The power giant says the grid operators aren’t moving fast enough to bring a flurry of new data centers online. AEP’s utilities now have 63 GW of contracted large load set to come online by 2030 (nearly 90% is tied to data centers). This announcement arrives less than a year after PA Gov. Josh Shapiro threatened to flee PJM.
AEP’s options: A) Leave the RTOS B) stay put or C) a mysterious third thing that CEO Bill Fehrman referred to as "alternative structures.” He’s especially concerned about getting new power online in PJM, which he thinks won’t clear things up anytime soon.
Molly Glick
Energy Central Team
Thu, May 7
NEWS: American Electric Power warned it may ditch PJM and SPP as interconnection delays pile up.
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