Inside Climate News reports that PJM Interconnection’s new proposal could potentially push fossil fuel projects to the front of the interconnection queue over renewable energy projects. United director Jon Gordon and other business groups expressed concern over the proposal, questioning whether PJM’s plan will actually enhance grid reliability while pushing renewables to the side.
Inside Climate News: Clean Energy Industry Questions a New PJM Proposal That Could Move Fossil Fuel Projects to the Front of the Interconnection Queue
Topics: United In The News, Jon Gordon, Interconnection
Inside Climate News: Following Capacity Price Spike, Mid-Atlantic States Call for Electric Grid Operator PJM to Change Rules
Inside Climate News reports that PJM Interconnection is under pressure, following PJM’s July capacity auction when prices jumped over 800 percent. Interviewed as part of the article, United's Jon Gordon emphasized PJM’s backlogged interconnection queue of 3,000 projects capable of replacing the entire grid’s generation, underscoring the need for immediate action.
Topics: Regulatory, United In The News, Economic Impact, FERC, Jon Gordon
Canary Media: Prices Just Spiked in the Biggest US Power Market. Blame the Grid Backlog.
Canary Media discusses a recent spike in electricity prices by PJM, the largest power market in the country. The article quotes United's Jon Gordon, who speaks to how PJM's interconnection queue delays are exacerbating market issues and negatively impacting energy costs.
Topics: Wholesale Markets, United In The News, Jon Gordon
E&E News reports on an announcement by PJM, the largest U.S. power grid operator, to increase 9-fold in capacity price for electricity across its 13-state footprint. In the article, United's Jon Gordon speaks to how PJM's poor planning and insufficient electric transmission build-out will leave consumers paying the price.
Topics: Wholesale Markets, United In The News, Jon Gordon
Topics: Wholesale Markets, Press Releases, Jon Gordon
WVTF: Virginia's regional grid operator ranks last in the nation
In an interview, WVTF Virginia Public Radio talks with Advanced Energy United Director Jon Gordon about PJM's low grade on United's 2024 Interconnection Scorecards.
Advanced Energy United... recently ranked all seven of the nation’s regional grid operators and gave the one serving Virginia a grade of D-minus. Policy Director Jon Gordon says PJM – which covers 13 states – used to add a few new power plants a year.
Topics: Virginia, United In The News, Transmission, Jon Gordon
NJ Spotlight News: Interconnection Issues at PJM Threaten Reliability and Clean-Energy Goals, Warns New Study
PJM Interconnection, the nation’s largest electrical power grid operator, is struggling to connect new electricity projects to its system, threatening power reliability and clean-energy goals, according to a study.
Topics: Wholesale Markets, United In The News, New Jersey, Jon Gordon, Kristina Persaud
Energy News Network: Recent grid reforms might not be enough for Virginia to hit future clean energy targets, advocates say
Virginia is on track to meet short-term carbon-free targets laid out in the sweeping Clean Economy Act of 2020.
And advocates agree that’s remarkable considering almost 44,000 megawatts of wind, solar and energy storage projects proposed across the state are still waiting in PJM’s interconnection queue.
Still, they question whether the region’s grid operator is prepared for the massive influx of clean energy mandated over the next three decades. That includes more than 5,000 MW of wind off the coasts of Virginia and North Carolina.
Topics: Virginia, United In The News, Jon Gordon