On January 19, 2021, in Docket Nos. EL20-30-001 and EL20-56-001, the Commission issued an order denying rehearing of Lawrenceburg Power’s request for rehearing of the Commission’s September 17, 2020 order concerning the station power self-supply monthly netting provision of the PJM Tariff. In its rehearing request, Lawrenceburg Power argued that the Commission erred: (1) in failing to address IMPA’s jurisdictional status under the FPA; (2) in concluding that a wholesale generation facility’s self-supply of station power is not a practice directly affecting wholesale rates; (3) by impermissibly forcing the owners of generation facilities to engage in retail transactions, which exceeds the Commission’s authority under the FPA and deprives Lawrenceburg Power of the right to use its own product; and (4) in failing to address arguments that adopting IMPA’s erroneous jurisdictional theory would produce anticompetitive results.

On January 19, 2021, in Docket Nos. EL16-49-004, ER18-1314-007, ER18-1314-008 and EL18-178-004 the Commission issued an order on compliance and clarification accepting, in part, and denying, in part, PJM’s November 13, 2020 MOPR compliance filing and denying the Market Monitor’s requested clarifications. In this order, the Commission also granted PJM’s motion to reinstate the pre-auction activity deadline for Demand Resource sell offer plans to be submitted 30 days prior to the start of the Base Residual Auction. This order directs PJM to make an additional compliance filing, within 15 days, to remove one sentence requiring the use of a resource-specific offer price when the floor price is greater than the offer cap.

On January 19, 2021, in Docket No. AD20-9-000, the Commission issued an order directing each Regional Transmission Organization (RTO) and Independent System Operator (ISO) to submit an informational report related to hybrid resources, within 180 days from the date of the order. The order requires PJM to submit an informational report addressing four categories of hybrid resource issues: (i) terminology; (ii) interconnection; (iii) market participation; and (iv) capacity valuation. The order further requires that PJM’s informational report provide a description of PJM’s current practices related to each of these four issues, an update on the status of any ongoing efforts to develop reforms related to each of the four issues, and responses to the specific requests for information contained within the order.