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Lawmakers and experts press PJM, utilities and regulators on capacity market, retirements and renewables' role
Summary
At a Senate hearing, legislators probed how retirements of dispatchable plants, PJM capacity prices and state renewable mandates interact to affect customer costs and grid reliability; experts said retirements and supply‑demand imbalances are raising capacity prices while renewables' limited effective capacity changes how PJM credits generation.
Lawmakers at a Feb. 14 Senate Environment, Energy and Transportation Committee hearing pressed Delmarva Power, the Public Service Commission and energy‑policy experts about how retiring dispatchable power plants, regional capacity auctions and state renewable mandates combine to affect customer bills and grid reliability.
The committee’s nut graf: Senators focused on whether retirements of dispatchable generation in the PJM region, higher capacity auction results and growing demand — including new data centers and electrification — have created a supply scarcity that pushed wholesale and capacity costs higher, and whether Delaware’s renewable goals or policy decisions contributed to that scarcity.
Mario Giovannini of…
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