Solar panels at Rancho Seco near Sacramento, California. This story was originally published on Utility Dive. To receive daily news and insights, subscribe to our free daily Utility Dive newsletter.
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Stemming from its February 2025 show cause order concerning co-location issues, on December 18, 2025, the Federal Energy ...
VALLEY FORGE, PA — PJM Interconnection has cleared 134,311 megawatts (MW) of unforced capacity (UCAP) in its latest Base Residual Auction (BRA) for the 2026/2027 Delivery Year, meeting reliability ...
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PJM capacity auction signals higher electricity costs in 2026

PJM Interconnection’s 2027/2028 Base Residual Auction, conducted in December 2025, secured 134,479 megawatts of unforced capacity from generation and demand response resources to meet projected needs ...
Data centers drove roughly 40% of PJM’s latest capacity auction costs, with billions tied to facilities not yet built but ...
Bosque Energy Center, a Calpine-owned combined-cycle plant located in Central Texas. Source: Calpine. In response to skyrocketing energy prices within PJM Interconnection, power producer Calpine plans ...
It is (once again) a very good day to own power generation assets in PJM Interconnection. For system planners, policymakers and ratepayers, the latest news is more sobering. PJM on Dec. 17 announced ...
PJM Interconnection and Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro have settled a lawsuit over PJM’s capacity market pricing, agreeing to lower the grid operator’s auction price cap from over $500/MW-day to ...
The grid operator is seeking to address a surge of requests from renewable energy developers waiting to connect their projects. The largest U.S. grid operator advanced a plan last week to ease ...
Political blowback and internal divisions over electricity prices and supply shortages are roiling the transmission market that serves 67 million Americans. Companies operating in the embattled ...
As the energy crisis continues to grip the state and region, leaders continue to take action. The governors within the 13-state PJM Interconnection region announced they will join together to host a ...