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Expert: PJM may face shortfalls as plants retire faster than replacements arrive
Summary
An Energy Policy Network director told lawmakers that PJM states face elevated reliability risk because retirements outpace new generation and supply-chain delays (turbines, pipelines) and that significant near-term action is needed to preserve baseload capacity.
An Energy Policy Network director told the House Energy Committee that PJM and its member states face elevated reliability risk because retirements of conventional generation have outpaced new construction and because supply-chain delays and permitting timelines are slowing replacement capacity.
"We're closing power plants much faster than we're building them," the witness said, summarizing NERC and FERC observations. He reported that more than 44 GW have retired across…
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