Brief: U.S. Department of Energy Issues Emergency Order to Safeguard Electric Grid Reliability in PJM Interconnection

CMS Energy

02/06/2025 20:23

June 2 (Reuters) - U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY:

SAYS IT ISSUED AN EMERGENCY ORDER UNDER SECTION 202(C) OF THE FEDERAL POWER ACT.

SAYS THE ORDER DIRECTS PJM INTERCONNECTION (PJM) TO OPERATE SPECIFIED GENERATION UNITS AT THE EDDYSTONE, PENNSYLVANIA GENERATION STATION PAST THEIR PLANNED RETIREMENT

SAYS THE ORDER FOLLOWS RECENT STATEMENTS FROM PJM WARNING THAT ITS SYSTEM FACES A “GROWING RESOURCE ADEQUACY CONCERN” DUE TO LOAD GROWTH, THE RETIREMENT OF DISPATCHABLE RESOURCES, AND OTHER FACTORS

SAYS THE ORDER STATES THAT PJM SHALL, IN COORDINATION WITH CONSTELLATION ENERGY, RUN SPECIFIED UNITS AT THE EDDYSTONE GENERATING STATION, WHEN PJM DEEMS NECESSARY, PAST THEIR PLANNED RETIREMENT DATE OF MAY 31, 2025

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