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May 22, 2025

Manu Asthana

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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.
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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PJM Stakeholders Reaffirm Board Election Results
The PJM Members Committee voted against reconsidering whether to reelect Terry Blackwell to another term on the Board of Managers.
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PJM Stakeholders Vote Out 2 Board Members

PJM’s Members Committee voted not to reelect two incumbent members of the RTO’s Board of Managers: Chair Mark Takahashi and Terry Blackwell.

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PJM CEO Manu Asthana Announces Year-end Resignation
PJM CEO Manu Asthana announced he will resign from his position at the end of 2025 after more than five years of leading the RTO.
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EPSA Conference Tackles Markets in a Time of Rapid Demand Growth
Attendees at the Electric Power Supply Association’s Competitive Power Summit discussed how markets are responding to rapid demand growth.
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Asthana, Vegas to Headline ERCOT’s Innovation Summit
PJM's Manu Asthana will join ERCOT's Pablo Vegas in opening the Texas grid operator’s second annual Innovation Summit by discussing how they are adapting to and managing the complexities of “rapidly changing grids.”
House Energy and Commerce Committee
All 7 ISO/RTOs Send Senior Executives to Update Congress on Reliability
ISO/RTO leaders explained the issues facing their markets and took some questions from members, with subjects like FERC's independence and the recent capacity price spikes in PJM coming up.
NJ BPU
NJ Opens 2nd State Agreement Approach to Connect OSW with PJM
The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities has initiated a second state agreement approach with PJM to plan the transmission necessary to meet Gov. Phil Murphy's goal of installing 11 GW of offshore wind by 2040.
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RTO Officials Warn of ‘Messy Transition’ at NARUC Annual Meeting
MISO CEO John Bear and PJM CEO Manu Asthana expressed concerns about gas-fired resources retiring prematurely at NARUC's Annual Meeting in California.

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