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President Trump & PJM State Governors Seek One-time Emergency Auction

By: MAGNIFYI Staff

Published January 15, 2026

Category: PJM
Related Categories: Capacity Auction, Data Centers, Electric, Large Loads

As reported by  Utility Dive the Trump administration and a bipartisan group of governors on Friday asked the country’s largest wholesale electricity market to hold a one-time “emergency” auction to provide data centers with new sources of power.

They urged the PJM Interconnection to hold an auction so data center owners could bid on 15-year power purchase agreements in what would be a stark departure from how the grid operator normally operates. 

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