Get it while it’s hot: Under PJM’s new “first-ready, first-served approach,” the capacity-strapped grid operator will now review 715 potential new generation projects (totaling over 200 GW). To qualify for this study process, applicants had to prove their readiness (with, for example, upfront financial commitments.) Now, PJM says it’ll review these projects over a typical timeline of one to two years.
The pieces of the pie: Natural gas leads the charge at 99.8 GW, followed by storage (60 GW) and nuclear (17 GW). Half of the requested gigawatts come from Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Virginia.
The context: Previously, PJM studied interconnection requests on a first-come, first-served basis—and the queue got clogged with projects that didn’t pan out. In fact, 74% of projects studied by PJM between 2020 and 2026 dropped out of the queue. Now, the hope is that more of the generation pie can hit the grid as the capacity gap grows.
Molly Glick
Energy Central Team
Tue, Aug 4
NEWS: PJM is kicking off its revamped interconnection process. Let’s dig in. 🍴
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