What is PJM and why is everyone so mad about it?

PJM is the largest wholesale power market and transmission
planning region in the US. Currently, it is stuck between a rock
and a hard place: on one side, rising demand from data centers;
on the other, a choked and congested interconnection queue that
can’t keep pace. The result: rising prices and political
discontent. I talk with Clara Summers of the Citizens Utility
Board about how PJM can solve this dilemma and get prices under
control.


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