
PJM Market Monitoring Unit for analysis using the eDART XLS Upload Process,
however actual cost change requests must be filed to with appropriate
documentation to the FERC for approval.

4.6.17 Termination of Black Start Service

In the event a Black Start Unit intends to terminate Black Start Service, the Black Start Unit
owner shall notify PJM of its intent to terminate Black Start Service using the steps
described in the Black Start Replacement Process described in Manual 14D.
In accordance with the provision of Schedule 6A, PJM OATT, the unit owner must give one
years advance notice of intent to terminate Black Start service to allow time for the Black
Start Replacement Process.
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PJM Member Actions:

Follow actions for the Black Start Replacement Process as described in Manual
14D-Generation Operational Requirements.

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Section 5: Transmission Facility Control

Welcome to the Transmission Facility Control section of the PJM Manual for Balancing
Operations. In this section you will find the following information:

Identifies major problems and the means of correction (see Corrective Control
Strategies).

How PJM controls for reactive limits (see Reactive Limitation Control).

How PJM controls voltage (see Voltage Control).

How PJM responds to overloaded transmission facilities (see Thermal

Overloaded Transmission).

Description of regional reliability coordination (see Reliability Coordination

Plan).

5.1 Corrective Control Strategies

Below are the major electrical network problems that can occur in the PJM RTO and the
primary (or most effective) means of overcoming these problems. Exhibit 15 identifies the
major problems as:

Overloads (pre-post contingency/reactive) and excessive transfers between

areas within the PJM RTO

transmission system low voltage conditions

transmission system high voltage conditions

power system low frequency conditions

power system high frequency conditions

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Typical Means of
Control
Generator Megawatt
Adjustment
Phase Angle
Regulator Adjustment
PJM Interchange
Schedule Adjustment

External Interchange
Schedule Adjustment

Overloads &
Excess
Transfers
Raise/Lower MW

PJM RTO Problems

Low
High
Transmission
Transmissi
Voltage
on Voltage

Increase/Decrease
Phase Angle
Adjust
Import/Export MW

Low
Frequency
Conditions
Start Up
Generators

High
Frequency
Conditions
Shut Down
Generators

Change
Network
Topology
Shut Down
Pumps
Start Up
Generators
Apply As
Necessary
Apply As
Necessary

Change
Network
Topology
Start Up Pumps

Increase MW
Flow Across
PJM Balancing
area

Adjust External
Interchange
Schedules

Generator Reactive
Power Adjustment
Transformer Tap
Adjustment
Shunt Capacitor
Switching
Shunt Reactor
Switching
Synchronous
Condenser Adjustment
Transmission Line
Switching
Circuit Breaker
Switching

Increase Excitation

Selected Line
Switching
Change Network
Topology

Pumped Storage
Pump Operation
Pumped Storage
Generator Operation
Customer Load
Voltage Reduction
Customer Load
Shedding

Change Pump
Status
Change Generator
Status
Apply As
Necessary
Apply As
Necessary

Raise/Lower Tap
Position
Connect to Grid
Disconnect from
Grid
Increase Excitation

Shut Down Pumps

Start Up
Generators
Apply As
Necessary
Apply As
Necessary

Decrease
Excitation
Raise/Lower
Tap Position
Disconnect
from Grid
Connect to
Grid
Decrease
Excitation
Outage Prestudied Lines

Start Up
Pumps
Shut Down
Generators

Shut Down
Generators

Exhibit 14: Corrective Control Strategies

The various available means for control to help alleviate these problems are also listed in
Exhibit 15. Some of these controls are automatically applied by local closed-loop control
while other controls are acted on by the individual participants upon PJM request. PJM has
no direct means of controlling the generation/transmission/distribution system.
Exhibit 16 shows the type of limits that apply to various power system conditions. Nuclear
power plants at various locations may have more restrictive voltage limits, imposed by

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nuclear licensing obligations, than listed in Exhibit 16. In these cases, such limits are to
supersede the general guidance provided in Exhibit 16. Exhibit 16 details the PJM baseline
values, any exceptions can be found in Manual 3, Section 3.3.2.
Note: Thermal and reactive constraint control includes loading of economic
generation (on cost) generation.
Types of Limits

Power System Conditions

Pre-Contingency Normal Conditions

Post-Contingency Emergency
Conditions
Contingency Flow < Emergency
Rating

Thermal

Actual Flow < Normal Rating

Reactive Transfer

Equivalent MW Rating

Equivalent MW Rating

Voltage - 765 kV

726.8 kV 803.2 kV

726.8 kV 803.2 kV Max 8-10% kV

Drop

Voltage - 500 kV

500 kV - 550 kV

500 kV - 550 kV Max 5% kV Drop

Voltage - 345 kV

328 kV - 362 kV

328 kV - 362 kV

Voltage - 230 kV

219 kV - 242 kV

219 kV - 242 kV

Voltage - 138 kV

131 kV - 145 kV

131 kV - 145 kV

Voltage - 115 kV

109 kV - 121 kV

109 kV - 121 kV

Voltage - Customer ANSI Standard

97.5% - 105%

95% - 105.8%

Max 50 Difference for 500 kV

System

Max 30 Difference for Generators

Stability - Steady State

Max 60 Difference for 500 kV

System

Stability - Steady State

Max 40 Difference for Generators

Exhibit 15: Power System Limits

The next subsections describe the procedures that are followed to implement controls in
response to specific problems.

5.2 Reactive Limitation Control

This section provides operating guidelines for normal and emergency control of transfer
interfaces where a reactive limit is reached or exceeded.

PJM Actions:

When a reactive limit is approached or exceeded, and non-cost moves are

ineffective, out-of-merit assignments are made in the most effective areas to
control these limitations. PJM dispatcher also evaluates the impact of the existing
inter-area transfers and modifies the transaction schedules that adversely affect
the reactive transfer limit. Prior to out of merit assignments transaction schedules
that are not willing to pay congestion are curtailed. If insufficient generation is
available to control these limitations, the Emergency procedures contained in the
PJM Manual for Emergency Operations are implemented. If the Emergency
Procedure steps (from curtailing non-firm contracts through Voluntary Customer
Load Curtailment, including implementation of the NERC TLR procedure) are
insufficient to control the transfers, a Manual Load Dump Warning is issued to all
Generation Owners/Transmission Owners stating the most serious limitation and

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the estimated amount of load relief required. PJM dispatcher using all available
tools, voltage drop curves, actual voltage conditions, proximity to all the different
reactive transfer limits, and Transmission Owner impacts, determines the most
effective area for load dumping. PJM dispatcher discusses the locations and the
amount of load drop required with the affected LSEs.

If transfers exceed a reactive transfer limit and voltage conditions are

deteriorating and PJM dispatcher determines that the system cannot withstand
the occurrence of the contingency, PJM dispatcher orders a Manual Load Dump
in the most effective area and in an amount sufficient to return the transfers to
within the reactive transfer limit.

If transfers exceed the transfer limit (or a revised transfer limit, if applicable), due to the
occurrence of some contingency, but additional actions other than load dumping are
available and effective, these actions are first undertaken. If, however, transfers are not
returned to within the limits within 30 minutes of the occurrence of the contingency, the PJM
Emergency Procedures up to and including load dumping are implemented.

