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December 5, 2025

PJM Interconnection LLC (PJM)

GridLab
GridLab: More Renewables Could Have Saved Billions in PJM Auction

If just 10% of the land-based renewables in PJM’s generator interconnection queue had been developed, the total cost of the RTO’s 2026/27 capacity auction would have been reduced by $3.5 billion, according to an analysis GridLab commissioned by Aurora Energy Research.

Constellation
Constellation Proposes up to 1,500 MW of New Capacity in Md.
Constellation Energy is proposing 714 MW of new gas-fired peaker capacity and up to 800 MW of storage in response to a Maryland solicitation.
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Xcel Energy, AEP Plan to Invest $132B Through 2030
Xcel Energy and AEP both said during their quarterly earnings calls that they have increased their capital investment spend to meet increasing demand from large loads.
Nvidia
Nvidia, Emerald AI, EPRI and PJM Announce Flexible Data Center Project
The artificial intelligence industry and power industry are working together to develop the first “power-flexible AI factory” at a 96-MW facility in Manassas, Va.
PJM
PJM Asks FERC to Deny Demand Response Metering Data Complaint
PJM told FERC that a complaint seeking to use statistics to estimate customers’ demand response when accessing meter data is not practical.
Resources for the Future
Load Growth Requires Holistic Interconnection Reform, Experts Say
Holistic reform to interconnection barriers is essential to meeting rapidly growing power demand across the country, experts said at a recent webinar.
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PJM MRC/MC Briefs: Oct. 23, 2025

PJM’s Markets and Reliability Committee endorsed by acclamation a proposal to use only cost-based offers for resources committed in advance of the day-ahead energy market.

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DOE Extends Order Lifting Run Hour Limits on Md. Generator
The U.S. Department of Energy approved PJM's request to extend an order allowing Talen Energy to continue operating is oil-fired H.A. Wagner Unit 4 beyond the 438 hours it is permitted to operated each year.
PJM
PJM Board of Managers Approves Quadrennial Review Proposal
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.
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PJM Promotes 3 Executives as CEO Search Continues
PJM has promoted a trio of executives while it continues its search for a new CEO.

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