PJM's ARRC User Group asks Members Committee to vote on adding "affordability" to PJM Board duties
The ARRC User Group presented the request to PJM's Members Committee on August 19, 2026, proposing that "affordability" be added to PJM's governing documents and to the duties and responsibilities of the PJM Board.
Brian Lipman, ARRC Chair, presented to PJM's Members Committee on August 19, 2026.1
The ARRC User Group's presentation requests that PJM's Members Committee consider and vote in August to approve adding “affordability” to the duties and responsibilities of the PJM Board.2
The ARRC User Group's proposal is to include “Affordability” into PJM's governing documents.3
The formation of PJM's ARRC User Group was provided to PJM on December 4, 2025.4
PJM provided notice to the Members Committee in January 2026.5
The ARRC User Group approved its charter at its inaugural meeting on January 27, 2026.6
The ARRC User Group passed proposed changes to PJM Operating Agreement Section 7.7 on April 29 for the Members Committee's consideration.7
A User Group proposal adopted by affirmative vote of three-fourths or more of its members is submitted to the Chair of the Members Committee, who refers it to the applicable Standing Committee for consideration at a meeting occurring not earlier than 30 days after the referral, before it goes to the Members Committee for its own consideration.8
The ARRC User Group's presentation argues that many PJM "pass through" costs, including many supplemental project costs, are not established through a market mechanism.9
The ARRC User Group's presentation states that consumer energy arrearages rose from $15.44 billion in January 2022 to $21.05 billion in September 2024.10
The ARRC User Group's current members include the Delaware Division of the Public Advocate, the Illinois Attorney General’s Office Public Utilities Bureau, the Illinois Citizens Utility Board, the Maryland Office of the People’s Counsel, the New Jersey Division of Rate Counsel, the Office of the People’s Counsel for the District of Columbia, the Ohio Consumers’ Counsel, and the Pennsylvania Office of Consumer Advocate.11
Gridlight analysis
Interpretation by Gridlight, resting on the documents in Sources.
The presentation does not state whether PJM's Members Committee held or completed the requested August vote, or what the result was.■■■■■■■■■■■
The presentation also does not explain how the User Group's April 29 vote and the Operating Agreement's referral-and-30-day-wait procedure map onto the August 19 presentation to the Members Committee.■■■■■■■■■■■
Coverage notes
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- The presentation states ARRC's position that "affordability" should not be defined; this piece does not state what the term would mean operationally if added to the PJM Board's duties, because the presentation does not address that question.
- The presentation does not cite a source or methodology for its arrearage and energy-insecurity statistics; this piece reports the figures as presented without independent verification of their basis.