As the region faced unprecedented, summer-like heat (along with high load and outages), PJM brought in over 5.5 GW during May 19’s evening peak. That’s the most imports for that date since 2016. And if spring temp spikes continue? Grid operators may have to rethink current seasonal approaches.
Looking ahead: As we reported earlier this month, PJM is feeling ready for summer—but shrinking margins means it will be harder for the RTO to send gigawatts to neighboring balancing authorities (and more importing might be in the cards).
Molly Glick
Energy Central Team
Tue, May 26
NEWS: Record May temperatures had PJM importing the most power in over a decade.
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