Stakeholder asks FERC to address PJM market rules procuring ‘phantom capacity’

摘要

A PJM Interconnection capacity market construct designed to accurately value the reliability contributions of variable renewable energy resources has come under criticism in a new complaint filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. PJM’s approach to valuing the capacity contributions of variable generation resources such as wind and solar has caused customers in the grid operator’s 13-state footprint to pay for “phantom capacity,” Roy Shanker, an independent consultant who is active in the PJM stakeholder process, said in the Nov. 30 complaint (EL23-13).