PJM Member Actions:

The Generation Owner/Transmission Owner dispatchers follow actions prescribed in the
PJM Manual for Emergency Operations.

5.3 Voltage Control

The PJM RTO is operated so that normal voltage profiles are maintained at all load levels.
Under normal system conditions, the following criteria are used:

Each LSE is able to supply its reactive load and losses locally at all load levels.

The 500 kV system is operated so that all 500 kV bus voltages are maintained
between 500 kV and 550 kV (494 kV and 540 kV in the Dominion area) on a precontingency basis. Maximum voltage capabilities on individual 500 kV buses are
given in Attachment B.

The 345 kV and below portion of the bulk power transmission system is operated
so that all bus voltages are maintained within 5% of the nominal voltage on a precontingency basis, unless use of a different bandwidth is required because of
equipment design.

No single contingency outage shall exceed either of the following limits at a 500 kV bus:

a post-contingency voltage drop of five percent (0.20 PU in the Dominion area)

on 500 kV facilities

A post-contingency angular difference which is ten degrees less than the setting
of the synchro-check relay. Synchro-check relays are set to 60 for 500 kV
terminals and 40 for generators.

PJM regularly examines system conditions for potential voltage problems and advises PJM
dispatcher of measures that must be taken to maintain the system within the criteria.
The Generation Owner/Transmission Owner dispatchers establish system voltage control by
using controllable reactive sources and load tap changers, including generators,
synchronous condensers, and switched capacitors. After the controllable reactive sources
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are utilized, Load Tap Changing (LTC) transformers may be used to adjust 500 kV and 230
kV voltages.

5.3.1 Action in a Low-Voltage Situation

If voltages are, or are expected to be, below the criteria, the following actions are taken by
PJM and the Generation Owners/Transmission Owners.

PJM Actions:

PJM dispatcher requests all Generation Owners/Transmission Owners to

implement the heavy-load voltage schedule.

PJM dispatcher requests that synchronous condensers and switchable

capacitors be placed in service unless studies indicate otherwise.

PJM dispatcher verifies that all units in operation are supplying maximum MVAR
capability.

PJM dispatcher adjusts 500/230 kV transformer taps to optimize system voltage.

If system voltages are determined to be overly sensitive to slight increases in

transfer levels, PJM dispatcher reduces power transfers into the reactivedeficient area to a value that stabilizes voltages. PJM dispatcher re-examines
system conditions and reduces the limit, until voltage stability is achieved.

PJM Member Actions:

The Generation Owner/Transmission Owner dispatchers respond promptly to

specific requests and directions of PJM dispatcher.

5.3.2 500 kV System Voltage Below 500 kV

If the 500 kV system voltage is below 500 kV (or 494 kV in the Dominion area), the following
actions are taken:

PJM Actions:

PJM dispatcher issues a Manual Load Dump Warning and takes appropriate
Emergency procedures (see PJM Manual for Emergency Operations), in the
effective area.

If the 500 kV system voltage has reached a level of, or is decaying toward 470
kV, or any other level as determined by PJM operations planning staff, PJM
dispatcher orders sufficient load dumping in the deficient area, so as to stabilize
the system voltage at 490 kV or better to protect the system from a loss of a
large unit.

PJM dispatcher directs Transmission Owners, via the PJM ALL-CALL, to avoid
taking any actions that adversely affect the 500 kV system voltage, without first
obtaining approval from PJM dispatcher. If the 345 kV system or below has
reached a level of 90% of nominal and is continuing to decay, PJM dispatcher
orders load dumping in the deficient area, sufficient to return the system voltages
to 95% or better.

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PJM Member Actions:

The Transmission Owner dispatchers promptly dump an amount of load equal to,
or in excess of, the amount requested by PJM dispatcher.

The Transmission Owner dispatchers report actions taken once implemented.

5.3.3 Action in a High-Voltage Situation

The following items apply to voltage control of the overall PJM 500 kV system. It should be
noted that high voltage problems of localized nature may be more effectively controlled by
selective measures in the particular area.

PJM Actions:

PJM dispatcher requests the Transmission Owners to disconnect all switchable

capacitors.

PJM dispatcher requests system reactors be placed in service where available.

PJM dispatcher requests the Generation Owners/Transmission Owners to

operate units to absorb reactive power.

PJM dispatcher requests neighboring Balancing areas to assist in reducing

voltage.

PJM dispatcher requests the Transmission Owners to adjust 500/230 kV

transformer taps to optimize system voltage.

PJM dispatcher requests the Transmission Owners to reset desired voltage on

Static Var Compensators (SVCs).

If the above is not sufficient, high-voltage problems may possibly be relieved by

opening a 500 kV circuit. (Opening a circuit loaded below surge impedance
loading, 850 MW, results in a net decrease in line charging). If using the EMS
real-time program, PJM dispatcher determines that opening the 500 kV circuit
causes no overloads, PJM dispatcher directs the Transmission Owner to open
this line at both terminals. PJM dispatcher determines if this action has produced
the desired effect; if not, PJM dispatcher directs the Transmission Owner to
reclose the line. PJM operations planning staff routinely provide PJM dispatcher
with a list of 500 kV circuits that may be opened without degrading system
reliability. PJM dispatcher may not open more than one 500 kV circuit for voltage
control in an area.

PJM Member Actions:

The Generation Owner/Transmission Owner dispatchers respond promptly to

specific requests and directions of PJM dispatcher.

5.4 Thermal Overloaded Transmission

This section describes the actions to be taken when there is thermal overloading of a
transmission facility (line or transformer) at or above the Short-Term Emergency (STE)
rating. These actions provide protection of high voltage transmission from failure and
damage due to overloaded conditions and preservation of system reliability.

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The general procedure is to first apply effective corrective actions that can be taken at little
or no cost, for example:

Transformer tap adjustments

Phase-angle regulator adjustments

Capacitor/reactor switching

Pre-studied line switching

Curtailment of non-firm transactions not willing to pay for congestion

5.4.1 Transaction Curtailment

PJM may curtail transactions for which the transmission customer has not indicated the
desire to buy through congestion. These curtailments are accomplished in an order based
on:

Distribution factor impact on the constrained facility

Priority of transmission service

Timestamp of the transmission service request within each priority level

If the transactions which require curtailment are external to PJM, the NERC TLR procedure
is invoked.

5.4.2 Generation Redispatch

In the event that further corrective actions are required, the outputs of effective generators
are adjusted away (off-cost) from their normal assignments (on-cost).
The generation control cost signal that is sent from PJM to each Generation Owner is
established either automatically by computer program or manually by PJM dispatcher (see
Exhibit 5 of this PJM manual).

5.4.3 Operating Mode Change Procedure

The following procedures are applied when the PJM RTO conditions require a change in
on/off-cost operating modes:

From On-Cost to Off-Cost When generation redispatch is necessary, the PJM

dispatcher notifies all Generation Owners/Transmission Owners, via the PJM
ALL-CALL, that particular Control Zones will be operating off-cost.

From Off-Cost to On-Cost When conditions permit the affected Generation

Owners/Transmission Owners to return to economic dispatch (on-cost), PJM
dispatcher notifies all Local Control Centers, via the PJM ALL-CALL, when the
affected LSEs will return to on-cost operations.

