PJM Clarifies How Data Centers Could Pay More for Supply
The PJM Interconnection responded within hours on January 16 to conform with many of the requests made by the Trump Administration and state governors to change capacity…
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February 2, 2026
January 16, 2026
PJM Board Outline a Series of Actions To Address Data Centers & Large Loads Onto Grid; Orders Emergency Backstop Generation Procurement Process & Other Long Term Corrective Actions
In a press release PJM outlines plans to integrate large loads reliably. “The PJM Board of Managers today outlined a series of actions to be taken by PJM and its…
January 15, 2026
President Trump & PJM State Governors Seek One-time Emergency Auction
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…
Commission Commends Federal Court Decision That Could Benefit Eastern Shore Utility Customers
The Public Service Commission of Maryland issued a press release regarding a Decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. From Press Release: [ *** ] The…
December 18, 2025
FERC Directs Nation’s Largest Grid Operator To Create New Rules To Embrace Innovation And Protect Consumers
In a news fact sheet, FERC announces that it has directed PJM to create new transparent rules “to facilitate service of AI-driven data centers and other large loads…
December 17, 2025
PJM Publishes 2027/2028 Base Residual Auction Report
From the Executive Summary of the PJM – 2027/2028 Base Residual Auction Report: “The 2027/2028 Reliability Pricing Model (RPM) Base Residual Auction (BRA) cleared…
December 3, 2025
Six Governors Send Letter To PJM Raising Grave Concerns About Failure To Take Decisive Action On Addressing Large Load Electricity Demand
Six state Governors send a joint letter to the Chairman of PJM Board of Managers stating that PJM’s most November 19th efforts to deal with A.I. data center…
October 28, 2025
Mid-Atlantic Lawmakers Unite to Address Regional Energy Crisis
In a press release lawmakers from Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey, and Virginia announce that they came together for the first-ever, multi-state policy hearing…
September 19, 2025
Comments Filed Re: Resource Adequacy & Participation In Wholesale Electricity Markets
In New Jersey parties filed resource adequacy (RA) technical conference post-conference comments in the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU’s) investigation into…
August 22, 2025
Governor Murphy Signs Legislation to Address Regional Energy Cost Crisis
In a press release New Jersey Governor Murphy signed into law SR154 and AB5463. Among other things, the new law “directs the Board of Public Utilities (BPU) to open…
