The independent market monitor for PJM asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to affirm that the largest US grid operator has the authority to add new large data centers only if they can be served reliably, Monitoring Analytics said in a complaint Tuesday.
- This Section 206 filing under the US Federal Power Act comes as PJM is proposing to allow big data centers to connect that will require blackouts of data centers or other customers at times, according to the filing
- Reliability is measured both in terms of transmission and adequate capacity
- Recent capacity auction didn’t secure 100% of new ...