Transmission Owner Guidelines

Transmission owner technical guidelines and recommendations are listed below and are published by the Transmission and Substation Subcommittee (TSS.)

The documents included here are still subject to PJM's review and may thus potentially change before being formally published pursuant to the Open Access Transmission Tariff WEB | PDF - Section 1.2C.

These documents were originally developed for PJM by the TSS member companies when PJM’s footprint matched the North American Reliability Corporation (NERC) MAAC region (contributing companies included AE, BGC, DPL, JCPL, MetEd, PECO, PENELEC, PEPCO, PPL and PSEG.) Many of these companies often reference these documents for their technical requirements and standards as defined in the PJM tariff. PJM now extends into multiple NERC regions. New members typically reference their own documents and therefore these documents no longer represent all of PJM. However, all PJM members are welcome to reference these documents.


Date
I. Introduction - Technical Requirements & Design Philosophy PDF
12.2017
I.3 Recommendations of Resilience and System Hardening Practices PDF 7.22.2021
II. Transmission System Design Criteria PDF
12.2017
III. Substation Bus Configuration & Substation Design Requirements PDF
12.2017
IV. Spare Equipment Philosophy PDF
12.2017
V. Design, Application, Maintenance & Operation Technical Requirements

a. Overhead Transmission Lines PDF
12.2017

b. Power Cables PDF
12.2017

c. Large Power Transformers PDF
12.2017

d. Circuit Breakers PDF
5.2022

e. Load Interrupting Switches (Circuit Switches) PDF
12.2017

f.  Disconnects & Switches PDF
12.2017

g. Shunt Capacitors PDF
12.2017

h. Instrument Transformers PDF
12.2017

i. AC Station Service PDF
12.2017

j. Substation Batteries & Chargers PDF
12.2017

k. DC Substation Service PDF
12.2017

l. Substation Operation & Maintenance PDF
12.2017

m. Carrier Current Line Traps PDF
12.2017

n. Insulation Coordination & Surge Protection PDF
12.2017

o. Relay and Control Building Requirements PDF
12.2017
  p. Static Var Compensators (SVC) PDF 12.2018
VI. Rating Guides

a. Bare Overhead Transmission Conductor Ratings PDF
10.2022
     OHT Cond Rating - Spreadsheet XLS
4.26.2024

b. Power Transformers PDF
9.18.2024

c. Circuit Breakers PDF
9.18.2024

   Circuit Breaker Ratings - Spreadsheets XLS
9.18.2024

d. Air Disconnect Switches PDF
3.2012

e. Outdoor Substation Conductor Ratings PDF
8.14.2024
      PJM Bus Rating - Spreadsheet XLS
9.16.2014

f. Current Transformers PDF
3.2012

g. Line Traps PDF
3.2012
  h. Underground and Submarine Transmission Cable Rating Methodology PDF
9.17.2015
VII. Installation & Commissioning PDF
12.2017
VIII. Inspection, Testing & Acceptance PDF
12.2017

Annexes

A. System Phasing Diagrams PDF
9.18.2024

B. Definitions PDF
6.2002