FERC Chairman Laura Swett
Well, that didn't go as planned. PJM Interconnection, the outfit that runs the electric grid in all or part of 13 states (including Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia) plus D.C., was all set to open a one-time "emergency" auction on Sept. 30 to buy 6,831 megawatts (MW) of brand-new power supply, mostly to feed data centers. The day before, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) accepted the plan—and then promptly froze it for five months. FERC Chairman Laura Swett called it "deeply flawed." PJM pulled the auction. Here's what happened, and what it means for gas-fired power in our backyard.
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