US EditionWest Virginia and Ohio's power grid operator warns of potential power shortages this summer
- PJM Interconnection, operating the grid for Ohio and other states, forecasts a summer peak load of about 154,000 megawatts within its 179,200-megawatt capacity.
- The forecast comes amid the National Weather Service's prediction of a hotter-than-normal summer and warnings that extreme scenarios could cause insufficient energy supply.
- PJM has awarded 51 new generation projects, including seven in Pennsylvania totaling 1,200 megawatts, with expectations that 90% will be online by 2030 to address growing demand.
- Jason Stanek, PJM’s executive director, noted that rising prices across the country are driven by decreasing supply and increasing demand, and emphasized that efforts to control these costs are being made within the framework of a competitive market.
- Experts and officials emphasize the urgent need for new generation, infrastructure upgrades, and policy tools to maintain grid reliability and balance surging demand, especially from data centers.
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West Virginia and Ohio's power grid operator warns of potential power shortages this summer
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A power grid operator for West Virginia and Ohio and other states said plenty of resources are available to meet typical peak summer electricity demand but warned that there are “extreme scenarios” in which generation capacity may fall short. PJM, a regional transmission organization that coordinates the movement of electricity across West Virginia, Ohio and 11 other states, said it expects summer usage to peak at about …
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