PJM Board of Managers
PJM needs every megawatt of supply it can secure, and the last thing it should do is inadvertently force existing supply out of the market, warns Michael D. Smith, CEO of CPower.
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.
The PJM Board of Managers has directed staff to proceed with a Quadrennial Review design that reworks the capacity auction price curve and sets the reference resource as a combustion turbine for all zones.
Addressing a technical conference on the state of PJM, Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin said PJM must undertake immediate governance changes, with granting states a greater voice in decision-making atop the list.
PJM’s Nominating Committee named two candidates to fill vacant seats on the RTO’s Board of Managers: former ISO-NE executive Robert Ethier and Le Xie, faculty co-director of Harvard's Power and AI Initiative.
The governors of Pennsylvania and Virginia have requested that PJM consider former FERC Commissioners Mark Christie and Allison Clements to fill two vacant seats on the RTO’s Board of Managers.
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.
PJM member states are seeking the ability to nominate two candidates to the RTO’s board as they grow increasingly vocal about their dissatisfaction with the affordability and reliability of the grid.
Committee business included a quick-fix package to expand the definition of dual-fuel generation in the Reliability Assurance Agreement to include generation capable of running on a backup fuel type with off-site storage and dedicated delivery.
PJM’s Board of Managers initiated a critical issue fast path process to determine how to compensate Constellation Energy for continuing to run two gas-fired units at the utility’s Eddystone plant under a DOE emergency order.
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