PJM Critical Issue Fast Path (CIFP)
The Critical Issue Fast Path process (CIFP) was added to PJM Manual 34 in 2019 to provide the PJM Board and members a way to resolve “contentious issues with known PJM and/or FERC implementation deadlines” that were not resolved in the normal stakeholder process.
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PJM enters 2026 amid several efforts to ward off a reliability gap attributed to accelerating data center load, sluggish development of new capacity and resource deactivations.
Talen Energy
FERC told PJM to change its rules to allow for co-located load at generators, with new transmission services and other tweaks.
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The Independent Market Monitor filed a complaint asking FERC to determine that PJM has the authority to hold off on large load interconnections if they would jeopardize transmission security or resource adequacy.
NRDC
Load growth beyond PJM’s ability to serve is a clear and present danger to the reliability of the grid and the functioning of PJM’s markets, says the NRDC.
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The PJM Members Committee voted against each of the dozen proposals brought to address rising data center load as part of the RTO’s Critical Issue Fast Path process.
Google
PJM stakeholders are to vote on a record-breaking number of proposals on how the RTO should integrate large loads without impacting resource adequacy.
NRDC
Several stakeholders presented proposals for how PJM could address accelerating load growth as the Critical Issue Fast Path process on large load growth wraps up its second phase.
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PJM has withdrawn its non-capacity backed load proposal, shifting the focus of its solution for rising large load additions to creating a parallel resource interconnection queue and reworking price-responsive demand.
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PJM revised elements of its proposal to create a non-capacity backed load product for large loads as the Critical Issue Fast Path embarks on determining how to address the reliability challenges posed by accelerating data center load growth.
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The PJM Board of Managers initiated a Critical Issue Fast Path process aimed at maintaining resource adequacy in the face of rising data center load growth, asking stakeholders to draft proposals to serve 32 GW of load growth expected by 2030.
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