Michael Gibson, K&H Custom Window Treatments, Energy & Environment Committee Member
PJM Interconnection was created 90 years ago. PJM Interconnection is a regional transmission organization (RTO) that coordinates the movement of wholesale electricity in all or parts of Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia and the District of Columbia.
On April 11, members of the Chamber’s Energy & Environment Committee had the pleasure to visit PJM and learn more about this hidden treasure. PJM operates as the largest RTO in North America to provide reliable, affordable and sustainable electricity to millions of customers.
Here are some of the many oversights of PJM:
- Acting as a neutral, independent party, PJM operates a competitive wholesale electricity market and manages the high-voltage electricity grid to ensure reliability for more than 65 million people.
- PJM’s long-term regional planning process provides a broad, interstate perspective that identifies the most effective and cost-efficient improvements to the grid to ensure reliability and economic benefits on a system-wide basis.
PJM embraces innovation and fosters collaboration with our members and other key players in the power industry to explore new and emerging technologies. One of those we observed on our visit is large scale battery storage. This technology may one day help to even the spikes in distribution.
For a full detailed review of the PJM presentation visit the Chamber’s Energy & Environment Committee’s web page www.lehighvalleychamber.org/energy--environment.html and PJM at pjm.com
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