A summary of PJM Constraint Control guidelines is included as Attachment B.

PJM Actions:

When a transmission facility is loaded above the STE rating, but does not exceed
the load dump rating (generally 115% of the STE rating), PJM dispatcher

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requests adjustments to controllable equipment within a maximum of 15 minutes,

to bring the loading to equal or below the STE rating.

If the facility is not reduced within 15 minutes, PJM dispatcher orders a load
dump to reduce the actual flow on the facility to be equal to or below the STE
rating.

When a transmission facility is loaded above the load dump rating, PJM
dispatcher or Transmission Owner on the receiving end of the overloaded facility,
has up to a maximum of five minutes to analyze and relieve the overload. If not
reduced to or below the STE rating at the end of five minutes, PJM dispatcher
orders a load dump to relieve the facility.

PJM dispatcher promptly informs the Transmission Owner dispatcher of any

overloads that have occurred and corrective actions being taken.

PJM Member Actions:

The Transmission Owner dispatchers promptly inform PJM dispatcher of any

overloads that have occurred and corrective actions being taken.

The Transmission Owner dispatchers do not open any overloaded transmission,

including inter-Balancing area and intra-Balancing area circuits, under
disturbance conditions unless pre-studied or pre-arranged for specific
contingencies.

If an overloaded transformer or cable cannot be relieved by applying the previous

criteria, the LCC dispatcher can open the facility, while taking into account the
system conditions and the resulting consequences, versus the consequences of
having the facility fail and incur damage.
5.4.4 Generation Redispatch (Non-Market Facilities)
In the event that further corrective actions are required beyond non-cost actions, PJM will
issue a Post-Contingency Local Load Relief Warning (PCLLRW).
At the request of the Transmission Owner, PJM will manually direct the redispatch of
effective generation. The effective generation will be cost-capped but not permitted to set
LMP since the facility is not a Market facility. PJM will commit effective generation in order
to minimize the total MW committed to control the constraint.

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Attachment A: PJM Instantaneous Reserve Check (IRC)

Attachment A: PJM Instantaneous Reserve Check (IRC)

IRC - Definitions of Terms / Calculations

Operating Reserve
T <= 30 Minutes

Primary Reserve
Time <= 10 Minutes

Supplemental
Reserve
Synchronized
Reserve

Quick
Start
Reserve

10< T <= 30 Minutes

Exhibit 16: PJM Instantaneous Reserve Check Terms & Relationships

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Type of Reserve
Synchronous Reserve

Description/Calculation
Generation available within 10 minutes for Online Reserve Units
1.

The Synchronized Reserve is calculated as follows:

Quickstart Reserve

Synchronous Reserve = the lesser of:

(a) Spin Ramp Rate * 10 min
(b) Spin Max (if none exists then Economic Max is used)
Current MW Level

Generation available within 10 minutes for Offline Reserve Units

Quickstart Reserve (Hydro) = Spin Max (if none exists then

Economic Max is used) (limited by ramp rate * (10 minutes TTS))
Quickstart Reserve (Non - Hydro) = Spin Max (if none exists
then Economic Max is used) (limited by ramp rate * (10
minutes TTS))
Include: Offline Reserve Units that have a (Notification
Time + TTS) 10 min
Note: TTS = Time to Start

Primary Reserve
Operating Reserve

Synchronized Reserve + Quick Start Reserve

Generation available within 30 minutes for Online or Offline
Reserve Units

Operating Reserve = Offline + Online

Offline is calculated as follows:
o

Offline = Spin Max (if none exists then Economic Max is

used) (limited by Spin Ramp Rate * (30 minutes - TTS))

Include: Offline Reserve Units that have a (Notification

Time + TTS) 30 min. (limited by Spin Ramp Rate * 30
minutes - TTS)

Online is calculated as follows:

o Online = the lesser of:
a) ramp rate * 30 min
b) Spin Max (if none exists then Economic Max is
used) Current MW Level
Note: Regulating Units are permitted to be included in the
operating reserve calculation.
Note: If a Maximum Emergency Alert is issued, and
Maximum Emergency is called into the capacity, Emergency
Maximum should be used in place of Spin Max or Economic
Maximum.

Supplemental Reserve

Operating Reserve - Primary Reserve

NOTE: Reserve quantities must reflect current regulation assignments.

Exhibit 17: Definitions of PJM Instantaneous Reserve Check Terms

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Attachment A: PJM Instantaneous Reserve Check (IRC)

Exhibit 18: Sample PJM Instantaneous Reserve Check Form

IRC Form Data Entry Guide

1.

Request ID IRC Identification Number

2.

Request Timestamp Date and time of the request for the IRC

3.

Company Input

a. Operating Reserve
b. Synchronized Reserve
c. Quickstart - Quick-Start Reserve values are reported for hydro and nonhydro reserves separately

d. Supplemental Reserve > 30 - Scheduled capacity not available within 30

minutes.
NOTE: Reserve quantities must reflect current regulation assignments.

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Attachment B: Transmission Constraint Control Guidelines

B.1 Non-Cost Measures
PJM dispatch utilizes all available non-cost measures prior to generation redispatch. Noncost measures include but are not limited to:

PAR adjustments

Transformer Tap Adjustments

MVAR adjustments

Switching Capacitors / Reactors in/out-of-service.

Switching Transmission facilities in/out-of-service.

Curtailing Transactions Not-Willing-to-Pay congestion.

Once non-cost measures are exhausted, PJM dispatch begins to redispatch generation.
PJM will initiate redispatch on a cost-effective basis using the PJM Unit Dispatch System
solution. During constrained operations, PJM Dispatch will redispatch all generation,
including wind, in a consistent manner. PJM assumes that, because of the intermittent
nature of wind, these facilities will be at ECO Max and that further upward dispatch
(increase in output) is not available for constraint control. This curtailment can be achieved
by pitching blades or taking individual turbines off-line. Once off-cost operations are
activated, the PJM dispatcher will set a desired threshold for each individual constraint,
which directs the RT-SCED solution to control to the threshold % of the appropriate facility
rating. Subsequent RT-SCED cases will continue to control to this percentage, usually 95
100% of facility rating, until the threshold is changed or constraint closed by the PJM
dispatcher.

B.2 Generation Redispatch

PJM, prior to initiating redispatch, reviews available controlling actions and the distribution
factor effect on the overloaded facility. PJM also considers whether there are sufficient
resources available to control transmission facilities within acceptable limits.
1.

Contingency Operations
PJM will initiate off-cost if reasonable controlling actions are available with an impact
effect generally greater than 5%. Once off-cost is initiated, RT-SCED tools will
redispatch generation based on dollar per MW effect, considering all on-line flexible
units with an impact of 1% or greater. PJM staff has the ability to adjust the
controlling percentage on an individual constraint basis. PJM will initiate a Post
Contingency Local Load Relief Warning/Action if post-contingency flows exceed
designated ratings and insufficient resources are available to control the overloaded
facilities.

2.

