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Sent: Tuesday 02.07.2012 11:45 a.m.
Subject: Annual 2012/2013 ARR Allocation & Annual
FTR Auction
This email contains important information pertaining to the upcoming annual ARR allocation and FTR auction for the 2012/2013 planning period. Please note that for the process regarding the allocation of Incremental ARRs for RTEP upgrades that action is required on the part of any network service customer or merchant transmission facility owner who elects to decline the allocated IARRs.
Annual 2012/2013 ARR Allocation
The 2012/2013 Annual ARR Allocation and Annual FTR Auction schedule is located at http://www.pjm.com/markets-and-operations/ftr/~/media/markets-ops/ftr/ftr-allocation/ftr-market-schedule/2012-ftr-arr-market-schedule.ashx
IARRs for RTEP Upgrades
Incremental ARRs (IARRs) are allocated to network service customers and merchant transmission facility owners that are assigned cost responsibility for RTEP upgrades that meet certain criterion. This process and the IARRs that are being allocated for the 2012/2013 period are described in the document located at http://www.pjm.com/markets-and-operations/ftr/~/media/markets-ops/ftr/annual-arr-allocation/2012-2013/iarrs-for-rtep-upgrades-allocated-for-2012-13-planning-period.ashx
It is important to note that these IARRs are allocated to each network service customer and merchant transmission facility owner unless the customer elects to decline the allocation. The election to decline the allocated IARR must be made via eFTR during the Stage 1A nomination period.
Network Service Related ARR Requests
The Stage 1A ARR Nomination window opens for all LSEs at 0100 on Wednesday, February 29, 2012 and closes at 1700 on Thursday, March 1, 2012. All LSEs must use the eFTR system for making their ARR requests for the 2012/2013 Planning Period. Valid Stage 1 ARR source points for each zone are located at http://www.pjm.com/markets-and-operations/ftr/~/media/markets-ops/ftr/annual-arr-allocation/2012-2013/2012-2013-historic-stage-1-resources-by-zone.ashx
Firm Point-to-Point Service Related Requests
To qualify for the Annual Allocation, requests must be associated with confirmed firm point-to-point service that spans the entire 2012/2013 Planning Period, either by its term or by renewal. To request ARRs associated with Firm Point-to-Point Service, Customers must complete the ARR/FTR Request Form located at http://www.pjm.com/markets-and-operations/ftr/~/media/markets-ops/ftr/annual-arr-allocation/2012-2013/arr-ftr-nom-spdsht-firm-p2p-2012-13.ashx
The reservations listed on the 'Qualifying Stage 1 Reservations' tab of the spreadsheet are eligible to request ARRs in Stage 1A and 1B. All other long-term reservations are eligible to request in Stage 2. Requests associated with through and out Firm point-to-point service to serve load in MISO for which there is no PJM charge must specify an associated MISO OASIS reservation number(s) for firm point-to-point or network service used to serve the load in MISO. Please return completed forms to Tim Horger (horget@pjm.com), Zhenyu Fan (fanz@pjm.com), Kevin Bazar (bazark@pjm.com) and Bridgid Cummings (cummib@pjm.com) by the close of business on Thursday, March 1, 2012, for Stage 1 requests and Tuesday, March 13, 2012 for Stage 2 requests.
Annual 2012/2013 FTR Auction Credit Requirements
Participants of the Annual FTR Auction must establish an Auction Credit Limit prior to bidding into the Annual FTR Auction. Credit Requests should be made to PJM's Treasury Department by March 30, 2012 for the 2012/2013 Annual FTR Auction. A summary of the FTR Auction Credit rules including examples of the credit calculation is located at http://www.pjm.com/markets-and-operations/ftr/~/media/markets-ops/ftr/ftr-allocation/ftr-credit-example-2008-2009.ashx A credit calculator that FTR auction participants can use to determine the credit requirement associated with anticipated bids is located at http://www.pjm.com/markets-and-operations/ftr/auction-user-info.aspx#FTRcredit
Sent: Thursday 02.02.2012 1:42 p.m.
Subject: 2015/2016
RPM BRA Planning Parameters
A number of documents related to the upcoming 2015/2016
RPM Base Residual Auction (BRA) were posted yesterday afternoon and earlier today. The documents include:
- The 2015/2016 RPM BRA Planning Parameters are located at http://www.pjm.com/markets-and-operations/rpm/~/media/markets-ops/rpm/rpm-auction-info/2015-2016-planning-period-parameters.ashx.
- A report that describes the planning parameters and compares the parameter values to those used in last year’s 2014/2015 BRA is located at http://www.pjm.com/markets-and-operations/rpm/~/media/markets-ops/rpm/rpm-auction-info/2015-2016-planning-period-parameters-report.ashx.
- The RPM Resource Model is located at http://www.pjm.com/markets-and-operations/rpm/~/media/markets-ops/rpm/rpm-auction-info/2015-2016-rpm-resource-model.ashx.
- The Minimum Offer Price Rule (MOPR) screen price for the 2015/2016 Delivery Year is located at http://www.pjm.com/markets-and-operations/rpm/~/media/markets-ops/rpm/rpm-auction-info/ct-cc-minimum-offer-price-mopr-for-2015-2016.ashx. Please use this file for the MOPR screen price as opposed to the file that was included as a separate tab in the planning parameters spreadsheet that was posted yesterday afternoon. This version includes an update of the MOPR screen price from that which was posted yesterday.
Please direct any questions related to these files to the PJM
RPM Hotline at
rpm_hotline@pjm.com.
Sent: Friday 01.27.2012 1:06 p.m.
Subject: MAR 2012 Auction (FTR) Dates
The Bidding Period for the PJM MAR 2012 Auction will open on Friday February 10, 2012 (0:00) and will close on Tuesday February 14, 2012 (17:00).
The results will be posted by Wednesday February 22, 2012 (17:00).
All FTR Auctions are financially binding.
The FTR Monthly Auction can be accessed using eFTR and entering bids into the "MAR 2012 Auction" market.
Valid bidding periods for the "MAR 2012 Auction" are MAR, APR, MAY and Q4.
Please remember to include the period in all submittals.
Valid bidding nodes are located at http://www.pjm.com/markets-and-operations/ftr/auction-user-info.aspx under the Monthly FTR Auctions section.
Sent: Monday 01.09.2012 3:20 p.m.
Subject: The following PJM Manual has been revised and posted to the PJM Web site.
The following PJM Manual has been revised and posted to the PJM Web site.
Manual 38: Operations Planning
Revision 06 (10/12/2011):
- Revised Attachment A: OATF Scope revised to include Duke Energy Ohio / Kentucky.
- Revised Attachment A: removed 50/50 diversified sensitivity study from OATF Scope
Clean Version:
http://www.pjm.com/~/media/documents/manuals/m38.ashx Redline Version:
http://www.pjm.com/~/media/documents/manuals/m38-redline.ashx David Souder (
souder@pjm.com) is the contact for this manual.
Sent: Wednesday 01.04.2012 2:02 p.m.
Subject: The following PJM Manual has been revised and posted to the PJM Web site.
The following PJM Manual has been revised and posted to the PJM Web site.
Manual 13: Emergency Operations
Revision 47 (01/01/2012):
- Updated Section 2.2 to reflect 2012 Day Ahead Scheduling Reserve requirement percentages. Also corrected language regarding regulation requirement.
Clean Version:
http://www.pjm.com/~/media/documents/manuals/m13.ashx Redline Version:
http://www.pjm.com/~/media/documents/manuals/m13-redline.ashx Adam Keech (
keecha@pjm.com) is the contact for this manual.