Transmission and Distribution

Predicting the demand for electricity both in the short and long term is an important task that PJM undertakes routinely. PJM has published a new fact sheet (PDF) that helps explain how load forecasting is an integral part of maintaining the reliability and efficiency of the power grid. Forecasting helps PJM make decisions about how to plan and operate the electric system in … [Read more...] about How Forecasting Electricity Demand Supports Reliability and Efficiency

PJM and stakeholders have begun a process to identify operational and market enhancements needed to accommodate a growing number of hybrid resources looking to enter the PJM market. Hybrid resources are composed of two types of generation at a single point of interconnection. Practically speaking, that’s generation and energy storage. And while the model may apply to … [Read more...] about New Subcommittee Focuses on Hybrid Resource Needs

PJM Senior Vice President Thomas F. O’Brien appeared before the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy & Natural Resources Wednesday, and said partnership and collaboration with stakeholders and industry partners is essential to protecting cybersecurity threats that target the bulk power system. “No one can do it by themselves,” O’Brien said in his … [Read more...] about PJM Shares Cybersecurity Protocols & Opportunities With U.S. Senate Energy Committee

PJM has declared Conservative Operations for Aug. 4 in response to Tropical Storm Isaias. Declaring Conservative Operations allows PJM dispatchers more flexibility with system operations in response to the tropical storm and with the possibility of tornadoes in areas that PJM serves. At this time, PJM does not foresee any reliability impacts to the transmission grid as a … [Read more...] about Conservative Operations Declared in Response to Tropical Storm Isaias

The PJM Board of Managers on July 29, 2020, approved changes to the Regional Transmission Expansion Plan, or RTEP, to ensure the reliability of the power grid for the 65 million people PJM serves in 13 states and Washington, D.C. The changes include new baseline reliability projects largely driven by planned generator deactivations and reinstatements, as well as changes to … [Read more...] about PJM Board Authorizes Latest Regional Transmission Expansion Plan Changes