Normal / Actual Overload

In general PJM initiates off-cost and utilizes controlling actions greater than 5%
impact, however, since an actual overload causes real-time loss-of-life on the
affected facility, PJM will load generation with an impact effect less than 5%. Once

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off-cost is initiated, the RT-SCED tool will redispatch generation based on dollar per
MW effect, considering all on-line flexible units with an impact of 1% or greater. PJM
staff has the ability to adjust the controlling percentage on an individual constraint
basis.
The RT-SCED software continues to monitor projected flows on constrained facilities and
sends ramp-limited set points to re-optimize redispatch for constraint control to the
designated threshold. The eligibility of units to set Locational Marginal Price is determined
by comparing the desired output as calculated by RT-SCED to the actual output as
calculated by the State Estimator.
Note 1: In order to ensure resources do not force emergency procedures they
must be dispatchable (Dispatchable Generation) in the range between the
greater of the resources physical minimum operating level or Capacity
Interconnection Rights (CIR) and Maximum Facility Output (MFO) (i.e. fixed gen
flag must not be selected).
Note 2: Resources may not submit an economic minimum that exceeds the
greater of the resources physical minimum operating level or the level of their
CIR in the real-time energy market. This restriction does not apply to the dayahead market.
Note 3: An intermittent resources Economic Minimum shall not exceed the level
of its CIR.
Note 4: An intermittent resources Emergency Minimum should be set to 0.
Note 5: During Constrained Operations, Resources will redispatched costeffectively based on their bid parameters.
Note 6: Cost-effective redispatch ($/MW effect) objective is to minimize the
function [(Current Dispatch Rate Unit Bid) Unit Generation Shift Factor)].
Note 7: The unit default cost/price bid will be assumed 0 unless provided via
eMkt.
Note 8: Intermittent resource curtailment should be achieved within 15 minutes
or consistent with the resources ramp rate bid. PJM should be notified if
curtailment is expected to exceed 15 minutes.

PJM Member Actions:

Generation Dispatchers ensure their units are following PJM economic base
points to Economic Minimum output.

Wind Generator Operators will adjust Wind Turbine Control Systems or manually
adjust turbine output to achieve the desired RT-SCED basepoint.

B.3 Analyzing and Controlling non-market BES facilities

BACKGROUND:
PJM is responsible for monitoring for BES facilities defined as:

All 100kV and above non-radial transmission lines.

All non-radial transformers with a high side voltage of 100kV and above.

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Individual generation resources larger than 20 MVA or a generation plant with

aggregate capacity greater than 75 MVA that is connected via a step-up
transformer's) to facilities operated at voltages of 100 kV or higher,

Lines operated at voltages of 100 kV or higher,

Transformers (other than generator step-up) with both primary and secondary
windings of 100 kV or higher, and

Associated auxiliary and protection and control system equipment that could
automatically trip a BES facility, independent of the protection and control
equipments voltage level.

A portion of the BES facilities are considered non-market BES facilities and will be controlled
in a manner different than market BES facilities. Controlling actions for non-market BES
facilities will be coordinated with the Transmission Owner and will not be permitted to set
LMP.

PROCEDURE:
B.3.1 Outage Approval Process for BES facilities:
Reliability Engineers will evaluate and approve transmission outages consistent with the
PJM Transmission Operations Manual (M03) and PJM Operations Planning Manual (M38)
ensuring reliability is maintained on all BES facilities.

B.3.2 Outage Approval Process for non-market BES Facilities:

Additional coordination may be required with the Transmission Owner for non-market BES
facilities to ensure contingency results are consistent in real-time operations:

For planned outages, the differences in contingency analysis results should be

rationalized in advance and instruction provided to real-time operations as to
which EMS analysis is more accurate (PJM or TO).

An operating plan shall be agreed upon in advance, which may require the
advanced scheduling of long-lead time generation at the expense of the
Transmission Owner.

The agreed upon controlling actions should be documented and communicated

to PJM and TO or GO Dispatchers.

Under certain conditions, a generator may violate GSU limits upon the loss of
another facility. A generator will be permitted to operate above their emergency
limits so long as a post-contingency reduction plan has been agreed upon. Precontingency reductions would be required in the absence of an agreed upon
plan.

B.3.3 Resolving Modeling Differences:

Prior to implementing controlling actions to control flows within limit criteria, PJM Dispatch
compares PJM EMS Security Analysis results with Transmission Owners EMS Security
Analysis Results. Pre-contingency, Post-Contingency flows and ratings are compared. If a
difference exists between PJM and Transmission Owner Security Analysis results, PJM will
operate to the most conservative results until the difference can be rationalized. For planned
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outages, the differences should be rationalized in advance and instruction provided to realtime operations. For situations where differences were not resolved in advance and if the
difference is significant, the following guides will be followed to quickly resolve the
difference:

PJM and Transmission Owner identify modeling issue and operate to most
conservative solution.

PJM investigates modeling issue and attempts to resolve within 1 hour. This may
involve verification of distribution factors using Seasonal PSS/E load flow case.

If discrepancy is > 5% and expected to last 2 hours, PJM Dispatch will contact
PJM support staff and request Transmission Owner to contact support staff.

PJM and Transmission Owner on-call support staff will work toward resolving
modeling difference.

PJM and Transmission Owner agree to defer to most accurate analysis in lieu of
operating to most conservative results, when difference is understood or
resolved.

PJM and Transmission Owner support staff attempt to correct modeling

differences within 24 hours.

B.3.4 Real-time Controlling Actions:

Real-time controlling actions for Non-market BES facilities are prioritized as follows:

B.3.5 Real-time Controlling Actions:

Real-time controlling actions for Non-market BES facilities are prioritized as follows:
1.

Non-cost measures including:

PAR adjustments

Transformer Tap Adjustments

MVAR adjustments

Switching Capacitors / Reactors in/out-of-service.

Switching Transmission facilities in/out-of-service.

Curtailing Transactions Not-Willing-to-Pay congestion

2.

In order to control post-contingency voltage or thermal violations, PJM will manually

direct the redispatch of effective generation at the request of the Transmission
Owner. The effective generation will be cost-capped but not permitted to set LMP
since the facility is not a Market facility. PJM will commit effective generation in
order to minimize the total MW committed to control the constraint.

3.

Under certain conditions, a generator may violate GSU limits upon the loss of
another facility. A generator will be permitted to operate above their emergency
limits so long as a post-contingency reduction plan has been agreed upon. Precontingency reductions are required in the absence of an agreed upon plan.

4.

PJM will direct pre-contingency redispatch actions to:

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a. Control for actual voltage violations below normal low limits

b. Control for actual thermal overloads in violation of normal ratings
c. Control for post-contingency voltage violations below Load Dump Low
limits
d. Control for post-contingency violations resulting in non-converged
contingencies.
5.

PJM will issue a Non-market PCLLRW for a thermal contingency violation and
provide post-contingency load dfax if the post-contingency flow exceeds the LTE
rating.

6.

PJM will issue a Non-market PCLLRW for a voltage contingency violation and
provide post-contingency load dfax if the post-contingency voltage is below the
emergency limit.

