4.2

Pursuant to the Commission's May 21, 2021 Final Rule, Order No. 676-J (175 FERC ¶ 61,139) amending its regulations under the Federal Power Act, and the grant of waivers from specified provisions of WEQ-001, WEQ-002 and WEQ-003 approved by the Commission in PJM Interconnection, L.L.C., 151 FERC ¶ 61,141 (May 18, 2015), PJM Interconnection, L.L.C., 178 FERC ¶ 61,163 (March 7, 2022), PJM Interconnection, L.L.C., 182 FERC ¶ 61,118 (Feb. 23, 2023), PJM Interconnection, L.L.C., 185 FERC ¶ 61,068 (Oct. 26, 2023), and in response to PJM's compliance filings for Order No. 676-J, the Transmission Provider hereby incorporates by reference the following standards promulgated by the WEQ of the NAESB: 

(1)WEQ-000, Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Definition of Terms, standard WEQ-000-2 ([WEQ] Version 003.1, September 30, 2015), including only the definitions of Interconnection Time Monitor, Time Error, and Time Error Correction;

(2)WEQ-000, Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Definition of Terms ([WEQ] Version 003.3, March 30, 2020);

(3)To the extent not inconsistent with Transmission Provider's current NITS practices and procedures, WEQ-001, Open Access Same-Time Information System (OASIS), ([WEQ] Version 003.3, March 30, 2020); excluding Standards 001-9.5, 001-10.5, 001-14.1.3, 001-15.1.2, 001-106.2.5, 001-25 in its entirety, as well as the timing requirements established in 001-23, to the extent not inconsistent with Transmission Provider's current practice;

(4)To the extent not inconsistent with Transmission Provider's current NITS practices and procedures, WEQ-002, Open Access Same-Time Information System (OASIS) Business Practice Standards and Communication Protocols (S&CP), ([WEQ] Version 003.3, March 30, 2020), excluding, however, the cryptographic security module of the cybersecurity standards, and excluding Business Practice Standards WEQ-002-4.3.6.6.1 and WEQ-002-4.3.6.6.2;

(5)To the extent not inconsistent with Transmission Provider's current NITS practices and procedures, WEQ-003, Open Access Same-Time Information System (OASIS) Data Dictionary ([WEQ] Version 003.3, March 30, 2020);

(6)WEQ-004, Coordinate Interchange ([WEQ] Version 003.3, March 30, 2020);

(7)WEQ-005, Area Control Error (ACE) Equation Special Cases ([WEQ] Version 003.3, March 30, 2020);

(8)WEQ-006, Manual Time Error Correction ([WEQ] Version 003.1, Sept. 30, 2015);

(9)WEQ-007, Inadvertent Interchange Payback ([WEQ] Version 003.3, March 30, 2020);

(10)WEQ-008, Transmission Loading Relief (TLR) – Eastern Interconnection ([WEQ] Version 003.3, March 30, 2020); 

(11)WEQ-011, Gas/Electric Coordination, ([WEQ] Version 003.3, March 30, 2020);

(12)WEQ-012, Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) ([WEQ] Version 003.3, March 30, 2020);

(13)WEQ-013, Open Access Same-Time Information System (OASIS) Implementation Guide, [OASIS] ([WEQ] Version 003.3, March 30, 2020);

(14)WEQ-015, Measurement and Verification of Wholesale Electricity Demand Response ([WEQ] Version 003.3, March 30, 2020);

(15)WEQ-021, Measurement and Verification of Energy Efficiency Products ([WEQ] Version 003.3, March 30, 2020);

(16)WEQ–022, Electric Industry Registry ([WEQ] Version 003.3, March 30, 2020); and

(17)WEQ-023, Modeling ([WEQ] Version 003.3, March 30, 2020).

The Commission has granted Transmission Provider with waivers of specified provisions of WEQ-001, WEQ-002 and WEQ-003 as those Business Practice Standards relate to Service Across Multiple Transmission Systems (SAMTS) and Network Integration Transmission Service (NITS), Order on Compliance and Request for Waivers, 178 FERC ¶ 61,163 (March 7, 2022), PJM Interconnection, L.L.C., 182 FERC ¶ 61,118 (Feb. 23, 2023), and PJM Interconnection, L.L.C., 185 FERC ¶ 61,068 (Oct. 26, 2023).

With respect to SAMTS, the Transmission Provider has adopted Tariff, Part II, section 17.9 and Tariff, Part II, section 18.4, specifying processing timelines for all short-term transmission service requests.  The Transmission Provider will process and set the status of a SAMTS request or reservation consistent with a non-SAMTS transaction and the customer may withdraw, annul or reduce their request or reservation without financial penalty in accordance with the Transmission Provider's Regional Transmission and Energy Scheduling Practices document which can be found on the Transmission Provider's website.

With respect to NITS requests, the Transmission Provider has adopted rules in Tariff, Part III  relating to the study and commitment of internal and external network resources and load designations, including Tariff, Part III, section 30 (relating to designation and termination of Network Resources), Tariff, Part III, section 31 (relating to the designation of Network Load), and Tariff, Part III, section 32 (relating to Initial Study procedures for NITS), all of which are subject, however, to the applicable requirements of PJM"s Reliability Pricing Model (RPM) rules as set forth in Tariff, Attachment DD and associated requirements as set forth in Transmission Provider's FERC-filed Reliability Assurance Agreement Among Load Serving Entities (RAA) and associated Manuals.  Moreover, consistent with the Transmission Provider's planning processes, Network Resources proposing to interconnect to the Transmission System in the PJM Region must comply with the terms, conditions, rules and procedures for interconnection as specified in Tariff, Part IV.