pjm Archives https://www.powermag.com/tag/pjm/ The power industry's trusted source for generation technology, O&M, and legal & regulatory news for coal, gas, nuclear, hydro, wind & solar power plants; power jobs Tue, 02 Dec 2025 10:13:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://www.powermag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/cropped-p-power-32x32.jpg pjm Archives https://www.powermag.com/tag/pjm/ 32 32 Data Centers and the Grid: Key Insights from POWER’s Inaugural Data Center POWER eXchange Summit https://www.powermag.com/data-centers-and-the-grid-key-insights-from-powers-inaugural-data-center-power-exchange-summit/ https://www.powermag.com/data-centers-and-the-grid-key-insights-from-powers-inaugural-data-center-power-exchange-summit/#respond Mon, 01 Dec 2025 15:59:27 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=245428 POWER breaks down the top insights from Data Center POWER eXchange, its unique one-day summit curated by POWER’s editorial team and convened to examine the collision between accelerating data center load and tightening grid constraints.  The rise of artificial intelligence is poised to create the fastest, largest, and most concentrated surge of electricity demand in […]

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]]> https://www.powermag.com/data-centers-and-the-grid-key-insights-from-powers-inaugural-data-center-power-exchange-summit/feed/ 0 Winter Reliability Concerns Spur Fresh DOE Intervention for PJM, MISO https://www.powermag.com/winter-reliability-concerns-spur-fresh-doe-intervention-for-pjm-miso/ https://www.powermag.com/winter-reliability-concerns-spur-fresh-doe-intervention-for-pjm-miso/#respond Wed, 26 Nov 2025 19:11:53 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=245668 The Department of Energy (DOE) extended its run of federal grid interventions into winter over the past week, issuing a Section 202(c) emergency order on Nov. 18 for Consumers Energy’s 1,420-MW J.H. Campbell coal plant in Michigan and another on Nov. 25 for Constellation’s 760-MW Eddystone Units 3 and 4 in southeastern Pennsylvania in a […]

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Eddystone Generating Station, located just south of Philadelphia on the Delaware River, is a six-unit, 820-MW facility owned and operated by Constellation Energy. Units 3 and 4—commissioned between 1967 and 1970—are dual-fuel steam turbine units capable of burning natural gas or oil, providing critical flexibility during fuel supply or pricing disruptions. Courtesy: Constellation Energy

]]> https://www.powermag.com/winter-reliability-concerns-spur-fresh-doe-intervention-for-pjm-miso/feed/ 0 NERC: Winter Grid Reliability at Risk Amid Soaring Demand, Fuel Supply Gaps https://www.powermag.com/nerc-winter-grid-reliability-at-risk-amid-soaring-demand-fuel-supply-gaps/ https://www.powermag.com/nerc-winter-grid-reliability-at-risk-amid-soaring-demand-fuel-supply-gaps/#respond Wed, 26 Nov 2025 18:02:46 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=245656 In its recently released Winter Reliability Assessment, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) found that while resources are adequate for normal winter peak demand, large swaths of North America face an elevated risk of electricity shortfalls during prolonged, wide-area cold snaps. Noting that four severe Arctic storms have swept across much of the continent since […]

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NERC’s 2025–2026 Winter Reliability Assessment highlights regions at elevated risk of electricity shortfalls during extreme winter conditions, including the Maritimes, New England, parts of the Southeast, Texas, and portions of the West. The striped Maritimes area indicates specific risk to natural gas pipeline capacity. Source: NERC.

]]> https://www.powermag.com/nerc-winter-grid-reliability-at-risk-amid-soaring-demand-fuel-supply-gaps/feed/ 0 Blackstone Investing $1.2 Billion for 600-MW Gas-Fired Plant in West Virginia https://www.powermag.com/blackstone-investing-1-2-billion-for-600-mw-gas-fired-plant-in-west-virginia/ https://www.powermag.com/blackstone-investing-1-2-billion-for-600-mw-gas-fired-plant-in-west-virginia/#respond Mon, 17 Nov 2025 18:50:06 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=245145 Global investment group and asset manager Blackstone said it will support construction of a 600-MW combined-cycle natural gas-fired power plant in West Virginia. The Wolf Summit Energy facility, which will feature GE Vernova equipment, is affiliated with Old Dominion Electric Cooperative, which serves about 1.5 million customers across three states.