B.3.6 Maintaining System Reliability:

PJM is required to ensure system reliability is maintained, ensuring there is an operating
plan for all BES facilities. If PJM or a TO analysis indicates that an planned facility outage
would result in non-converged contingencies, post-contingency voltages below LD voltage
limits, post-contingency voltage drop violations, actual voltages below normal limits or actual
flows in excess of normal ratings after all non-cost measures are exhausted, the TO will be
required to schedule generation or cancel their planned outage cancelled.
Facilities in the posted information can be designated:

Unmonitored or Not Monitored, applies to facilities which may, or may not, be

modeled in the PJM EMS. No significant impact on system loading is expected to
result from outages on these facilities. PJMs EMS does not maintain
ratings/limits for these facilities.

PJM Market indicating that the facility is internal to PJM and is under
Congestion Management. If actual or post-contingency Violations occur on these
facilities, operators follow appropriate procedures including market re-dispatch to
remediate problems. PJMs EMS maintains ratings/limits for these facilities.

PJM Reliability indicating that the facility is monitored by PJM for NERC
Security/Reliability Coordinator obligations. This designation is also applied when
coordination is required to ensure that facilities which may not be in the PJM
Market are not adversely impacted by switching or phase shifter operations on
parallel PJM facilities which are under Congestion Management. If actual or
calculated overloads occur, operators follow appropriate procedures - excluding
market re-dispatch - to remediate the problem. PJMs EMS maintains
ratings/limits for these facilities.

PJM Status indicates that TOs are required to report, schedule and coordinate
outages on the facility. All facilities classified as 1-PJM Market and 2-PJM
Reliability Coordination are automatically included as Outage Reportables. TOs
are also required to report outages on facilities that may not be in Congestion
Management but may impact the reliability and/or economics of the system. TOs
are required to follow applicable outage reporting procedures for facilities

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classified as Reportable High/Yes and Reportable Low. The primary difference in

these classifications is that for Reportable High/Yes facilities, TOs are required to
call before and after taking outages whereas TOs are not required to call PJM
before taking an outage on Reportable Low facilities. TOs are not required to
report outages on facilities classified as Reportable No to PJM. PJM can require
that any, or all, OATT facilities be Outage Reportable. PJMs EMS does not
maintain ratings/limits for these facilities.

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Attachment C: PJM Black Start Test Report Form

Attachment C: PJM Black Start Test Report Form

The following forms are located on the PJM Black Start Services Working Group link on the
PJM website:

PJM Black Start Test Form

PJM Auto Load Reject Test Report Form

PJM Black Start Formulaic Cost Data Form

PJM Black Start Actual Cost Data Form

This link can be found at:

http://www.pjm.com/committees-and-groups/task-forces/~/media/committees-groups/taskforces/bsstf/test-report-form-2007.ashx

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Attachment D: Disturbance Control Performance/Standard

Attachment D: Disturbance Control Performance/Standard

The purpose of the Disturbance Control Standard (BAL-002-0) is to ensure that PJM, a
Balancing Authority, is able to utilize its contingency reserve to balance resources and
demand and return Interconnection frequency within defined limits following a Reportable
Disturbance. Because generator failures are far more common than significant losses of
load and because contingency reserve activation does not typically apply to the loss of load,
the application of Disturbance Control Standard (DCS) is limited to the loss of supply and
does not apply to the loss of load.
As such, PJM is required to have access to or operate with resource reserves to respond to
disturbances. This reserve may be supplied from generation, controllable load, or
coordinated adjustments to interchange schedules. Further discussion of the various types
of operating reserve is made in PJM Manual 10, Pre-Scheduling Operations, Section 3,
Reserve Objectives. As a minimum, this reserve must be sufficient to cover the most severe
single contingency and this contingency value must be reevaluated on an annual basis to
determine the most severe single contingency.
The DCS Standard requires PJM to satisfy Disturbance Recovery Criterion within a certain
Disturbance Recovery Period for 100% of reportable disturbances. That Criterion requires
PJM to return its Area Control Error (ACE) to zero if its ACE just prior to the Reportable
Disturbance was positive or equal to zero. For negative initial ACE values just prior to the
Disturbance, a return of ACE is made to its pre-Disturbance value. In either case, the
Disturbance Recovery Period is 15 minutes after the start of a Reportable Disturbance.
Subsequently, PJM must fully restore the Synchronized Reserve within 90 minutes. All
contingency losses (i.e., Disturbances) greater or equal to 80% of the magnitude of PJMs
most severe single contingency loss must be calculated and reported as follows.
For loss of generation:
If ACEA <0, then
Ri =

MW Loss max (0, ACEA ACEM)

--------------------------------------------------------- * 100%
MW Loss

If ACEA <0, then

Ri =

MW Loss max (0, ACEM) ------------------------------------------------ * 100%

MW Loss

where:
MW Loss is the MW size of the Disturbance as measured at the beginning of the loss,
ACEA is the pre-disturbance ACE, and
ACEM is the maximum algebraic value of ACE measured within 15 minutes following
the Disturbance. (Note: ACEM may be set to equal ACE 15 min).
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The recording of the MW Loss value should be measured at the site of the loss to the extent
possible. This value should not be measured as a change in ACE since governor response
(and AGC response) may introduce error.
The value for ACEA shall be based on the average ACE over the period just prior to the
start of the Disturbance (10 and 60 seconds prior and including at least 4 scans of ACE).
The average percent recovery is the arithmetic average of all the calculated R i values for
Reportable Disturbances during a given quarter. Average percent recovery is similarly
calculated for excludable Disturbances.
These Disturbances are reported to NERC on a quarterly basis. Additionally, it is important
to note that multiple contingencies occurring within one minute or less of each other are
treated as a single contingency. However, if the combined magnitude of the multiple
contingencies exceeds the most severe single contingency, the loss shall be reported, but
excluded from the compliance evaluation (as described above). Additional contingencies
that occur after one minute of the start of a Reportable Disturbance but end prior to the end
of the Disturbance Recovery Period can be excluded from evaluation as well. Instead, PJM
can determine the DCS compliance of the initial Reportable Disturbance by performing a
reasonable estimation of the response that would have occurred had the second and
subsequent contingencies not occurred.

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Attachment E: PJM Reporting of NERC BAL Standard

Attachment E: PJM REPORTING OF NERC BAL Standard

Daily Data Support for BAL-005 and BAL-001 reporting
PJM data archive stores the following data to support Compliance Monitoring. This data is
stored for thirteen months along with quality code.
PJM Frequency BIAS development method PJM uses the method as described by BAL-003 R5
In the month of December the PJM Performance department obtains the latest published
peak load forecast for PJM RTO as developed by the PJM Load Analysis subcommittee for
the PJM RTO coincident peak. As specified in the requirement PJM calculates the bias by
using 1.0% of this load value as the frequency bias to be used by PJM RTO for the
upcoming year which meets the R5 requirement. The new bias is reported to NERC and
RFC for reporting purposes. Upon approval of the NERC subcommittee the new bias is put
in place via input into the EMS system and additional reporting systems as required.
PJM real time bias review
PJM Performance department reviews on an ad hoc basis the PJM bias contribution for the
past year to help benchmark the system response using the distributed list of Eastern
Interconnection events to study PJM performance with bias response.
PJM RTO ACE Instantaneous (scan rate no less than 4 second scan)
PJM RTO system frequency Instantaneous sampled at two second rate
PJM RTO Scheduled frequency as set in the PJM EMS control system
PJM Net Actual Interchange sampled at scan rate for ACE development
PJM RTO Net Schedule Interchange sampled at scan rate for ACE development
PJM calculates clock minute averages of the instantaneous data and stores the one minute
averages for the following:

