Following Capacity Price Spike, Mid-Atlantic States Call for Electric Grid Operator PJM to Change Rules

By Aman Azhar

PJM Interconnection, the electric grid operator that serves customers in portions of the mid-Atlantic, South and Midwest, is under increasing pressure from state governors, advocates and consumer protection agencies to reform its current rules, which they believe give utilities and energy conglomerates an outsized say in generation and transmission planning.