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Tarentum council highlights regional power squeeze, adopts AMP mutual-aid agreement
Summary
Council members screened a two-minute video and discussed higher regional electricity capacity costs before adopting an ordinance to join mutual-aid through American Municipal Power (AMP). Borough management said the supplier change to AMP is expected to produce sizable annual savings.
Tarentum Borough Council members discussed regional electricity supply constraints affecting 13 states and adopted an ordinance authorizing mutual aid through American Municipal Power (AMP).
A two-minute video from the Pennsylvania Municipal Electric Association (PMEA) was shown early in the meeting to explain capacity and grid-connection problems in PJM, the regional grid operator that serves Pennsylvania and 12 other states. The video said recent PJM capacity-auction results reflected sharply higher prices driven by a shrinking power supply and rising demand. Council members and staff said those trends are being felt locally.
The matter was highlighted again in the…
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