PJM partial compliance filing in response to the June 18, 2026 order on rehearing in EL25-49-002 et al.
Topics in the text: Connecting load and generation · Filing procedure · Reliability and curtailment
What the document says
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PJM's August 17 filing proposes Interim NITS in new Part XI, effective July 1, 2028.
PJM proposes an effective date of July 1, 2028, to provide time for operational changes and implementation of additional operational tools that will be needed to curtail non-firm Interim NITS PDF p. 2
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PJM's August 17 filing proposes Interim NITS in new Part XI, effective July 1, 2028.
PJM Operations personnel will need to implement additional tools and processes before they will be able to monitor and curtail, as needed, the new non-firm Interim NITS product proposed in Tariff, Part XI PDF p. 23
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PJM wants October 17, 2026 as the effective date for the rest of the compliance changes.
PJM requests an effective date for the compliance changes in Parts I, III, VI, VII, VIII, and IX of the Tariff of October 17, 2026, which is 61 days after the date of this filing. PDF p. 23
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PJM defers contract demand services and some netting terms to the November 16 filing.
PJM proposed to defer implementation of the new contract demand transmission services and some aspects of the BTMG netting. PDF p. 10
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PJM defers contract demand services and some netting terms to the November 16 filing.
PJM also omitted language referencing Firm Contract Demand Service and Non-Firm Contract Demand Service, as those services will be implemented in a later compliance filing PDF p. 19
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PJM is still working with stakeholders on the 50 MW retail behind-the-meter netting language.
PJM is continuing to work with stakeholders to develop Tariff language to implement the 50 MW netting provisions for Retail BTMG. PDF p. 12
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PJM is still working with stakeholders on the 50 MW retail behind-the-meter netting language.
to eliminate the 50 megawatts (“MW”) nameplate limit for netting PDF p. 2
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New 'Eligible Load' extends Interim NITS to load with behind-the-meter generation.
PJM is proposing to add the term Eligible Load to the Tariff to encompass both Co-Located Load and Load with BTMG. PDF p. 13
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Existing generators serving co-located load must give notice and finish Necessary Studies first.
the Tariff would now require that all Interconnection Customers and Generation Project Developers seeking to serve Co-Located Load, whether with existing or new Generating Facilities PDF p. 11
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Interim NITS operators who ignore dispatch lose service for up to 120 days, then are terminated.
PJM revised the operational penalties for failure to follow dispatch instructions or misoperation of control technologies to suspend service for up to 120 days after the first instance and terminate service after the second PDF p. 18
Responses and related views
Constellation challenges the July 2028 date
Constellation and PJM · Direct response
Constellation questioned the proposed July 2028 start for interim network service. PJM answered that administering interruptions required new automation, but said it expected to take requests from September 2027.
AMP identifies a missing class of behind-the-meter generation
American Municipal Power and PJM · Direct response
AMP asked that the new service also cover non-retail behind-the-meter generation. PJM agreed to revise the language. On a separate objection from Amtrak and industrial customers, PJM said its changes did not impose the netting restriction they feared.
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Consistent with the directives of the June Order, PJM proposes compliance changes to: • Modify the definitions of Co-Located Load, Behind the Meter Generation (“BTMG”), and Necessary Study, as directed;6 • Modify the definition of Retail BTMG to eliminate the 50 megawatts (“MW”) nameplate limit for…
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Reese August 17, 2026 Page 4 specificity for the rates, terms, and conditions that apply to Co-Located Load and directing PJM to make a number of compliance and informational filings.12 First, the December Order directed PJM to make a compliance filing within 30 days to clarify the rates, terms,…
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ER26- 1088-000 pursuant to the December Order (“Thirty-Day Compliance Filing”).20 The Thirty-Day Compliance Filing proposed to clarify certain aspects of the Tariff for those seeking to serve Co-Located Load with new Generating Facilities.21 Among other changes, the Thirty-Day Compliance Filing…
IX. The May 18 Compliance Filing established an effective date of April 16, 2026 in accordance with the
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EL25-49-000 and EL25-49-001 to address the Commission’s finding in the December Order that additional record evidence was needed to set the appropriate replacement rates, terms, and conditions for new transmission services for Eligible Customers serving Co-Located Load, including for Interim NITS,…
The Commission’s June Order On June 18, 2026, the Commission issued the June Order, addressing the Sixty- Day Compliance Filing, the paper hearing submissions, and requests for rehearing and clarification of the December Order.35 The June Order found that PJM’s Sixty-Day Compliance Filing partially…
Large Load Order The same day it issued the June Order, the Commission also issued a new show cause order to PJM concerning Large Loads (“Large Load Order”).38 The Large Load Order found that several aspects of PJM’s Tariff appeared unjust and unreasonable due to the lack of specific procedures for…
Partial Extension On July 28, 2026, PJM filed a motion for extension of time to meet certain compliance requirements in the June Order.46 PJM explained that due to the significant 40 Id. at P 86. 41 Id. at P 77. 42 Id. at ordering paras. (A) & (B). 43 Id. at P 4. 44 Id. at ordering para. (B). 45…
A. Prohibition on Serving Co-Located Load from Existing Generators
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Reese August 17, 2026 Page 11 protection systems, and metering are complete and in service.53 This compliance filing proposes to add Necessary Study references and provisions to Parts I, III, VI, and VII, and to direct Generation Project Developers seeking to serve Co-Located Load with an existing…
B. Revisions to Retail Behind the Meter Generation Definition
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However, for purposes of allowing Eligible Customers with load served by Retail BTMG to take Interim NITS,60 PJM is proposing a revised definition of Retail 56 PJM also proposes herein formatting and language changes to the Necessary Study provisions in Part VIII, Subpart A, section 401(H)(3), to…
C. Expansion of Service to “Eligible Load” for Load with BTMG
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Reese August 17, 2026 Page 14 Load” with “Eligible Load” and “Co-Located Generator” with “Eligible Generator” and other clarifying changes in Tariff Part I, section 1 (Definitions),67 Part III (Network Integration Transmission Service),68 Part VI (Administration and Study of New Service…
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PJM also proposes to cross-reference Tariff, Part VIII, Subpart L, section 439, Provisional Interconnection Service, added in the Thirty-Day Compliance Filing, in Parts VI and VII to clarify that Provisional Interconnection Service is available to entities that obtained Interconnection Service…
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Second, consistent with the June Order,89 PJM revised the language in section 705.2 to clarify the curtailment priority for Interim NITS relative to Non-Firm Point to Point Service and that it will prioritize customers for curtailment based on duration of service as specified in the PJM Manuals.90…
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Reese August 17, 2026 Page 21 June Order Directive PJM Compliance Change Reject increase in cost for Necessary Studies Agreement.112 Removed proposed cost increase from pro forma Necessary Study Agreement.113 Revise the Tariff’s definition of Co- Located Load to use “Point of Interconnection”…
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Reese August 17, 2026 Page 23 • Part III, section 34.3 (Netting of Non-Retail BTMG);128 • Part VII, Subpart A, section 300, Definitions B (BTMG);129 • Part VIII, Subpart A, section 400, Definitions B (BTMG);130 and • Part VIII, Subpart A, section 400, Definitions N (Necessary Study).131 EFFECTIVE…
Reese August 17, 2026 Page 25 CORRESPONDENCE AND COMMUNICATIONS Correspondence and communications with respect to this filing should be sent to, and PJM requests the Secretary to include on the official service list, the following:134 Craig Glazer Vice President – Federal Government Policy PJM…