7.7 Duties and Responsibilities of the PJM Board.

In accordance with this Agreement, the PJM Board shall supervise and oversee all matters pertaining to the PJM Region and the LLC, and carry out such other duties as are herein specified, including but not limited to the following duties and responsibilities:

i) As its primary responsibility, ensure that the President, the other officers of the LLC, and Office of the Interconnection perform the duties and responsibilities set forth in this Agreement, including but not limited to those set  forth  in  Operating Agreement, section 9.2, Operating Agreement, section 9.3, Operating section 9.4, and Operating Agreement, section 10.4 in a manner consistent with (A) the safe and reliable operation of the PJM Region, (B) the creation and operation of a robust, competitive, and non‑discriminatory electric power market in the PJM Region, and (C) the principle that a Member or group of Members shall not have undue influence over the operation of the PJM Region;

ii) Select the Officers of the LLC;

iii) Adopt budgets for the LLC;

iv) Approve The Regional Transmission Expansion Plan in accordance with the provisions of the Regional Transmission Expansion Planning Protocol set forth in Operating Agreement, Schedule 6;

v) On its own initiative or at the request of a User Group as specified herein, submit to the Members Committee such proposed amendments to this Agreement or any Schedule hereto, or a proposed new Schedule, as it may deem appropriate;

vi) Petition FERC to modify any provision of this Agreement or any Schedule or practice hereunder that the PJM Board believes to be unjust, unreasonable, or unduly discriminatory under section 206 of the Federal Power Act, subject to the right of any Member or the Members to intervene in any resulting proceedings;

vii) Review for consistency with the creation and operation of a robust, competitive and non-discriminatory electric power market in the PJM Region any change to rate design or to non-rate terms and conditions proposed by Transmission Owners for filing under section 205 of the Federal Power Act;

viii) If and to the extent it shall deem appropriate, intervene in any proceeding at FERC initiated by the Members in accordance with Operating Agreement, section 11.5(b), and participate in other state and federal regulatory proceedings relating to the interests of the LLC;

ix) Review, in accordance with Operating Agreement, section 15.1.3, determinations of the Office of the Interconnection with respect to events of default;

x) Assess against the other Members in proportion to their Default Allocation Assessment an amount equal to any payment to PJMSettlement and the Office of the Interconnection, including interest thereon, as to which a Member is in default;

xi) Establish reasonable sanctions for failure of a Member to comply with its obligations under this Agreement;

xii) Direct the Office of the Interconnection on behalf of the LLC and PJMSettlement to take appropriate legal or regulatory action against a Member (A) to recover any unpaid amounts due from the Member to the Office of the Interconnection under this Agreement and to make whole any Members subject to an assessment as a result of such unpaid amount, or (B) as may otherwise be necessary to enforce the obligations of this Agreement;

xiii) [Reserved.]

xiv) [Reserved.]

xv) Solicit the views of Members on, and commission from time to time as it shall deem appropriate independent reviews of, (a) the performance of the PJM Interchange Energy Market, (b) compliance by Market Participants with the rules and requirements of the PJM Interchange Energy Market, and (c) the performance of the Office of the Interconnection under performance criteria proposed by the Members Committee and approved by the PJM Board; and

xvi) Terminate a Member as may be appropriate under the terms of this Agreement.