By Michael Gergen and Eli Hopson

In response to poor performance by many generation resources in the PJM region during the 2014 “Polar Vortex” and concerns over the increasing reliance on natural gas-fired generation resources in the PJM region, PJM filed under Section 205 of the Federal Power Act (“FPA”) proposed “Capacity Performance” rules to revise its capacity market, known as the “Reliability Pricing Model” or “RPM”, with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC” or “Commission”) on December 12, 2014. …