Utility Dive reports that PJM stakeholders failed to reach consensus on a set of proposals to govern how large loads, such as data centers, connect to the grid. In a bulletin on the meeting, United’s Jon Gordon said the vote highlights the difficulty of balancing resource adequacy, ratepayer costs, and rapid data center growth in a region already facing generation shortfalls and long timelines for new capacity.
Topics: Utility, United In The News, FERC, Transmission, Jon Gordon, Interconnection
Inside Climate News reports on Maryland's multi-state, bipartisan effort to protect consumers from anticipated rate increases at PJM Interconnection. United's Jon Gordon spoke to the various factors behind higher energy costs, encouraging collaboration between the utility and state leaders to ensure the provision of affordable and reliable electricity for ratepayers.
Topics: United In The News, Economic Impact, Transmission, Jon Gordon, Interconnection
The Center Square reports on the core issues driving demands by Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro and others for greater state influence and reform in the governance of PJM Interconnection. The article quotes United's Jon Gordon, who emphasized United's support for increased state engagement and advocacy at PJM to ensure the provision of affordable, safe, and reliable electricity for the region's residents and businesses.
Topics: Wholesale Markets, United In The News, Jon Gordon
Inside Climate News reports on a first-of-its-kind PJM Multistate Technical Conference, during which several governors in PJM states called for major reforms to the grid operator, citing high electricity prices and slow interconnection. United's Jon Gordon spoke as an industry expert and defended competitive markets, encouraging states to press PJM to make improvements that ensure lower costs for consumers.
Topics: United In The News, Pennsylvania, Transmission, Jon Gordon, Interconnection
Pennsylvania Capital-Star reports that the Trump administration has ordered the Eddystone Generating Station in Pennsylvania to remain operational past the facility's retirement date. Moreover, FERC approved a plan that allows PJM Interconnection to recover the costs of keeping the plant running. United's Jon Gordon raised concerns about future energy capacity in the PJM region, warning that the system-wide cost sharing plan would raise electricity costs for consumers.
Topics: United In The News, Pennsylvania, FERC, New England, Jon Gordon
In an interview with Kara Holsopple from The Allegheny Front, United's Jon Gordon discussed PJM Interconnection's latest capacity auction results and the root causes behind the grid's price spikes, advocating for critical reforms to streamline interconnection processes.
Topics: Wholesale Markets, United In The News, Transmission, Jon Gordon, Interconnection
In an article for Canary Media, United's Jon Gordon discusses PJM Interconnection's annual capacity auction results, emphasizing that slow interconnection processes and insufficient energy generation buildout are hindering advanced energy projects that could reduce grid strain and lower costs for ratepayers in the PJM states.
Topics: United In The News, Economic Impact, Transmission, Jon Gordon, Interconnection
Second consecutive year of high capacity auction prices highlights urgent need to fix interconnection delays and accelerate clean energy projects
Topics: Wholesale Markets, Press Releases, Jon Gordon
Ohio Capital Journal reports that Ohio ratepayers may see further increases in their electric bills when PJM Interconnection releases its annual capacity auction results. United's Jon Gordon discussed the different factors that drove energy rate hikes in last year's PJM capacity auction, including slow interconnection processes, poor transmission planning, and rising energy demand.
Topics: Ohio, United In The News, Transmission, Jon Gordon, Interconnection
Inside Climate News reports that nine Northeastern states have unveiled the Northeast States Collaborative on Interregional Transmission plan, which aims to identify, advance, and finance interregional transmission projects that prioritize public interest goals over market profits. United's Jon Gordon noted that the plan reflects the states' growing frustration with regional grid operators over stalled energy projects.
Topics: United In The News, Jon Gordon, Interconnection