Grid Operator PJM Rejects Accusations It’s Slow-Rolling Renewable Power – DV Journal

Grid Operator PJM Rejects Accusations It’s Slow-Rolling Renewable Power – DV Journal

America’s largest power grid operator is hitting back hard over accusations that it has been slow-walking renewable energy projects. PJM Interconnection isn’t a power company. However, as a nonprofit coordinating wholesale electricity movement as a grid operator, it plays a critical role in keeping the lights on across 13 states and the District of Columbia, serving more than 65 million people. It uses capacity auctions to receive commitments fr…

FERC Again Rejects Co-Located Load Increase Proposal at Nuclear Facility

On April 10, 2025, FERC addressed arguments on rehearing that clarified, but did not modify the outcome of, a November 1, 2024, order (“Rejection Order”) rejecting PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.’s (“PJM”) proposal to increase the co-located data center load at a Susquehanna Nuclear, LLC (“Susquehanna”) nuclear generating facility. FERC again found that PJM’s amended Interconnection Service Agreement’s (“ISA”) non-conforming provisions were not nece…