PJM

PJM Interconnection LLC is a regional transmission organization that coordinates the movement of wholesale electricity in all or parts of Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia and the District of Columbia.
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PJM Files Waiver Seeking Additional Time to Select Board Candidates

PJM asked FERC to grant it more time to find candidates to fill two Board of Managers positions vacated when the Members Committee voted against reelecting two incumbents.

Convergent Energy and Power
N.J. BPU Backs New Grid Modernization Rules
The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities has approved new grid modernization rules the agency says will make the process of launching new distributed sources easier and faster.
Ameren
FERC Approves PJM 2024 RTEP Cost Assignment
FERC approved PJM’s proposed cost allocation for $6.7 billion in transmission upgrades included in the first window of the 2024 Regional Transmission Expansion Plan.
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PJM MRC Briefs: May 21, 2025

The PJM Markets and Reliability Committee endorsed a proposal intended to add transparency to the RTO’s effective load-carrying capability process.

ICF
ICF Report Predicts the Pace of Demand Growth to Speed up
ICF International is projecting another rise in the rate of demand growth as more data centers seek to plug into the grid in the coming years, with a 25% increase from 2023 levels by 2030 and 78% by 2050. 
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Consumer Advocates, Environmentalists Lay out Priorities to PJM
PJM’s Public Interest and Environmental Organization User Group voiced mixed views on the RTO’s policy trajectory, praising advances in generation interconnection over the past year while raising concerns about rising costs and transparency.
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Panel Discusses Data Center Load Growth at PJM Annual Meeting
Experts in the data center field discussed the challenges of meeting accelerating computational load during the PJM Annual Meeting, held in the core of Northern Virginia’s Data Center Alley. 
PJM
PJM MRC Preview: May 21, 2025
PJM will present a proposal aiming to make the RTO’s effective load-carrying capability (ELCC) process more transparent.
State of Ohio
Ohio Governor Signs Utility Law Aimed at Enhancing Competitive Market
Ohio's governor signed into law a major reform of how the state regulates utilities, eliminating electric security plans that utilities have used to meet demand from non-shopping customers since a 2008 law authorized them.
FERC
FERC Summer Assessment Shows Risks from Growing Demand, Extreme Weather
FERC's summer assessment shows rising demand and prompted Chair Mark Christie to discuss recent developments in PJM.

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