pjm customer load reduction pilot program approved message sent from the pjm - customer - info mailing list at pjm - customer - info @ majordomo . pjm . com : august 4 , 2000 norristown , pa : the members committee of pjm interconnection , llc approved a customer load reduction pilot program following approval last week by the federal energy regulatory commission ( ferc ) . the program targets existing on - site generation and load management programs at facilities such as hospitals , hotels , factories , and stores during emergency conditions . after september 30 th , the end of the trial period for the program , the program will be evaluated to determine its success . the evaluation will explore program improvements in order to enhance the program as a way to address potential capacity shortfalls next summer . related procedures for interconnecting generation under 10 mw will be discussed through pjm ' s committee process for additional advisory input and will be refiled for further consideration by the ferc after the stakeholder process . the pilot program was designed through a collaborative fast - track effort of the pjm distributed generation user group . currently , there are 35 participants registered for the program representing a total of 61 . 5 mw . the smallest of these generators represents 200 kw and the largest represents 15 mw . this user group ' s efforts are consistent with the federal energy regulatory commission ' s recent initiative to support interim procedures to assist with the on - going efforts to maintain a reliable electric power system during the summer months . distributed generation benefits the system by either reducing demand or providing additional generating resources . the pilot program is designed to provide additional flexibility during times of peak demand . it is not meant to replace pjm ' s successful generation interconnection process which deals with generation projects applying to become part of regional capacity or to interfere with the active load management ( " alm " ) programs that are in operation . please do not reply to this message . if you have a question for pjm customer relations and training , please send an e - mail to custsvc @ pjm . com . to unsubscribe from this list , send an e - mail to majordomo @ majordomo . pjm . com containing only the following line in the body of the e - mail : unsubscribe pjm - customer - info