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As communicated at the April Tech Change Forum, on September 16, 2020, PJM will change the currently posted Contingency List format from HTM to XML. The contingency list contains a list of all contingencies used in the Energy Management System (EMS), Financial Transmission Rights (FTR), Day-Ahead and Real-Time Energy Markets and is available on PJM.com under Markets & Operations > Energy Market > LMP Model Information.

For transition purposes, the current HTM format contingency list and the updated XML format will both remain posted until September 16, 2020.

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PJM will perform system maintenance to DR Hub in the production environment on Thursday, September 17, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. EPT (1700 to 1900 hours). During this maintenance, there will be an outage, up to 60 minutes, and users will not be able to access DR Hub. 

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An updated version of the Mid-Atlantic Dominion Subzone Bus and Resource List has been published to the pjm.com website. It may be found under pjm.com > Markets & Operations > Ancillary Services or at the following link: http://www.pjm.com/markets-and-operations/ancillary-services.aspx. The file is titled "Mid-Atlantic-Dominion Subzone Bus and Resource List - Effective 9.16.2020" and is located in the Synchronized Reserve section. This file lists the buses and resources that are located in the Mid-Atlantic Dominion reserve subzone based on the current system topology. Please review the content and be aware if your resources are listed and therefore located in the MAD reserve subzone. Resources that do not appear in the list may respond only to PJMs request for 100% Synchronized Reserve in the RTO zone. Resources that appear in the list may respond to PJMs request for 100% Synchronized Reserve in the MAD and RTO zones.

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PJM is performing system maintenance to Queue Point on Monday, September 21, from 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. EPT (1600 – 1800 hours). During this time, there may be intermittent outages, up to five minutes in the production and train environments. Tool users may need to refresh their session for access.

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PJM will be performing software deployments to ExSchedule on: 

• Monday, September 21, from 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. EPT (1000 to 1200 hours) in the train environment 

• Tuesday, September 22, from 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. EPT (1300 to 1400 hours) in the production environment 

During this maintenance, users may experience intermittent outages of up to ten minutes.

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• PJM works hard to maintain our tools and to create as little disruption as possible for those who do business with us. 

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PJM will perform system maintenance to FTR Center in the production environment on Tuesday, September 22, from 10:00 am to 12:00 p.m. EPT (1000 to 1200 hours). During this maintenance, there may be intermittent outages, up to 30 minutes. 

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• Users will be unable to login to OASIS and ExSchedule during the outage time frame.

PJM will be performing an OASIS and ExSchedule site switchover on Wednesday, September 23 in the production environment from 2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. EPT (1430 - 1600 hours). During this time, there will be up to a 10-minute outage to OASIS and ExSchedule in the production environment.

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PJM is temporarily suspending the FTR Credit Requirement Enhancements-Illustrative Data Sample Report as we work to complete our analysis and assess feedback provided by Stakeholders. Thank you to all Stakeholders who have taken time to review the Illustrative Data Sample and provided feedback. We will continue to provide updates through the Financial Risk Mitigation Senior Task Force.