ACE (one minute)

Frequency (one minute)

CF(compliance factor)

CPS2

BAAL Daily minute limit high and low, minute values of BA ace-frequency. Daily
exceedance minutes by hour, Note exceedance time for an event is a progressive number
of minutes only reset if a minute a BAs ACE Frequency number is within the BAAL minute
limit. An event can span an hour, a day, a month, or a year. Discrete reporting periods for a
day or month may not capture the total time in exceedance for an event.
Field Trial Data provided to BRD Group

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Attachment E: PJM Reporting of NERC BAL Standard

Balance Resources and Demand Standard Proof-of-Concept Field

Trial
ATTACHMENT A
Field Trial Data Submittal Format
One-minute data will be provided in monthly files under the following CSV format:
BA, Date, Time, TimeZone, ACE, FreqError, FreqBias, ActFreq, SchedFreq, AQC, FQC,
BAAL_Low, MinCtLow, BAAL_High, MinCtHigh <EOL>
Field Name
BA
Date
Time

Description/Type
5-character BA Identifier provided by BALRESSDT
Date format (MM/DD/YYYY),
24-hour time format (hh:mm),

TimeZone

3-character time-zone abbreviation (EST, EDT, CST,

CDT, etc)

ACE
(REAL)

Clock-minute average Area Control Error (MW)

(data provided minimum of 1 decimal point)

FreqError
(REAL)

Clock-minute average Frequency Error (Hz),

(data provided minimum of three decimal points)

FreqBias
(REAL)
ActFreq
(REAL)
SchedFreq
(REAL)

Clock-minute average Frequency Bias (MW/0.1 Hz)

Clock-minute average Actual Frequency (Hz)
(data provided minimum of three decimal points)
Clock-minute average Scheduled Frequency (Hz)
(data provided minimum of two decimal points)

AQC*
(INTEGER)

ACE Quality Code (0=valid data, 1=bad data)

FQC*
(INTEGER)

Frequency Quality Code (0=valid data, 1=bad data)

BAAL_Low**
BAALLow (MW)
(REAL)
(data provided minimum of 1 decimal point)
MinCtLow
(INTEGER)
BAAL_High**
(REAL)

Count of the consecutive minutes of negative ACE <

BAALLow when Frequency Error is negative.
BAALHigh (MW)
(data provided minimum of 1 decimal point)

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MinCtHigh
(INTEGER)

Count of the consecutive minutes of positive ACE >

BAALHigh when Frequency Error is positive.

PJM Performance Department review

Daily review of ACE inputs is performed by Performance Compliance to document any
missing or invalid data quality values of ACE or frequency for final determination of CPS and
BAAL reporting values.
PJM calculates via reports many variations of the minute data to obtain shift and daily CPS
average values and running balances and BAAL as well as PJM corporate goals on the
BAAL standards.
Monthly Reporting
Monthly summary CPS data is provided to: Reliability First Corporation via their WEB
reporting tool, and SERC WEB reporting tool, and directly to NERC via email using CPS
reporting form included in this section. BAAL Field trial data is emailed to the field test
monitor as directed under field trial rules.
Monthly reporting of Net schedule and Net Actual by BA for On-Peak, Off-Peak, and Total
net schedule is input into the SPP tool (NERC requirement and accepted NERC tool) by the
15th of the month. Monthly Data is obtained from the PJM settlements department broken
down by BA and agreed based on central prevailing time per NERC standard. Note that in
dealing with MISO as the Scheduling agent, a net schedule between PJM / MISO is the only
level of detail supplied on a monthly basis by waiver authority from NERC. ALL Balancing
Authorities within MISO agree with adjacent BAs on actual interchange only. The NERC tool
tallies PJM On-Peak and Off Peak Inadvertent which is compared for agreement and
recordkeeping purposes. The running balance is available thru the NERC tool.

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NERC CPC Survey forms included PJM can produce these reports and has them
available for the preceding year.
NERC Control Performance Standard Survey
All Interconnections

L10 H.E.
Central
Time

CF

Number of Samples

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Month -

CPS2
Unavailable
Periods

Violations

Record the total month's samples from each of the 24 hourly periods

0100
0200
0300
0400
0500
0600
0700
0800
0900
1000
1100
1200
1300
1400
1500
1600
1700
1800
1900
2000
2100
2200
2300
2400
CPS1
Month -

Year
-

Record the total month's unavailable periods from each of the 24 hourly periods

Balancing area
Month
CPS1

Record the total month's CPS2 violations from each of the 24 hourly periods

CPS Form 1
Region

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NERC Control Performance Standard Survey - Regional Summary

CPS Form 2
Region:

ID #

Month:

Balancing area:
Name

Year:

Date:
Control Performance Compliance
CPS1
CPS2
Monthly
Monthly
Compliance %
Compliance %

07/22/98

Quarterly DCS reporting (January, April, July, and October for the previous quarter) The
following data is reported: number of contingencies equal to or greater than the reporting
threshold and composite percent recovery to Reliability First Corporation and to NERC along
with the next quarter MW reporting threshold. Should there been any reportable DCS events
greater than 15 minutes recovery time. All reportable events must be used to calculate
average recovery factor a then determine the next quarters CRAF based on the formula
as found on the disturbance reporting form using this formula recovery factor a is
subtracted from 200 ( 4 [200-(a)], please round to the nearest whole percentage.)
The next quarters contingency reserve objective is then increased by the CRAF.

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NERC Disturbance Control Standard Report

1

Quarter:
Year:
Region:

2004

Disturbances Greater
than the Most Severe
Single Contingency
3
Loss

NPCC

Balancing area/RSG :

Disturbances Not
Greater than the Most
Severe Single
Contingency Loss
Number

APR (a)

Number

APR

100.00

100.00

This
Quarter's
4
CRAF

Criteria for
Determining
Reportable
Disturbances
This Report

100.00

0.80

Criteria for
Determining
Reportable
Disturbances
Next Report
80%

When reporting as a Reserve Sharing Group (RSG), submit data for the entire group only and list the Balancing areas comprising the RSG.

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2
3
4

APR indicates the Average Percent Recovery.

Not a performance measure. For informational purposes only.
[200-(a)], please round to the nearest whole percentage.

A Balancing area or Reserve Sharing Group must increase their Contingency Reserve Requirement by the CRAF. CRR
changes are implemented one month after the end of a reporting quarter and remain in effect for three months.
Frequency Survey Form
PJM upon request from NERC or RFC and hourly Frequency Survey is filled out following the NERC Frequency Response
Characteristic Survey as documented below part of the NERC Operating Manual under Frequency Response training document.

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Survey will be submitted to the Region and NERC for review by the committee
representatives along with the compiling of report data.

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North American Electric Reliability Council

Frequency Response Characteristic Survey
1.

Hr. Ending

(CST)

Control Area:
Region:

AREA INTERCHANGE DETAILS (All values in MWH)

2.
3.
4.

