By Clara Summers, Campaign Manager Consumers for a Better Grid (a project of CUB) The nation’s largest power grid operator says it’s “fuel neutral” when considering energy resources, so why does PJM Interconnection appear to be showing so much love for dirty gas at the expense of wind and solar…...
PJM broke the capacity auction–but here’s how they can fix it
By Clara Summers, Campaign Manager Consumers for a Better Grid (a project of CUB) The electricity price for Illinois’ largest power utility, Commonwealth Edison, will go up significantly next summer because of a recent auction to secure reserve power. Grid operator PJM announced that its recent “capacity” auction sent prices…...
