November 30, 2024

PJM Interconnection LLC (PJM)

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PJM PC/TEAC Briefs: Feb. 7, 2023
An error in the power flow case for several generators caused minor impacts to the 2022 annual cost allocations and zonal charges for the units, PJM said.
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Policymakers Working to Meet Spiking Demand of Data Centers in Virginia
Demand growth in Northern Virginia's power-hungry Data Center Alley is accelerating, and policymakers are trying to ensure new demand can be met reliably.
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PJM Stakeholders Discuss Capacity Market Changes After Winter Storm
PJM's Independent Market Monitor has proposed a plan to eliminate performance assessment intervals and related penalties from the RTO’s capacity market.
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Berkeley Study Finds Rising PJM Interconnection Costs
A new study found that interconnection costs have been steadily rising for decades in the PJM region and are disproportionately high for renewable resources.
Energy Innovation
Report: IRA Makes Renewables Cheaper than Virtually All US Coal Plants
A new report found that nearly all coal plants studied “are more expensive to run than replacing their generation capacity with either new solar or wind.”
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PJM CIR Cap Unlikely to End Accreditation Dispute
PJM members’ vote to limit resources’ capacity interconnection rights is not likely to end the dispute over how the RTO accredits intermittent resources.
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PJM Stakeholders Endorse Accreditation Changes for Renewables
PJM’s Markets and Reliability Committee and Members Committee endorsed a proposal to change the RTO’s accreditation methodology for intermittent resources.
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PJM MRC/MC Briefs: Jan. 25, 2023
The MRC discussed the market seller offer cap and capacity performance quantifiable risk at the behest of stakeholders concerned about current constructs.
Duke Energy
Industry Group Blames Duke, TVA for Blackouts
SREA said Duke Carolinas' and TVA's holiday blackouts were likely avoidable had they built robust transmission links and had better access to organized markets.
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OSW Transmission Planning Must be Interregional, Networked and Start Now
The U.S. will require a massive mobilization of resources and careful planning to build the transmission needed to the meet its OSW goals, a new report says.

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