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Meeting Minutes Meeting Minutes Sub-regional RTEP Committee, PJM South area Via teleconference Tuesday, February 16, 2021 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. EPT Administration (1:00 – 1:05) 1. Aaron Berner, PJM, called the meeting to order, and reviewed the Antitrust, Code of Conduct, media participation, and WebEx guidelines. RTEP Updates (1:05 – 1:10) 2. Dominion Supplemental Projects Kunal Amare, Dominion, presented a need for supplemental projects in Dominion. Informational Postings M-3 Process Needs Status This spreadsheet allows stakeholders to track process defined in Open Access Transmission Tariff, Attachment M-3 and leading to the development of the supplemental projects. Aggregate Maps for Supplemental Projects Aggregate geographic representation of supplemental projects not previously included in Local Plan. Planning Community Open Questions Open questions regarding M-3 projects received through Planning Community. Future Meeting Dates March 18, 2021 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Teleconference April 14, 2021 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Teleconference May 20, 2021 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Teleconference June 15, 2021 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Teleconference July 12, 2021 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Teleconference August 13, 2021 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Teleconference September 14, 2021 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Teleconference October 14, 2021 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Teleconference Nov ember 18, 2021 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Teleconference December 20, 2021 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Teleconference PJM © 2021 For Public Use 1 Meeting Minutes Attendance List Last Name First Name Company Sector Hacker William GPU Energy Not Applicable Herman Michael PJM Interconnection, LLC Not Applicable Davis James (Jim) Dominion Energy Marketing, Inc. Generation Owner Janicki Diane Boston Energy Trading & Marketing, LLC Other Supplier Kogut George New York Power Authority Other Supplier Schmitt Catherine Public Service Electric & Gas Company Transmission Owner Paradise Theodore Anabaric Not Applicable Rodriguez Tomas OPSI Not Applicable Nareshkumar Koushy Potomac Electric Power Company Electric Distributor Svenson Heather Public Service Electric & Gas Company Transmission Owner Dolan Ryan Dayton Power & Light Company (The) (EDC) Transmission Owner Cosman Mihai Exelon Business Services Company, LLC Transmission Owner Shah Pulin PECO Energy Company Transmission Owner Glatz Suzanne PJM Interconnection, LLC Not Applicable Stern Alexander (Alex) Public Service Electric & Gas Company Transmission Owner Rumsey Amanda PPL Electric Utilities Corp. dba PPL Utilities Transmission Owner Taylor Robert Exelon Business Services Company, LLC Transmission Owner Thomas Amber PPL Electric Utilities Corp. dba PPL Utilities Transmission Owner Wolfe Art PJM Interconnection, LLC Not Applicable DeGiusto Jr Vincent UGI Development Company Generation Owner Bhana Rajesh Exelon Business Services Company, LLC Transmission Owner Lawson Ryen Dominion Virginia Power Not Applicable Price Ruth Division of the Public Advocate of the State of Delaware End-Use Customer Bueno Juan FirstEnergy Solutions Corp. Transmission Owner Holdbrook Ruth Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative Electric Distributor Foladare Kenneth Tangibl Not Applicable Jasti Harsha Exelon Corp Transmission Owner Khadr Esam Public Service Electric & Gas Company Transmission Owner McCullar Patrick DEMIC Inc Electric Distributor Leeming Thomas Commonwealth Edison Company Transmission Owner Aurely Marc FirstEnergy Corp Transmission Owner Tong Anthony Exelon Business Services Company, LLC Transmission Owner Islam Lubaba Navigant Consulting, Inc. Not Applicable Bailey Ronnie Virginia Electric & Power Company Transmission Owner Lehmann Horst PPL Electric Utilities Corp. dba PPL Utilities Transmission Owner Caristia James Public Service Electric & Gas Company Transmission Owner Lyakhovich Leonid Public Service Electric & Gas Company Transmission Owner Hozempa Lawrence FirstEnergy Solutions Corp. Transmission Owner Dehaut Russell PPL Electric Utilities Corp. dba PPL Utilities Transmission Owner Ford Adrien Old Dominion Electric Cooperative Electric Distributor Adnan Khan Burns McDonnel None Zelvis Stephen Delmarva Power & Light Company Electric Distributor Donnelly Mike PECO Energy Company Transmission Owner PJM © 2021 For Public Use 2 Meeting Minutes Baca Emilio Public Service Electric & Gas Company Transmission Owner Marchewka Grant FirstEnergy Solutions Corp. Transmission Owner Zahidi Mohamed PSEG Energy Resources and Trade LLC Other Supplier Fuerst Gary American Transmission Systems, Inc. Transmission Owner Schweiger Steven Burns & McDonnell Not Applicable Bainbridge Tom Energy Harbor LLC Generation Owner Tatum Edward American Municipal Power Electric Distributor Sadeghian Hamidreza Dominion Virginia Power Not Applicable Laios Takis Appalachian Power Company Transmission Owner Niu Hui (Grace) PJM Interconnection, LLC Not Applicable Davis Malika State of Delaware Not Applicable Brown David NJ Board of Public Utilities Not Applicable Christopher Mahila Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (The) Not Applicable Gill Mark Dominion Energy Generation Marketing, Inc. Generation Owner Dadourian John Monitoring Analytics, LLC Not Applicable Szmodis Christopher PPL Electric Utilities Corp. dba PPL Utilities Transmission Owner Tutor Stephen FirstEnergy Solutions Corp. Transmission Owner Neppl Tari Enerwise Global Technologies, Inc. Other Supplier Berner Aaron PJM Interconnection, LLC Not Applicable Tesfa Nebiat PJM Interconnection, LLC Not Applicable Socha Bernie UGI Utilities, Inc. Transmission Owner Carter Samuel Dominion Energy Generation Owner Jones Tania Dominion Virginia Power Not Applicable Stansky MIchael FirstEnergy Solutions Corp. Transmission Owner Smyda Ashley FirstEnergy Solutions Corp. Transmission Owner Amare Kunal Dominion Virginia Power Not Applicable Bilash Jason PJM Interconnection, LLC Not Applicable Mariam Yohannes Office of the Peoples Counsel for the District of Columbia End-Use Customer Kou Derek Dominion Not Applicable de La Mora Luis Strom Power, LLC Other Supplier * Note – The attendance list is the combined attendance of the SRRTEP-Southern and SRRTEP-Mid-Atlantic meetings PJM © 2021 For Public Use 3 .
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