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PJM tells Congress reforms cut its queue but members fault delays that raised New Jersey bills
Summary
PJM leaders told the House subcommittee recent reforms have cut the interconnection backlog, produced more shovel‑ready projects and reversed some retirements; members from New Jersey and elsewhere said PJM’s earlier delays contributed to recent price spikes for consumers.
PJM Interconnection told the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee that recent rule changes and process reforms have substantially reduced the backlog of projects waiting to connect to the grid, but members blamed years of slow modernization for recent price shocks.
Manu Ashtana, president and CEO of PJM Interconnection, said the RTO trimmed its interconnection queue from roughly 200,000 megawatts to about 67,000 megawatts after reforms and reported an influx of roughly 27,000 megawatts into a new pathway last week. “We have whittled that down to 67,000 megawatts, an incredible amount of…
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