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]]> https://www.powermag.com/blackstone-investing-1-2-billion-for-600-mw-gas-fired-plant-in-west-virginia/feed/ 0 Federal Grid Interventions Enter a Second Phase as DOE Extends Emergency Orders https://www.powermag.com/federal-grid-interventions-enter-a-second-phase-as-doe-extends-emergency-orders/ https://www.powermag.com/federal-grid-interventions-enter-a-second-phase-as-doe-extends-emergency-orders/#respond Thu, 28 Aug 2025 21:33:02 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=240506 The Trump administration’s unprecedented use of emergency grid authorities entered a second phase in August 2025, as the Department of Energy (DOE) extended three critical reliability orders. The measures signal that this year’s historic string of federal interventions—staked in Section 202(c) of the Federal Power Act—are likely to continue beyond the traditional summer peak and […]

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]]> https://www.powermag.com/federal-grid-interventions-enter-a-second-phase-as-doe-extends-emergency-orders/feed/ 0 PJM’s Record-High Capacity Prices Spark Sector Reckoning as Market Signals, Policy Battles Intensify https://www.powermag.com/pjms-record-high-capacity-prices-spark-sector-reckoning-as-market-signals-policy-battles-intensify/ https://www.powermag.com/pjms-record-high-capacity-prices-spark-sector-reckoning-as-market-signals-policy-battles-intensify/#respond Thu, 31 Jul 2025 17:51:06 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=238618 Capacity prices in PJM Interconnection’s latest auction spiked to the market’s price ceiling, hitting $329.17/MW-day across the board for the 2026/2027 delivery year—the maximum allowed under new Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) rules. The regional transmission organization’s (RTO’s) competitive Base Residual Auction (BRA), conducted on July 9, 2025, and released on July 22, secured 134,311 […]

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]]> https://www.powermag.com/pjms-record-high-capacity-prices-spark-sector-reckoning-as-market-signals-policy-battles-intensify/feed/ 0 PPL, Blackstone Launch Major Gas-Fired Generation Venture Targeting Data Center Surge in Pennsylvania https://www.powermag.com/ppl-blackstone-launch-major-gas-fired-generation-venture-targeting-data-center-surge-in-pennsylvania/ https://www.powermag.com/ppl-blackstone-launch-major-gas-fired-generation-venture-targeting-data-center-surge-in-pennsylvania/#respond Thu, 17 Jul 2025 21:38:33 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=237753 PPL Corp. and investment giant Blackstone Infrastructure have formed a joint venture to build, own, and operate natural gas combined-cycle generation plants in Pennsylvania specifically designed to serve data center loads through long-term energy service agreements (ESAs). The partnership, unveiled at the Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit in Pittsburgh on July 15, represents a strategic […]

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]]> https://www.powermag.com/ppl-blackstone-launch-major-gas-fired-generation-venture-targeting-data-center-surge-in-pennsylvania/feed/ 0 Google Signs Deal with Brookfield for 3 GW of Hydropower Capacity https://www.powermag.com/google-signs-deal-with-brookfield-for-3-gw-of-hydropower-capacity/ https://www.powermag.com/google-signs-deal-with-brookfield-for-3-gw-of-hydropower-capacity/#respond Tue, 15 Jul 2025 23:37:40 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=237638 Technology giant Google announced the company will buy as much as 3 GW of hydropower generation capacity from Brookfield Renewable, an affiliate of Brookfield Asset Management. The companies on July 15 said the deal is a "hydro framework agreement" that will support Google's goal of having data centers and other operations run continuously on carbon-free power.

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]]> https://www.powermag.com/google-signs-deal-with-brookfield-for-3-gw-of-hydropower-capacity/feed/ 0 Agilitas Energy Acquires Hydropower Assets in PJM Territory https://www.powermag.com/agilitas-energy-acquires-hydropower-assets-in-pjm-territory/ https://www.powermag.com/agilitas-energy-acquires-hydropower-assets-in-pjm-territory/#respond Tue, 24 Jun 2025 13:20:40 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=236113 Renewable energy developer and project operator Agilitas Energy announced it the company has acquired two late-stage hydropower development projects from Advanced Hydro Solutions. Agilitas on June 24 said the 30-MW Tygart Hydropower Project in Grafton, West Virginia, and the 14-MW Jennings Randolph Hydropower Project in Garrett County, Maryland, represent Agilitas Energy’s first hydropower assets. It […]

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]]> https://www.powermag.com/agilitas-energy-acquires-hydropower-assets-in-pjm-territory/feed/ 0 PJM Taps Google and Tapestry to Use AI for Grid Interconnection Planning https://www.powermag.com/pjm-taps-google-and-tapestry-to-use-ai-for-grid-interconnection-planning/ https://www.powermag.com/pjm-taps-google-and-tapestry-to-use-ai-for-grid-interconnection-planning/#respond Thu, 10 Apr 2025 20:28:12 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=232258 PJM, the largest grid operator in North America, has launched a multiyear partnership with tech giant Google and its Alphabet X moonshot Tapestry to streamline PJM’s grid interconnection process using artificial intelligence (AI) tools. The companies said the effort could significantly improve planning and decision-making as grid pressures intensify. Under the initiative, announced on April […]

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