MORGANTOWN – As part of a national power grid assessment, the U.S. Department of Energy has identified the mid-Atlantic region – including Monongalia, Preston and Marion counties – as an area where “there is significant need for increased within-region transmission capacity in PJM to ...
A new report released Tuesday morning and sponsored by advocacy group Americans for a Clean Energy Grid says that PJM – the regional transmission organization – is underestimating future demand and offers some suggestions for PJM to plan ahead. ACEG calls itself a nonprofit “focused ...
MORGANTOWN – Legislators got an education Tuesday on the risks and concerns facing the region's power grid as the energy transition progresses. It was the final day of December interim meetings and the Joint Committee on Energy and Manufacturing heard from Diane Holder and Brian Thiry ...
MORGANTOWN – The winter storm of Dec. 23-25 produced an unexpectedly high demand for electricity. Despite the surprise, PJM , the 13-state power grid organization – thought it had plenty of reserve on hand. But the power suppliers failed to deliver, leading to forced outages. Natural ...
MORGANTOWN – As winter prepares to set in, PJM – which oversees the 13-state regional energy grid – and its member utilities and power suppliers are preparing to meet the heightened power demand. “Planning to keep the power flowing during the cold weather months, and all year long, ...