Control Area(s) (Who)

(Adjacent Control Areas Only)
Actual Interchange
(Including After-The-Fact Pseudo-Ties)
Scheduled Interchange
(Including After-The-Fact Dynamic Schedules)

5.

Scheduled Inadvertent Payback

6.

Inadvertent Interchange (Line 3 - Line 4 - Line 5)

Total

AREA INTERCHANGE CALCULATION

7.

Computed Frequency Error

(Ave. Freg. - Scheduled Freq.)

Hz (Provided by Time Monitor)

8.

Frequency Bias Setting

MW/0.1 Hz (negative value)

9.

Frequency Bias Obligation

MWh Line 7 x Line 8 x 10.0

10.

Unilateral Inadvertent Payback

MWh

11.

Adjusted Area Interchange Error

MWh Line 6 Total - Line 9 - Line 10

12.

Integrated ACE for the 6 consecutive periods of

the CSP2 compliance (or best guess, visual,
estimate or average ACE for each 10 minute
period).

:00-:10

:10-:20

:20-:30

:30-:40

:40-:50

:50-:60

Total

Avg
Total/6

Notes: List remarks on separate sheet of paper, including conditions causing regulating errors. Net power delivered out of a control area (overgeneration) is positive (+).
Net power received into a control area (undergeneration) is negative (-).

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AIE Survey Form

PJM upon request from NERC or RFC and hourly Area Interchange Error Survey is filled out
containing information as listed below.
Requestor determines the Date and Hour(s) and supplied the Frequency Error. PJM will
supply the six ten minute samples compute the total ACE, Average ACE, Adjusted AIE and
provide the L10 and frequency Bias as used in the system. Compute the Control Error as a
percentage of L10. Sample AIE report below forms sent to BA by requestor.

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PJM Manual 12 Revision History

Revision 25 (06/28/2012)

Updated Section 4 to clarify with Blackstart language.

Update Exhibit 16 in Section 5.1 to remove DVP voltage limits. Also clarify
references to Exhibits 11 and 12 which should have been 15 and 16.

Updated Section 4.4 requiring AGC for generators providing regulation per
BAL-005-0.1b (R2).

Annual review of M-12

Revision 24 (04/03/2012):

Attachment B: Updated language regarding PJM issuing PCLLRWs for nonmarket facilities. Added language regarding post-contingency low voltage
PCLLRWs.

Revision 23 (11/16/2011):

Attachment A: Added note for clarity on IRC calculations. Need to reflect

regulation assignments.

Attachment B: Updated language regarding PJM issuing PCLLRWs for nonmarket facilities.

Section 4.6.17: Remove this section completely to incorporate into M-27.

Section 4.6.15: Remove responsibility for GO to send blackstart test results to

LCC.

Throughout: Update UDS and LAUDS to RT-SCED and IT-SCED, respectively.

Throughout: Update UDS and LAUDS to RT-SCED and IT-SCED, respectively.

Revision 22 (05/13/2011):

Attachment A: Updated to reflect June 2010 changes to IRC reporting.

Revision 21 (10/01/2010):

Attachment B: Transmission Constraint Control Guidelines: Replaced existing

note box in section B.2 Generation Redispatch to reflect revision to PJM tariff
regarding energy resource curtailments (Docket #ER10-1762-000).

Revision 20 (10/05/2009):

Annual Review of Manual 12

Revision 19 (06/30/2009):

Section 4 - Revision included throughout manual to consolidate references and

language related to black start resources

Section 4 New language to outline NERC standards cost recovery guidelines.

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Made updates to reserves section of Section 4 changes secondary to

supplemental

Added language to Attachment B for wind operations / curtailments

Revision 18 (07/02/2008)

Version to correct real-time controlling actions for BES non-market facilities.

Revision 17 (07/01/2008)

Section 5: Transmission Facility Control - Defined Generation Redispatch

procedures for Market versus Non-Market facilities

Attachment B: Transmission Constraint Control Guidelines Defined Generation

Redispatch procedures for Market versus Non-Market facilities.

Revision 16 (11/01/2007)

Clarified language for synchronized reserves to include implementing upon the

contingent loss of generation equal to 80% or more of its most severe single
contingency.

Added clarification language on black start testing.

Revision 15 (05/15/2007)

General: Changed references from Control Center Requirements Manual /

Dispatching Operations Manual to Control Center and Data Exchange Manual /
Balancing Operations Manual.

Section 2: Added references to EMS alarms generated

Section 3: Provided additional detail for PJMs ACE calculation and compliance
monitoring and reporting efforts performed by Performance Compliance
Department. Also relocated Manual 11, Section 7, External Transaction
Scheduling to this section (PJM Member Actions). Provided clarity

Section 4: Deleted all references to Automatic Reserve Sharing System for

ECAR and MAIN Regions. Provided clarity on Minimum Critical Blackstart
requirements, referencing PJM System Restoration Manual, Attachment A:
Minimum Critical Black Start Requirement.

Section 5: Modified Exhibit 17. Deleted Voltage Coordination Plan.

Section 7: Relocated this section to Manual 12, Section 3, System Control

Attachment H: Added PJM reporting of NERC BAL standard

Throughout: Added references to applicable NERC standards

Throughout: Renamed the manual from Dispatching Operations to Balancing

Operations and then changed all dispatching operations to balancing
operations within the manual

Revision 14 (03/01/2007)

Section 3: (System Control) Modified to clarify the information supplied during

dispatch operations.

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Section 4: Providing Ancillary ServicesRevised to clarify existing PJM black

start business procedures and testing requirements for better alignment with
RFC standards.

Attachment B: (Transmission Constraint Control Guidelines) Modified to clarify

the procedures for Generation Redispatch

Attachment C: PJM Black Start Test Report FormRevised in line with black
start testing requirement changes in Section 4 for better alignment with RFC
standards.

Introduction trimmed to eliminate redundant information.

List of PJM Manuals exhibit removed, with directions given to PJM Web site
where all the manuals can be found. All other exhibits renumbered.

Revision History permanently moved to the end of the manual.

Revision 13 (5/26/06)
Revised to reflect changes including demand participation in Ancillary Service Markets,
modifications to IRC, common Regulation Market, and Dispatching tools.

Revision 12 (08/16/05)
Section 4: (Providing Ancillary Services)
Revised to reflect recent changes to Black Start Service Business Processes
Included new Attachment C: PJM Black Start Test Report Form
Included new Attachment D: PJM Auto Load Reject Test Report Form
Included new Attachment E: PJM Black Start Formulaic Cost Data Form
Included new Attachment F: PJM Black Start Actual Cost Data Form

Revision 11 (01/01/05)
Sections 1, 2, 3, 5
Revised to reflect operations based on the integration of ComEd, AEP,
Dayton Power and Light, Duquesne Light, and Dominion
Revision 10 (01/01/04)
Section 4 (Providing Ancillary Service)
Revised to reflect the regulation limit relationships.
Replaced Exhibit 1 with an updated list of PJM Manuals.

Revision 09 (12/01/02)
Revised Section 4: Providing Ancillary Services
Incorporated the procedures that the PJM follows to ensure and monitor Black Start
Service.

