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March 21, 2026

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.
AEP
White House, Data Center Pledges Signify Little; The Real Risks Lie Elsewhere
The White House meeting and associated industry pledge were perhaps good theater, but would have been much more valuable a year or two ago, writes columnist Peter Kelly-Detwiler.
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LS Power to Buy 4.4 GW of Power Generation Assets in PJM
The agreement announced March 18 is valued at $5 billion before closing adjustments, or approximately $1,142/kW of capacity.
Meta
N.J. Bills Targeting Balcony Solar, Nuclear and PJM Move Ahead
New Jersey legislators backed a bill that would require operators of AI data centers and crypto mining facilities to run them with clean energy and submit an energy use plan to the state.
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PJM Stakeholders Endorse Penalties for Pre-emergency Load Management
The PJM Market Implementation Committee endorsed an RTO proposal to establish penalties for load management and price-responsive demand resources that underperform during pre-emergency deployments.
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PJM PC/TEAC Briefs: March 10, 2026
The PJM Planning Committee endorsed a quick-fix proposal to include battery storage dispatch in the RTO’s planning models.
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PJM Eyeing Tight Deadline to Eliminate De Minimis Exception, Rebill Decade of Tx Rates
PJM updated stakeholders on how it plans to act on a FERC order requiring it to rework how it determines transmission rates and recalculate rates going back to June 2015.
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PJM MIC Briefs: March 11, 2026
Constellation deferred on asking the Market Implementation Committee to vote on a quick-fix proposal to account for any downtime dual-fuel gas generators may require when switching fuels.
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PJM OC Briefs: March 12, 2026
PJM, Constellation and the Independent Market Monitor plan to bring competing proposals to define rules for operating battery storage as a transmission asset.
Virginia Department of Historic Resources
Virginia Legislature Wraps Up, Passes Clean Energy Bills
The Virginia General Assembly wrapped up its session and Democrats used the power they won in November's elections to push through bills favoring clean energy as the state faces significant load growth from data centers.
Monitoring Analytics
Monitor Urges PJM to Make Data Centers Bear Grid Burden
PJM’s Independent Market Monitor warned the cost of wholesale power in the RTO will continue to rise with the rapid addition of data center load without enough capacity to serve it.

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