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Clara Summers Clara Summers

December 19, 2024 Capitol News Illinois: Worried about grid reliability, state officials seek to boost renewables, energy storage

“The market can’t work if the interconnection queue doesn’t work and it hasn’t for a while,” Summers said of PJM, which serves northern Illinois and much of the eastern United States. “That’s something that just fundamentally needs to be fixed.”

“The market can’t work if the interconnection queue doesn’t work and it hasn’t for a while,” Summers said of PJM, which serves northern Illinois and much of the eastern United States. “That’s something that just fundamentally needs to be fixed.”

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Elizabeth Brandon Elizabeth Brandon

December 10, 2024 CUB Statement: Consumer Victory: FERC Rejects PJM’s Anti-Consumer Transmission Proposal

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has rejected anti-consumer proposals by PJM Interconnection and a group of transmission owners that would have given transmission owners more control over power grid planning.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has rejected anti-consumer proposals by PJM Interconnection and a group of transmission owners that would have given transmission owners more control over power grid planning.

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Elizabeth Brandon Elizabeth Brandon

November 19, 2024 Utility Dive: Ratepayer advocates press FERC for PJM capacity market changes, citing ‘crushing’ prices

Six ratepayer advocates on Monday filed a complaint at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission seeking changes to the PJM Interconnection’s capacity market design, which they said is causing “crushing” capacity prices.

Six ratepayer advocates on Monday filed a complaint at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission seeking changes to the PJM Interconnection’s capacity market design, which they said is causing “crushing” capacity prices.

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Elizabeth Brandon Elizabeth Brandon

November 17, 2024 Chicago Tribune: Sarah Moskowitz: ComEd’s coming spike in energy prices is an urgent call to us to move forward

Tribune readers got an unpleasant surprise recently: ComEd’s electric price is expected to spike next summer

Unfortunately, this is no surprise to the Citizens Utility Board. We’re all too familiar with electric customers paying more because of a shadowy corporate entity called PJM Interconnection and the little-known electricity “capacity auction” it runs.

Tribune readers got an unpleasant surprise recently: ComEd’s electric price is expected to spike next summer

Unfortunately, this is no surprise to the Citizens Utility Board. We’re all too familiar with electric customers paying more because of a shadowy corporate entity called PJM Interconnection and the little-known electricity “capacity auction” it runs.

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Elizabeth Brandon Elizabeth Brandon

November 8, 2024 CUB Blog: PJM’s gas track: what gives?

The nation’s largest power grid operator says it’s “fuel neutral” when considering energy resources, so why does PJM Interconnection appear to be showing so much love for dirty gas at the expense of wind and solar projects? 

The nation’s largest power grid operator says it’s “fuel neutral” when considering energy resources, so why does PJM Interconnection appear to be showing so much love for dirty gas at the expense of wind and solar projects? 

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