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Revision 08 (04/01/02)
Section 1: Overview
Incorporated PJM West / West duties.
Section 2: Dispatching Tools
Incorporated UDS, EES, eData, SCIS, Emergency Procedure Posting Application,
All-call software, and Satellite Phones. Removed Accounting Information section
and exhibit.
Section 3: System Control
Included reassigning regulation while on Analog Control, Updated Time Error
Correction procedure.
Section 4: Providing Ancillary Services
Incorporation of eDart reporting, implementation of Shared Reserves for DCS
events, ARS (PJM West), and Regulation Requirement (PJM West).
Section 5: Transmission Facility Control
Clarification of participant duties (Transmission / Generation).
Attachment A: Instantaneous Reserve Check
Removal of company names.
Attachment B: Voltage Control
Attachment Eliminated.

Revision 07 (05/22/01)
Revised to reflect implementation of PJM Regulation Market.
Removed Attachment A: Definitions & Abbreviations. Attachment A is being developed into
a new PJM Manual for Definitions and Abbreviations (M-35).
Removed Attachment B: Three-Point Curve Utilization.
Renamed Attachment C: PJM Instantaneous Reserve Check and Attachment D: Voltage
Control, to Attachment A and Attachment B, respectively.

Revision 06 (06/01/00)
Section 04: Providing Ancillary Services
Revised subsection Regulation to reflect changes required to implement the PJM
Regulation Market on June 1, 2000.
Attachment E: Process Diagrams
Removed to reflect changes required to implement the PJM Regulation Market on
June 1, 2000.

Revision 05 (04/01/00)
Section 05: Transmission Facility Control

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Removed reference to Maximum Scheduled Generation within subsections:

Corrective Control Strategies, Reactive Limitation Control, and NERC Transmission
Loading Relief (TLR) Procedure.

Revision 04 (06/03/99)
Section 02: Dispatching Tools
Moved Generation Control System from Mainframe Computer Applications section to
PC Applications section. Removed System Security, Megawatt Monitor, and
Marginal Scheduler from Mainframe Computer Applications section. Added Network
Analysis and SCADA Programs and Resource Scheduling and Commitment to, and
removed Transmission Security System (TSS) and Future TSS from, the PC
Applications section. All these changes made to reflect installation of the new
Siemens Energy Management System (EMS).
Changed all references to General Agreement on Parallel Paths (GAPP) to
Interchange Distribution Calculator (IDC) to reflect new NERC application.
Modified section on Dynamic Mapboard to reflect the fact that it is now driven by the
new Siemens computer.
Section 05: Transmission Facility Control
Added information concerning PJM implementation of the NERC Transmission
Loading Relief (TLR) Procedure.

Revision 03 (04/01/98)
Section 02: Dispatching Tools
Revised Exhibit 2.1 to reference "Locational Marginal Price" rather than "Market
Clearing Price."

Revision 02 (01/01/98)
Section 04: Providing Ancillary Services
Changed The Regulating Requirement for the PJM RTO is 1.1% of the forecast
peak load during On-Peak Periods (from 0500-2359 hours) and 1.1% of the forecast
valley during Off-Peak Periods load (from 0000-0459 hours). from The Regulating
Requirement for the PJM RTO is 1.1% of the forecast peak load during On-Peak
Periods (from 0700-2259 hours) and 1.1% of the forecast valley during Off-Peak
Periods load (2300-0659 hours). under Obligations & Requirements of
Regulation.
Changed equation:
LSEs Regulation Obligation = (LSEs Load Allocation Percentag e * PJM Regulation Requirement)
- LSEs Share of Joint - Owned Unit Regulation

from:
LSEs Regulation Obligation = (LSEs Load Allocation Percentag e * PJM Regulation Requirement)
- LSEs Share of Keystone and Conemaugh Regulation

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under Determining Regulation Assignment of Regulation.

Changed During On-Peak Periods (0500 hours to 2359 hours), the PJM Regulating
Requirement is 1.1 % of the PJM RTOs peak load forecast, as determined prior to
0430 hours from During On-Peak Periods (0700 hours to 2259 hours), the PJM
Regulating Requirement is 1.1 % of the PJM RTOs peak load forecast, as
determined prior to 0630 hours under Obligations & Requirements of Regulation.
Changed During Off-Peak Periods (0000 hours to 0459 hours), the PJM Regulating
Requirement is 1.1 % of the PJM RTOs valley load forecast, as determined prior to
2330. from During Off-Peak Periods (2300 hours to 0659 hours), the PJM
Regulating Requirement is 1.1 % of the PJM RTOs valley load forecast, as
determined prior to 2230. under Obligations & Requirements of Regulation.
Changed Prior to 0430 and 2330 each day, the PJM dispatcher provides the
following information to the Local Control Centers for the LSEs, via the PJM ALLCALL:
PJM forecasted peak load and the PJM forecasted valley load for 0430 and
2330, respectively
from Prior to 0630 and 2230 each day, PJM dispatcher provides the following
information to the Local Control Centers for the LSEs, via the PJM ALL-CALL:
PJM forecasted peak load and the PJM forecasted valley load for 0630 and
2230, respectively
under Obligations & Requirements of Regulation.
Changed Scheduled MW of Joint-Owned Unit Regulation from Scheduled MW of
joint-owned Regulation for Keystone and Conemaugh Stations under Determining
Regulation Assignment of Regulation.
Changed The LSE decides the method of meeting its Regulation Obligation,
subsequent to the PJM ALL-CALL notification but no later than 0430 or 2330 for OnPeak and Off-Peak Periods, respectively; the LSE dispatcher reports to PJM the
MWs of Regulation by class to meet the LSEs Regulation objective, plus the amount
(MW) of any additional Regulation by class which is presently available to regulate.
from The LSE decides the method of meeting its Regulation Obligation, subsequent
to the PJM ALL-CALL notification but no later than 0630 or 2230 for On-Peak and
Off-Peak Periods, respectively; the LSE dispatcher reports to PJM the MWs of
Regulation by class to meet the LSEs Regulation objective, plus the amount (MW) of
any additional Regulation by class which is presently available to regulate. under
Determining Regulation Assignment of Regulation.
Attachment E: Process Diagrams
Added Attachment E: Process Diagrams

Revision 01 (07/08/97)
Section 2: Dispatching Tools
Added Note: In Exhibit 2.1, Congestion Payment Status and Participant Paying
Congestion Data Fields are required for transactions utilizing the option of non-firm

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transmission service willing to pay congestion which were scheduled and approved
prior to June 28, 1997 under Accounting Information.
Section 5: Transmission Facility Control
Deleted ...and for non-firm transactions willing to pay congestion from Exhibit 5.2
note under Corrective Control Strategies.

Revision 00 (04/30/97)
Changed references from PJM Interconnection Association to PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.
Changed references from PJM to PJM where appropriate.
Changed references from PJM to PJM RTO where appropriate.
Changed references from PJM IA to PJM.
Changed references from IA to PJM.
Changed references from Mid-Atlantic Market to PJM Interchange Energy Market.
Changed references from Mid-Atlantic Market Operations Agreement to Operating
Agreement of PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.

Revision 00 (03/24/97)
This revision is a draft of the PJM Manual for Balancing Operations.

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