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PJM warns of tighter margins, urges state action on siting and replacement generation
Summary
PJM told West Virginia lawmakers that demand growth driven by data centers and electrification is tightening capacity margins in the PJM footprint and urged states to avoid policies that push generators offline before replacements are available; Stanek also explained the federal NIETC corridor process and how DOE funding and FERC permitting could interact with, but not replace, PJM planning.
Jason Stanek, a senior PJM executive, told the West Virginia Joint Legislative Committee on Technology and Infrastructure on Dec. 10 that the regional power market is entering a period of tighter capacity margins and that the operator is planning out 15 years to ensure reliability.
Stanek said PJM, which operates the high-voltage grid for parts of 13 states and the District of Columbia, serves about 65 million residents — roughly 1.8 million in West Virginia — and manages more than 88,000 miles of transmission. "We are the largest power grid operator in the United States," he said. He described PJM’s three core functions as running the energy markets, running capacity markets that act like insurance for future output, and providing ancillary services to preserve system stability.
Why it matters: Stanek warned that PJM’s resource mix is changing quickly. PJM’s dispatchable fleet…
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